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| May-08-05 | | soberknight: See http://www.angelfire.com/nf/chess/B... for commentary. The writers advise 7...Nf6! instead of ...a6? |
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| Dec-23-05 | | notyetagm: The Black side of the Sicilian can be such junk. Here a GM totally loses control of the position and goes down in flames in just 10 moves. You would never see Black lose a Ruy Lopez so quickly. |
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| Dec-24-05 | | THE pawn: He is not a GM, if my memory's good. But it's still a slauther all the same. ouch this is ugly...after e6, Nxe6 Qe8 or Qe7 he eventually loses the queen with a discovered on Nc7+ or Nd8+ or Nxf8+ |
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| Mar-03-06 | | McCool: Black played some pretty disgusting moves here. |
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| Apr-30-06 | | soberknight: I don't know if Afek is a GM, but he is most famous in the chess world as a composer of endgame studies. |
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| May-29-06 | | Catfriend: Afek is a master, and far from being a top Israeli player. Also, he's way over 50, IIRC. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | Nikita Smirnov: Well the continuation is:
10...e6 (10...Kg6 11.Be2 with mate on h7) 11.Ne6 and the continuation is Ng5 or Nf4. |
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| Nov-23-06 | | aazqua: This game is ridiculous. Black deserves his fate. |
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| Dec-31-06 | | Nikita Smirnov: This game should be game of the day!It is a brilliant attack play by Smirin! |
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| Jan-21-07 | | James Bowman: Perhaps too many endgame compositions and not enough opening theory ;o] |
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| Feb-20-09 | | swarmoflocusts: This is one of Smirin's notable games? The entire game is just his opponent playing a few inaccurate moves (I count two), a major blunder, and a few minor blunders (two) -- in just nine moves. Impressive, but a very far cry from good chess. <The Black side of the Sicilian can be such junk.> This is a little bit unfair. Afek completely misplayed this game. He played the first two moves correctly, then started messing around, then started blundering. I don't think you can pin this one on the Sicilian. |
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| Oct-25-12 | | murty: After 10...Kg6 what is the quick finish? The best I see is 11. Ne6 Qe8 (or else the Q is lost, or the B with check) 12. Qf5+ Kh6 (Kf7 13. Ng5#) 13. d3+ g5 and mate in 2 with Bxg5, Qxg5 |
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Jul-22-16
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| Oct-20-16 | | erimiro1: 10.-Kg6 11.Be2! e6 (to prevent mate on h5)12.N:e6 and who wants to continue as black? |
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| Oct-20-16 | | drollere: since Nc7 kills, and d6 is prevented by a pin, the move is Qe5. then either e6 or f6 is necessary for a flight square. black's Nd4 is a terrible mistake, burning the only developed piece, forcing the Q retreat, and paving a mating attack. |
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| Oct-20-16 | | dfcx: black has a huge development deficit and white makes him pay for it with 8.Qe5 aiming for Nc7+
A. 8...e6 9.Nc7+ Ke7 10.Nxa8 axb5 11.Qxd4 and white is up an exchange B. 8...f6 9.Nc7+ Kf7 10.Qd5+
B1. 10...e6 11.Nxe6 Qe7 12.Nc7+ and the queen is lost after 12...Kg6 13.Qf5+ Kf7 14.Bc4+ B2.10...Kg6 11.Ne6 dxe6 (or Nf4+ mates) 12.Qxd8 axb5 |
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| Oct-20-16 | | plumbst: I've already seen this game (I believe it was one of favorite books, Modern Chess Miniatures by Neil McDonald?) but this shows the dangers of neglecting development. White wins on the spot with 8.Qe5!
After 8...f6 9.Nc7+ Kf7 10.Qd5+ e6 11.Nxe6 Black should resign to save himself the embarrassment. |
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| Oct-20-16 | | ChemMac: 7...Nf6 was forced, I think, after which if 8.NXf6+ gf White has only a small advantage I think. So 7.Qh5 might not even be a computer's first choice! Perhaps Afek instinctively played the move that produced the prettiest position, rather than have a dull game! |
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| Oct-20-16 | | YouRang: Thursday 8.?
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The first move seemed obvious enough. I mean, what other threat does white have but Nc8+ (forcing loss of black queen and otherwise forking K+R)? And how else to enable that threat except for <8.Qe5> first?
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So now it's just a matter of figuring out what black can do. It seems certain that black must create an escape for the king by pushing the e or f pawn. - If 8...e6, then I have the rook fork: 9.Nc7+ Ke7 10.Nxa8 - If <8...f6> (and this is the trickier line since white's Q is attacked), then <9.Qd5+>
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Black is almost surprisingly helpless:
- 10...e6 11.Nxe6! (safe because Pd7 is pinned). - <10...Kg6>
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Again 11.Ne6!
Threat #1: Nf4+ ...Kh6 Qh5#
Threat #2: Nxd8  |
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| Oct-20-16 | | agb2002: The material is identical.
Black threatens axb5.
White has Bc4 and Qe5 to try to exploit Black's weaknesses. After 8.Bc4 e6 9.Qe5 d6 Black seems to hold. In the case of 8.Qe5:
A) 8... axb5 9.Nc7+ Qxc7 10.Qxc7 + - [Q vs B+N]. B) 8... e6 9.Nc7+ Ke7 10.Nxa8
B.1) 10... axb5 11.Qxb5 and the knight escapes.
B.2) 10... d6 11.Qxd4 axb5 12.Qb6 and the knight escapes (12... Qxb6 13.Nxb6 followed by a4). C) 8... f6 9.Nc7+ Kf7 10.Qd5+ e6 (10... Kg6 11.Nxa8 as above) 11.Nxe6 looks winning (11... dxe6 12.Qxd8 + -; 11... Qb6 12.Ng5+ with attack, for example 12... Kg6 13.Qf5+ Kh5 14.Nf7+ g5 15.Be2+ Kh4 16.Qg4#). |
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| Oct-20-16 | | saturn2: <YouRang> is this game in your collection of games with ..a6 being a bad move? |
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| Oct-20-16 | | AlicesKnight: Saw the main moves but underappreciated how effective 10.Qd5+ was - it all looks more like 1882 than 1992. |
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| Oct-20-16 | | patzer2: patzer2: My solution to today's Thursday puzzle was 8.Qe5! f6 9.Nc7+ Kf7, giving me the first two moves correct. But I blew it with <10. Bc4+?> which appears to lose to 10...e6  . No doubt 10. Qd5+ is much stronger.With only my quick human glance, the decisive error appears to be 7...a6? allowing 8. Qe5! . Instead, I'd try 7...Nf6 when 8. Nxf6 gxf6 9. Bc4  appears to give white an edge but not a sure win. Early in the opening, I prefer 3...g6 as in Svidler vs Gelfand, 2016. P.S.: My 7-year-old Grandson called today to tell me his near 1400 performance rating in a five round blitz tournament this week improved his blitz rating to 1192. For an adult that's not impressive, but for a 7-year-old an 1192 rating puts you easily in the top 100 players seven and under in the USCF. |
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| Oct-20-16 | | pedro99: To clarify a little, in the 10...Kg6 line
11.Ne6- Qe8 the calm 12.d3! is simplest
The knight is immune because Be8: is check and the threat of Qf5mate is unstoppable. |
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| Oct-20-16 | | pedro99: To clarify a little, in the 10...Kg6 line
11.Ne6- Qe8 the calm 12.d3! is simplest
The knight is immune because Be8: is mate and the threat of Qf5mate is unstoppable. |
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