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Aaron Rothman vs Gerald Katz
"Cool for Katz" (game of the day May-12-2022)
NYSCA Championship (1948), Endicott, NY, rd 8, Sep-12
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense Panov System (C99)  ·  0-1

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May-12-22  Brenin: There are so many missed opportunities for both sides in this game. Here's one: 32 ... Rxc4, and if 33 Rxc4 then 33 Bxg5 Qxg5 34 Qh1+ Qg1 35 Qf3 with mate in a few moves.
May-12-22  Brenin: At the end, 54 Kxc3 Qc1+ 55 Kd3 is forced, and then 55 ... Bc2+ wins the Q, with mate to follow soon.
May-12-22  thegoldenband: It's not like that on the TV when it's cool for Katz. (Coooooool for Katz.)
May-12-22  goodevans: Black put on quite a Squeeze there.

<Brenin: There are so many missed opportunities for both sides...>

I guess White may have missed some opportunities to get himself out of that mess, but in terms of winning opportunities they look to be all Black's.

Another particularly pretty chance to win the game sooner came with 42...Rh8 43.Kg1 Ne2+!


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The point of this sac is that after 44.Qxe2 the f-pawn is pinned so 44...Bc6 would be fatal. 44.Rxe2 Qg4+ is obviously dreadful so White must decline the sac with 44.Kf1 after which 44...Qg4 45.Qf3 Nxc3 leaves White's entire game en prise.

May-12-22  Autoreparaturwerkbau: <goodevans: Another particularly pretty chance to win the game sooner came with 42...Rh8 43.Kg1 Ne2+!>

This has to be one of the coolest two-move punches ever, especially Ne2+ follow-up that forces mate or at least complete dissolution of white's forces in a matter of few moves!

I wish the sequence was played in the game...

May-12-22  Autoreparaturwerkbau: <goodevans> There is even more to sequence <42...Rh8 43.Kg1 Ne2+!>.

Astonishing how costly 37.Qg3?? was. 37.a4 was necessary to break the pin on knight - pin that completely paralysed white's forces for the rest of the game. And that misstep on 37th move gave black mate-in-14 only few moves later as shown below.

Deep silicon run gives mate-in-14 for 42...Rh8:

42...Rh8 43.Kg1 Ne2+ 44.Kf1 Qg4 <queen secures that king has no escape without serious material loss>


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45.Qh3 Rxh3 46.Rxh3 Qxh3+ 47.Kxe2 Qxa3 <queen collecting white's broken forces like corals on the beach while pin on knight allows queen to wander freely in white's camp>


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48.Bb1 Bxc4+ 49.Kd1 Qb2 50.Re3 Qxb1+ <after eliminating helpless knight black has mating net in construction>


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51.Kd2 Qb2+ 52.Kd1 Bg5 53.b5 Qxf2 54.b6 Bxe3 55.b7 Bb3# <mate>


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May-12-22  Brenin: <goodevans:I guess White may have missed some opportunities to get himself out of that mess, ...>

Here are two places where he could have avoided getting into that mess. Firstly 20 Be3 Qb7 21 Ng3, rather than 20 Ne3, places the B and N on good squares, and drives Black's Q away from the action. Secondly, not the risky 22 Nxa5 but 22 Be3, threatening 23 Nb6. Nothing dramatic, just a question of getting your pieces onto their best squares, and your opponent's off theirs.

May-12-22  TheTamale: <goodevans: Black put on quite a Squeeze there.>

Yessssss...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK8...

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