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| Dec-11-02 | | ksadler: I love watching Spassky play (and Tal as well for the same reason) because for some moves you are just left scratching your head. For example, the 40. Qxf2!! Although he easily gets his material back, the initial sacrifice of the Queen was something that I wasn't expecting in the position. Back to the tactics books I guess ;) |
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| Dec-11-02 | | perplex: Great Tactics which is joined with beautiful ending. 42 Kg2?! f1=Q+(42...Bc6+? 43 Kf1! and I think White has a chance to catch up. I suggest White should get rid of the protection on f2 pawn by d4 B-Bishop and f7 B-Rook. After 43 Kf1 Black should move d4 Bishop to protect itself and f2 pawn, I guess. So 44 Rf4(After d4 B-Bishop fled from that square) will be good. After Rooks are exchanged, White cannot promote f2 pawn to queen and preserve it, I guess. To promote the pawn Black should cover f1 Square and Only his white-colored Bishop can do it. But Black Queen already occupies a6-f1 diagonal...) 43 Qxf1 Bc6+!(This was hard to find for me. ;)) 44 Kh2(44 Qf3 Bxf3+ and +-)...Rxf1 and White should move g or h pawn due to 45...Rh1# thus +- again. |
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| Dec-12-02 | | Kulla Tierchen: 32. b4 was necessary. |
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| Nov-02-03 | | thekleinbottle: Interesting game... Also interesting that they classify this as an English instead of a Benoni. I thought Sneaky might appreciate the combo which begins on black's 40th move and includes underpromotion... Spassky would have been approximately 17 here... If I remember correctly, he did not become a GM until 1955. |
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| Apr-14-04 | | Joshua18: I don't see the response for 37. ... Bxh3.
Doesn't this mate? |
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Apr-14-04
 | | Honza Cervenka: <Joshua18> You are right. 37...Bxh3 wins immediately. By the way, 40...Qxf2+ is a nice move but not the most effective way to the win. Simple 40...exf2+ 41.Kh2 (or 41.Kg2 Qe6 42.g4 Bc6+ 43.Kh2 Be5+) 41...Qe6 42.g4 Qxd6+ 43.Qg3 (43.Kg2 Bc6+) 43...Be5 is crushing. Both players were probably in severe time troubles before the first time control. |
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| Nov-10-04 | | TheGreatNN: Isn't this a Benoni by transposition, not an English? |
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| Nov-27-04 | | Flyboy216: Apparently, it's not 40. ... ♕xf2+ that deserves a "!!", but 40. ♕d3 that deserves a "??". Crafty rates 40. ... exf2 as +15 for black, whereas 40. ... ♕xf2+ is +2. Before white blunders on move 40, the game is rather even. |
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| Dec-28-04 | | Gowe: This would be a nice puzzle. Great game by Spassky. Nice knight! |
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| Dec-28-04 | | aw1988: May I suggest this as a Thursday puzzle 40... Black to move and win? |
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Dec-08-06
| | Honza Cervenka: 37.Qc4?? Qf6?? is so strange that I would say it is a typo. 37.Qd1 Qf6 would have made better sense. |
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| Jul-07-07 | | Vollmer: I think in the Benoni there is exd5 (not cxd5) |
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| Oct-29-08 | | jerseybob: It's a Benoni by transp. To Vollmer's post, exd5 is sometimes seen in the Benoni, when that capture is possible, but cxd5 is more common. |
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| Nov-21-09 | | talisman: some kinda ballgame! |
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| Jul-03-11 | | Zugzwangovich: Honza Cervenka's comment is spot-on. After 36.Rf1 Black threatens mate in two beginning with Bxh3, but if he plays 36...Bxh3 White plays 37.Qxf7 and it's the Black king that is in deep kimchi. So Spassky plays 36...Kh6 to escape the check and re-threaten mate. Tal's only defense is 37.Qd1 to threaten a queen trade, and so Spassky plays 37...Qf6 to avoid the trade. The move 37.Qc4 has nothing to do with the position and Tal certainly would never have played it, even if he was only 17 at the time. |
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| Jul-04-11 | | Zugzwangovich: To amend my earlier comment, the Black king is not in deep kimchi after 37.Qxf7(or Rxf7), but White breaks the attack by trading off all the major pieces. |
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| May-13-12 | | celso chini: Spassky and The Magician Tal! Their games take my breath away! Artists, gentlemen, and fine contenders! Abraço a todos from Brazil! |
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Mar-16-15
 | | Alex Schindler: The underpromotion! The Queen sac plus underpromotion combo isn't something you get to see every day |
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Mar-16-15
 | | HeMateMe: after 37... Bxh3 white trades queens and then picks off the Rook on d7. |
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| Mar-16-15 | | shivasuri4: <HeMateMe>, 37...Bxh3 38.Qxf3, Black has no reason to play 38...exf3. He would rather play 38...Rxf3. |
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Mar-16-15
| | HeMateMe: Yes, he would play 38...Rxf3, and lose the Bishop sitting on d7. |
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| Mar-16-15 | | shivasuri4: You said 37...Bxh3, right? There isn't a bishop on d7 anymore. |
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Sep-21-15
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: According to the database, Tal had started to play the Benoni in 1953, meaning that Spassky chose to play Tal's own weapon against him. Interesting bit of psychology. The sacrifice of Rook & 2 pawns for 2 Bishops is a tiny one for Black. Did anyone else wonder if the players were both briefly foundering after 23...Qa8? It seemed as both stumbled about until Spassky found 31...Qe5, a move that looks very good to me, as Black will probably capture both passed pawns in the long run if the Queens come off. |
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| Sep-21-15 | | der623: This is the second time I have seen a game where Spassky used someone's weapon against him. I think everyone knows of the famous King's Gambit game against Bronstein (The end of which was portrayed in the James Bond film From Russia with Love). |
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| Sep-21-15 | | Abdel Irada: <Alex Schindler: The underpromotion! The Queen sac plus underpromotion combo isn't something you get to see every day> There are times when you just have to trade in your Ferrari for a Yugo. ∞ |
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sac: 19...b5