| Jul-20-09 | | hellopolgar: black's last move...what a blunder...but Boris Gelfand is probably one of the few 2700+ super GM's that Moro beats consistently... |
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| Jul-20-09 | | whiteshark: Even without blunder the black position looks already difficult to me. Especially the isolated ♙b7, ♙d5 were weak. And ♖h5 is a bit outposted. |
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| Jul-20-09 | | messachess: embarrassing blunder |
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| Jul-20-09 | | returnoftheking: Whiteshark is right. Black must be lost.
Right from the (rare) opening white creates and plays against black's isolated d pawn. When the opportunity presents itself Moro combines it with play against the b pawn. White's queenside pawn majority and black's out of play rook are not helping. |
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| Jul-20-09 | | returnoftheking: Cliche but true; quite original manoeuvres by Moro.
Rf1-e1-e2-d2-d3-b3-b5 is something not ordinary f.e. |
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| Jul-20-09 | | Hesam7: Black could not avoid losing a pawn. Here is Rybka's line at chessok: 30...Nf6 31.h3 Kh7 32.Rb6 Rf5 33.Rdb4 d4 34.Rxd4 Nd5 35.Rb5 Kg6 36.Kg3 Kh5 37.Rd1 Kg6 38.Kh2 (+0.92|d19) 
click for larger viewIn the diagram not only White is a pawn up but in such endings the bishop is superior to knight. |
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| Jul-20-09 | | laskersteinitz: This is child's play! |
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| Jul-20-09 | | notyetagm: 30 ♖d1-d4 Δ 31 ♖d4x♘e4!
click for larger view30 ... ♖d7-d6??
click for larger view31 ♖d4x♘e4! 1-0 <pin: h5>
click for larger viewHow in the *world* can someone as strong as Gelfand (2755!) overlook the simple <LATERAL PIN> 31 ♖d4x♘e4! ??? |
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| Jul-20-09 | | karnak64: Hmm. I wonder if some perceptual faculty is at work here that causes folks, even GMs, to see the north-south on the chessboard more than the east-west. Still, amazing mistake for Gelfand although he was probably losing anyway. Bummer. I was hoping he'd do well this tournament. |
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Jul-20-09
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| Jul-20-09 | | refutor: not sure if the best plan for black is to allow the isolated pawn and give up the bishop pair (of course this is by hindsight). i wonder if black could have improved early on by not moving his queen to b6 |
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| Jul-20-09 | | polarlumpensack: Gelfand was a good snack for Moro, to warm up for this tournament... even without the blunder the position was a swiss cheese full of holes.. |
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| Jul-20-09 | | ozmikey: Incredible blunder from a 2700+ player. I wonder what the time situation was? |
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| Jul-20-09 | | Octal: They say it's easier to think within files and not ranks. Thus where the old Russian saying "A wood pusher overlooks the ranks" comes from. |
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| Jul-20-09 | | outplayer: 30...g6 holds. |
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| Jul-21-09 | | crwynn: astonishing, in my own games I sometimes decide to sacrifice one thing and for this reason fail to notice I am dropping something else...I would not expect this to be a problem for one of the best players in the world though. Still I expect that is what happened, he was so focused in the lines after 31.Rxb7 Rg6+ - for instance 32.Kh1 Rh3 threatening Rxe3 - that the pin on h5 was "of little interest to him". Not that that makes it much less bizarre. |
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| Jul-21-09 | | Whitehat1963: Final move is a Monday puzzle three years from now. |
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| Jul-21-09 | | aktajha: What's most interesting is that Morozevich avoids the Petroff, normally people think then it's even more easy to draw, but Gelfand is in a difficult position in a move range (about 18 moves) where a lot of Petroff lines are still within theory...so far for the importance of studying opening lines -> it's more important to know nuances of resulting positions. |
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| Jul-21-09 | | noeldegood: Always remember: When you make a blunder it cheers up your opponent who might be having a difficult day!! |
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| Jul-21-09 | | levelzx: That loose Rook at h5 was just victim of a duboius maneuver c2-c5-h5. I have no idea why Gelfand misplaced it so badly, especially since it was so great at second rank. |
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| Jul-21-09 | | kellmano: I stopped watching this game live after move 22 from Moro certain a draw was imminent. Gelfand throws it away. A great win for Moro in round one, then his opponent rather hands him a win in round two. |
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| Jul-22-09 | | lunacyfrog: ^
White already had the better game and decent winning chances by move 22... |
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