| Mar-21-09 | | Benzol: This game is a "tour de force" by Zsofia. How did GM Westerinen end up with the position he did after a mere 14 moves? |
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Mar-21-09
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Good find, <Benzol>. Black might have been in trouble as early as 4.d5. 3...d6 was better. 2...e5 was better. Even 2...e6; 3.d4,d5 would have been an improvement. 2.Nc3 was a clever little move. |
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| Mar-21-09 | | vonKrolock: <7.d5-d6>! Is a nice blow, a gambit that create already deep trouble for black, then is clear that the sequence since <4...e6xd5> should be avoided - something like 4...♘e5 was then advisable, playing a kind of Inverted Alekhine |
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| Sep-14-11 | | Aniara: At the time, someone called Westerinen's opening "The Male Chauvinist Defence." |
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Sep-14-11
 | | perfidious: <Aniara> Nice one-LMAO. All that play for White in the queenless middlegame for a mere pawn? It's hard to believe that an experienced grandmaster could get himself into such a wretched position, but Westerinen's forte was more as an attacker than defender. |
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| Jun-16-22 | | Honey Blend: 7. ... ♕e6 8. dxc7 ♗d6 still seems pretty reasonable. Black still gets to keep the bishop pair and not hinder the development of his QB. |
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Jun-16-22
 | | al wazir: What's wrong with 28. Bxd7 ? If 28...Rxd7, then 29. Re8#. |
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Jun-16-22
 | | FSR: <al wazir> Zsofia evidently didn't want to allow 28...f5+. Then after 29.Kb3, Westerinen could have considered 29...Bxb2 30.Kxb2 Rxd7. |
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Jun-16-22
| | FSR: <perfidious> Repertoire Explorer: Heikki Westerinen (black) shows that GM Westerinen usually played more mainstream openings, such as the Steinitz Deferred Variation of the Ruy Lopez, or the Winawer or Classical French. This is the only game in the database where he essayed the offbeat 1.e4 Nc6, and not even a respectable form of that opening. Perhaps he was trying to get his young opponent out of book. If so, he "succeeded" in that endeavor. |
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Jun-16-22
| | FSR: Giving Westerinen the benefit of the doubt, I see that he often played the similar and equally provocative Alekhine's Defense. He must have figured that Ms. Polgar would be prepared for that, and wanted to try something offbeat and a bit provocative on the other side of the board instead. After 2.Nc3, 2...e5 with a Vienna Game must have seemed too staid. He could have tried an offbeat French with 2...e6 3.d4 d5, as Nimzowitsch occasionally played with great success. Repertoire Explorer: Aron Nimzowitsch (black). Instead, his 2...Nf6 3.d4 e6 continued the provocation, but after 4.d5 exd5? 5.exd5 Ne5 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.d6! he was in deep trouble. 4...Nb8 or 4...Ne5 would have been better for White, but not yet disastrously so. |
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| Jun-16-22 | | Brenin: This tournament, with a 5+5 gender split, was won by the 12-year-old Judiit Polgar (7/9), with her 13-year-old sister Sofia 4th on 4.5/9. This game, coming in rd 1, must have been quite a shock for Westerinen. |
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| Jun-16-22 | | RookFile: 11....Bh6 was bad. |
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| Jun-16-22 | | Ilkka Salonen: Well, howcome this pun then? Maybe there is some reason I don't know about. But I have circumstancial evidence relating to the death of T-Bone slim in Manhattan in 1943 I could share. |
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| Jun-16-22 | | Ilkka Salonen: Or, is it about not enough early resignation? Well, that is a tough issue. A chess players should concentrate on how to use up the time best to gain result. And therefore if a move is definitely not the worst choice he should take it and not waste time considering if resignation would be in order. Westerinen was a GM by nomination by the way. |
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Jun-16-22
| | al wazir: <FSR: 28...f5+ 29.Kb3 Bxb2 30.Kxb2 Rxd7> 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Nxf5+ Kf6. White is two ♙s up. |
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Jun-17-22
| | FSR: <al wazir> I'm just explaining what I imagine Sofia's thought processes were. In both that line and the game continuation, Black is busted. But understandably she didn't want to give Westerinen even that much counterplay. |
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| Jun-25-22 | | Saniyat24: Sofi said Boo...! |
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