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| Mar-30-06 |
| Richerby: Everyone seems to have missed 15. xc6+!. After either 15...  e2 or 15... bxc6, White has 16. he1+ followed by 17. d7/d7#. (15... xc6 16.d8#; 15... d7 16.xd7#.) |
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Mar-30-06
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| keypusher: How is that better than the game? It also denies Nimzowitsch his queen sacrifice. :-) |
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| Mar-30-06 |
| Richerby: It's a faster checkmate. 15.xc6+ mates in three but 15.he1+ only mates in six with best defence (16... d7, as quoted by <Gypsy>). |
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Mar-30-06
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| keypusher: Right! I think some annotator may have pointed that out somewhere. |
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| Apr-10-06 |
| DeepBlade: Alapin (for which I have great respect for) played a bit too much with the Queen, and made a weak opening. Its like playing the KGA: Muzio poor like this 1. e4 e5
2. f4 exf4
3. Nf3 g5
4. Bc4 g4
5. O-O gxf3
6. Qxf3 Qf6
7. e5 Qxe5
8. Bxf7+ Kxf7
9. d4 Qxd4+
10. Be3 Qxb2
11. Qxf4+ Nf6
12. Bd4 Qxd4+
13. Qxd4 Be7
14. Nc3 Kg7
15. Rae1 Bd8
16. Rxf6 Bxf6
17. Re7+ Kg6
18. Qg4+ Kh6
19. Rf7 Bxc3
20. Rf3 Bd4+
21. Kh1 Nc6
22. Rh3# |
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Jun-24-06
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| Necessary Truths: According to "Best Lesson of a Chess Coach" by Weeramantry and Eusebi the game was played in St. Petersburg, but in 1913. Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell which reference in their bibliography this info may have come from. Is there some official/historical record we might consult to clear all this up? Or at least a second source; preferably from Alapin? |
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| Jul-10-06 |
| Joao Quintas Godinho: What a beautifull game!
I was woundering, the main mistake of black was taking g2 pawn? after that they hadn't a way out? |
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Jul-11-06
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| notyetagm: What a great game by Nimzowitsch! This game is a superb example of the power of a lead in development. |
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Jul-11-06
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| notyetagm: The defensive power of a pinned piece is merely illusory, aka, <BLOCKING> a line is a full-time job. The Black e7-bishop, <PINNED> to the e-file against the threat of e1-e8#, only pretends to <DEFEND> the d8-square (17 d8+!). |
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| Jan-06-07 |
| Haeron: Erm, <syracrophy>,
14... Be6 15. Qd7# |
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| Aug-11-07 |
| xeroxmachine: According to my source the game is played in St. Louis wich is obviously wrong. They must have simply fell in the old mixing up St. Petersburg with St. Louis hole. But its dated to 1913 wich I do belive is the correct year. Also in 1914 the city changed its name to Petograd later Leningrad and then back again to St. Petersburg in 1991. Anyway, great game by Nimzowitsch he surley shows how to take advantages of Alapins bad opening. Nimzowitsch was great facing the french defense unlike myself. I always play the exchange variation to avoid black from taking any advantages. |
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Dec-10-07
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| jperr75108: pretty game. Especially with the comments |
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Feb-16-08
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| hesyrett: No one seems to have mentioned that any modern expert (or above) would have played 5... xc3 as Black rather than Alapin's 5...c5. At the cost of only a modest lag in development, Black gives White the doubled QBPs which feature so prominently in Nimzovich's own later games i.e. in the Nimzo-Indian defense and the Winawer/Nimzovich variation of the French, and does so without giving up the two s. Black's position then is sound, with no structural weaknesses, and his can be brought to the K-side via d7 and f6. Advantage Black! IMO White's 5 f3 is thus inaccurate, and 5 e4 or even the modest 5 d2 would be preferable. But then we'd have missed the brilliant denouement! |
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| Dec-25-08 |
| WhiteRook48: Nimzowitsch sacs- they're bound to be good... |
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| Feb-07-09 |
| WhiteRook48: almost thought it was Systemsson |
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| Feb-23-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Nimzowitsch wins Ala PIN on the e7 Bishop |
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| Mar-19-09 |
| swarmoflocusts: Aron "Morphy" Nimzowitsch. |
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Mar-20-09
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| whiteshark: vs Semion "N.N." Alapin. |
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| Apr-02-09 |
| WhiteRook48: <White must have paid him a fee to play this.>
Ha! |
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| Apr-16-09 |
| WhiteRook48: can't believe all these pins |
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Apr-18-09
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| whiteshark: How many did you count? |
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| Jul-02-09 |
| WhiteRook48: well, 2 to the wall, some on the d-file, some on the e-file... |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| KOCMOHAYT: this knockout deserves a pun! |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| TheChessGuy: I love Nimzo's laconic annotations. They make the game even more humorous. |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 16...Bd7 |
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