| Dec-19-17 | | Amarande: 28 ... Kb8 29 Nc6+ and Black's Queen is toast.
If Black tries to meet the threat Qd7+ there follows such lines as: 27 ... Rcd8 28 Qa7+ Kc8 29 Nxc4 dxc4 30 Re7 Qc6 31 b5, also winning the Queen. 27 ... Rcd8 28 Qa7+ Kd6 29 Qxb6+ Ke7 30 Qc7+ Kf8 (Ke8 31 Ng6+ is the end) 31 Nd7+ Rxd7 32 Qxd7 Qg6 33 Qe7+ Kg8 34 Qe8+ Qxe8 35 Rxe8+ Kf7 36 Rxh8 +-. 27 ... Rhd8 28 Qa7+ Kd6 29 Nf7+ Kc6 30 Nxd8+ Rxd8 (Qxd8 fails to 31 Re6+) 31 Re7 and again Black cannot meet the threats on the 7th rank. |
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| Dec-19-17 | | AlicesKnight: Classic N on the e5 hole exerting great power/ |
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| Dec-19-17 | | Delboy: White wins almost by default following a whole string of poor moves by his opponent. No fireworks, no quirky positions, no deep combinations. Why is this Game of the Day? |
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| Dec-19-17 | | Delboy: <morfishine>, as a regular visitor to CG i am really trying to assist. CG will lose support if they continue coming up with poor Games of the Day. I have seen far better games (with good puns) that have been proposed but not used for GOTD. Something is not working, either with the submissions, or with the voting. It is in CG's best interest to sort this out |
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| Dec-19-17 | | goodevans: <Delboy> I wish you luck with your crusade and hope you succeed. But I don't hold out much hope. Personally I think whoever submitted M Fogg vs K Lundback, 2011 as GOTD a few days ago should be truly ashamed, as should those who voted for it. The thing is that for some folk the quality of the game is nowhere near as important as having a good pun. And then we all have different views on what constitutes a good pun... |
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| Dec-19-17 | | morfishine: <Delboy> & <goodevans> Its always been an unsolvable issue. Admittedly, occasionally a good game is combined with an effective pun, but only rarely. I actually didn't have an issue with the Fogg game since the term 'fog of war' connotates uncertainty, which facilitates the commission of errors due to the unknown In general, one shouldn't fault the submitter. The problem is with the voters, but thats just the way it is... Happy Holidays!
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Dec-19-17
 | | mjmorri: Set Theory at work here. Large circle of great games. Much smaller circle of catchy puns. How much do the circles overlap? How many games are left after 15+ years? |
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| Dec-19-17 | | posoo: da LAK OF JOY dat pormetates da lives of MURFUDLIAN, DULBAY, and Godleavens is ASTONASHING. DA GAME OF DA DAY never prmised to be GOOD. It just promised to be PROMANENT. I DO NOT SEE ANY OF U submoting da pons! CRITICAL! Mr. Frudbim works HARD to make sure u get QUALATY chess content! WHY OH WHY do u RALE against dis so HARD ALSO is it dat da games have errors? Let me tell you a fact. Fulley HALF of all chesse games contane at least ONE ERROR! dat is life somtimes. FURTHER if we keep recycling da OLD MASTERS it will be WASH CITY! nobudy wants to see Cupablunco SMASH some fool. GIVE DA PEOPLE CHANCES TO SHINE. It is da holiday season. MUNK MUNK MUNK goes da grinches and da oboneezers! |
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| Dec-19-17 | | kevin86: White wins the queen after next move. |
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| Dec-19-17 | | Andrew Chapman: Many of us can learn a lot from games by less advanced players - who are probably both stronger in this case than many of us - than me anyway. It would be great if those who can see Black's errors would point them out so that we can all learn. |
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| Dec-19-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: Interesting. I quickly figured out 11... a5 couldn't be any good AFTER I saw 12. Bg5 Btw this is what you get when running through a game. To learn, and to save valuable time, it's good to start analyzing AFTER you suspect a move not to be that brilliant. And then go backwards. To find a better move. Finally you check the position with an engine. This a 1900-2000 game, so you can use a 2150-2200 engine to check, because that way you will find GRADUALLY better moves as time goes by. You can use SF but it plays some moves even GMs cannot understand quickly. Going down that road one will only confuse themselves. Just my 2c.
Especially in openings this procedure saves a lot of time. Position after 11. a3
click for larger viewPosition after 12. Bg5 Be7 the 'natural' move
click for larger viewAfter 13. Bxe7 Black already has to choose between two evils. Without the Black DSB White has good attacking chances; whether Black plays Ncxe7, Nfxe7, Qxe7 or Kxe7. In this game Black chose for 12... f6 to complicate matters. However, after 11. a3 a5 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Bd3 O-O White has a good position. |
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Dec-19-17
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| Dec-19-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Bxd6+ Kxd6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bg4 b6 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Nd3 Qf6 22. Ne5 I just noticed White only moved their minor pieces here. Black's heavy artillery shuffle during the game is also not very impressive; Qb6-Qd8-Qf6 - completely useless moves. |
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| Dec-19-17 | | Jambow: Black played the victim and white was ok with it. Not outstanding play, just remarkably bad defence.... |
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| Dec-19-17 | | Delboy: I am not sure if <posoo> is part of the ChessGames team, or speaks on behalf of them. If s/he does, then we clearly have a problem - you can't talk to 'customers' like that and expect to flourish |
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| Dec-19-17 | | ChessHigherCat: <Andrew Chapman: Many of us can learn a lot from games by less advanced players - who are probably both stronger in this case than many of us - than me anyway. It would be great if those who can see Black's errors would point them out so that we can all learn.> Black was probably just having a bad day since he must be a strong player if he was competing in the British championship. I haven't checked my suggested moves with an engine but it seems like a very weak game to me after the first 11 moves: 12... Be7 would have cleared the way for castling and/or traded an attacking bishop for an undeveloped bishop, instead of needlessly weakening the position with f6 17... Kxd6 strikes me as a bit foolhardy instead of Nxd6. The King is an attacking piece in the middle game? For white, I would have played 19. Re1, developing a new piece and threatening Rxe6+! Bxe6? meets with a royal fork on b7+ (or at least 19. Bf7 with the same plan mutatis mutandis) I don't see the point of 22. Qd2, either. 22. Qa4 seems more attractive, threatening Qe7# (you never know!) and if Rhe8 then Rc1 threatening Rc6+ 25. b4 seems a bit pointless to me, too. Why get positional in such an open position? It also prevented white from playing b3 when black played Bc4 (not that it mattered much at that point). I would have played 25. Rc1+ to develop a new piece and hope for the blunder Kb8 allowing the royal fork d7+ The rest hardly needs any comment. |
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| Dec-19-17 | | chesst: white unlocking...is
as silk...or velvet
or a hangers rope... |
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| Dec-19-17 | | newzild: A couple of Elo 2000 players play the type of nondescript game you might see at any club on a Sunday afternoon. I agree with other posters who are puzzled as to why this is game of the day. |
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| Dec-19-17 | | zanzibar: <Mr. Frudbim> ?! Oh, that alone is worth the price of admission.
(Nobody expects the French Advance) |
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| Dec-20-17 | | morfishine: <posoo> Itz gudd too see yor makeen sudge grate plogless wid thuh Anglesh langwudge ***** |
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