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| Nov-09-15 | | mass61: Gradual systematic strangulation! queenside space + control of the long Wb diagonal + control of tha open a file + more active pieces = black desperate play to free up position and makes material sscrifices to gets some counterplay |
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Nov-09-15
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: I think Black had to play 38...Rd8 with the idea of 39.Qa8,Qe8, unpinning the Bc8 whilst still protecting it at the same time, and the Bf6 performs the useful duty of protecting the Rd8. Incidentally, I played this opening as White dozens of the times during the 70s, and CG should classify the opening as an English vs. KID. The position after 9.0-0 is a very standard English position. |
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| Nov-09-15 | | jith1207: I just got this question, while playing through this game: Would not 22..Qxb5 help Black pin white's supporting pawn to its unguarded queen after the other knight pulled out of support a move earlier? 23.Bc6 looks like trapping Black queen but surely Black Knight can take the Bishop as the supporting Knight is pinned again on to its queen. Looks like that move would at least win a pawn or avoid such a bad position later in the game for Black. Can any one point to me if I am missing some tactics here? |
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Nov-09-15
 | | Domdaniel: <jith> 22...Qxb5 23.Bc6 Nxc6 24.cxb5 Bxb3 25.Nxc6 Rc8 and now 26.Ne7 wins the Exchange, as 26...Rd8 is met by 27.Ng6+. |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Shams: <23.Bc6> anyway! Very nice <Dom>. |
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| Nov-09-15 | | whiteshark: It's <End! the! Fed!> for me. |
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Nov-09-15
 | | kevin86: The major pieces will plow accross the back row! |
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Nov-09-15
 | | FSR: This is the only game in which Benjamin <did> fight the Fed: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Howard: The last time they played each other, according to Chessgames.com, was their very short draw at the 2003 U.S. championship. Benjamin and the Fed were tied with six other players for first place going into the last round, but six of those players decided in that last round to just "take the money and run", if you can guess what I mean. To be fair to Benjamin and Fed, they've always been close friends, and therefore they apparently felt in the last round to just take a quick draw and thus win the same amount of prize $$$. That's quite understandable. By the way, the remaining two players out of those eight leaders did have a decisive result in the last round. But the loser would have had little reason to complain (and neither would the winner). Anyone recall exactly why ?! |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Granny O Doul: Shabalov and Akobian (I think it was) each got a bonus of $5000 from the organizers for fighting. It is true, though, that of the four pairings, theirs was the only one where the higher-rated player also had the white pieces. Also, the more games around them ended in draws, the more financial sense it made to play it out. As for this game, I'm pretty sure we called it the English opening back in my day. |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: Star Wars |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: y Carlsen: Me tacho |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: Carlsen tacha su nombre, escrito en un viejo papel cartón color crema |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: Topalov: Déjalo |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: Topalov: me has amargado |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: Freddie Mercury: Barcelona |
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| Nov-09-15 | | Ferro: Imagen: ver a F. M. en un 1er plano vestido con un chandal blanco con tiras rojas laterales, verticales y paralelas, visto de medio perfil. |
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| Nov-09-15 | | ChemMac: Black could hang on with a miserable position after 38....Rd8 and if 39.Qa8 Qe8 |
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Jan-20-21
 | | HeMateMe: I was noodling around and noticed that Fed and Benjamin have played 19 times and this is the only decisive game! Seems odd. Benjamin beat Nigel Short in a match, 3-4. He certainly knows how to play for blood. One can only surmise that Joel and Fed made a lot of draws to split meager American tournament prizes, so they could pay their bills and buy the groceries next week. |
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Jan-20-21
 | | perfidious: As was noted above, these players were, and are, old friends. |
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Jan-20-21
| | HeMateMe: I'm sure Magic Johnson and Larry Bird became friends, too. They would also cut off the other guy's gonads to win an NBA championship. No reason why friends can't compete hard. |
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Jan-20-21
| | perfidious: With you there, but that's how they rolled; Petrosian and Geller often did things the same way. |
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| Jan-20-21 | | Granny O Doul: "Don't fight the Fed" would seem more apt for any of the other 19 games of theirs in the database. There was at least one more decisive game between them; John won a Smyslov system against the KID (that's where White goes 2. Nf3, 3. Bg5, 4. e3, 5. c4, 6. Nc3; I had to look up the name myself) at a CCA international at the Marshall Chess Club in '79. Don't have the score but if you happen to have a complete collection of "Chess in New York State" then Bob's your uncle. |
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| Jan-20-21 | | Olavi: https://www.365chess.com/search_res... |
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Jan-21-21
| | HeMateMe: 18 draws in 19 games? Seems pretty limp, to me. |
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