Sep-13-16
 | | offramp: Austria v France. This is not the kind of game you see every day.
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42.Bg6+!.
*****
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45.dxc8Q.
*****
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48.h8Q  . |
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| Sep-13-16 | | Gilmoy: I was most impressed by the patient <26.h4! 30.h5> pawn roller while a piece down. White won bonus freedom with his material because his pawns offered mating support like a piece, plus queening tricks. Black's oddly impotent KN played <24..Ne3>, and was never heard from again. Now that's odd. |
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| Nov-04-16 | | waustad: <Off> I watched those carefully. I confess that having lived in Austria for over a year many years ago helped. Spending a summer in England is part of the reason I follow them, though not as much. People still used shillings and pence to give you a time frame. I lived in Austria in the latter '70s, so it was more recent that my time in the British Isles. I do need to return sometime. I hope it isn't as an exile. |
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Nov-04-16
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: This seems like the sort of game where I should feel grateful that I have *zero* conception of what has transpired. |
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| Nov-04-16 | | Elrathia Kingi: Wow, what a game. The position after 46.h7 looks like it comes out of a study: black has 2 extra pieces, but is powerless to prevent white from queening. So many interesting and powerful moves in this game. The first is 17.cxd6. Took me a while to understand, but I think that the point is that 17...bxa5 is met by dxc7, and white will have a lot of compensation for the piece. 19.Nb4 would probably be a safer continuation, although Ragger was probably concerned about keeping his pieces near enough to the kingside to protect against mate. 21. Bf3 was an interesting shot. I put this one in Stockfish, which suggests that Qc2 would be a better continuation. However, after 21...Ng3 the computer recommends the immediate Nxd6, which seems to keep more lines open. After the game continuation, it is equal with a pull for black. 31...Nd7, while looking natural, seems to be a bit of a blunder. With Qd7, white still had an advantage, but with a lot of work to do. 36.Qd4 was a decent move, but the amazing move would have been 36.g3! Nd5 37.Qh8 Qg8 38.Qxg8 Bxg8 39.g6! hxg6 40.h7 Bxh7 41.Bxd5, and white has an overwhelming position. 
click for larger viewFor instance, fxg3 leads to mate or loss of huge material, with 42.Rf1+ Ke8 43.Bf7+ Kf8 44.Be6+ Ke8 and now 45.Nd4! wins the house, as white is threatening Bf7+ and Ne6 mate. 37.Nxc5 was a serious blunder. Ke8 would have continued the game, but white should be winning anyway. Amazing game. |
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| Nov-04-16 | | 7he5haman: 39...Qg8 looks like a better try to me |
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| Nov-04-16 | | johnlspouge: < <7he5haman> wrote: 39...Qg8 looks like a better try to me > Probably not. Stockfish gives an evaluation +116.43 P to White, after 39...Qg8
40.dxc8Q Bxc8
41.Qf6+ Qf7
42.Qd6+ Kg8
43.Qd8+ Qf8
44.Bxh7+ Kxh7
45.Qxf8
My chessforum gives (probably outdated) instructions on how to download engines. |
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Nov-04-16
 | | kevin86: White promotes twice...wins vs three pieces |
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Nov-04-16
 | | Domdaniel: I'm with <An Englishman> - this game is beyond human comprehension. I'd like to believe that a lot of it was preparation. Then again, if prep goes so deeply into such crazy positions, it's just as scary. |
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Nov-04-16
| | Domdaniel: < Stockfish gives an evaluation +116.43 P to White> Heh.
"I was down about 116 pawns, but I had compensation..." Not. |
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| Nov-04-16 | | johnlspouge: @<Domdaniel>: It's nice to know someone is reading between my lines, <Dom> :) |
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Nov-04-16
 | | playground player: I'm surprised the pun wasn't "Solving the Maze." |
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Nov-04-16
| | Domdaniel: <pp> "Lost in the Maze" might be more accurate. Though his name is pronounced 'Ma-zay', isn't it? |
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| Nov-04-16 | | 7he5haman: <johnlspouge> fair enough. I was viewing the game from my mobile, and using my brain. Can't get them all right all the time, though I did say "looks" rather than "is". I wasn't asking where to download engines - and I already have one. Thank you for presuming that I didn't. |
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| Nov-04-16 | | Gilmoy: That Ragger, he's got a lot of games with this GotD name! GotD 2016/11/04 Fri "Moves Like Ragger" <you are here already> ... in which I (hereby) remark that it's been done: GotD 2015/04/16 Thu "Moves Like Ragger"
I Popov vs M Ragger, 2013 ... in which game's comments, <FSR> notes that it's been done: GotD 2012/03/20 Tue "Moves Like Ragger"
M Ragger vs R S Jones, 2007 chessgames.com could add a new Premium search feature, "Puns Like This One" :) |
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| Nov-04-16 | | thegoodanarchist: This was one of those "deep dark forests where 2+2 = 5", the famous quote by Tal |
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Kibitzing
sac: 23.Nxd6