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| Apr-11-08 | | dovif: 36. ... Kg6
37 Be4+ QxB
38 QxQ+ |
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Apr-11-08
 | | WannaBe: It have always struck/strikes me 'funny'. a game may get a comment, and not another one for a 'looooooong' time... So, the next comment, should come around 2013... =) |
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| Apr-11-08 | | nasher: After 35 .... Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kf5 (forced or Qg8 mate) 37. Qh5+ Kf4 (forced) 38. Qe5+ Kg4 (forced) 39. h3 mate. |
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| Apr-11-08 | | DarthStapler: This game is so horrifying you can't even keep your wits about you! |
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| Apr-11-08 | | Samagonka: Amazing game! It's almost like reading a #1 thriller. |
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| Apr-11-08 | | whiteshark: This is one of Portisch's most important victories over his great rival. By winning this game he could snatch a shared firts price. 1-3 (Portisch, Karpov, Petrosian) 10.5 pts;
4 Gligoric 10 pts;
5 Keres 9.5 pts;
6-7 (Hort, Suttles) 9 pts;
8-9 (Larsen, Mecking) 8.5 pts;
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Apr-11-08
 | | kevin86: Either the queen or the rook will fall...if black doesn't get checkmated first. (If at one time Mr. Larsen would have been sent to "chess prison" as a youth,maybe he wouyld have been scared straight and no longer be bent.) Note black's feeble attempt at a smothered mate earlier. |
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Apr-11-08
| | kevin86: A cute addendum: White must be wary of what piece he wins the queen with--it had better be the bishop: 35...♔g6 36 ♗e4+ and not 36 ♘e5+ ♔g5 37 ♘xd3??? ♖f1#. |
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| Apr-11-08 | | whiteshark: <Portisch> wrote this of Karpov's and Petrosian's achievements: "They were more cautious than I. In the last round they did not even dare to take up the dice with white and they calmly lay low in their half point lead domain. Although Fischer, who showed up in the last round as a spectator, referred to them critically for this reason, it is not to say that he is right. If a man leads thoughtout a tournament he does not gamble in the last round with the results of his work up to that point of stake. In the end I can say my lot was fortunate in that in the last round I was brought together with the greatest hazard player, Larsen. The Danish GM had already lost his patience in the course of the tournament, and, furthermore, a cold bothered him. This needs to be known to understand the game for if we had played after the event, white's victory would seem quite easy." (One wonders how many would disparage the value of their own success with such accompanying notes?) |
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| Apr-11-08 | | dabearsrock1010: isn't this a benoni? |
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| Apr-11-08 | | Petrosianic: No, it's a Bentnoni.
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| Apr-11-08 | | Petrosianic: <"They were more cautious than I. In the last round they did not even dare to take up the dice with white and they calmly lay low in their half point lead domain.> Another factor to be considered is that Petrosian's last-round opponent Suttles needed a draw to become a GM. Who really wants to be the spoilsport that keeps him from getting it? <Although Fischer, who showed up in the last round as a spectator, referred to them critically for this reason, it is not to say that he is right. If a man leads thoughtout a tournament he does not gamble in the last round with the results of his work up to that point of stake.> Goodness knows Fischer has made that mistake before. In this game: Gheorghiu vs Fischer, 1966
Fischer in an inferior (Mednis called it lost already) position, refused a draw around Move 10 that would have given him the Gold Medal, kept playing, got steamrollered, and had to settle for the silver. The way Mednis reports it, Fischer refused the draw saying "No. There is much play left." Mednis' comment: Something like "Yes, but it's all on White's side." |
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| Apr-11-08 | | Marmot PFL: Portisch had a big plus score against the Benoni, winning about 60% of the games against a handful of losses. |
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Apr-11-08
 | | Jimfromprovidence: It’s a perfect game by white. 27 Rae1 is absolutely magnificent. After breaking down this contest, the last chance I saw for black to stay level was on move 20, by playing …Bf5 instead of …h6.
click for larger viewIf white continues as in the text with 21 Ne6, then 21… Qe7. If 22 Nxf8 then 22…Qxe3+ 23 Kh1 Rxf8. 
click for larger viewNow, it’s a real struggle.
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| Apr-11-08 | | pferd: <kevin86: A cute addendum: White must be wary of what piece he wins the queen with--it had better be the bishop: 35...Kg6 36 Be4+ and not 36 Ne5+ Kg5 37 Nxd3??? Rf1#> Good point - except the rook is pinned. |
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| Apr-11-08 | | Lightboxes: Forget about the queen,
Go for the king.
35.Qe7+,Kg6
36.Qe8+,Kf5 (Anything else, check mate)
37.Qh5+,Kf4
38.Qe5+,Kg4
39.H3#
BooYA! |
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Apr-12-08
| | kevin86: oops,in my analysis I had written the incorrect move-here is the correct version: 37...♔g6 38 ♘e5+ ♔h5 39 ♘xd3??? ♖f1# -obviously 38...♔g5 self-pins the rook |
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| Sep-10-13 | | docbenway: Apr-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member WannaBe: It have always struck/strikes me 'funny'. a game may get a comment, and not another one for a 'looooooong' time...
So, the next comment, should come around 2013... =)
You are right that after the comments of 2008 it did take till 2013 exactly for the next comment. Smashing game! |
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| Sep-10-13 | | parisattack: Larsen plays in romantic style but is outdone by Portisch at his classical best! Portisch and Gligoric both had fantastic scores against the Benoni. <docbenway: Apr-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member WannaBe: It have always struck/strikes me 'funny'. a game may get a comment, and not another one for a 'looooooong' time... So, the next comment, should come around 2013... =)
You are right that after the comments of 2008 it did take till 2013 exactly for the next comment. Smashing game!> See you in 2018, Good Lord willing, creek don't rise. |
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| May-10-15 | | Everett: Portisch may have indeed been a killer vs the Benoni, but there was one time he was hoodwinked by the fox Bronstein, finding himself dead lost by move 19. Portisch vs Bronstein, 1967 |
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Jun-10-15
 | | perfidious: The quote from Portisch is cited in Egon Varnusz' collection of Portisch's games, with the ensuing comment by Varnusz. |
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| May-26-19 | | Granny O Doul: "Fischer was quite taken by the game Portisch played, pointing it out that it showed his rivals the folly of their pusillanimous ways (these were not his exact words)" is how it was put by someone else. Golombek or Barden? I'm not sure. |
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| Apr-01-23 | | Brenin: I quickly saw 27 Rae1, with the idea of trapping the Black Q, and then realised that after 27 ... Nxe1 28 Rxe1 Qd3 (her only safe square) the e-pawn can cause mayhem. An immediate 29 e7 fails to Rxf7 30 e8=Q+ Rxe8 31 Rxe8+ Rf8, but 29 Qh5 protects the B on f7 and leaves Black with no adequate defence against e7. |
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Apr-01-23
 | | al wazir: I went with 29. e7 Rxf7 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kh7. Now I wanted to play 32. Ng5+, continuing with 33. Nxf7, but that allows 33...Qf1#. |
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| Apr-01-23 | | jrredfield: I spent time looking at attacking the Black Q with one of the rooks. I ruled out 27 Rfe1 with 27 ... Qf2 28 Qxf2 Nxf2+ appearing to head to a draw. So I chose 27 Rae1 Qf4 28 Qxf4 Nxf4. NOw with the Queens gone, White has a deadly attack Kingside with an advanced pawn. I don't see any hope for Black at this point. Looking back on the recent moves, I didn't see any obvious blunders by Black. White simply built a better position during much of the game and capitalized on it with 27 Rae1. |
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