Dec-01-03
 | | technical draw: It's a good game. But the greatest game of all time? Not even close. White just made too many mistakes. |
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Dec-01-03
 | | Chessical: 5.Qd5?! is a bizarre move for such a strong player as Tolush to make in preferenece to 5.Nf3 or 5.Nd2 17.Qd3! Qxd3+ 18.Kxd3 Bb5+ 19.Ke4 Bc6+ 20.Kf4 would give Tolush a chance of a draw 20...Bb5+! seems an even quicker win 21.Qxb5 (21.Kf3 Rxd4 22.exd4 Qe3+) 21...Rxd4 22.exd4 Nxd4+ 23.Kf2 Nxb5 25...g5+ is an extravagent mate: 26.Kxh5 Qh8+ 27.Kxg5 Bh6+ 28.Kh4 Bxf4+ 29.Kg4 Rg8+ 30.Kxf4 Qh6+ 31.Kf5 Qf6 is mate Tolush's play was too weak to make this a great game, and after move 17 Boleslavsky had no significant problems to overcome. |
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Dec-01-03
 | | Benzol: Boleslavsky included it in his "Selected Games" but I agree with <technical draw>. It's not the greatest game of all time. |
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| Dec-01-03 | | Spitecheck: Maybe Khalifman respected the concepts, white, at black's invitation dances around with his queen for awhile....than black gets his chance and every move made is basically on the orders of the advanced queen, who is operating a bit like a magnet. However, I agree, immortal it ain't, but that's on first inspection, perhaps it's the games that weren't played in it that made it special. A case where the annotations are far more interesting than the actual game. Spitecheck |
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| May-14-04 | | nutsaboutchess: Perhaps we arent strong enough( GM or IM level) to fully appreciate the beauty of this game. There may be some inner detail or concept which we may have overlooked. Also, I think it would do well to note the date as 1945. We must remember that it was an age of trial and error if you will and perhaps thats why khaliffman likes the game so much. I think he appreciates black's innovative play at this stage in the chess saga. |
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| Jun-07-04 | | Eatman: The game does remind a bit of today's supercalculated efforts (ala crazy Shirov games) than mid 1940-50s
fights. Both players dont mind the unbalanced position here. So maybe Khalifman thought this was a forerunner to the state of chess today.
But then again I am just a FM so what do i know. :) |
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| Dec-10-05 | | thesonicvision: <Eatman> 2382 FIDE is very impressive
in my opinion.
Anyway, I favored Black as early as
5..f5. |
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| Oct-10-06 | | sheltone: This game is book until move 12, Qd5 is not an error at all. White's 17th is the error, shoulda played Qd3. |
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| Apr-08-08 | | diabloprancer: Why does black play 15...d4 ? |
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| Apr-08-08 | | Karpova: Some comments on this game may become clearer after providing the following information: Book: "Interview with a Grandmaster"
Authors: Aaron & Claire Summerscale
From Randy Bauer's review:
<The book’s format is simple: after an introduction that provides a brief background on the chapter’s focus, the authors pose questions to nine (generally) world class grandmasters. They also ask the player to present their best game, and their choice for the best game ever played.> <[...] the games they picked for the greatest game of all time weren’t exactly big surprises. [...] while the only fairly unknown games were Khalifman’s selection of Tolush-Boleslavsky from Moscow 1945 [...]> http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_re... |
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Dec-12-08
 | | plang: <sheltone: This game is book until move 12, Qd5 is not an error at all. White's 17th is the error, shoulda played Qd3 > I have two books on the Trompovsky; this line is not mentioned in either. 3 dxc is rarely played because it gives White little chance at achieving an advantage. 5 Qd5? seems to be close to losing overlooking 5..f5!. Tolush had set an interesting trap. If 15..Bd7 then
16 Nh3..Bb5+ 17 Kf3..Bxf1 18 Rxf1..Qxf1 19 Qa4+ Kf7 20 Ng5+..Kg8
21 Qf4 and wins. Bolslavsky's 15..d4! eliminated the check on a4 if White recaptures on d4 with the bishop or the pawn. If 17 Nh3..0-0-0 18 Qb4..Qd1+! mates - pretty! Boleslavsky incluses 3 wins with Black against the Trompovsky from this tournament - it must have been "trendy" then (though not very successful)). |
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Jan-16-09
| | plang: Taimanov's book on the Soviet Championships attributes this win to Bondarevsky but I am pretty sure that is an error. Bondarevsky and Boleslavsky both defeated Tolush in this tournament but Bondarevsky's win is not in the database. |
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| Jan-16-09 | | Karpova: <plang>
[Event "URS-ch14"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Date "1945.?.?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 c5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.a3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 d6 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Ne4 d5 13.Ng3 Na5 14.c4 Nf6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Qc2 h6 17.Qc3 Qb6 18.Bc2 dxc4 19.Rd7 Rfe8 20.bxc4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Nxc4 22.Ba1 Nd6 23.Ne4 Ndxe4 24.Bxe4 Bf8 25.Rd2 Nxe4 26.fxe4 e5 27.f4 Qg6+ 28.Rg2 Qxe4 29.fxe5 Re6 30.Rf4 Qb1+ 31.Rf1 Qe4 32.Rf4 Qb1+ 33.Rf1 Qb6 34.Qc4 Rd8 35.Bc3 Rd7 36.Qg4 Qb3 37.Bd2 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Qxe3+ 39.Rff2 Rg6 40.Qxg6 fxg6 41.Rd8 Qg5+ 0-1 |
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| Oct-18-09 | | vonKrolock: after 15.(<♔e2>
click for larger view The actual <15...d4>, very atractive, was maybe a slight incorrection - after the only ▢ move 16.♕xd4 ♗d7 white (as pointed out by <Chessical> above) missed some chances for a draw, then try instead 15...♗d7! 16.♘h3!? (pointed out by ♗oleslavsky himself in his analysis and quoted above) and now 16...d5-d4!! 17.♕xd4 (again the lesser evil) 17...♖d8! 
click for larger view with and overwhelming position |
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| Jun-22-12 | | Naniwazu: Black could also have played 8...Qa5+ 9. c3 Nd4! 10. Na3 Nf5 11. Qg4 Nfg3! 12. Qxg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 14. O-O-O Bxc3!  |
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| Mar-04-20 | | Straclonoor: <If 15..Bd7 then 16 Nh3..Bb5+ 17 Kf3..Bxf1 18 Rxf1..Qxf1 19 Qa4+ Kf7 20 Ng5+..Kg8 21 Qf4 and wins. >
16....Bb5+ is not necessary
Analysis by Stockfish 230120 64 BMI2:
1. -+ (-5.70): 16...Nb3 17.Qb4 Qc2+ 18.Kf3 0-0-0 19.Kg3 h5 20.Ng5 d4 21.h4 dxc3 22.Bc4 Nd2 23.Bd5 Bc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc3 Qxc3 26.bxc3 e5 27.Ra1 Rd7 28.Kh3 Bxc5 29.g4 Bb6 30.c4 c5 31.Kg2 hxg4 32.Ra4 a5 33.Kg3 Rd6 34.Kxg4 Rf6 35.Nh3 e4 36.Nf4 Bd8 37.h5 gxh5+ 38.Kxh5 Rf5+ 39.Kh6 Kd7 40.Ra1 Nxc4 41.Rd1+ Nd6 2. -+ (-5.48): 16...0-0-0 17.Kf3 Nb3 18.Kg3 Nxc5 19.f3 e5 20.Qf6 Re8 21.Qf7 Qc2 22.Qxd5 h5 23.Qd2 Qf5 24.Qe2 g5 25.e4 Qf6 26.Bd2 Ne6 27.Ng1 g4 28.Be3 Nd4 29.Qd2 h4+ 30.Kf2 Kb8 31.f4 Bc5 32.Ne2 Bc6 33.b4 Bb6 34.Ke1 Rd8 35.Nc3 Nb3 36.fxe5 Nxd2 37.exf6 Bxe3 |
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