Apr-05-04 | | Whitehat1963: Very effectively played by Chajes! |
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Feb-18-08 | | rosenthal: why didn't tartakower play 35......Kf7? to protect the f pawn? |
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Feb-18-08 | | sneaky pete: 35... Kf7 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Bh6+ Ke8 38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.Qe6# or 36... Ke8 37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Bh6#. |
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Feb-18-08 | | Karpova: <rosenthal: why didn't tartakower play 35......Kf7? to protect the f pawn?> 35...Kf7 36.Qh7+ Ke8 (<36...Kf8 37.Bh6+ Ke8 38.Qg8+ Ke7 39.Qe6#>) 37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Bh6+ Rg7 40.e5 (<e.g. 41...c1=Q 41.Rxc1 Rxc1 42.exf6>) Tartakower's move at least keeps away the queen for some time. 39...c1=Q appears to have been a mistake ruining Black's position. 39...Qc4 might have been preferable. |
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Feb-18-08 | | sneaky pete: So in my second line after 39.Bh6# I overlooked 39... Rg7 - that must be the Tarka<tower> defence the heading speaks of. Now after 40.e5 fxe5 how does white continue? |
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Feb-18-08 | | Karpova: <sneaky pete: So in my second line after 39.Bh6# I overlooked 39... Rg7 - that must be the Tarka<tower> defence the heading speaks of. Now after 40.e5 fxe5 how does white continue?> 35...Kf7 36.Qh7+ Ke8 37.Qg8+ Ke7 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Bh6+ Rg7 40.e5 fxe5 41.Rf1 (41...f4 42.Bxf4) After 41.Rf1
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Feb-18-08 | | sneaky pete: <Karpova> Very nice, thank you. Of course I realised there had to be a win and I did look at 41.Rf1 f4, but didn't bother with the unpinning retreat 42.Bxf4 .. (with the eventual further retreat .. c1=Q 43.Bxc1+ ..) - much to subtle for my <allora!> attacking style. |
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Mar-03-08 | | rosenthal: thanks, sneaky pete & karpova. i will check your analysis out! |
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Feb-11-20 | | andrewjsacks: Fine pun--and timely, of course. Well done. |
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Feb-11-20 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Good pun! |
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Feb-11-20
 | | Honza Cervenka: With all its mistakes (especially 34.Nf5+ was a howler dropping all advantage) this is awesome game by Chajes. |
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Feb-11-20 | | goodevans: <Honza Cervenka> Yes, 34.Nf5+ was a little impatient, as was Tartakower's 39...c1=Q. 39...Qc4, threatening 40...Qe2+, would have neutralised white's attack. A great game nevertheless. |
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Feb-11-20
 | | Honza Cervenka: <goodevans: <Honza Cervenka> Yes, 34.Nf5+ was a little impatient, as was Tartakower's 39...c1=Q. 39...Qc4, threatening 40...Qe2+, would have neutralised white's attack. A great game nevertheless.>
Mistakes are integral part of the game of chess, and nobody knew it better than Tartakower: "The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made." "The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." "Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders."
"Chess is a struggle against one's own errors."
"Erro ergo sum." |
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Feb-11-20 | | Momentum Man: This game is quite entertaining, and I like the game title. Very clever Mr Phony |
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Feb-11-20 | | TheBish: I think 12...Ne6 was an improvement (over 12...Be6), but the real mistakes came later. |
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