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Kenneth Rogoff vs Rudy Blumenfeld
"Beyond His Ken" (game of the day Jun-13-2007)
Lone Pine (1976), Lone Pine, CA USA, rd 1, Mar-07
English Opening: King's English Variation. General (A20)  ·  1-0

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Jun-13-07  Chessmensch: <dabearsrock1010> I agree, only it's worse than that. Throughout nearly the entire game from move 18 on black has his pieces on the two back ranks. When he moves them off, they don't last long. Look at the game move-by-move.
Jun-13-07  Nasruddin Hodja: In addition to being a Hahvahd professor, Rogoff is also ex-Chief Economist of the IMF and gets a column on international economics published regularly in

http://www.projectsyndicate.org

So as if he didn't have it good enough, now _this_ website is buttering him up.

Jun-14-07  dabearsrock1010: <Chessmensch> thanks for pointing that out it is actually rather depressing to watch if you ask me lol.
Jun-14-07  Karpova: <FM Avari Viraf: Will u please tell the full form of BTW & AFAIK.> BTW = by the way
AFAIK = as far as I know
Jun-15-07
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  fm avari viraf: <Karpova> Thanks.
Jun-15-07  Gilmoy: totally unprepared are you
to face a world of men
hopeless and shy and scared are you
of <things beyond your ken> -- Rodgers & Hammerstein

you need rybka fritz and shredder
telling you what to do
-- some wag

Apr-02-09  johnlspouge: < <gprice> wrote: <think> after 27...Kf7 28. Qb3+ is lethal >

Just to expand:

27...Kxf7 28.Qb3+ Kf6 29.Ne6+

White wins Qd8 with 30.Nxd8.

Apr-03-09  Granny O Doul: Rather an ugly, materialistic finish. Nicer would have been 32.Bg5 Qh3 33.Bf6+! Kh7 34.Qh3+ Bh6 35.g5.
Apr-03-09  AnalyzeThis: Agreed.

Having said this, I myself would have used the same method of butchering black's position that Rogoff used. It's brutal, deadly, and simple.

Just win, baby.

Jun-10-10
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  OhioChessFan: I am stunned to discover 3 of 5 games in this database after 8. 0-0 have Black play Bf8. It hurts my eyes to look at that move.
Jun-10-10
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  OhioChessFan: <eaglewing: don't see why Black has not played 23. ... fe 24. de Nxe5. No more connected d+e-pawns. If attacked by Bc3, Qd6 removes the pin and still defends the knight, so, what else is the White threat?>

23...fxe5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd3 and the pin down the e file decides.


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Oct-27-10  BwanaVa: ...but to continue Ohiochessfan...

if 25...Qd6 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Bf4 skewers Queen and Rook

Sep-17-12  vinidivici: wow...
28.Ng6 is an unexpected move.
the aftermath is irrefutable for white.
Sep-17-12  Strongest Force: I knew both of these guys way back more than 40 years ago. I never knew they played each other although they were in NYC area. All the young players were going to Lone Pine to get titles.
Jun-27-13  gprice: < johnlspouge:> < <gprice> wrote: <think> after 27...Kf7 28. Qb3+ is lethal > Just to expand:

27...Kxf7 28.Qb3+ Kf6< 29.Ne6+ > 29. Ng6+ and mate

Mar-04-17  djvdpc1017: I had the good fortune to meet and play in a tournament in Worcester, MA with Ken Rogoff in the sixties. He was already very strong and won the tournament. His persona was very confident and he was easy to be around.
Jul-25-25  Walter Glattke: Here my amazing continuation with 25.dxc5 Nxe5 26.Qb3+ Kh8 (Bc4 Bd5+) 27.Ne6 Rxe6 28.Qxe6 Bxf1 29.Bd5 Bxd6 30.cxd6 Bb5 31.Bf4 Qd7 32.Qxd7 Bxd7 33.Bxe5 fxe5 34.Rxe5 Re8 35.Rxe8 Bxe8 36.Kg2 g6 37.Kf3 Kg7 38.Ke4 Kf6 39.Bc4 b6 40.Kd5 (Kf7 Ba6 Ke8 Bb7 Kd8 Bc6) 40.-Be6+ 41.Kc6 Bxc4 42..d7 Ke7 43.Kc7 b5 44.d8Q+ ++-
Jul-25-25  mel gibson: I wasn't sure - I didn't see that.

Stockfish 17 says:

25. Bd5

(25. Bd5 (1.Bd5 Bc6 2.Qxc5 fxe5 3.dxe5 Rxe5 4.Rxe5 Bxd6 5.Qxc6 bxc6 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ne6+ Qf6 8.Ng5+ Kg6 9.Rxf6+ gxf6 10.Re6 Bb4 11.Bf4 Rb6 12.Nf3 Kf7 13.Re2 h5 14.Rc2 Bf8 ) +4.67/46 579)

score for White +4.67 depth 46.

Jul-25-25
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  chrisowen: I grims its wolf vec q its jonny its puz its Bd5 gh its abridge lip cuff dip its coffin its abe leeway its dub its chi i o its abled its axled its Bd5 its aka its;
Jul-25-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: The king saw the line: 25. e6 Bxf1 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Bd5+ Re6 28. Bxe6+ Ke8 29. d7+ Ke7 30. Qxc5# . Otherwise, 25. e6 Nxd6 26. dxc5 Bxf1 27. Bd5 Be7 28. cxd6 Bxd6 29. e7+ Kh8 30. exd8=Q Rexd8 31. Qb3 or 30... Bxa3 31. Qa5. But, B can escape with 25. e6 Nxd6 26. Bd5 Be7 27. dxc5 Nc4.

I gave up on 25. Bd5 due to Bc6 26. e6 Bxd5+ 27. Nxd5 Nxd6 28. e7 Bxe7 ... Maybe, 25. Bd5 Bc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc5 fxe5 28. dxe5 and B is in a very bad position.

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Jul-25-25  Walter Glattke: I always planned 25. e6, but then I hesitated because of 25.Nxd6, and found an ending then with blocked right and going left. One piece for Black with double check and double sac 26.dxc5 Nc4 27.Bd5+? Qxd5!+
Jul-25-25  Walter Glattke: Bd5 no check here
Jul-25-25  Arlekhino: Greetings again to all members, from Brazil (where Internet is working perfectly well, by the way)!

25.Bd5 was a nice shot by White here, and so was 28.Ng6+ followed by 29.g4 (embarassing the King with a Queen coming by to say hello... hehe).

Jul-25-25  mel gibson: < King.Arthur.Brazil: maybe, my internet will become blocked or even inacessible (who will know?)>

I just did a search.
It seems only twitter is blocked in Brazil.
Hope all is OK?

Jul-25-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: Hi. <Mel-Gibson> in respect to the rules on CG, I'll let my answer on kibitz coffee. Shortly: things are changing quickly. I really don't know what it will be later.
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