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| Feb-14-12 | | LoveThatJoker: The Tightrope Game
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Feb-14-12
 | | Shams: <The Tightrope Game> How about "Man on Wire" for GOTD? |
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| Feb-14-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Shams> I admit that "Man on Wire" is a better pun. However, for posterity - just like "Game of the Century" will always be associated with Fischer's youthful game against D. Byrne and Gufeld's strange masterpiece against Bagirov is called "La Gioconda/The Mona Lisa" - I feel that The Tightrope Game should be the title of this masterpiece in publications to come. Wikipedia defines tightrope walking in the following way, "Tightrope walking (or funambulism) is the art of walking along a thin wire or rope, usually at a great height." Surely the way the K walks in this game demonstrates that Grischuk's lofty/high-minded ambition required precision, courage and careful consideration; much as a funambulist's unique endeavour would. LTJ |
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Feb-14-12
| | Shams: <LTJ> Oh, mine isn't even a pun, just a title. Did you see the documentary? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/ |
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| Feb-14-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Shams> No, I didn't see the documentary. As I said in my last post, "Man on Wire" is a good pun as it is surely understood that the people who titled the documentary in question were employing a play-on-words from a popular expression (i.e., man on fire). Yet to call this game "Man on Wire" - although great for a chessgames.com POTD pun - doesn't have as much of a universal appeal (i.e., a phrase that is easily translated to another language without losing it's inherent/archetypal meaning), nor as much of an artistic seriousness about it as "The Tightrope Game." All this being said, I'm glad that "The Tightrope Game" struck a chord with you. LTJ |
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Feb-14-12
 | | scormus: What a remarkable game! Deserves a rearkable pun. |
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Feb-14-12
 | | tpstar: Game Collection: Best Games of 2010 |
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| May-28-12 | | HeadCrunch: very qquuiieett ggaammee iinnddeeeedd |
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| Jun-01-12 | | LoveThatJoker: This is the first time <CG> has selected my submission for GOTD with title/pun. I am happy as this game is truly magnificent - a modern masterpiece. LTJ |
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Jun-01-12
 | | HeMateMe: Hey, just like the 2012 Anand/Gelfand match--thrill a minute! |
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| Jun-01-12 | | DanielBryant: What a remarkable game, and I definitely think the tightrope analogy is apt. |
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Jun-01-12
| | Shams: I'm bumping <Luzhin>'s great post of Jan 8 2010 since it's the only one post to mention a critical point: <luzhin><The strange thing is that 15...Rh7 was solely designed to deter Gashimov's threat of g5 -- but in fact 16.g5!! was still the move to play, since after 16...hxg5 17.Nxe6! it's anyone's game. Indeed, if Grischuk were rash enough then to try 17...Qd7 then 18.Qxh7! Nxh7 19.Bh5+ and mate next! By the way, 39...Rac8 had the awesome threat of Rc1 mate.> Grischuk thought for the better part of an hour before 15...Rh7?!. |
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| Jun-01-12 | | ossipossi: 1972 Wchamp, Spasskij dared to play the poisoned pawn variation and win.... |
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| Jun-01-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <DanielBryant> I'm glad you like the tightrope analogy, man! Thanks for saying so! :) LTJ |
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| Jun-01-12 | | piltdown man: I'll never be a grandmaster. Sigh! |
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| Jun-01-12 | | weisyschwarz: Grischuk shows great nerve, and Gashimov was unaware that his opponent was using his king as an attack piece. |
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| Jun-01-12 | | Major Dude: very very cool game :) |
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Jun-01-12
 | | FSR: <LoveThatJoker> Congrats on the pun! What a crazy game! Very interesting (and seemingly strong) suggestion by <Luzhin>. I'd be fascinated to see what the engines say about this game. It's way beyond my pay grade. |
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Jun-01-12
 | | sevenseaman: When a K goes walky walky like that there is always trouble, for him or the other guy. For a long time I couldn't decide who was winning. #39...Rac8 is the move that hangs Gashimov upside down. It ought to rank as one of the better games of Grischuk. Well chosen for a GOTD. |
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| Jun-01-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <FSR> Thank you!!
There is magnificent engine analysis on this game here by <Albertan> with the most up-to-date version of Rybka at the time: http://albertan1956.blogspot.ca/sea... LTJ |
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Jun-01-12
 | | kevin86: Black marches all the way to b1-and his side wins! Black must have found an antidote to the "poisoned pawn". |
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| Jun-01-12 | | anjyplayer: Great game at the highest level, should be in the CHESS HALL OF FAME by Irving Chernev. |
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| Jun-02-12 | | eternaloptimist: <LTJ> congrats on your pun getting selected for GOTD!! It's a great game & great courage was shown by last year's runner-up in the world cup knockout tournament to determine a challenger for anand!! This game reminded me of short's king march game even though they are very different.:
Short vs Timman, 1991 |
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| Jun-06-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <eternaloptimist> Thanks, man! You are right in bringing up Short vs Timman, 1991 as a classic example of an inspiring and winning King-walk! There is another one which is also reminiscent of The Tightrope Game: R T Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975 LTJ |
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Oct-31-12
 | | Richard Taylor: Well I'll be...its a typical Najdorf. |
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