Dec-07-23
 | | perfidious: The kind of mistake that could well haunt Moussard for a long while; 31.Rxf7 was far stronger. |
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Dec-07-23
 | | MissScarlett: Took Moussard about 17 minutes to resign in the final position. Then he gestured animatedly about the board, whilst Mickey sat quietly in his lair, sorry, chair. |
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| Dec-07-23 | | stone free or die: We've all had loses this painful, well, almost this painful. Gotta feel some pity for the guy. |
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Dec-07-23
| | MissScarlett: <French Moussard on Toast> seems a bit harsh. |
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| Dec-07-23 | | stone free or die: <White to move after 31...RxBf7>
click for larger view32.Rf8+ should be almost automatic (not 32.Qe8+ Rf8), but there's an even better move. |
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| Dec-07-23 | | goodevans: <31.Rxf7 was far stronger.> 31.Rxf7 would have been okay but 31.Bxf7+ would actually have been stronger with the correct follow-up. <32.Rf8+ should be almost automatic...> You mean 32.Rb8+, but yes that would have been winning. <... but there's an even better move.> That I couldn't work out so I asked Stockfish. He said to kick the Q with 32.f4 first then play 33.Rb8+. I'm sure Moussard would have considered 32.Rb8+ and maybe even 32.f4. I can only imagine that he thought 32.Qe6 would be quicker (maybe he assumed 32...Qg6 33.Qe8+) and simply overlooked 32...Be7 completely. |
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| Dec-07-23 | | goodevans: <That I couldn't work out so I asked Stockfish. He said to kick the Q with 32.f4 first then play 33.Rb8+.> And the reason for this is that <32.Rb8> can be answered with <32...Bd8>. Once the Q has been shoved away then that's not an option so <33.Rb8+ Kh8 34.Qd5+> is annihilation. |
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| Dec-07-23 | | stone free or die: <Adams cuts the Moussard> |
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| Dec-07-23 | | BxChess: <goodevans:> for your final line you mean 33. Rb8+ Rf8 34. Qd5+ <stone free or die: <Adams cuts the Moussard>> I like it. |
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Dec-08-23
 | | kingscrusher: Amazing to think even 2700 players can sometimes completely miscalculate short combinations. The 32.f4 move was needed to get the queen away from helping protect d8 as needed. I did find this quite fascinating last night. Also imagine the potential loss of sleep once it becomes clear about the blunder later, and that a chess computer from 1985 would have found the winning line quite easily. Chess is sometimes cruel. Lucky Mickey Adams on this occasion :) |
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Dec-08-23
 | | Sally Simpson: How about a wee nod to Adams for rolling the dice when in a lost position. 
click for larger viewHe must have seen 37...Kh8 still hung on but a loss in the long run so decided to risk a quick end rather than suffer. He rolled the bones with 31...Rxf7 hoping Black would miss the backward defensive move by the Bishop 32.Qe6 Be7 0-1 with White only expecting 32...Qg6.when 33.Qe8+ wins the f7 Rook. |
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| Dec-08-23 | | stone free or die: (<goodevans>, yes, 32.Rb8+ it is, thanks for catching that. My "loses [losses] this painful" is pretty painful too!) |
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| Dec-09-23 | | Saniyat24: botched it up, didn't he? |
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Dec-09-23
 | | Honza Cervenka: 32.Rb8+ is not so effective after 32...Bd8 but 32.f4 Qg4 33.Rb8+ is crushing. |
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Dec-09-23
 | | Williebob: Perhaps GM Moussard's blunder here is a karmic realignment for the freebie received earlier: D Gukesh vs J Moussard, 2023
Admittedly, Moussard's 26.. Bxa3! in that game is a more impressive find than the refutation here.
Still: Instant Karma's gonna getchoooo! |
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Dec-09-23
 | | offramp: This game finished 6 hours ago and instantly became the GotD. A new record! |
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Dec-09-23
 | | fredthebear: We could use some new records around here, or some old Bob Seger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXw... Oh, where has the time gone?
Offramp- FTB bets it was an in-a-hurry-Friday thing; the normal selfishness was put aside and Teyss got to have her spot-on pun used. J Moussard vs Adams, 2023 perfidious musta been in a hurry again - he blundered again before Moussard did: <Dec-07-23 perfidious: The kind of mistake that could well haunt Moussard for a long while; 31.Rxf7 was far stronger.> Nothing wrong with 31.Bxf7+ as actually played. White had a win with some effort, but no mate after exchanges. Notes by Stockfish give the correct follow up to 31.Bxf7+: 32.f4 Qg4 33.Rb8+ Rf8 34.Qd5+ Kh7 35.Rxf8 Qe2+ 36.Kh3 +- +10.61 (37 ply) This game shows that in some respects the defender has an easier time than the attacker does. The attacker must have the solution to all defensive responses (which often takes extra time and patience to calculate the various lines), while the defender must find just one path out of the woods. 0-1 |
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Dec-09-23
| | perfidious: <Geoff....(Adams) must have seen 37...Kh8 still hung on but a loss in the long run so decided to risk a quick end rather than suffer.....> As the saying runs: better an end with horror than horror without end. <....He rolled the bones with 31...Rxf7....> Probably not <fishie>'s first choice, but the time had come to turn to the implausible, without even a two bob trick to stave off the inevitable. |
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Dec-09-23
 | | Teyss: Hi Geoff,
Chess bluff, I like the concept. One card to go, Adams has Nine - Ten - Jack - Queen of the same colour, Moussard has four Aces. Adams goes all in, hoping for a King... which he eventually gets, it's White's mistake. Let's go a step backward. 
click for larger view White just moved 30.Rb7, for any player it's a red flag. SF recommends 30...Qe5 to challenge the WQ: it's still very difficult after 31.f4 (don't exchange Qs to keep the tension) Qd6 (not Qxe4 and the e-f-g Pawns are strong) 32.Rxf7 (not 32.Bxf7+? Rxf7 because 33.Rb8 is not possible) Kh8 (Rxf7? 33.Qe8+) (+2.8 at 41 ply). 
click for larger view But then it doesn't allow white to misstep with Qe6 after Bxf7. Maybe Adams was provoking White to blunder after 30...h5? since this move is clearly inferior (+6.9 at 41 ply): if you don't act quick on f7, I'll push ...h4. BTW we're saying "blunder", to be fair seeing 32.f4 before 33.Rb8+ wasn't easy. After all White at least saw 32.Rb8+ Bd8 as noted above, which explains why he preferred 32.Qe6. Re. the pun, I hesitated with "Apple Mousse" but that was too subtle for Missy. It's not the first time a GOTD is accepted on D+2, even if sending her a box of chocolates helps. |
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| Dec-09-23 | | Baxer: This Game appears to be Michael Adams' 1000th Win. Quite the achievement of longevity and skill that not many professional masters accomplish in their career. |
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Dec-09-23
 | | FSR: Poor Moussard also turned a win into a loss in the next round. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 17...Nxe4