Mar-16-05 | | vonKrolock: A thrilling battle, full of vicissitudes
<16.♕b4> Or 16.♕a3 ♘d5 17.♘d4 ♖f4! etc <16...♘d5>! 17.♕a5 b6 and the ♕ is trapped <17...♘b3>! 17...♖f4 18.♕b2 ♖b4 etc was a butter-bread line; but the text move is stronger, as... <19...♘f4>! ...the resulting situation is highly dangerous for White <20...♘h3> 20...♕g4! 21.♖e4 (best) ♖f8 (21...♘e2? 22.♔g2 etc) 22.♖a2 ♘h3 23.♔g2 ♕f5 24.♖ee2 ♘g5!, and ♗lack's attack should triumph ...to be continued: Wherein whith the King - 'h1' or 'g2' |
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Mar-03-10 | | lijepalou: first |
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Mar-03-10 | | AccDrag: Sorry, <lijepalou>, but you're about five years too late. :-) The sort of game that reminds chess devotees why they love the game, and reminds patzers like me that I should be happy to correctly calculate 3 moves ahead. :-) |
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Mar-03-10 | | Cercatore: 66. Rxg2 and draw? -.- |
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Mar-03-10 | | Gilmoy: The Queen help-mate theme undermines White's "obvious" Q-side pawn push. After <15.b5 Na5 16.Qb4>, this N is poisoned by <16..Nd5>. click for larger viewHere White plays this for other reasons: he regains his pawn and drives Black's N to a "rim" square. Alas, it cedes the fork <17..Nb3>, which contributes directly to Black's K-side attack -- a poor strategic payoff for White's plan. Compare to K Czuhai vs T Palmer, 2007, after <14.b5 Na5 15.Qb4?? Bc5>:  click for larger viewWhite missed the trap, had no secondary target, and could only cede the tempo <16.Qb2 Rxg2>, with no compensation. |
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Mar-03-10 | | kellmano: I suspect Polgar would have seen that after 66.......Rf8+ the white rook is soon captured. |
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Mar-03-10
 | | Sastre: <66. Rxg2 and draw? -.-> No, 66...Rf8+ 67.Kg3 Rg8+ 68.Kh3 Rxg2 and Black wins. |
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Mar-03-10 | | siggemannen: nice pun on a bad movie |
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Mar-03-10 | | SugarDom: True. Desperately seeking Susan 1985, starring Madonna... Who else can cook these kinds of blockbuster puns? |
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Mar-03-10 | | SugarDom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XG... |
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Mar-03-10 | | Manoloo: In this game, Susan reminds me the style of the great Efim Geller. |
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Mar-03-10 | | patzer2: Susan Polgar's final 55...Kf1! is an instructive illustration of the skewer tactic in the end game (i.e. 55...Kf1! 56. Rxg2 Rf8+ 57. Kg3 Rg8+ 58. King moves and 58...Rxg2 ).I suspect Susan envisioned this as one of several winning possibilities when she played 51...Rd3! . |
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Mar-03-10 | | David2009: Black goes a Pawn up on move two and keeps it for the rest of the game. White made no obvious mistakes, after 8...Qf6 is 3 moves ahead in development - and loses. Perhaps it is simply the quality of the player that counts. Compare
Shirov vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1991 (1-0, same first 8 moves). Does anyone know why this variation is called the McDonnell Defense? |
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Mar-03-10 | | SirChrislov: An artistic finale. |
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Mar-03-10 | | randomsac: This is just an amazing game. I don't think I've ever seen more traps and pins in one game. |
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Mar-03-10 | | SugarDom: Yes. Look at the first kibitz. Sharp tactical entertaining battle... |
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Mar-05-10 | | kevin86: Clever,white can take the pawn,but the rook will be lost. |
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