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Sep-14-11 | | hedgeh0g: <Shams> Too long for Ivanchuk, no doubt. |
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Sep-14-11 | | Pyke: Hope Ivanchuk gets his nerves under control and can put up a real fight in game two. |
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Sep-14-11 | | Shams: Grischuk is top ten, and he doesn't have a personalized dancing rook? That handsome mug? |
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Sep-14-11 | | sneaky pete: The Colonel's hat:
http://www.google.nl/imgres?q=i%27l... |
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Sep-14-11 | | Shams: Who put this awful music together, in the live site interlude? It's like Enigma, arranged and interpreted by a middle school choir. |
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Sep-14-11 | | Bluegrey: Even 39... Kf5 is probably lost |
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Sep-14-11
 | | Colonel Mortimer: Did he 'Chuck' it away? |
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Sep-14-11
 | | Colonel Mortimer: <sneaky pete:> lol |
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Sep-14-11 | | whiteshark: Bon appétit! :D |
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Sep-14-11 | | Bluegrey: In fact blacks position lost by move 38 already |
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Sep-14-11
 | | Colonel Mortimer: Difficult to swallow I must say. |
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Sep-14-11 | | Cemoblanca: "The Gambler" strikes again! Hats off to Gamblerschuk! The strategy was to draw the first 2 games, followed by a slamdunk! ;0) Congrats! |
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Sep-14-11 | | Cemoblanca: <whiteshark>
My appetite is gone after this result! :D |
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Sep-14-11 | | whiteshark: I wonder if the Colonel has a reserve hat for the 2nd game? |
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Sep-14-11
 | | Colonel Mortimer: Of course - without shoving more chips on the table no one would take me seriously:) |
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Sep-14-11 | | sevenseaman: The engagement to secure e5 was a losing one.
 click for larger viewAttacked thrice, defended thrice - no need to push it. The idea to
fork R and B on move 19...f6 is iffy. It ruins the pawn structure. Still I saw some fight in the game; <23... Bxe6>?? <23...Re8 24. Nxg7 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Bh3
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of an extra pawn to White, I'd have put my money on <Chuky>.
Irreparable damage now! |
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Sep-14-11
 | | gregory2188: <Sseaman> why take the g7 when you have a rook on g5 to feast on... Am I missin something? |
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Sep-14-11 | | sevenseaman: <gregory2188> Oops! I missed that; the apparent garden path is lined with nails! Thanks. |
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Sep-14-11 | | M3ANDROS: I was just following this game "live" from ChessBase.com -- what a fantastic game! Vassily did miss an obvious draw in this rook ending. Pity! Congrats Alexander! |
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Sep-14-11 | | pulsar: <M3ANDROS: I was just following this game "live" from ChessBase.com -- what a fantastic game! Vassily did miss an obvious draw in this rook ending. Pity! Congrats Alexander!> It wasn't <obvious> after all... |
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Sep-14-11
 | | HeMateMe: Did Chuck lose because he kept a Rook out in front, facing linked pawns? He seemed very passive in this double rook endgame. |
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Sep-17-11
 | | FSR: Surely 38...Kf6 39.Rc7 Rxa5 would have drawn with ease? |
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Sep-19-11 | | David2009: Grischuk vs Ivanchuk, 2011 <FSR: Surely 38...Kf6 39.Rc7 Rxa5 would have drawn with ease?> I agree. Similar drawing opportunities occurred later, for example
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41...Ra5 (instead of Ra4+) gives White almost no swindling chances. Just before the end  click for larger view
43...Kf7 draws (if 44.Rg6 Ra2=). Instead the game ended 43...Kf5?? 44.Rb8! 1-0. A respectful resignation, but the P on g4 can be rounded up after 44...Ke6 45.Kg5! (but not 45.Rg8? Ra2!=). All credit to Grishuk for his perseverance and resourceful play. |
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Sep-19-11
 | | FSR: <David2009> Thanks for pointing out the missed draws. Unbelievable that Ivanchuk could lose such an ending. |
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Jun-25-16 | | Smothered Mate: <David2009> The Lomonosov tablebases say that after 42. ... g4 , Rb6+ wins for white, mating in 40. They say that after 42. ... g4 43. Rb6+ Kf7 , Kg5 mates in 36.
(From looking at the line it gives, the idea seems to be
bringing white's rook to f4 to win the g4 pawn.) |
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