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Boon-Poh Paul Foo vs Paul Garbett
"Hong Kong Fooey" (game of the day May-20-2025)
Commonwealth Championship (1984), Hong Kong HKG, rd 7, Mar-??
Queen Pawn Game: Veresov Attack. Two Knights System Gruenfeld Defense (D01)  ·  0-1

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Aug-08-22
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  al wazir: What on Earth did white have in mind when he played 33. Rxf7 ? It offers neither a defense nor a serious counterthreat.

Maybe it was just a way of throwing in the towel.

Aug-08-22
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  0ZeR0: <al wazir: What on Earth did white have in mind when he played 33. Rxf7 ? It offers neither a defense nor a serious counterthreat.>

He seems to be dead lost even before this move anyway.

<Maybe it was just a way of throwing in the towel.>

I think so.

Aug-08-22  thegoodanarchist: Number one super game.
Aug-08-22
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  pittpanther: 33....Rxh3+ is a nice puzzle move for early in the week.
Aug-08-22
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  eternaloptimist: This is an interesting game & IM Garbett did a good job of attacking Foo. I liked this cartoon & used to watch it a lot when I was a kid/teenager. 1 thing that stood out about it is at the end of the cartoons, Hong Kong Phooey would think that he solved the crimes & he would get credit for doing that. Although it was actually the cat who solved them & he would sigh after HKP got the credit for solving them. Also I used to b a Christian foreign missionary in China & I spent ~3/4 of the time over there in Hong Kong. I really enjoyed it over there!
Aug-08-22
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  MissScarlett: This day can't pass without a <COULD BE!>
Aug-08-22  Noah Parking: Maybe, maybe not.
May-20-25
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  OhioChessFan: Amusing pun.
May-20-25  sfm: White to move, after
31.fxe3, Rexe3


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There are nasty discovered checks by moving the Re3. Obviously the white king must run away, right, and so comes 32.Kh2??, Rd2 and it is over.

The move to play was 32.Qb2, and now there is no way for Black to keep up the attack. On 32.-,Rc3, to avoid the exchange of queens, White now plays 33.Kh2. No black rook can come to 2nd row and White is safe.

May-20-25
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  Stonehenge: P Foo = Boon-Poh Paul Foo.
May-20-25  Thegamelover: < al wazir: What on Earth did white have in mind when he played 33. Rxf7 ? > I think it was a desperate move hoping for a silly mistake from the opponent. he knew he was losing anyway, so, why not!

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