Baadur Jobava vs Alexander Grischuk (2009) Quarantined Queen

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Baadur Jobava vs Alexander Grischuk
"Quarantined Queen" (game of the day Oct-14-2023)
World Cup (2009) (blitz), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 3, Nov-29
Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) · 0-1

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Nov-29-09		brucejavier: a GM 2696, queen stuck after 16 moves does not look good...

Nov-30-09		notyetagm: <brucejavier: a GM 2696, queen stuck after 16 moves does not look good...> Wow. click for larger view

Nov-30-09		notyetagm: Game Collection: Queen traps: when your Lady gets checkmated 13 ... Nd7-c5! key to trapping White b7-queen by denying a6-sq

Nov-30-09		notyetagm: 13 ... ? click for larger view 13 ... ♘d7-c5! click for larger view It is just amazing how 13 ... ♘d7-c5! is the key to <TRAPPING> the offside White b7-queen by <DENYING> both the a6- and a4-squares as <FLIGHT SQUARES>, whether the White queen is on b7 or c6.

Nov-30-09		notyetagm: Game Collection: TRAP pieces by taking away their FLIGHT SQUARES 13 ... Nd7-c5! traps White b7-queen by denying a6-,a4-squares

May-04-14		sakredkow: He who taketh the QNP with the Queen, sleepeth on the subwayeth.

May-04-14		Refused: nice miniature by Grischuk.

Oct-14-23		Korora: 13.♕xb7? Can you say, "Bluebeard"?

Oct-14-23		OhioChessFan: Interesting, but the prosaic 13...Rb8 is just as devastating.

Oct-14-23		al wazir: <OhioChessFan: Interesting, but the prosaic 13...Rb8 is just as devastating.> 14. Qxa7 Bc5 15. Qa4. Now what? If 14...Nc5, then 15. Be3 Ra8/Rb7 16. Bxc5 Rxa7 17. Bxa7.

Oct-14-23		goodevans: <sakredkow: He who taketh the QNP with the Queen, sleepeth on the subwayeth.> Yesterday in the US Championship, So playing Black grabbed the QNP with his Q on move 6 and a few moves later found himself in this position. click for larger view I did wonder if So would get his Q trapped but he didn't. Proof you can get away with it sometimes but it doesn't seem like a worthwhile risk to me.

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Oct-14-23		fredthebear: The undefeated USC Trojans with Heisman trophy winner QB Caleb Williams will travel to South Bend, Indiana to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish tonight. Both teams are ranked. The atmosphere should be electric. Meanwhile, there's grandmaster chess battles in Doha, Qatar and St. Louis, MO USA. What a fine competitive day it will be. Yet we pause to reflect, to hope and pray for all peoples afflicted by war, persecution, disease and famine around the globe. Liberty, sweet liberty is precious but it comes with a price.

Oct-14-23		Olsonist: That's a very poisonous pawn.

Oct-15-23		al wazir: Why is Israel overreacting? Because that's what works. <27 Aug 2006 Hezbollah fighters killed three Israeli soldiers and seized two more in a cross-border raid on July 12, provoking a fierce Israeli response resulting in 34 days of fierce fighting in Lebanon. “We did not think, even one per cent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 … that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with Lebanon’s New TV station.> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2006...

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