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| Apr-29-07 | | Tactic101: That was a very instructive example on how the masters are different from us. Once someone can get that ability to make sense out of every position by constructing a good, solid plan to improve his position (eg. open a file, diagonal), weaken his opponent's (eg. damage pawn structure, entice him to form a weakness) and prevent his opponent's ideas, there is a huge leap in strength. I wouldn't know for sure, I'm far from that level. |
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Apr-29-07
 | | Phony Benoni: <Tactic101> Yes, it's the ability to find those plans which can be so difficult. That's why solving tactical positions is only half the battle. To simplify a famous quote from Spielmann, "I can understand Alekhine's combinations. I just can't get the positions!" But still, the tactical puzzlers are so much more fun! Here's another one from the 1997 Canadian Open, Hodgson v. Haessel, with White to play:
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Apr-29-07
 | | WannaBe: Um... how about 1. Rh7+ Kf8 2. Rh8+ Ke7 3. Rxd8 Kxd8 4. Qd4+ Kc8 5. Qd7# Does that work? |
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Apr-29-07
| | Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Not quite. 5.Qd7 is not mate; Black can play 5...Kb8. You do have the first move right, though! |
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| Apr-29-07 | | Tactic101: Well, <Wannabe> helped me a bit, telling me what the first move is, which saved me some time. The answer, from what I see is: Rh7+, Kf8, Nd7+! (clearing the f-file for the queen), Rxd7 (any other, Qf7#), Rh8+ (enticing he king to the next rank), Ke7 (Kg7, Qf6#), Qxf7# (the reason for Rh8+ is now clear. The d7 rook couldn't defend the f7 square anymore) |
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Apr-29-07
| | Phony Benoni: <Tactic101> That's basically right, except that 4.Qxf7 is not mate since White's rook is now on h8. Instead, 4.Qf6# substitutes admirably with the rook on d7 blocking the king's escape. Note, too, that White can't get fancy with 1.Rh7+ Kf8 2.Nd7+ Rxd7 3.Qf6. Mate is indeed inescapable--but it's White who is getting mated after 3...Qa1+! |
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| Apr-30-07 | | Tactic101: My apologies. I was in a rush for school since I was running late. I was just brushing my teeth when I realized my error, but since I had turned of the computer, I couldn't change my answer. So be it..... |
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Apr-30-07
| | Phony Benoni: <Tactic101> No need to apologize; I'm not grading you! The important thing in my mind is that you are seeing the basic ideas; precise calculation will come with practice and experience. I think you're going to do OK at this chess thing; you've certainly got the competitive juices going, even when there's no competition, |
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| Apr-30-07 | | Tactic101: Thanks for your comments. Yes, that is my tragic flaw. I can calculate well and I can find tactics, but I occasionally slip up (didn't see a piece, forgot where a piece is, etc). I've been seriously studying chess for barely a year, if you don't count long stretches of a few monthes on and off my study. So, I think I'm doing okay, but it's nice to know others think the same. Thanks! |
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May-05-07
| | Phony Benoni: Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.
[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Winnipeg, CAN"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fielding, Gerald Kensell"]
[Black "Wong, Ford"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
<1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Nf3 d5 7.b3>
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It's a nice day, so Black's queen decides to take a stroll. <7...Qa5 8.Bd2 dxc4 9.bxc4 Qh5 10.h3 Qa5 11.0-0 Qd8>
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Whatever that was, it doesn't seem to have worked.
<12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Rad1>
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Once more, with feeling!
<13...Qb6 14.Qa3 Qd8> Apparently, she wasn't feeling it after all.
<15.e4 h5 16.Rfe1 Nb6 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Bf4 Nh7 19.d5 Nd7 20.e5>
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This time for sure! Presto!
<20...Qa5 21.Ne4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5 23.Be3 Qa5 24.Bd2 Qb6 25.Qa3 cxd5 26.cxd5 Re8 27.Ba5 Qa6 28.Bf1 b5 29.Qb4 Rb8 30.a4 Bd7 31.Nd4 Ng5 32.h4 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Qb7 34.Nb3 Bf5 35.Nc5 Qa8>
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An appropriate final resting place. Having learned her lesson, the queen stays put for the rest of the game. <36.axb5 Bf8 37.f3 g5 38.hxg5 Nxg5 39.Qh4 Bh3+ 40.Kf2 Bxf1 41.Qxh5+ Nh7 42.Rxf1 Rxb5 43.Rh1 Rb2+ 44.Kg1> 1-0 |
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| May-13-07 | | AbhinavAsthana: Thanks for your beautiful explanation on my question on Kibitzer's Cafe and also thanks for the good link. |
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| May-26-07 | | Resignation Trap: I have nine more games from Lake Hopatcong, 1923 (from the American Chess Bulletin) to be uploaded: Sournin-Black (rd 10), Black-Hodges (rd 4), Black-Janowski (rd 2), Kupchik-Black (rd 1), Palmer-Schapiro (rd 2), Kupchik-Janowski (rd 8), Morrison-Tenner (rd 2), Sournin-Lasker (rd 2) and Sournin-Hodges (rd 6). Also, if you have THE WORLD OF CHESS by Saidy and Lessing, the group photo on pages 148-9 was taken at Lake Hopatcong 1923, though it is not mentioned as such. |
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May-26-07
| | WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> Try: http://mysite.verizon.net/jyu1/Lux.... and see if that's Joe Lux. Thank you!!! |
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May-26-07
| | Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> Yep, that looks like Joe Lux. Whether he's the same person as J. Lux is another matter. <Resignation Trap> Those games will be good to have; I was just going from the New York Times reports. I also found a site by a fellow named Mike Goeller (not Groeller!), who published some of the games in the Kenilworth Chess Club blog. He said he had around 40 games from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, but I don't know how many duplicates there were. By the way, I'm sorry about the missing games from Dallas 1957. I was sure I had submitted everything, but apparently I messed up somehow. |
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| May-27-07 | | Resignation Trap: From Dallas 1957, the six remaining decisive games are now on our database, the four draws are not. |
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| May-27-07 | | Resignation Trap: From Lake Hopatcong 1923, the Black-Janowski and Kupchik-Janowski games both started with this position after White's 16th move: 
click for larger view In round two, Janowski tried 16...dxe5 against Black and drew in 30. In round eight, Janowski tried 16...Nxe5 against Kupchik. After 66 moves, Kupchik-Janowski looked like this:
click for larger viewLooks difficult for white to win.
After 109.fxe7 here's the position:
click for larger viewKupchik forced the win with 109...Bg6 110.Bf4 Bf7 111.Kf6 Be8 112.Ke6 Kg8 113.Be5 Kh7 114.Bg7 Kg6 115.Bf8 Ba4 116.Kd6 1-0 |
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May-27-07
| | Phony Benoni: I take it the opening was a Steinitz Deferred with an early ...Bg4 by Black? Janowski seemed to favor the line around that time. That was a big game for Kupchik. Coming into the round, he had lost two in a row and was two points behind the first-place Janowski. The victory launched him on a six-game game winning streak to the tie for first with Marshall. In revising my Lake Hopatcong collection today, I noticed that one game which I submitted has not been added: Schapiro ½ Chajes from round 1. Is there some sort of conspiracy against submitted draws these days? (And it was 63 moves long; hardly a grandmaster draw.) |
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May-28-07
| | Phony Benoni: You often hear the phrase "problem move" thrown around. Here's a neat little example, from <Gordon Taylor> v. <Brian Knapper>, Canadian Open, 1997.
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Note that the White bishops are "half-pinned"; that is, a move by either bishop pins the other one. Nothing daunted, Taylor started with <1.Rxg7+>. Declining the rook does not avoid Black's fate, so he went ahead and took the rook, quickly resigning after <1...Kxg7 2.Qxf6+ Kg8 3.Qh8+ Kf7 4.Qg7+>
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Black's resignation is quite proper; after <4...Ke8 5.Bg6+> he gets mated at once if 5...Kd8 6.Qf8+ Kd7 7.Bf5#, so that leaves <5...Qf7> which gets mated anyway. But it's that mate that I like. <6.Qxf7+ Kd8 7.Qe8+> (unfortunately the Bc3 is now pinned, but we can do something about that!) <7...Kc7 8.Qc6+!> (The bishop is unpinned, so 8...Kd8 runs into 9.Bf6#) <8...Kb8 9.Qb5+ Kc7 10.Ba5#>, as the bishop has been unpinned yet again. |
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Jun-20-07
| | WannaBe: This was one of the game that I did not wish to get publicized, it was from the 2007 National Open, and I've just lost 3 games in a row (I was playing in the U1400 section), and this was the 4th game. The game took place in the evening, against the same opponent that I beat last year, (which won me the upset prize last year). And I decided to play the Benoni... I usually play KID against 1. d4 [Event "National Open 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reyes, Don (Jr.)"]
[Black "Yu, Jimmy"]
[White ELO "1250"]
[Black ELO "955"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Yu,Jimmy"]
[PlyCount "27"]
1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. f4 Nc6 6. c3
d5 7. Ngf3 c4 8. Bc2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Rf3 Kh8 12. Rh3 Rf8 13. g4
Ng8 14. Rxh7# 1-0
It's <ALL> your fault that I lost!! =) The good thing is, next morning I took out allllll my anger and frustration by beating 1600+ player, and won meself another upset prize. |
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Jun-22-07
| | Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> On behalf of The Beneficent Association of Benoni Lovers Everywhere, I would like to welcome you to the KID Club and hope you have a long and fruitful association with that fine organization. Seriously, have you ever had to face the Stonewall Attack before? You certainly didn't seem to have a plan against it, and that can be quickly fatal against the Stonewall. (Ironically enough, playing a KID formation with an early ...g6 might have been a good possibility.) |
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| Jun-22-07 | | dabearsrock1010: i played a benoni last tournament and lost...i dont think im ever going to play it again unless someone convinces me otherwise |
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Jun-22-07
| | WannaBe: <Phony Benoni> Thought of changing your profile? So that your name in there is linked directly to David Moody (?) |
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Jun-22-07
| | Phony Benoni: <WannaBe> That loser? He's nothing but an old hack journalist who drones on interminably as though he knows something about chess.
If such a link does get in there somehow, inform me and I'll know what to do about it. |
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Jun-23-07
| | Phony Benoni: <dabearstock1010> I won't try to convince you. The Benoni (well, for me the Modern Benoni with <1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6>) is a very double-edged opening where imperceptible slips can lead to quick disaster for either side. Either you like that kind of game or you don't, and no rational argument is going to change your mind. I've been playing the Modern Benoni for over thirty years. I keep giving up on it and trying the King's Indian or Gruenfeld or Dutch, but I keep coming back. No other opening gives me the spiritual (yes, spiritual) satisfaction I get out of a Modern Benoni that works just right. |
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Jun-23-07
 | | Open Defence: <No other opening gives me the spiritual (yes, spiritual) satisfaction I get out of a Modern Benoni that works just right.> maybe you should try the Old Benoni then :-D |
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