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Almira Skripchenko vs Laurent Fressinet
"She Won Me Over" (game of the day Nov-13-2015)
French Championship (2002), Val d'Isere FRA, rd 5, Aug-23
Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06)  ·  1-0

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Mar-23-04  seoulmama: A gorgeus game. Strange that this hasn't got more publicity. Fressinet, a strong GM, gets trashed, very easily I might add.
May-17-04  Erwin: Wonderfull,just beauty,ju like the kind of game,i love to see
May-18-04  TrueFiendish: I guess it should end Rd6# rather than Rd6+ 1-0
May-18-04  arielbekarov: Really a fantastic game !!
I have just printed it, and I will study it in detail. Rarely one sees games of this kind today ! I feel just HAPPY about it ! This Almira Skripchenko-Lautier is exceptional talented ! Ariel
Jun-03-04  misguidedaggression: <TrueFiendish: I guess it should end Rd6# rather than Rd6+ 1-0 > So that's why she played 35.Nf6+ instead of 35.Nc7+, winning an exchange. Still, if black had played 36...Qb8 is there anything better for white than 37.d8=Q Qxd8 38.Rxd8 which only leaves her ahead a rook for a knight and a pawn?
Aug-28-04  Jack Rabbit: I like this game, too.

A few ideas for annotations (it needs work; consider this an invitation to a collective effort):

<9 – h6?!>. Black is reluctant to part with the fianchettoed Bishop, but this move will make castling the King into safety difficult. Better would be 9 – Ne7 10 Bh6 O-O 11 Bxg7 Kxg7 12 d5 e5.

<10 – g5>. Black cannot castle without dropping the h-Pawn. As a result of his previous move, it is necessary to first contest White’s control of the c1/h6 diagonal.

<12 – Ng6?!>. This move only apparently closes the Kingside. Better was 12 – O-O.

<14 d5>. This forces Black to close the center as opening it would be advantageous to White. If now 14 – exd5 then 15 exd5 O-O 16 g4 and Black’s pieces will have no good squares to which to move.

<15 – f5?>. Opening up the position is advantageous to the better developed side, which here is White. 15 – O-O is to be preferred.

<17 f3!>. This is fine defensive move that both deprives Black of the Pawn advance at e4 and shortens the f-file.

<20 Rd1>. It is necessary for White to maintain the Pawn at d5 as it has Black’s Queen’s Bishop shut out of the game.

<23 g4!>. White now dominates the light squares both on the Kingside and in the center. Black cannot free his game. The backwardness of the f-Pawn is of little consequence.

<27 Qd3!>. This move accentuates White’s dominance of the light squares by taking control of the b1/h7 diagonal and protecting the backward Pawn at f3. Black will soon be in a mating net.

<28 – Qe8>. If 28 – Rxf3 then 29 Rxf3 Qxf3 30 Rf1 Qh3 31 Rxf8+ Bxf8 32 Bc2.

<30 Bxe5!!>. This piece sacrifice clears the way the advance of the d-Pawn.

<34 Nxd5!!>. White begins the final phase of the mating attack with a pretty Queen sacrifice.

<36 -- Qd8>. Black prefers a quick end. He can escape the mating net by 36 – Qb8, but would still lose after 37 d8Q Qxd8 38 Rxd8 39Nc6 Re6+.

Dec-11-04  cade: Beautiful, really beautiful! I love how the 4 black squares around the black King are occupied by black pieces blocking his escape, while the 4 white squares are attacked by white pieces giving the mate. This is art, not sport.
Dec-23-04  Whitehat1963: A brilliant finish!
Jan-29-05  patzer2: Almira's Queen sacrifice with 34. Nxd5!!, with a little help from her opponent, leads to a quick mate.

Although I haven't run it through the computer yet, it seems to me that 34...Nxd5!? 35. Bxd5+ Kf8 might force White to work a bit harder to justify the Queen sacrfice.

Jan-29-05  patzer2: Perhaps the Borg's most frequent line of dialogue on the TV series Star Trek, "resistance is futile," might be appropriate after 34...Nxd5!?

Play could continue 34...Nxd5!? 35.Bxd5+ Kf8 36.Qe4 Qd7 37.Bc6 Qd8 38.Qxe5 Rf7 39.Qe2 Bf6 40.Rfe1 Kg7 41.Qe4 Rhf8 42.Qg6+ Kh8 43.Be4 b5 44.axb5 Qb6+ 45.Kh1 Qxb5 46.Qxh6+ Kg8 47.Bd5 Bg7 48.Qg6 Kh8 49.Bxf7 Qxb2 50.d7 Qf6 51.Rd3 Qxg6 52.Bxg6 Kg8 53.d8Q a5 54.h6 Bxh6 55.Qe7 Bg7 56.Rd7 Rf7 57.Qxf7+ Kh8 58.Qxg7#

Jan-30-05
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  offramp: This is a brilliant finish. If she had played 37.Rd6 against me I would have sat there wondering what to play next - when I played through the game I didn't see that it was a mate!
Jun-20-06  Whitehat1963: What an AMAZING finish. BEAUTIFUL!!
Jul-18-06  stanleys: I would like to see Almira's smile after she mated her opponent - perhaps something like this:http://www.poker.fr/images/photos/2...
Aug-27-07  meijgia: According to chessbase.com it is Almira Skripchenko-Fressinet nowadays (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...; August, 27, 2007).
Oct-27-08  Udit Narayan: Every game tells a story...

Fressinet played this game in the French Championships and, after succumbing to a brilliant sacrifice by his opponent, forgot about the loss...

Fast-forward 5 years to 2007: as he browsed his old game scores, the Frenchman glimpsed over a game which impressed him as much now as it did on that fateful day in 2002. Evidently, Fressinet regarded his opponent as an exceptional talent and, thirsting chessical revenge, invited her to play some blitz games in his kitchen. Hence begun a flowering romance...

Apr-12-09  WhiteRook48: 35 Nc7+ MAYBE
Sep-13-11
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  Domdaniel: I played the same line of double fianchetto stuff against my girlfriend once, and also got mated.
Feb-17-12
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  Penguincw: Wow. She beat her future husband in their only moment.
Feb-17-13  howlwolf: very nice game from the potd.
Nov-13-15  morfishine: A Happy Finish
Nov-13-15  evilkenevil: ...and a happy ending!...
Nov-13-15
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Serious question, believe it or not. If a married couple playing in a Swiss system tournament find themselves scheduled to play each other, will the tournament director a) have no choice but to let the pairing stand, or b) have the option to change the pairings, or c) be required by FIDE rules to change the pairing?

Thanks in advance for your response.

And that is one spectacular combination, BTW.

Nov-13-15  thegoodanarchist: <morfishine: A Happy Finish>

And the supposed pun is not even a pun! You forgot to point that out

Nov-13-15  kevin86: A nice game, but a bad pun!
Nov-13-15  Ferro: Me quiero casar con una puta
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