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| Oct-10-19 | | areknames: <11.Bd3 is a little better than 11.f3.>
Karthikeyan seems to agree, Black still ends up with a good position though. |
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Oct-10-19
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Amazing game with an amazing bit of trivia--White's move 8.Nd2 does not appear in the CG database, so if it is a true innovation, then Karthikeyan found the Queen sacrifice *over the board!* However, the variation might have been known to the pros. Doesn't really matter, still quite mind-blowing. |
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| Oct-10-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: 11. Bd3 exf2+ 12. Kxf2 seems more healthy for White:
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11. Bd3 Bh6 12. fxe3 Bxe3 13. c5 dxc5 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qf3 Bg5 16. O-O and White is very active: 
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| Oct-10-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: 11. Bd3 exf2+ 12. Kxf2 Nbd7 13. Re1 b6 14. a4 (SF):
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| Oct-10-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: PS 14. a4 Ne5 15. a5 Ba6 16. Bf1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. axb6 Nxb6 seems equal:
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| Oct-10-19 | | Ironmanth: An amazing game; surely worthy of much study and conjecture. WOW! Thanks, chessgames. Y'all keep playing out there in chessland; be kind to your opponents...but beat them if you can! |
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| Oct-10-19 | | SandyJames: Without further ado -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1t... |
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| Oct-10-19 | | Pawn Slayer: If 9...Qx3+ is indeed found to be sound, this could be the game of the century so far. |
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| Oct-10-19 | | belgradegambit: Murali thought for 21 minutes before playing Qc3 so I doubt any of it was home prep. Impressive. |
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Oct-10-19
 | | Breunor: Wow! The queen sac was brilliant, a ‘true’ sac. But the whole game is terrific, including the conversion to a winning endgame and then the conversion. Amazing! |
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| Oct-10-19 | | catlover: An exceptional game. I like the game title as well. <paavoh>, is it a reference to Luke 6:38? |
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| Oct-15-19 | | paavoh: Thanks <catlover>! Seeing this amazing sacrifice, the title just popped in my head but I did not recognize that particular reference. BTW, I love cats too. |
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| Jan-12-20 | | ndg2: I don't understand where white went wrong. Amazing game. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | positionalgenius: Wow! What an incredible game! |
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Feb-06-20
 | | OhioChessFan: This is spectacular. It's so good, it makes me want to teach random strangers how to play chess, and then replay this game for them. |
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Feb-06-20
 | | offramp: < Ironmanth: An amazing game; surely worthy of much study and conjecture.> It really is. I like that struggle around the maverick black pawn on e3: White was desperate to take it, and Black did everything he could to hold on to it. A small kudos to White for the defensive idea 30.Qxc5! Modern chess GMs do not miss a trick when they are defending, and it makes modern games fascinating. |
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| Feb-06-20 | | Kingpin1965: [Event "Asian Continental"]
[Site "Xingtai CHN"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Alireza Firouzja"]
[Black "Murali Karthikeyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 3.0 (10s)"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.06.07"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Nd2
0.01/12 (8. Bd3 $14 0.65/11) 8... cxd4 $11 9. Nb3 -0.77/13 (9. Bxd4 $11
0.08/11 remains equal. Nc6 10. Nb3) 9... Qxc3+ ♗lack is better. 10. bxc3
dxe3 11. f3 Nh5 $1 ♗lack has strong compensation. 12. Qc1 -1.24/13 (12. Nd4
$142 -0.80/10 Ng3 13. Rg1) 12... Bh6 13. g4 Nf4 And now ...e2! would win.
14. Kd1 [#] Ne6 $1 Threatens to win with ...e2+! 15. Kc2 Nc6 16. h4
Hoping for g5. Bf4 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Nc1 Bd7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Ne2 [#] Bh6 $1
21. g5 Bg7 22. Bh3 Nxf3 (Don't do 22... Nxc4 23. Qd3 $15) 23. Qd3 Ne5 24.
Qxe3 Nxc4 25. Qf2 -2.31/9 (25. Qd3 $142 -1.63/10) 25... Rc5 26. Rhb1 Bc6
27. Bg2 f5 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rf1 $2 -4.32/7 [#] (29. Qg3 -2.20/8 might work
better.) 29... Bxc3 $1 $19 30. Qxc5 (30. Kxc3 Ne3+) 30... Nxc5 (♘ot 30...
dxc5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Kxc3 $17) 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Kxc3 Ne5 33. a5 Nxe4+ 34.
Bxe4 Bxe4 Endgame ♔♖♘-♔♗♘ 35. Nd4 Bd5 36. Nb5 a6 37. Nc7 Bc6 38. Rf1+ Kg7 39.
Ne6+ Kh6 40. Rf8 Kh5 41. Rh8 h6 (Worse is 41... Kxh4 42. Rxh7+ Kg3 43. Rxe7
$11) 42. Rh7 Kxh4 43. Rxh6+ Kg4 44. Nd4 Kg5 45. Rh2 Bd5 46. Re2 Kf4 47. Rf2+
Nf3 48. Re2 e5 ♗lack is clearly winning. 49. Nc2 Be4 50. Ne3 d5 White must
now prevent ...d4+. 51. Kb4 Nd4 52. Re1 Kf3 Accuracy: White = 64%, ♗lack =
70%. 0-1 |
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| Feb-06-20 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Both sides actually made positional queen sacrifices. Amazing game. |
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| Apr-15-20 | | jith1207: I'm amazed how much time it took for both of them to get into that much complication right from the start and sort it out until the end, with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. |
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| Sep-15-20 | | Chesgambit: Ne2?? Nd3 |
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| Sep-15-20 | | Chesgambit: Bd3 better than f3 And not Ne6 Nd3 |
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| Aug-17-23 | | EvanTheTerrible: Bold and impressive by Karthikeyan. |
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| Oct-23-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewBLACK TO MOVE
This is a very odd and curious position: Black has only two minor pieces and a pawn for the sacrificed queen, but he has some positional compensation too: White's King appears to be vulnerable and White's pieces are badly placed and disorganized. The engine (Komodo 13) suggests that Black play here 14...Nd3!?, a move worthy of consideration, with the following possible variation: 14...Nd3! 15.Bxd3 e2+ 16.Kxe2 Bxc1 17.Rhxc1 Na6 18.Rcb1 Kg7, whereupon material equality would be reestablished and the evaluation is slightly favorable to Black (-0.57) (See diagram below): 
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| Oct-23-23 | | Gaito: 
click for larger viewWHITE TO MOVE
In spite of his material advantage White is in a bad way: his Queen and Queen's Rook are en prise, and his King is naked and facing all sorts of possible threats. Hence he made the correct decision to return the Queen for some equivalent material. In case of 30.Qg3? Bxa1 31.Rxa1 b5!? 32. axb5 Bxb5 33.Kd1 Nb2+ 34.Ke1 Rc2 White's game would quickly go down in flames (See diagram below): 
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Dec-09-24
 | | Open Defence: This is something spectacular... lovely ideas |
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