Movsa Feigin vs Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas (1937) "Facepalm"

Movsa Feigin vs Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas
"Facepalm" (game of the day Aug-01-12)
Kemeri (1937) · Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Accelerated Variation (D81) · 0-1

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Jul-28-12		hellopolgar: http://i.imgur.com/TGRwJ.jpg

Aug-01-12		Phony Benoni: I guess the pun is based on the picture supplied by <hellopolgar>, which is Feigin at the board with Alekhine observing. The position seems to be after <23.Ke1>: click for larger view In the final position of the game, it looks like the threat of 29...e5# is fatal. A typically wild Mikenas game.

Aug-01-12		Once: Fritz thinks that it starts to go wrong for white with 19. Bh6 click for larger view White's king is far too exposed to allow his queen to be dragged out of play on h6. Instead 19. Bh4 avoids the facepalm moment. Excellent picture, BTW!

Aug-01-12		andyatchess: I've had facepalm moments of my own

Aug-01-12		shakman: 13. Rxa2

Aug-01-12		kevin86: Funny attack:it died down for a while,then returned with a vengence.

Aug-01-12		hellopolgar: <Phony Benoni> So do i win anything? :)

Aug-01-12		PeaceRequiresAnarchy: I usually click through the Game of the Day very rapidly (maybe about a minute total) and then try to guess which move (if any) really hurt the eventual-loser's chances. Usually seeing how the game ends helps to identify a plan that went wrong. Today I saw that 19.Bh4 lead to white's queen being stranded on h4 until the end of the game and so I picked that move as being white's worst move. I usually don't check to see if the move I selected really was a bad move with deeper analysis or a computer, but I do skim through the comments to see if someone else mentioned the move. Thanks to <Once>'s insightful comment, it appears my guess was correct: <Once: Fritz thinks that it starts to go wrong for white with 19. Bh6> Your comments are appreciated, Once. I love the chess community on this website. Thanks, people.

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