Mar-15-06 Averbakh vs V Osnos, 1965 
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| zhentil: <fezzik> I think you are slightly confused. This is not a positional exchange sacrifice. It leads by force to a winning material advantage. It is difficult to say that it is a precursor to anything, since Anderssen and Morphy were sacrificing material for forced wins a hundred |
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Mar-13-06 P H Nielsen vs Goldin, 2001
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| zhentil: <emperor> I think the probability that white calculated this to the pawn promotion is zero. The sacrifice (queen for rook and knight) is minimal, and white obviously got a lot of play after it. This (along with the meandering in moves 36-40 (time trouble, I presume)) points to |
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Mar-01-06 Timman vs Karpov, 1979
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| zhentil: <seeminor> I think this is why Karpov was so dangerous at his peak. As he aged, Karpov developed almost a mannered disdain for pawn weaknesses. In this game, he showed no hesitation in accepting them. A very powerful display. |
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Mar-01-06 A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914
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| zhentil: <morphymatt> It's actually mate in 10.
1... Qxa2+ 2. Kxa2 Bd3+ 3. Kb3 c4+ 4. Kb4 Nc6+ 5. Kb5 Nd4+ 6. Kb6 Rfb8+ 7. Kc7 Nb5+ 8. Kc6 (8. Kd7? Ra7+ 9. Kc6 Rc7#) Ra6+ 9. Kd7 Ra7+ 10. Kc6 Nd4# |
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Mar-01-06 Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1940
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| zhentil: After 43... Nxe2 44.Qxe2 Qxh4 45. e6 Qf4+ black takes control of e5 and white can lay down his king. |
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Mar-01-06 Petrosian vs Y Kotkov, 1946
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| zhentil: <Karpova> As the notes indicate, 5... cxd4 would equalize at once, when a3 looks more and more like a wasted tempo, and the knight belongs on c3. Petrosian was not known for his incisive opening play, but in this instance, the weak reaction by his (apparently) much weaker ... |
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Mar-01-06 Koneru vs Z Nemeth, 2005
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| zhentil: <viky> In your line, you hung your queen. |
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Feb-28-06 R Maric vs Gligoric, 1962
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| zhentil: <patzer2> The Complete Bg5 Najdorf by Nunn is great (if very, very dense). It demonstrates the forced draws in the PP. I think that this is the main reason that Kasparov explored Qc7 against Bg5. There are just too many forced draws in the PP, and the "main line" (Be7) is ... |
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Feb-24-06 Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916
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| zhentil: <offramp> Yes he does. 5. cxd5 refutes it. Read the above comments again. |
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Feb-22-06 De Wind vs Timman, 1965
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| zhentil: <emperoratahulpa> A number of grandmasters who have made a career out of playing the Fianchetto Variation against the Benoni would, I'm sure, take issue with your simplistic indictment. Ask Viktor Korchnoi if he thinks fianchettoing against the Benoni is a mistake. |
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