Michal Krasenkow vs Alexei Iljushin (2014) Crazy Krasen

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Michal Krasenkow vs Alexei Iljushin
"Crazy Krasen" (game of the day Feb-13-2014)
Moscow Open (2014), Moscow RUS, rd 8, Feb-08
Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation. Advance System (D15) · 1-0

White to move.

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Feb-13-14		Phony Benoni: The pun is based on show business personality Casey Kasem, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasey_.... As for the game ... well, crazy fits. White might not win any awards for Top 40 Pawn Structure, but it worked.

Feb-13-14		offramp: ...And black would've gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky pawns.

Feb-13-14		morfishine: Nice positional game: White's fractured pawn structure are offset by the lines opened up. Sort of reminds me of Carlsen

Feb-13-14		Sho: Every time I open with a knight, develop queen early, don't castle, and triple my pawns, I lose.

Feb-13-14		Al Copawn: I had to take time to appreciate the depth of 22. Bd2. Nice.

Feb-13-14		kevin86: White will win the exchange after black takes the pawn d7-He will be ahead two pawns + a rook vs a knight.

Feb-13-14		Domdaniel: Once White achieves the Irish Pawn Centre -- pawns on c4, c5, c6 -- it's as good as over.

Feb-13-14		Richard Taylor: White had a clear advantage in the opening and then set the trap of allowing Nf4+ and then proceeds to push his past pawns. Well played by K.

Feb-13-14		Richard Taylor: < Al Copawn: I had to take time to appreciate the depth of 22. Bd2. Nice. > Was 22. Be3 as good?

Feb-13-14		Domdaniel: <Richard> Are "past pawns" the pawns that you have lost earlier in the game? I often think they have a kind of ghostly power...

Feb-13-14		maxi: <Domdaniel> Any particular reason to call that structure the "Irish Pawn Center"...? (Other than the Irish are traditionally associated with sui generis behavior, especially by the English.)

Feb-14-14		Domdaniel: <maxi> It was a term coined by the late Tony Miles, after he'd seen tripled pawns in a game by the Irish player Keogh.

Feb-14-14		Domdaniel: ... and then Miles beat Keogh - Miles vs E Keogh, 1978 - with tripled pawns in the final position.

Feb-16-14		maxi: Yes, I see, thanks, <Domdaniel>.

Feb-16-14		Domdaniel: Another view: http://www.gmsquare.com/Baburin/new...

Feb-20-14		Al Copawn: Feb-13-14 < Richard Taylor: Was 22. Be3 as good?>. On first going over the game I questioned why GM K chose d2 over e3. As game progresses the Bishop is able to take advantage of long diagonal.

Feb-21-14		Richard Taylor: < Domdaniel: <Richard> Are "past pawns" the pawns that you have lost earlier in the game? I often think they have a kind of ghostly power... > Very good! Did I type "past"...interesting...

Feb-21-14		Richard Taylor: < Al Copawn: Feb-13-14 < Richard Taylor: Was 22. Be3 as good?>. On first going over the game I questioned why GM K chose d2 over e3. As game progresses the Bishop is able to take advantage of long diagonal.> > But is the difference significant and did Krasenkow actually think of that idea? I suppose there is that reason the possibility of relocating to c3 but e3 might come up as just as good on a computer. That said it is good to have at least one reason to favour a move.

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