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| Apr-22-08 | | notyetagm: R Bertholee vs Judit Polgar, 1990 <syracrophy: After 35.Rxa7 it makes a perfect Wednesday puzzle (Black to play 35...?)> Black to play: 35 ... ?
click for larger viewWhat does Black want to play in this position? Place the Black d4-rook behind the passed Black b3-pawn and promote it, right? So that is exactly what GM Judit Polgar does! With 35 ... ♖d4-b4!!. Position after 35 ... ♖d4-b4!! 
click for larger viewThe point is that Polgar is using the old <PASSED PAWN VERSUS ROOK TRICK> to promote her passed Black b3-pawn after 36 a3x♖b4 b3-b2. Position after 36 a3x♖b4 b3-b2
click for larger viewWhat a <TACTICAL MONSTER> GM Judit Polgar is! |
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| Apr-22-08 | | achieve: <The point is that Polgar is using the old <PASSED PAWN VERSUS ROOK TRICK> to promote her passed Black b3-pawn> Wonderful theme there!! Reminds me of an instructional video I studied a few days ago, working out this <BEAUTIFUL THEME> in <VARIOUS> ways... Kidding aside, there are several related themes here - ALL underlining the inability to stop a pawn promotion, because the defending ROOK keeps getting blockaded by one of his own Pieces (King or pawn) White to play and win (this is scary)
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| Apr-22-08 | | malthrope: <JFQ>, <notyetagm> & <achieve> Re: Puzzle of the Day (04/21/08) - R Bertholee vs Judit Polgar, 1990 - The position after 35. Rxa7 - Black to play and win... See <notyetagm>'s diagram of this position. What I *luv* about this puzzle it that it fully supports the axiom that <Rooks belong behind passed pawns!> ~lol~ Needless to say I won't tell you exactly how long it took me to solve it other than a really big smile was brightly beaming on my face within seconds. The reward as always is simply solving for the correct solution. The rest, as they say, is purely a matter of technique! ;) Regards, - Mal |
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Apr-23-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Hello All!
Thank you for all the mail you've left me!!
I've been superbusy since Monday helping the students cram for their mid-terms--- But now they are writing them in the morning on Wed, Thurs, and Friday. So I get a half day off each day!!
I am playing a "pretend tournament" on Yahoo==
Since I can play chess for the next three afternoons and also Saturday, I will play SIX games at "classical" time controls-- three with Black and three with White. I'm using my "luck" <Alex_Grishuk> Yahoo ID since "he" seems to be playing well. I won the first game just now!!
Heh...
Now I will relax and catch up on ocrrespondence.
Oh and also go through the <Bok Choi> games, I haven't even had a chance to look at them yet. How come <CG.com> is not showing them live?? |
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| Apr-23-08 | | brankat: <jessica> <Oh and also go through the <Bok Choi> games, I haven't even had a chance to look at them yet. How come <CG.com> is not showing them live??> If You were to send Daniel Freeman a real NASTY e-mail maybe he would oblige :-) |
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| Apr-23-08 | | malthrope: <brankat: <jessica> <Oh and also go through the <Bok Choi> games, I haven't even had a chance to look at them yet. How come <CG.com> is not showing them live??> If You were to send Daniel Freeman a real NASTY e-mail maybe he would oblige :-)> Just a quick sidenote here... CG.com did address this prior to <brankat> and <Mal> prodding them just a bit to get the Euro Individual Chess Championship discussion pages up for both the Men's and the Women's division - which they did! ;) They wrote this re: Baku...
<Chessgames.com <Live Coverage of Baku> We may do that for the latter half of the tournament. Meanwhile the official site has pretty decent coverage: (http://livegames.fide.com/baku2008/...) and of course you can discuss them here: Baku Grand Prix (2008) > So, we should save the <nasty e-mail> for a real emergency! ~lol~ :^) My Best, - Mal |
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| Apr-23-08 | | Boomie: <jessiekimchi: TIME
heh thenks for the <Tom Leherer>...> I'll do anything to bring a "Heh" to the lips of my queen. |
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Apr-23-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Tim, all I want from you is this- you know people in the chess business, right? Maybe you could convince them to make 3 or 4 appearances a year here at my forum... |
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Apr-23-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Hi <Mal>!! Heh that's a good idea-- however, having been almost banned several times, a "nasty email" from me isn't such a good idea... I wasn't always the "good CG.com citizen" I am today... That's an amazing tactic <notyetagm> showed us isn't it? Also, I still haven't solved <Niels'> thematic puzzle, so please don't give the answer yet!!! Yours,
Jess |
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| Apr-23-08 | | positionalgenius: <jess> You need to get a schemingmind or queenalice account. |
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| Apr-24-08 | | Boomie: <jessicafischerqueen: Tim, all I want from you is this- you know people in the chess business, right? Maybe you could convince them to make 3 or 4 appearances a year here at my forum...> I'll do anything for my Dogmother. You know that. |
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Apr-24-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: You know my father? Men are coming here to kill him. Help me move this bed to the other room. |
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| Apr-24-08 | | Boomie: I thought I got all you guinea punks outa here. |
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Apr-24-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Stand him up
"But Captain he's a war hero"
I said STAND HIM UP |
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| Apr-24-08 | | technical draw: "I Gotta go to the bath room." "If you gotta go, you gotta go. |
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| Apr-24-08 | | chessmoron: <jess> Did you get my e-mail? |
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Apr-25-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: We going to Jersey?
"Maybe..."
SCREEEEEECH
"Nice work, Lou..." |
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| Apr-25-08 | | Boomie: I don't like blood, Tom. Blood is bad for business. |
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Apr-25-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Tim: "Maybe I could help?
Michael: "You're out, Tim." |
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Apr-25-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: OK popular <CG.com> Premium Member Nicknames Trivia: First one to get them all wins buns.
Give the full <User:> name, including proper spacing and capitals and such to soore points: 1. <Dominus>
2. <Nathan>
3. <Tim>
4. <McLovin>
5. <MannBee>
6. <Scriaba>
7. <Mommy>
8. <Branko>
9. <My Dear Bishop>
10. <Doggimus>
12. <mackinaw>
13. <Captain>
14. <Stony>
15. <Esteemed Edifice> 16. <Fabled Sub-Saharan Ungulate> 17. <Triceratops>
18. <Dr. Max Euwe>
CONTEST IS NOW OPEN- ONE POINT FOR EACH NICKNAME |
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| Apr-25-08 | | Red October: 1. <Dominus> - Domdaniel
2. <Nathan> - Positional Genius
3. <Tim> - Boomie
4. <McLovin> - Chessmoron
5. <MannBee> - Wannabe
6. <Scriaba> - Eyal
7. <Mommy> - Red October on a week end after 3 Black Najdorfs (for the uninitiated a Black Najdorf is a large Vodka with Cola and Ice with a dash of lime juice)
8. <Branko> - Brankat
9. <My Dear Bishop> - Bishop of Blunder
10. <Doggimus> - Twinlark
12. <mackinaw> - Mack
13. <Captain> - Eyal or The Alchemist (The Alchemist was the first Captain)
14. <Stony> - Stonehenge
15. <Esteemed Edifice> - Ziggurat16. <Fabled Sub-Saharan Ungulate> Zebra 17. <Triceratops> Ed Trice (though we may be sued if we say this)
18. <Dr. Max Euwe> Achieve |
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Apr-25-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: DEFFI WINS THE BUNS!!
Amazing== 100 percent correct
<Deffi> is the Queen of guessing nicknames!!! She even knew Eyal was <Scriaba>, even though I just gave him that nickname yesterday.... |
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| Apr-25-08 | | Red October: heh! lucky i guess, i thought you have been using Scriaba for a while now ? no ? hmm I spend too much time at this site ;-D time for a Black Najdorf... the Week End is here!!!! |
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Apr-25-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: heh no He was Russian composer <Scriabin> but now he's <Scriaba>!! It's not, since he was <Captain> during our game, it's just a logical progression: Captain-- Cappin-- Cappine-- K-Pain-- Cabin- Crabbin-- Carbon-- Scriabin-- Scriaba-- There was a tense moment when "Carbon" almost became "Car pool", but luckily <Scriaba> managed to head that one off at the pass... Oh oh-- Mommhy's going to be feeling good soon!!
Dom better watch his step about an hour from now.... |
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| Apr-25-08 | | achieve: SCRIABIN it was!
One of the greatest ... of the early 20th century.
This was too easy Jess for a nerd like me.
Good Evening = Sting |
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