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Mar-11-03 | | Rookpawn: After 51. Rxc7, all the pawns on the board are passed! |
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Feb-15-04 | | GoodKnight: Wow! The black king is totally boxed in!!! |
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Feb-16-04 | | Catfriend: It seems that pictoresque position are a hot theme lately:) Well, I have nothing against that! Here the mate comes like that: 61..♘e3 62.f6+ ♔h7 63.f7 ♘d5+ 64.♔d8 ♘c7 65.f8=♕ ♘:e6+ 66.♖:♘e6 a2 67.g6# |
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Feb-16-04 | | GoodKnight: <Catfriend>
Almost as hot as letter width ;) |
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Feb-16-04 | | Catfriend: Maybe we can combine the two in some way:) Any suggestions? |
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Feb-16-04 | | GoodKnight: Hmm... Can't think of anything |
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Feb-07-05 | | yoozum: This game was especially well-played by Short in the sense that he never seemed to relinquish his initial advantage. That and a few notable blunders by Gelfand. |
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Feb-08-05 | | Poisonpawns: Gelfand vs Short, 1990 devestating win from short over gelfand, |
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Aug-17-05 | | Jim Bartle: Analysis of this game by Yasser Seirawan now at chesscafe.com |
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Sep-27-05 | | aw1988: I do not like Seirawan's analysis. He dubs the entire Berlin defense as "bad". I will not trust someone like that. |
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Sep-27-05 | | hayton3: Objectively speaking the 'Berlin' is "bad" from a positional point of view and it's not surprising for a positional player like Seirawan to say this. This is not to say that the opening is unplayable; it can be very frustrating for the dynamically inclined to play against. In the context of Seirwan's full quote it is difficult finding reasons not to agree with him:- After 9.Rd1+
"For some reason many GMs have
Black’s position as a part of their
repertoire. Why? It’s bad. White’s
better structure, lead in development,
and kingside play make White an easy
choice." Yasser Seirawan |
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Sep-27-05 | | aw1988: Objectively speaking. But we all know the Berlin is a wonderful system full of resources, as brought back to life by Kramnik. I know this, and I'm not even a grandmaster. So, what's his excuse? |
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Sep-27-05 | | hayton3: He doesn't need one in the same you don't when you post your opinions |
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Sep-27-05 | | aw1988: But it seems... to have a modern day grandmaster say bad things about a good defense... I know it's an opinion, but geez. |
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Jun-21-06 | | McCool: The game looked more like the Berlin wall attack. |
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Nov-23-08 | | Jim Bartle: The famous "eight passed pawns" game. |
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Jan-24-09 | | WhiteRook48: and a great game. Did we expect the game to be Short? |
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Feb-08-09 | | WhiteRook48: king enveloped in a bunch of pawns at the end is amazing |
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Feb-22-09 | | WhiteRook48: best Short game ever |
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Mar-30-09 | | WhiteRook48: I don't get 45...Bxa3. 45...Be7 pins the white rook. |
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Oct-08-09
 | | GrahamClayton: <WhiteRook48>I don't get 45...Bxa3. 45...Be7 pins the white rook. WhiteRook48,
Short doesn't need to worry about the pin, eg 45....♗e7 46.♔g6 ♗f6 47.ef6 ♖g8+ 48.♔h6, and Black is helpless against the advance of the f-pawn. |
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Jul-21-10
 | | Phony Benoni: No, eight passed pawns is not a record. Here's Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941 after 59.Rxf6:
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with 9 passed pawns. Today's game does have the distinction of having one passed pawn on each file. |
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Jul-21-10 | | The Famous Chess Cat: For those of you who are interested, Yasser Seirawan's annotations are here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz48... Jim Bartle mentioned that Yasser had annotated this game; I'm just adding the link. Cheers. |
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Jul-21-10 | | ounos: Hmm. Curiously slow white king-side pawns.
Position after 37. ...Rd1
 click for larger viewIt took 13 long moves for a king-side pawn to move forward, by 50. e6, and then other 7 moves for 57. f4. I haven't analyzed this, but I would expect them to roll faster. Overcautious? Did black really have that much counterplay to be parried in between? |
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Jul-21-10 | | NewLine: After 48.cxd4, it's NINE passed pawns!
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