Jul-30-12 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2005 
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| dzhafner: 14...exd4 15.e5 h6 16.exf6 hxg5 17.fxg7 Rg8 18.Rae1+ Kd7 19.Rxf7+ Kc6 20.Qg6+ Kc5 21.Re5+ (not cxd4+??? Qxd4+) Kxc4 Qc2. if ...dxc3 Qa4+ forced #
if ...Bd7 cxd4+ ...Kxd4 Qb2+ ...Kc4 Qb4+ |
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Oct-05-11 Giri vs V Churkin, 2008
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| dzhafner: Is there a reason black didn't want to just play 6 ...d6 with some order of Nf6 Be7 Nbd7 aiming for a hedgehog? |
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Sep-22-11 R Toran vs Tal, 1961
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| dzhafner: In his book, "life and games",
Tal suggests 11 NCxe4 for white and says he would have continued with 11...Nc6 Something like
12 Nxf6 ... Bxf6
13 Be5+ ... Kg7
and then Tal suggests 14 Nf7.
But what if white tries 14 Be6?
...Re8 (to avoid the knight fork)
15. d5 and now ... |
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Feb-28-11 Stein vs I Lenchiner, 1960
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| dzhafner: Black has already lost by move 23.
23) Qd3 ... Bc6
24) Qd6 ...Qd8
25) Qc5 ...Bd7
26) Nb6
or if
25 ... Qxd1
26) Kxd1 ... 0-0-0
27) Ke2 with mating threats based around Nb6 and Qa6. Another cute line is
24) b4 which could lead to a winning end game
b4 ...Rd8
bxa5 ... |
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Oct-09-10 Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929
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| dzhafner: One cute line is as follows:
11 Bxg7 ... Qh4+
12 Ke2 ... 0-0
13 Rb1 (suddenly losing Qxa2 is essential to protect the f7 square) ... Qf7+
14 Kd1 (Ke3? Nc5#) ...Qxg7
15 Rxb8 (Re1 ...Qf3+ Re2 ...Qf1+ Re1 ...Nf2#) ...Qxh8+
16 Ke2 ...Qg7+
17 Kd3 Qf3+
Kd4 Qf2+
Kd3 ...Nc5# |
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Oct-04-10 Spassky vs Beickert, 1991
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| dzhafner: nice finish, black had no idea it was coming.
Might make a nice puzzle. |
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Aug-31-10 Anderssen vs Staunton, 1851
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| dzhafner: why not 8... d6?
if 9 Qg4 ... 0-0
and if 10 Bh6?? ... Ng6 (the hanging bishop, knight, and threat of e5 seem difficult to meet)
11 Bg5 ... Qb6 (11 Be3 .. e5)
Black should be able to get in 9 ...Nf6 and possibly continue with ...e5, ...Nd4 à la Adams vs Hydra, 2005 as ... |
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Aug-30-10 C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1851
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| dzhafner: Phoenix's line does seem winning.
9 Nxe5 ...Nxe4
10 Qxg4 ...Bxf2
11R Rxf2 ...Rh1+
12 Kxh1 ... Nxf2
13 Kg1 ... Nxg4
14 Nxg4 ... Qc3
preventing rapid development of the other white pieces. for example
15 Na3 ... O-O-O
16 b3 ... f5
17 Ne3 ... f4
The idea of an ... |
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Jun-06-10 Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1859
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| dzhafner: clickclick
if 12... 0-0 (or some other non Bb6 move)
then 13 c3 ...Q to somewhere
14 b4 would fork two minor pieces. |
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Jun-02-10 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1929
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| dzhafner: Bogoljubov could have drawn with 64 ... Rxf5
If Alekhine had then exchanged rooks on f5, the game would have been drawn, since black's pawn it a bishop pawn.
eg.
65 Rxf5 ... Kxf5
66 b5 ... Kg4
67 Kc6 ... and black just needs to race his pawn to f2 and move his king back and ... |
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