Jun-03-12 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992 
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| meppi: It seems like 17. gxf6 is about doubled pawns, but it is not! It is all about a tempo. Just for one Tempo is why it was played, see if 17. Bxf6 then d6 is undefended. and there is no tempo to play h5 because black must defend d6 from the white rook. See doubled pawns *can* be ... |
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May-31-12 Nimzowitsch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925
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| meppi: 11. Qh5+
12. Qf3
13. Qg4
Great Queen maneuver to provoke weakness on g6 and take control of blacks heart (f5,e6,d7,c8) No 0-0-0 for black, then we see how king becomes a "figure of pathetic helplessness". Blacks position was conquered by moves 11, 12 and 13. |
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Jan-20-12 Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia
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| meppi: this guy was such a baller you can tell by his picture and chess game he played against Mr. Bitcham - "it was truly a game of art". chess needs someone with this personality like Prince Mingarella or Zukertort also with a nice bearded nowdays to make it more exciting and honor based |
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Dec-14-11 Keres vs E Klein, 1946
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| meppi: The point of the great move 40. a7 is that it puts the black king on the 7nth rank. This is important for the queening race. EG:
40. a7 Kb7
41. h6 gxf3
42. h7 f2
43. (Now the move a7 come into its glory) a8=Q+ Kxa8
44. h8=Q+
and now the new queen on h8 can come back because |
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Dec-07-11 S Vaibhav vs M Panchanathan, 2008
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| meppi: If it were black to move a good move would be Ne3+ of check and uncovered attack on the queen |
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Nov-20-11 I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999
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| meppi: just a quick kizblitz here, please view move 25 my instinct tells me that here Kasparov was trying for a combination involving sacrificing the queen with 26. Nxf3 - See the R Q and N are like hammers towards h2 square. That is why Kasparov played 25. Kh7 to make the King away from the |
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Nov-04-11 Szabo vs Kotov, 1946
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| meppi: Hmmm let us view this position, to play the solution must be a defensive move as Sd5 with doulbe attack is coming soon and to make offense in this position would be a serious mistake. The solution must be 15. hxg5 taking away the queen + knight meeting on my h7.
Now white has 16. Kxh2 |
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Nov-04-11 Prince Dadian vs A Fadeeff, 1887
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| meppi: I think the annotations says that 18. Qxg5 is a good move because, now the 19. Nf6+ tactique is failing to 19. gxf6 20. Rxg5+ fxg5 and even though blak is all underdeveloped the minor piece will be stronger than only one queen |
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Oct-30-11 Marshall vs J Esser, 1899
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| meppi: The idea on 15. Bxc7 is if black captures back with the bishop which appears to win material with 15. Bxc7
White plays this forcing variation
16. Ne7+ Kh8
17. Qxh7+ Kxh7
18. Rh4#
this type of checkmate was first played in 1600s by Gecko |
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Oct-14-11 Three Knights (C46)
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| meppi: Against Halloween i have been playing an exchange sacrifice counterattack line as black. It is like this;
1.e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nxe5 Nxe5
5. d4 Nc6 (haloween players as white usually like this line)
6. d5 Ne5
7. f4 Ng6
8. e5 Ng8
9. d6 (thematic white move ... |
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