Le Quang Liem vs Xiangzhi Bu (2010) Grande Arche de Le Défense

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Le Quang Liem vs Xiangzhi Bu
"Grande Arche de Le Défense" (game of the day Nov-30-2024)
Aeroflot Open (2010), Moscow RUS, rd 3, Feb-11
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation Spielmann Defense (A33) · 1-0

White to move.

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Given 10 times; par: 35 [what's this?]

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Feb-11-10		tamar: Bu tries to play aggressively with 12...d5 and 16...Bg5, but meets with an exact refutation. Key moves are 18 h4! winning a piece and 27 Kg1 uncovering the rook for the final devastating moves.

Feb-11-10		trimind: First of all, GM Bu wanted to surprise GM Le by choosing the Benoni Defence. But the game soon transfer into the Symmetrical English which is familiar with both of them.

Feb-11-10		notyetagm: COA: CAPTURE OR ATTACK! NOT A DEFENDER IF ATTACKABLE! Ragger vs Le Quang Liem Aeroflot Open 2010 17 ... Nf6-h5! Le Quang Liem vs Bu Xiangzhi Aeroflot Open 2010 18 h2-h4!

Feb-11-10		notyetagm: <tamar: Bu tries to play aggressively with 12...d5 and 16...Bg5, but meets with an exact refutation. <<<Key moves are 18 h4! winning a piece>>> and 27 Kg1 uncovering the rook for the final devastating moves.> Yes, 18 h2-h4! <REMOVE THE GUARD> by attacking the Black g5-queen <INDIRECT> defender of the Black a5-knight. Attack the defender, REMOVE THE GUARD!

Feb-12-10		crazy monk: Should'd give 2 pts for Viet beat a CHN.

Feb-12-10		notyetagm: A great game by Le Quang Liem, featuring the <TACTICAL SHOTS> 18 h2-h4!, 20 ♘d2xe4!, and 28 ♖f1xf7!.

Feb-15-10		notyetagm: Game Collection: DECOYS: ALIGNMENT:CHESS IS NOT JUST COUNTING Le Quang Liem vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2010 20 Nd2xe4!,28 Rf1xf7! based on White e2-bishop diagonal control A <LIGHT-SQUARED> counterpart to these <DARK-SQUARED> <DECOYS> 24 ♖d5xe5! and 29 ♖d7x♗d6!. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.09.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Nichega"] [Black "TuHoang"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2522"] [Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack"] [ECO "B63"] [NIC "SI.27"] [Time "23:51:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bg1 e5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Bg4 Kb8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. fxe5 Qa4 22. Kb1 Qxe4 23. Rhd1 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Qc4 25. b3 Qg4 26. Rd4 Qg6 27. Rd7 Bd6 28. Rd5 Rc6 29. R7xd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qe4 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Bxf4 Kc8 33. Rd4 Re8 34. Rc4+ Kd7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rxb7 a5 37. Bg3 a4 38. Kb2 axb3 39. axb3 g5 40. c4 f5 41. Kc3 f4 42. Bf2 Kf5 43. Bd4 Re2 44. Rf7+ Kg4 45. c5 Rxg2 46. c6 Rxh2 47. Kc4 Rh1 48. c7 Rc1+ 49. Bc3 f3 50. c8=Q+ Kg3 51. Qf5 g4 52. Qe5+ Kg2 53. Rg7 g3 54. Rxg3+ Kf1 55. Rxf3+ Kg2 56. Qf5 1-0

Jul-19-10		Bdellovibrio: <notyetagm> reminds me of a similar move made by a 14-year-old LQL: click for larger view 21. ♘xd5! ♕d6 and of course not 21... ♕xd5 22. ♗c4!: click for larger view

Jan-23-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: DECOYS: PINS: FORCING ENEMY PIECES TO LINE UP

Jan-23-11		notyetagm: <Bdellovibrio: <notyetagm> reminds me of a similar move made by a 14-year-old LQL:> Do you have the PGN for the LQL game that you posted in the Le Quang Liem vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2010 forum? Thanks

Jan-23-11		notyetagm: <notyetagm: <Bdellovibrio: <notyetagm> reminds me of a similar move made by a 14-year-old LQL:> Do you have the PGN for the LQL game that you posted in the Le Quang Liem vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2010 forum? Thanks> Le Quang Liem vs J Cabrera Trujillo, 2005

Jan-23-11		Bdellovibrio: Ah, beat me to it :-)

Jan-23-11		notyetagm: <Bdellovibrio: Ah, beat me to it :-)> Because I asked online. :-) http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic...

Feb-23-11		fab4: Superb cool play by Liem. I must admit, looking at the position after 19..Rc6 black's attack looked irresistable, but white had it all worked out and as has been said, 20.Ne4! is a very cool move.

Apr-02-13		Phony Benoni: The Bu No Le Defense?

Apr-02-13		WannaBe: <Phony Benoni: The Bu No Le Defense?> Bu Bu, hiss, hiss!

Nov-30-24		Teyss: As pointed out by <tamar> Black might have missed 18.h4, expecting 18.bxa5? Rfd8 regaining the piece. And indeed the quiet 27.Kg1 is a cool move. It's a paradox that White's extra piece, the LSB, doesn't play any role in the final attack, yet it does in threats for instance 28...Qxf7? 29.Bc4. Don't really understand the pun. It's "Grande Arche de <la> Défense" but OK for "Le" to match White's player name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand.... And OK to highlight his good defence. However where is the "Grande Arche"? Surely not his teeny-weeny one here? It's not even square as the Grande Arche, it's triangular. click for larger view

Nov-30-24		MissScarlett: I believe the reference suggests that Liem is playing 4-dimensional chess.

Nov-30-24		offramp: Many years ago I went to La Grande Arche de la Défense. It is bloody huge. It is a skyscraper with loads of offices. I scraped my left shin on a bollard. It was a bad graze. D'you know, I can look at that graze right now. It will be there for my whole life. The <Grande Arche de la Défense> is the same size of the tremendous <Arc de Triomphe (de l'Étoile).> You might have seen The Washington Square Arch in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood of Lower Manhattan. The Arc de Triomphe is like <Land of the Giants>. The Paris Arch is gigantic compared to the New York Arch. Anyway, I don't get the pun.

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