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| Aug-22-08 | | notyetagm: L Stein vs Golombek, 1968 Wow, what an incredible series of <IN-BETWEEN MOVES> by Leonid Stein: 16 d4xe5!, 17 e5xf6!, and 18 ♗c3-e5!. White to play: 18 ?
click for larger view18 ♗c3-e5! ends the game neatly for White (Stein).
Position after 18 ♗c3-e5! 1-0
click for larger viewStein leaves the Black e7-knight <EN PRISE> to his White f6-pawn, and instead <GAINS TIME> on the <EXPOSED> Black c7-queen to open the c-file from the White c2-queen to the <UNDEFENDED> Black c4-bishop <WITH TEMPO>. White will then capture the Black e7-knight <WITH TEMPO> and then capture the <UNDEFENDED> Black c4-bishop <WITH CHECK>. Absolutely beautiful tactical play by Stein.
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| Aug-22-08 | | Boomie: "Good Afternoon"
Owed to c4
He is an Englishman!
For he himself has said it,
And it's greatly to his credit,
That he is an Englishman!
That he is an Englishman!
For he might have been a Roosian,
A French or Turk or Proosian,
Or perhaps Italian!
Or perhaps Italian!
But in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!
He remains an Englishman!
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| Aug-22-08 | | twinlark: Hi Jess
Here's another Robert Frippp string quintet number called <Kan-non Power>: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdou... , complete with frippertronic enhancements. |
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| Aug-23-08 | | achieve: My dear Jess,
Just sent you a bummed mule.
Yes, Rc1 is probably the better move, also refuting the ...Qd5+ ...Qxd7 maneuvre with Rc7! winning the Queen. Also, as you said, the Rook on the seventh rank will gobble up a pawn... This is all off the toppa ma head, btw, and stranger things have flown off of there... I'll look into it once again.
Have you replayed Moro's win over Krammy at the Tal Memorial? It was brilliant! I watched it LIVE via playchess, big board, no kibbing with it... I just love Chess. Moro is now my fave player, I have decided --- will start studying his games... About time, I should think. AWHACKAAAAAA
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| Aug-23-08 | | achieve: <Good work! If you have them recorded, would you please post all the moves from the line you played out?> I didn't save the moves from that line, but I will be able to reconstruct it, I reckon. But first here is the full line arising from your suggested <1. Rc1> 
click for larger view1. ... Qe4+ 2. Kh2 Ke7 3. Bg4 h5 4. Rc7+ Kd6 5. Rd7+ Kc5
6. Bd1 Good positioning of both Rook and Bishop IMO... 
click for larger view6... axb5 7. Rd4 Qe5+ 8. Kg2 Qg5+ 9. Kf1 bxa4
10. Bxa4 Qf5 11. Bb4+ Kb6 12. Bd7
click for larger viewAnd with good piece coordination and avoiding Forks the center pawns should start rolling, though Black's Queen can undermine with EG Qc2 or ...Qf3 let's see how this pans out:
12. Qf3 13. e4 Qf4 14. Ke2
Qg5 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Rd5 Qc2 17. Kf3 Qb3+ 18. Kg2
Qc2 19. Be3+ Kc7 20. Bf5 b6 21. Kg3 Qc4 22. f4
Qf1
click for larger view10 moves on and there has been made some progress by White, BUT NO CIGAR YET!! And on <<< MOVE 38 >>> - I have reached this position, very close to a forced win/promotion: 
click for larger viewHoly crappamunky, this is <LABORIOUS>! |
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| Aug-23-08 | | achieve: contd:
And after <50. Kf5-g6> !!! - 
click for larger view --Black will be mated in 4 or something, at least forced to sac his Queen... <Jess> This is a UNIQUE way to practise and improve your piece coordination, since the engine, as sparring partner, never tires and will find every effing resource there is for counterplay, CHECKS AND FORKS. You simply GOTTA let yer K, BB, R and Pawns work together CONSTANTLY in order to bring this home safely. Regards,
Mr. Tired but Satisfied
And here's the bloody PGN in full -- which is actually quite useful cuz the technique displayed there is examplary and educational, for me too -- I slipped up a number of times... VERY GOOD PRACTISE
1. Rc1 Qe4+ 2. Kh2 Ke7 3. Bg4 h5 4. Rc7+ Kd6 5. Rd7+ Kc5
6. Bd1 axb5 7. Rd4 Qe5+ 8. Kg2 Qg5+ 9. Kf1 bxa4 10. Bxa4 Qf5 11. Bb4+ Kb6 12. Bd7 Qf3 13. e4 Qf4 14. Ke2 Qg5 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Rd5 Qc2 17. Kf3 Qb3+ 18. Kg2 Qc2 19. Be3+ Kc7 20. Bf5 b6 21. Kg3 Qc4 22. f4 Qf1
23. Bf2 h4+ 24. Kf3 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qc1 26. Rd2 Qc4+ 27. Kf3
Qc3+ 28. Be3 Qf6 29. Bg4 Qa1 30. e5 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qg2+
32. Kd3 Qf1+ 33. Ke4 Qc4+ 34. Bd4 Qc1 35. Rd1 Qc2+ 36. Ke3
Qb3+ 37. Rd3 Qb1 38. e6 Qe1+ 39. Be2 Qg3+ 40. Ke4 Qe1
41. Be5+ Kb7 42. Rd7+ Kc8 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Rc2 Ke7 45. Kf5
Qb1 46. Bd3 Qb4 47. Rc7+ Kd8 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Bf6 Qc5+
50. Kg6 --WHITE WINS--thanks--niels
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| Aug-23-08 | | notyetagm: L Stein vs Golombek, 1968 This game by Stein is now my standard example of the <RABID PAWN> concept, a pawn which just keeps capturing and capturing and capturing. Stein actually played 16 d4xe5! and 17 e5xf6! as <ZWISCHENZUG> 15 ... ♗c8-e6?
click for larger view16 d4xe5!
click for larger view16 ... ♗e6x♘c4 17 e5xf6!
click for larger viewand now Fritz 11 gives as the second-best game continuation for Black
18 ...Qc7-c8 19 f6xNe7 Bc4-e6 20 e7xRd8=Q Qc8xQd8.
18 ... ♕c7-c8
click for larger view19 f6x♘e7
click for larger view19 ... ♗c4-e6 20 e7x♖d8=♕
click for larger viewSo including this variation we have the White d4-pawn going 16 d4xe5!, 17 e5xf6!, 19 f6x♘e7, and 20 e7x♖d8 ! <<The White pawn which captures the Black d8-rook on move 20 was on the d4-square on move 15!!!>> That White d4-pawn just kept going, and going, and going. :-) |
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| Aug-23-08 | | achieve: <Jess> Bin looking if there were more master games where a Q+pawns faces R+BB+pawns This is what came out of that search: Endgame Explorer: QPP vs RBBP Interestingly, among the 7 games listed there, is a <Van Wely> heroic defensive effort, really nailbiting stuff! Watching the GMs show their piece coordinating skills is exciting as well as educational! It would also be interesting to replace a ♗ by a ♘ in the endgame we've been studying. |
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| Aug-23-08 | | achieve: <Jess> Position after 45 moves in above mentioned Masserey-van Wely (1995)
click for larger viewSo I kindly ask my abakuk for an evaluation of this here position... Its answer?
< 0.00 > at a miserable 16 PLY HAHAHAAAHHAAHAHAHHAA |
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Aug-23-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Niels the friendly accurate analysis elephant> Excellent work! (check your eggs--a new one has hatched). 30-50 moves later....
This game fascinates me because maybe <Kasparov> sacced his Queen there precisley because he figured his opponent WOULD NOT WANT to spend the next 3 hours of his life testing his technique-- He really could have made Kasparov work if he'd had the stomach for it. He didn't, of course. There are easier ways to win from the end of that game, perhaps-- maybe Kasparov was counting on the diorientation caused by his BOLD STROKE-- Ok a nightmare game for me was just before I left Korea-- I went into a Q+R+Pawn endgame 2 pawns up and in about five moves he had got his pawns back and was threatening mate in one. Luckily I had forced mate in three-- BUT THAT WAS FORTUNATE-- I failed to foresee the position. Queen endgames are a GIANT PAIN IN THE ASS.
Whoopa |
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| Aug-23-08 | | Red October: http://www.domperignon.com/selectio... |
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Aug-23-08
 | | Domdaniel: <He remains an Englishman! > "One cannot hope to bribe or 'square'
- Thank G-d! - the great English chessplayer.
But seeing what the chap will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to." |
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Aug-23-08
| | Domdaniel: <English Openings> I take it you've all analyzed the Four Queens Variation? G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977 |
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| Aug-23-08 | | Boomie: <Domdaniel: <English Openings> I take it you've all analyzed the Four Queens Variation?> I loved their Rhapsody and miss Freddie Mercury something awful. |
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| Aug-23-08 | | achieve: <Jess>: <There are easier ways to win from the end of that game, perhaps--> Err.. yes, perhaps. Like if Black would toss his Queen, right there? Hmm? Look, young lady, I bin busting my brain trying to find a way to a win against best counterplay FOR HOURS ON END, and you have the nerve to come WALTZING in here in your fancy dress suggesting there may be a FASTER WAY?? Ta muchly for the EMU btw. Looks like someone picked a bad decade to continue drinking... Yeah - winning endgames against a side that still has his/her Queen still on the board is LABORIOUS, that much I know now. <Domdaniel: <English Openings> I take it you've all analyzed the Four Queens Variation?
G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977> As a matter of fact I did. Few months ago already. Regards,
FFH/A (Endgame Oracle)
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Aug-24-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Friendly Accurate Analysis Elephant> noooooooooooooo!
I meant easier to win for <Kasparov> if he had not sacced his Queen. Like made another move. I know I wouldn't have even seen the Queen "forced horse trade" line if I had been playing this game-- so I was staring at the game after the last move and I was wondering what I probably would have played in a game from that position. Sidetracked, I later enjoyed some family and I ate some bad chicken! BAD! BAD CHICKEN!
After the Queen sac, all of your work is invaluable obviously. I was mainly speculating about the no doubt intense psychological aspect of this particular game. I think <Kasparov> intimidated his opponents from the get-go. |
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: <Jess> Whoopa - well, his opponent had a pretty strong attack lined up, as well, if I remember correctly... It was more or less forced, although <Qd4> may have been an alternative to Qxg7... BTW - I was of course kidding a bit... HOWEVER - I saw Kasparov many times play in the flesh, and his intimidation possibilities were quite limited... It was much more his opponents that LET THEMSELVES get intimidated, by their own doing... As if they were looking for it. With all the extreme negativity that is being spread about his agression and all that stuff... I remember him carefully explaining a line to an amateur whom he didn't even know... At Post-Mortems he was quite a dominant force, but simply because he had seen so effing much DURING the game. His energy and concentration were astounding, but that's lust what top performers with ambition SHOULD radiate. Kasparov was a fresh lion as he stormed on the Chess scene, and people should give him more credit for that... It all didn't come that easy to him; he worked like hell on his game. That was what was intimidating, amidst the quasi slumber state in which chess had found itself in being, after B Fischer didn't return to smack Karpov. |
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Aug-24-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Karpov the Friendly Fresh Lion> and <Dr. Euwe the Friendly Accurate analysis Elephant>, of course, were in the same room many times. But not in Africa!
That was right out.
Mrs. Envious that you got to see him |
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: I went to all the tourneys in Amsterdam, mainly to see Kaspy, but even more so, Judit Polgar... To see that wee girl at age 15, back in the early 90s as a YOUNGEST EVER GRANDMASTER, was something else... THE GREAT JAN TIMMAN was equally impressed; look at his abysmal 'head-to-head'
judit+polgar+v++timman">search " judit polgar v timman" |
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: <But not in Africa!> Not true. I had a small conversation with Garry while playing table tennis alongside the swimming pool of the Lido Nabeul Hotel, Nabeul, Tunisia. We were mainly tanning and relaxing a bit. (well, I did most of the tanning) |
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: URL MALFUNCTION
hang on...
search "judit polgar v timman" This one should do it - I don't know what the heck I did with the previous one... |
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| Aug-24-08 | | brankat: <achieve> Is Tunisia in Africa? ;-) Which reminds me. About a year ago, during our heyday at the Entertainment page there was a "discussion" about the location of Finland. <slo> claimed it was in Scandinavia, but <You know Who> was refuting it :-) So after a while <slo> had enough and asked: "Well then, where is it? In Africa?" You can imagine the screaming :-) |
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: <brankat: <achieve> Is Tunisia in Africa? ;-)> Yep, still is. Bin there 5 times! Ah - the memories of that wonderful time...
BTW - Spain is keeping up pace with the US team in the basketball final... BRILLIANT. |
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: But why do the spanish Basketball players have names like: Ricky (what a talent, though), Berni and Rudy??
Because they play in the NBA too?
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| Aug-24-08 | | achieve: '<Captain>' -- cross forum JINX ;) Well, you won't find those names with the spanish cyclists, I reckon. |
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