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| Jun-11-11 | | stst: V Diff - might be Belmont!!
Yeah, first sight thought it's W to move, name Polugaevsky inviting, NOT!
It's Bk to move, try to develop into some seq. with fireworks ...
25.... Bxg2+ (to release the N)
26.Qxg2 Nh5 (N escapes & also threatens g3 fork)
27.Ne4 Rf8 (W Ne4 to try getting rid of the B@c5 at the same time protecting g3)
28.Rf1 Qe3 (only optimal place for Q)
29.Re1 Qxe4 (begin some peculiar from normal.)
30.Rxe4 Rxf1+
31.Qxf1 Ng3+ (forks, that's why Q sac in 28.)
32.Kh2 Nxf1+
33.Kh1 Ng2+
34.Kh2/g2 Nxe4 and Bk is overwhelming in material and position.
Sure other paths are feasible, just want to dump it out prior to Belmont!! |
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Jun-11-11
 | | Once: <FSR> You wrote that article? Seriously impressive. |
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| Jun-11-11 | | stst: Yeah, was also pondering the first choice of 25...Nh5, just didn't drill through the analysis...
Good "Ftacnik" -- "Tac-neek" ~ Technique!! |
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| Jun-11-11 | | azi: I think that white weakened his castled position without sufficient compensation, as black's castled position is not a mine field of weak squares. White pursued a pawn advancing attack on the kingside, without targets and sufficiently developed piece deployment. And black controls the major diagonals, slicing through the white king's positiion. White has little to say about his position while black has great dynamic advantage. White is asleep at the wheel meanwhile black is deploying his sharpshooters and artillary on the weaknesses and unorganized play throughout the white camp. It is an inspired yet logical game by black. Even his rooks were more actively placed as was his queen. |
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| Jun-11-11 | | KingV93: Very Difficult. Indeed. To my eyes anyway...
Beautiful combination. Didn't see it, went with  xh4, too deep for me but electrifying to watch it unfold when I was checking. Great sac, This is the stuff I Love in Chess! |
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Jun-11-11
 | | sevenseaman: Thanks <FSR>. Your wikipedia article analysing this Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik game is comprehensive and lucid. It cleared a sediment of cobwebs that were still clouding the mind. I am amazed how well this game lends itself to analysis of some basic mating patterns. It also pushes up my esteem for GM Ftacnik who got the better of GM Polugaevsky, no lightweight on his own. Ftacnik pushes Anand really hard in this game, Anand vs Ftacnik, 1993. So this awkward-looking variant of the 'English symmetrical' is called the Hedgehog defence, hm. Do the Black Ns always tend to favor/perish on the 'h' file? |
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| Jun-11-11 | | wals: Rybka 4 x 64
Looking good, 19...d5, =0.15.
20.cxd5, -0.91. Best, exd5, -=0.30.
Penalty, 0.61.
23.dxe6, -1.33. Best, Qf3, -0.91.
Penalty, 0.42.
24.e5, -16.40. Best, Rxd8, -1.18.
Penalty, 15.42.
25.Kh1, -16.40. There is no better move.
27.Nd5, -#7.
28.Rf1, -#5.
29.Kxg2, -#4.
29...Rd2, -#3, and White resigned..
TOTAL Penalty up to move 24.
White, 16.45. Black, 0. Which
approximates White's shortfall
at move 25. |
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Jun-11-11
| | sevenseaman: <morfishine> <Anand vs Ftacnik,1993 was a beaut.> Yes. Anand vs Ftacnik, 1993 is a Sicilian Scheveningen. I have played the game 4 times now and I do not still grasp why Ftacnik was in such a tearing hurry to play 26...Qa4. |
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Jun-11-11
 | | Patriot: I went with 25...Nh5, seeing that black is at least ok after 26.Qxh5 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Qxb2. 26...Qg3! is much better! |
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| Jun-11-11 | | TheBish: Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982 Black to play (25...?) "Very Difficult"
Black is down a pawn, although White's extra is a doubled rook pawn, hardly worth counting. More important is that Black's knight is attacked, and that Black's bishops and queen are bearing down on White's position. The key is a diversionary tactic: 25...Nh5!
Apparently giving away the already-attacked knight, but the difference here is that the queen must capture, removing her from the defense of her king. 26. Qxh5
Forced, since there was no good way to stop ...Ng3+ (26. Ne4 Bxe4 or 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Nf1+ 29. Kh1 Qh2#). 26...Qg3 with threats of 27...Qxg2#, Qxh3# and Bxg2#, which cannot adequately be met. About the best try here is 27. Nd5, but 27...Rxd5! (preserving the b7 bishop), threatening 28...Rxd1+ followed by mayhem on the king (28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxh3#, or 28. Qf3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxf3). "Time to check."
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I missed the 28. Rf1 defense (adding to the difficulty factor), but other than that, spot on! What a "Ftacnik" combo! |
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| Jun-11-11 | | ImTheMan: Wouldn't 25...Qxh4 be a good continuation? |
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Jun-12-11
 | | FSR: <Once><sevenseaman> Thanks. Glad you liked the article. Two others I'm proud of are my articles on G.H.D. Gossip http://bit.ly/4dLlp and chess swindles http://bit.ly/OTMGC. Both "First-move advantage in chess" and "George H. D. Gossip" have been Today's Featured Article, the highest honor on Wikipedia, attained by about 1 out of every 1,400 articles. More is on my user page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:K... |
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| Nov-08-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB7s...
I just completed a video (in two parts) on this game. |
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| Nov-09-11 | | JoergWalter: This game earned the title "most beautiful game of the 1982 olympiad".
It deserves better prepared videos than those. |
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Jun-26-12
 | | Honza Cervenka: The Hedgehog That Roared :-D |
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| Sep-30-12 | | nolanryan: thats what she said |
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Sep-30-12
 | | lost in space: What a fantastic game. Really nice. |
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Sep-30-12
 | | Travis Bickle: Nicely done! |
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Sep-30-12
 | | Eduardo Bermudez: Most beautiful game of the 1982 olympiad !! |
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Sep-30-12
 | | SuperPatzer77: White to play - See diagram below:
click for larger viewInstead of 28.  f1, 28. g1 d1!! (Threatening 29... xg2#) - see below: 1) 29. axd1 or xd1 xh3#!!
2) 29. gxd1 xg2#
3) 29. g4 xg2#!! - Note that the White Rook on g1 cannot capture the Black Bishop because of a pin by the Black Rook on d1. Therefore, 28. f1 is the best try for White but 28...xg2+!! is BIG OUCH!! <Patriot> I totally agree with your commentary - 26...g3!! What a beautiful combination by Lubomir Ftacnik!!! |
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Sep-30-12
 | | andrewjsacks: Some echoes of Rotlewi-Rubinstein? |
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Sep-30-12
| | SuperPatzer77: < andrewjsacks: Some echoes of Rotlewi-Rubinstein? > <andrewjsacks> You bet!!! LOL LOL <andrewjsacks> I love this game - Rotlevi-Rubinstein. That has crossed my mind - Polugaevsky-Ftacnik game is ALMOST similar to the famous game between Rotlevi (White) and Rubinstein (Black). SuperPatzer77 |
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| Sep-30-12 | | Oceanlake: The a1 rook starts pining away when White moves 13. N-d2. azi seems right to me, shuffling two pieces and pushing pawns at the expense of development. White gave odds of a rook. |
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| Sep-30-12 | | rapidcitychess: Nunn mentions the problem in playing the Hedgehog that pertains to this game: The fact that if the position opens up, white's pieces become vulnerable, and the air around white's king starts to become a burden. Black is not passive; He is potential energy, exemplified in chess. |
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Oct-01-12
 | | kevin86: A sacrifice soup soon to be won by black.
What is a hedgehog? Is it a porcupine without an agent. |
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