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Gata Kamsky vs David Pruess
"Attacking Pruess" (game of the day Oct-26-2024)
HB Global Chess Challenge (2005), Minneapolis, MN USA, rd 2, May-19
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-26-05  mack: Effortless.
May-26-05  delterp: The French defense was one of my early favorites. However, in the advace variation, my fear was and still is a massive kingside attack by white. Black has devoted all of his forces to the queenside expansion, leaving nothing but pawns to protect his king. I prefer leaving the king in the center as opposed to castling.
Jul-01-05  Autoreparaturwerkbau: Ok, you guys with longer beard ... who does this Kamsky guy reminds you to? He sure isn't some Morozevich or Karjakin-type of a player ...
Jul-01-05
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  chancho: Two Rooks in his seventh rank and still Kamsky collects another scalp in his evergrowing collection.Anyone making a mistake in a game against Kamsky can say Sayonara.
Nov-20-06  syracrophy: It's just amazing that Kamsky ignored the material disadvantage, the ♖♖ on the 7th rank and the dangers surrounding the White ♔, and he focused on a massive attack to the Black ♔. It's just amazing!

31.♕xg6+! <31...Kh8 32.Rxe6! Qxe6 33.Qxe6 with nasty threats <33...fxg4 34.Qe8+ mating in a couple moves> ; 31...Kf8 32.Rxe6! Qxe6 33.Qxe6 and the threat 34.Rxf5+ is crushing>

Nov-20-06  letekro: After 31...Kh8, 32. Rxf5 also wins quickly.
Feb-05-16  ToTheDeath: Black had a lot of optical counterplay but mate is mate. GM level judgement and attacking prowess here. Or Attacking Pruess!
Feb-06-16
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  perfidious: One might say that Kamsky ignored the Pruessic acid on his second rank.
Feb-06-16  SpiritedReposte: <30. e6!> Just a little, deadly drop of poison.
Oct-26-24
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: A pun on "attacking prowess?"
Oct-26-24  goodevans: <A pun on "attacking prowess?">

Undoubtedly so. And quite a good one, I'd say.

The pun is a little ambiguous. The more obvious interpretation is that 'attacking' is being used as a verb and Kamsky is doing the attacking. But 'attacking' could also be an adjective describing Pruess as a player.

<11.O-O?!> was a pawn sac that as far as I can see (having checked a handful of opening databases) hasn't been seen either before or after. I'm not surprised as it's hard to see what Kamsky got from it until Pruess started attacking him and allowed the deadly counterattack.

It seems Black was a victim of his own aggression and so maybe 'attacking' as an adjective was the intention all along.

Oct-26-24
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  HeMateMe: The great ones make it look easy

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