| Jan-26-04 | | lordhazol: I think 16-Qc5? is not good move.Black needs his queen at king side.Simple
16-Bxp not allows early Nd5. |
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| Jan-26-04 | | Catfriend: What's bad with 23.♘:♗g4 ? |
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| Jan-26-04 | | technical draw: <greetings Catfriend> I don't see anything wrong with 23.Nxg4. It appears to win a piece. I'll have to take out the chessboard to be sure, but I'm too lazy right now. |
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| Jan-27-04 | | Catfriend: <Greetings TD! :)>
I checked it out and I think it would win.But - it's a blitz game... and maybe Kaspy saw it but was afraid of a trap or something and didn't want to spend time, especially if he saw a simple victory. |
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| Jan-30-04 | | lordhazol: 23 NxB Qg3 threats Queen and knight at same time |
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| Jan-30-04 | | Catfriend: But then 24.♘h6+ and white, though he doesn't win much, gains for the same material as in the game also the rival monarch's exposure. |
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| Feb-01-04 | | lordhazol: yes Catfriend i suppose youre right. |
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| Apr-28-07 | | M.Laine: I think black can play after Nxg4..
25.Qg3 and mate-threat is real then.
26.Qc5 Rd8 27.Ne3 Rd2
27.Re2 h5
And black wins at long run.. |
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| Dec-13-07 | | component: It's 23. Nxg4 23...Qg3 24. Qxc5 24..Rc6 25.Qxa7 25..Qxg4 |
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Feb-18-25
 | | MarcusBierce: 9.. just take the bishop on e3. Weird |
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| Feb-19-25 | | FM David H. Levin: <<MarcusBierce>: 9.. just take the bishop on e3. Weird> If 9...Nxe3, Black might have to reckon with 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. fxe3. 
click for larger viewI don't know that White's attack is sound, but it seems dangerous at least, especially at blitz (not to mention who's playing White). |
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Feb-19-25
 | | saffuna: My computer says 9...Nxe3 should be answered with fxe3, presumably to open the f-file and put pressure on the f7 pawn. |
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Feb-19-25
 | | perfidious: Kasparov voluntarily relinquishing his best minor piece and wrecking his pawn structure into the bargain looks potty, but Black would indeed have found the pressure in the f-file difficult to meet, not to mention how far behind in development he is in what then becomes an open game. |
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Feb-19-25
| | MarcusBierce: <FM DL> If the sac on f7 is a concern, throw in 9..Nb6 first, with lateral protection from the Q and Black’s LSB freed up for defense on the light squares. |
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Feb-19-25
| | MarcusBierce: <perfidious> Play the board, not the man! Easier said than done, obviously. |
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Feb-19-25
| | perfidious: <MB>, my approach was always to use both elements; if I knew an opponent had a particular weakness, the game was to ruthlessly exploit it, same as I have playing poker. I would, conversely, try to steer games away from my opponents' strengths. |
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| Feb-19-25 | | FM David H. Levin: <<MarcusBierce>: <perfidious> Play the board, not the man!> I nearly always took that approach. Aside from my opening selection, I pretty much disregarded my opponent and tried to play as close to perfect chess as I could. I believed that this would make me a stronger player in the long run. |
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Feb-19-25
| | perfidious: In the US Amateur Team held in New Jersey this past weekend, I was faced with some difficulties vs my ~2300 opponent in the first round. My dilemma lay in either accepting a slightly strategically inferior position which left him, moreover, with an easy game to play, or going very much against my style and sacrificing two pawns for an attack which carried unclear consequences. In another day, because I could not 'see everything to the end', I would probably have rejected such a va banque approach, but being active over acquiescing in a passive position guided my thinking. After analysing some lines, I decided that it was no day to play a la Korchnoi and offered the material. After snatching the pawns, he soon went wrong and I whipped up a winning attack, but blundered on the verge of breaking through and he held the draw. |
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| Feb-19-25 | | stone free or die: <perf> giving Giri a run for his money. PS- What's a nice boy from VT doing in NJ? |
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Feb-19-25
| | perfidious: That was the tenth time I have played the USATE (nine straight from 1985-93, though I never met <FM DHL>). First time for me at the event since it moved from Somerset. If <DHL> should see this, the <Atlantic Chess News> has gotten snazzy. Back in the day, it was plain ol' newsprint. |
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| Feb-20-25 | | FM David H. Levin: <<perfidious>: [...snip...] If <DHL> should see this, the <Atlantic Chess News> has gotten snazzy. Back in the day, it was plain ol' newsprint.> I haven't seen a recent issue, but Sept./Oct. 1996 has a sturdy, plasticky (?) cover and interior pages comparable to copier paper. These improvements in production were due to David Burris, the editor at that time. |
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