Peter Svidler vs Francisco Vallejo Pons (2004) Pawned by Pons

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Peter Svidler vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
"Pawned by Pons" (game of the day Oct-28-2009)
13th Amber Rapid (2004) (rapid), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 4, Mar-23
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) · 0-1

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Given 19 times; par: 24 [what's this?]

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Feb-06-16		Penguincw: That's always nice to see, when a single pawn can mate. Obvious comment: if 29.bxa3, then 29...b2+ 30.Ka2 b1=Q# 0-1.

Feb-06-16		Eric Jager: How does black win after 27. Qxc4?

Feb-06-16		morfishine: Seems like there's definite room for improvement for White

Feb-06-16		al wazir: <Eric Jager: How does black win after 27. Qxc4?> 27. Qxc4 Rxa3+ 28. bxa3 b2+ 29. Ka2 b1=Q#.

Feb-06-16		scholes: insane puzzle <eric> Rxa3+

Feb-06-16		waustad: Would the "leet" version "Pwnd by Pons" work better?

Feb-06-16		waustad: OK, that's probably where they were going. I'm a geezer, mea culpa.

Feb-06-16		morfishine: Svidler fell off the roof

Feb-06-16		diagonalley: astonishing... <diagonalley>: nul points :-(

Feb-06-16		Nick46: <Penguincw: That's always nice to see, when a single pawn can mate.> Your worship the Bishop would probably pull rank.

Feb-06-16		offramp: <waustad: Would the "leet" version "Pwnd by Pons" work better?> Definitely! That would be a big improvement.

Feb-06-16		agb2002: Black is one pawn down. White threatens 26.Qxc5 and 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Nxf5. The first idea that comes to mind is 25... Rfb8: A) 26.Rxe7 Rxb4 27.Rxd7 Rxa3+ 28.bxa3 (28.Na2 Rxa2#) 28... b2+ 29.Ka2 b1=Q#. B) 26.Qxc5 Ne4 27.Qxe7 (27.Qc4 Rxa3+ as in A) 27... Qxe7 28.Nxf5 Rxa3+ 29.Kg1 (29.bxa3 Qxa3+ 30.Kg1 Nc3#) 29... Nc3+ 30.bxc3 Ra1+ 31.Kxa1 (31.Kb2 Qxa3#) 31... Qxa3+ 32.Kb1 Ra1 33.Nxb3 Qxb3+ 34.Kc1 Qxc3+ 35.Kd1 (35.Kb1 Ra1#) 35... Qd3+ 36.Kc1 (36.Bd2 Ra1#) 36... Rc1+ 37.Kb2 (37.Bc7 just loses the bishop) 37... Rc2+ and mate in two. C) 26.Ncxb3 Nxb3+ 27.Qxb3 Rxb3 28.Rxe7 Qxe7 29.Nxf5 Qe2 looks winning. That's all I can do today.

Feb-06-16		offramp: It boggles my mind that this was a rapid game yet both players played so well.

Feb-06-16		agb2002: 26... Nc4 is much stronger than 26... Ne4 after which Stockfish gives the relatively simple 27.Bxe4 Bxc5 28.Nxf5 Bxa3 29.Bxb8 Bb4+ 30.Kb1 Qa4 31.Nxb3 Qxb3 32.Be5 with a slight advantage for Black.

Feb-06-16		Once: Well, I got the first few moves. The theme is to kick the queen away from the defence of a3 and then play Rxa3+. Or persuade white to throw the queen for one or more of the minor pieces buzzing around the white king. Great attack. Makes me feel tempted to go into Wayne's World mode and say "we're not worthy; we're not worthy."

Feb-06-16		Ratt Boy: <kevin86: Mate next...delivered by a pawn,ouch!> Not exactly. 31.♘a3, ♕xa3 32.bxa3, (W is up ♖♗♘!} b2+ 33.♔a2, b1=♕+ 34.♔a3, ♕b2+ 35.♔a4, ♕b4#.

Feb-06-16		wooden nickel: Wonderful game and puzzle; 25... Rfb8 26.Qxc5 Nb5 looks good too!

Feb-06-16		dfcx: Got first 2 moves, I went with 27...Ncxa3 instead of Rxa3. I do not think white can defend either Rxa3 or Nxa3.

Feb-06-16		patzer2: Missed badly on this Saturday morning puzzle, ending my streak at 5 solutions in a row this week. I considered the game winner 25...Rfb8!!, but didn't pick it because I stopped my calculation when it appeared Black was too far down in material after 26. Qxc5. As a result, I didn't consider the surprise follow-up 26...Nc4! which threatens mate-in-three after 27. Qxc4? Rxa3+! 28. bxa3 b2+ 29. Ka2 b1(Q)#. The computer evaluation indicates all moves other than 25...Rfb8! strongly favor White. Deep Fritz 15 indicates my weak try 25...Nce4? gives White good winning chances after 26. Nc6 or 26. Nxf5 . Black's decisive mistake was 24. Qb4? which allows 24...Bf5+! (-3.07 @ 20 depth, Deep Fritz 15). Instead, 24. Qc3 seems to hold.

Feb-06-16		gofer: For black the threats after <25 ... Rfb8> are many and strong. The responses seem to all be in black's favour, but there are a lot to analyse. <25 ... Rfb8> 26 Qxb8 Rxb8 27 Nc6! Re8 26 Nxf5 Rxb4 27 Nxe7+ Kh8 26 Nc6 Rxb4 26 Ndxb3/Ncxb3 Nxb3+ 27 Qxb3 Rxb3 28 Nxb3 Nc4 <26 Qxc5 Nc4> <27 Rxe7 Nxa3!> click for larger view 28 bxa3 b2+ 29 Ka2 b1=Q# 28 Qxa3 Rxa3+ (Na2 Rxa2#) 29 bxa3 b2+ 30 Ka2 b1=Q# 28 Na2 Nc2+ (Kb1 bxa2+ ) 29 Nxc2 Bxc2 30 Qa3 Rxa3 31 bxa3 b2# 28 Nxb3 Nb1+! 29 Qa3 Rxa3+ 30 Bxa2 Qxe7 28 any other move Nc2++ 29 Kb1 Ra1# ~~~ Yep...

Feb-06-16		Pinkerton: More impressive because it's a rapid

Feb-06-16		kevin86: Black wins this one like a spider catches a fly.

Feb-06-16		Jimfromprovidence: I saw 25...Rfb8 but it did me no good. Had to peek. Do not forget 26 Qc3?!, below, as a defense. click for larger view Black to play and win. (There are at least two ways to proceed).

Feb-06-16		transpose: What a finish by Pons! Spectacular.

Feb-06-16		King.Arthur.Brazil: Well, I find 25... Rfb8! 26.Qxc5, but I didn't imagine the answer 27. d6 that protects a8 square, but Rxe7, don't know if this will cause much difference; but for this reason I played 26. Ne4 instead of Nc4. This move blocks other answers like 27.Rxe7 or 27.d7 because the WQ is double attacked and 27.Qc4 or Qc6 will not stop the final winning combination (eg. Rxa3+ 28. b2xa3 b2+, 29. Ka2 b1=Q#). In that case, white would play 27.Qxe7 Qxe7 28.d6 Rxa3+ 29. b2xa3 b2+ 30. Ka2 Nc3#. Anyway, 27. Qxc4 is answered by the same. (Rxa3+, ... b1=Q#). So WQ must protect a3 pawn. But black finished verywell using the same combinantion again: 30...Qa4+ (31. Na3 Qxa3+ 32.bxa3 b2+ 33.Ka2 b1=Q#!) Nice!

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