| Jan-02-05 | | Dillinger: This game was played by Abram Khasin, not Alexander. BTW, what a crummy game by "the best player to never win a world championship". |
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| Jan-02-05 | | iron maiden: At least it's a bit better than this one by the other "best player to never win a world championship." Morozevich vs Korchnoi, 2004 |
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| Jan-03-05 | | Dillinger: Yes well at least Korch was a bit further past his prime than Keres was here :) |
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Jan-03-05
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| Feb-05-05 | | ragnar0C: who says that Keres should have won the championship, this game + many other games that he get back-handed like a ameteur. korch on the othr hand.... |
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| Feb-05-05 | | InfinityCircuit: <ragnarOC> The same argument could be made for many people who actually became world champions (see Kramnik v Topalov, Wijk Aan Zee 2005...others for other champions). However, there is clearly a reason that some people were unable to become WC. |
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| Sep-17-14 | | wordfunph: "In Baku in '61 in a game with Keres I came under a strong attack, and at that point there's a shout in the hall, "Khasin resign!" So I put all my efforts in, I laid some kind of trap, Keres fell into it and lost, he was terribly upset, and wouldn't even analyse the game." - Abram Khasin
Source: NIC Magazine 2008 #3 |
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| Dec-16-21 | | suenteus po 147: I'm having difficulty locating the trap Khasin refers to in the quote posted by <wordfunph>. Certainly, it was bad for Keres to let his queen be entrapped on h6, and worse to be a whole piece down in that endgame. Then again, Keres seemed to have a difficult time against the Dragon in general. His repertoire shows that he only managed 50% against it, which is far below his average against the Sicilian in general. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | phantasmagorium: <wordfunph> Do you know where the trap is? I could only wonder, but (also <suenteus po 147>) with my patzer-level understanding, I could only guess that the trap is 28. g4, as 28. Nd4 (as <beatgiant> suggests) would draw instead. |
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Dec-16-21
 | | Sally Simpson: The 'some kind of a trap' is a very rare one move blunder by Keres when here he played 29.Rd6. More of a pitfall than a trap.
click for larger viewAllowing Black to play 29...Ra6 a simple pin and win tactic. Keres was possibly clouded by picking out a method to get in Nf5 mate which was set up with 28.g4 and at the same time not wanting, understandably, or believing the win was slipping though his fingers. Being furious with oneself after such a blunder is quite common, Khasin should have waited maybe 30 minutes (my usual calm down period) and then Keres may gone over the game with him. 'Keres seemed to have a difficult time against the Dragon...' That is an interesting stat but But Keres was doing very well v it here and lost it due to a late middle game blunder. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | suenteus po 147: <phantasmagorium> & <Sally Simpson> Thank you for your posts. I didn't see that Keres had a mating opportunity by putting his knight on f5, but it clarifies a lot of what happens on the board in-game. I have to learn to ignore the result of the game when I analyze a position because it can definitely bias me against certain moves, which obviously made sense to the player in the heat of the game. Thank you both! |
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| Dec-16-21 | | SChesshevsky: < suenteus po 147: I'm having difficulty locating the trap Khasin refers to...> Yes, Believe the trap set with 27...Kh6 which tempts 28. g4 which protects the pawn and threatens to corner the king. But seems gets worse for white after 28...Bb7 because 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 and the N is pinned to the now very weak f3, g4. White can wiggle out a bit, so maybe not losing outright but very unpleasant for white with that chain weakness and B vs. N. |
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