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| Jan-22-20 | | WinKing: Looks as if all three results are possible. Should be interesting to see how the youngster handles a dynamic position like this one. Good to see you back <offramp>. :) |
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Jan-22-20
 | | moronovich: Now Nh5 followed by 0-0-0 and we have a game |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: Black can now take the pawn on e4 if he so wants because after 14...Nfxe4 15.Nxe4, he can play 15...Bxd5, pinning the knight. |
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Jan-22-20
 | | keypusher: There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures. |
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Jan-22-20
 | | An Englishman: Good Morning: Some sort of loud noise awoke me much too early, and right now, feeling rather thankful for that--rather a wild brawl we have today, isn't it? |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: <keypusher> Nice quote. The Earl of Oxford, is it? :) :) :) |
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| Jan-22-20 | | WinKing: Good morning <An Englishman>. Chess at its finest! |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: Black seems to have plenty of compensation. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Ulhumbrus: He did play the sacrifice. Black has two pawns and an attack against an uncastled king for the piece. It seems that White can make both his king and his queen's bishop safer to some degree in one move by Kf2. It remains to be seen whether Black gains enough for the piece. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Ulhumbrus: 18...fxg5 discovers an attack on White's b2 pawn |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Atking: By the way a courageous way to handle a position by a 16 years old talent. His opponent is world number 2... |
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Jan-22-20
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: Indeed, excellent quotation. To continue the metaphor, 17...Re8 poses as an iceberg in the night. 18.Qf3,fxg5 threatens 19...Bxd4. 18.Kf2 or Kd2,Ne4+ and 19...fxg5. 18.Nc2,fxg5 and 19.Bxb2. |
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Jan-22-20
 | | Mateo: 14...Nfxe4 !? is a bold move. After the forced continuation 15.Nxe4 Bxd5 16.Nf6+ exf6 17.Qxd5, Black has for the moment only two pawns for the sacrificed piece. |
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Jan-22-20
| | Mateo: But after 18.Nc2 (?!), Blacks has the possibility of obtaining three pawns for the piece. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: <Atking> Yes, and I think it may have been the way to go. White was building up the pressure, now our young friend Ali has a much freer position, gets easier to play in a way. And I do think he has much compensation. For one: White has a very exposed king, and he will not find a safe haven even if he goes 0-0-0. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | LameJokes: Spanish against World no 1 and KID against no 2. To top it up a piece sacrifice. Many chess lovers are already huge fans. Count me in. |
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Jan-22-20
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: An insane game demands an insane move, however unsound--19.0-0-0! Except for the small detail that it might be truly unsound after 19...gxf4; 20.Bxf4,Qf6. |
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Jan-22-20
 | | Gypsy: <Except for the small detail that it might be truly unsound after 19...gxf4; 20.Bxf4,Qf6.> It is the retake, 20.Bxf4??, that is unsound in this lane. (Presumably, White sees that?) |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: All these Black pawns all over the board is not so easy to deal with. |
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Jan-22-20
| | Mateo: <An Englishman: after 19...gxf4; 20.Bxf4,Qf6.> Black therefore has a fourth pawn for the piece. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Ulhumbrus: One point of the move 19 0-0-0 is that two of Black's extra pawns are on the king side and so cannot be used as a weapon against the White king whereas White's knight may be able to transfer to any part of the board. This suggests that 19 0-0-0 is a brilliant and effective strategem against the sacrifice and that Black has to take it into account when choosing the sacrifice. However the coin has another side. If Black's king side pawns cannot be used to attack the white king they may serve to cover well Black's king. On the other hand this is not enough unless Black can also attack White's king and White's queen dominates the centre, occupying the post d5. It remains to be seen whether Firouzja can defend his king as well as attacking White's king, or else turn his king side pawns into a weapon. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: Caruana didn't have any better square to go to with his bishop than d4. But now Black can exchange bishops. Without the bishop pair, Black's pawn mass may be even more troublesome for White than it previously was. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Ulhumbrus: After 20..Be5 21 Bxe5 dxe5 22 Qxd8 Raxd8 Black's pawns are connected and may become a weapon |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Ulhumbrus: One reason to not play 20...Bxd4 is that it may be easier for Black's king's bishop to defend Black's d6 pawn than it is easy for White's queen's bishop to attack Black's d6 pawn. |
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| Jan-22-20 | | Count Wedgemore: Now 21...Ne6 followed by 22...Rc8, and White has a pinned knight on c2 since he is forced to move his queen after ...Ne6. White's king is not safe! |
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