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| Dec-15-15 | | Abdel Irada: No comments on this excellent game for nearly three and a half years? ∞ |
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| Dec-15-15 | | cunctatorg: I guess that "this is Spielmann's masterpiece" (that Alekhine, Fischer, Kasparov and every great player would be "kinda jealous" of) because Mieses also defended brilliantly for the most part of the game!!... |
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| Dec-15-15 | | Sularus: nice game! |
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| Dec-15-15 | | Sularus: If a GOTD is to be named the Art of Sacrifice, imho I think it should be Tal's game (maybe the one where he sac'd a rook for one or two tempi). |
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| Dec-15-15 | | kevin86: This game is a real classic! Both side attack on the Q-side, white's is better. |
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Dec-15-15
 | | AylerKupp: <Sularus> In case you are not aware, Spielmann wrote a classic book in the 1930s called "The Art of Sacrifice". And, in his time, Spielmann was considered the most dangerous attacking player of them all. I wouldn't be surprised if Spielmann was Tal's inspiration. So I think that the title of this game appropriately belongs to one of Spielmann's games. |
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| Dec-15-15 | | Castleinthesky: This is one of my favorite chess books. It is the "last fling" of romantic style of chess. I have always greatly admired Spielmann and it saddens me that he met such a tragic end. |
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| Dec-15-15 | | rainingpieces: What is Black's defense against 21.Rf5 (cutting away queen's influence on e5). If bishop takes then Qe5+ looks really dangerous (taking on f5 next with a bishop), so Black's queen has to move, say, to h6. 21.Rf5 Qh6 22.Qe5+ Kc8 when White can plan to take the bishop on d7 with a rook. White keeps a good initiative going unless there is something what Black can do. |
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| Dec-15-15 | | Sularus: <AylerKupp:> mea culpa. indeed, i am not aware of that. thanks for the info! :) |
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| Dec-15-15 | | mikrohaus: <cuntatorg>: That's not defense from Mieses but counterattack (a slight but important difference.) This whole game is on a hair's edge -- to which Mieses' counterattack will win against everybody but chess legends on their best days. That's why FIDE gave them GM-status afterwards, because there was no such thing at their time. For chess players it is one of the best fighting games of all time. |
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| Dec-15-15 | | Mating Net: A tremendous QGD masterpiece from one of the top devotees of the King's gambit. A tremendous testament to the the value of the initiative. |
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Apr-10-16
 | | ventura07: What is the source of Spielmann's notes (which newspaper column?)to this fine game. |
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| Feb-10-17 | | mikealando: Miesed up |
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| Aug-24-18 | | bkpov: What happens after 39. Rf-f2? |
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Aug-24-18
 | | tpstar: <What happens after 39 ... Rff2>
click for larger viewA good try, hoping for 40. Qxc3+?? Qb4+ 41. Qxb4+ cxb4+ 42. Rxb4 Ra2# and Black wins. Except White has 40. b4+ forcing 40 ... Qxb4+ 41. Rxb4 and now the White King can escape to b3 & c3 or c4 avoiding mate. Spielmann points out another way for White to lose after 39. Ka3: "If now 39...c2, then not 40.Qe1+ Qb4+ 41.Rxb4 c1=Q+ 42.Qxc1 cxb4 mate, but rather 40.Bxc2 Rxc2 41.Rxb6 axb6 42.Qe7 Ra8 43.Qb7 Ra6 44.Qc6 and wins." |
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| Dec-29-18 | | HarryP: Nice game!! |
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| Oct-25-19 | | N.O.F. NAJDORF: 'Nov-22-11 nolanryan: this game was obviously staged' Obviously a Jewish conspiracy, as both grandmasters were Jewish and both fled Nazi Germany - Spielmann to Sweden and Mieses to England. |
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| Sep-19-21 | | N.O.F. NAJDORF: I thought I found a mate in six as follows:
35 Bd3 Qxd3
36 Qxb7+ Ka5
37 Qb4+ Ka6
38 Qa4+ Kb6
39 Qxa7+ Kb5
40 Rb7 mate
but then noticed 35 ... Rf2+
with a perpetual check! |
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| Jan-15-23 | | tastywalrus02: N.O.F. NAJDORF: I thought I found a mate in six as follows: you mean stockfish found mate in 6 |
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| Sep-29-23 | | Gaito: 
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This position has appeared countless times in master chess, especially in the games of the old masters. Spielmann played 11.Bd3 which is good and yields an equal game. In the famous 11th game of the match Capablanca vs. Alekhine, Buenos Aires, 1927 there followed 11.a3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Bd7 14.b4 b6 15.Bf3 Rac8 (=). Here is the link of that game:
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 A modern engine (like Stockfish 16) suggests that White play 11.a3, with the following proposed line of play: 11.a3 Be7 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Be2 (or 13.Bd3) with equality. |
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| Sep-29-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger view13...e5? was a mistake according to the engine Komodo 13, which gives an evaluation of +1.21 after that move. Instead, 13...Be7 should have been tried. Incidentally, this supports the engine's opinion that previously 12...Bd6?! was a dubious move (both Komodo and Stockfish preferred 12...Be7). After 13...e5? 14.f4! White already has a clear advantage (Komodo 13 gives an evaluation of +1.38) |
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| Sep-29-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewIn this position White has already a decisive advantage, and Black played 17...Kd8 (Computer evaluation by Komodo 13 is +2.20). According to the engine, Black's last attempt at getting some counterplay was 17...Be6!? 18.f5 cxb2 19.Rb1 O-O-O 20.fxe6 Bc5 21.e7 Rde8, with an evaluation of +1.82, but that is also a winning game for White (see diagram below):
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| Sep-29-23 | | Gaito: This game was a masterpiece by Rudolf Spielmann. His moves can hardly be improved upon even by the standards of perfection set by present-day engines. For instance, in the following position:
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Spielmann played 28.Qh2, which is a sensible good move; yet Komodo 13 spotted an even stronger way to finish off the game, namely: 28.Nf7+! Kb6 29.Rc1 Qd5 30.Qe3+ with an easy win, e.g. 30...c5 31.Nxh8 Rxh8 32.Rxc3 Rd8 33.Be4, and it is all over (see diagram below):
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| Sep-29-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewBLACK TO MOVE
29...Rhg8? was a poor defensive move in a position that was already very bad. The engine suggests 29...Qf4! 30.Rd7+ Kb6 31.Qg1+ Qf2 32.Qd1 Qf1 33.bxc3 Qxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Re8, though White would still have had a clear plus (computer evaluation: +1.86) |
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Jan-05-25
 | | kingscrusher: Very nice attacking game indeed :) |
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