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Timofei Pereverzev vs Martin Stukan
"How Old Timofei Died With a Prong" (game of the day Aug-14-2022)
Chigorin Memorial (2019), St. Petersburg RUS, rd 2, Oct-06
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92)  ·  0-1

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Aug-10-22
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  OhioChessFan: "How Old Timofei Died With a Prong"
Aug-14-22  rilkefan: Masterful pun, kudos.
Aug-14-22  Honey Blend: 28. ♕xf5 was definitely called for, e.g. 28. ♕xf5 ♕xa4 29. ♕xe5 ♖e6 30. ♕b8+


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Black has to avoid 31. ... ♗f8? 32. ♗c5, where he has to give back the exchange with ♖de7. Instead 31. ... ♗d8 32. ♘d4 (if 32. ♗xd8 ♖e8) ♖e8 33. ♕c8 and while still the exchange up, ♘d4 restricts the ♕'s movements well for the moment, who also needs to defend ♖d7. White should be able survive this.

Aug-14-22  areknames: <Masterful pun> LOL, someone with your handle would say that, wouldn't they <rilkefan>? Certainly a great pun but too obscure for our crowd (myself obviously included).
Aug-14-22
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Astonishing and beautiful mate in 3.
Aug-14-22
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Forgot a detail. In my time, people would not hesitate to play 11...Rxc3 and 12...Nxe4. In fact, back then White might have played 11.f3 and conceded 11...b5. Chess never stops changing, fortunately.
Aug-14-22
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  Honza Cervenka: Black could play also 26...Rxg2 27.Rxg2 Qxf3 28.Bxd8 Bc5 29.Rg4 Bxg2+ 30.Qxg2 Qd1+ 31.Qg1 Bxg1 32.Rxg1 Qxd8 -+
Aug-14-22
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  Honza Cervenka: <TIMOFEI PEREVERZEV
(born 2009) Russia>

Well, Timofei is not so old... This is not bad for 10 years old boy.

Aug-14-22  goodevans: <Honza Cervenka: Black could play also 26...Rxg2 27.Rxg2 Qxf3 28.Bxd8 Bc5...>

On the face of it, 28.Bxd8 seems a little too obliging. 28.Bg1 would at first glance appear to be more prudent.

Looking into this I eventually got to see why 26...Rxg2 is superior to 26...Bxg2. After 26...Rxg2 27.Rxg2 Qxf3 28.Bg1 Rd1 29.Nb3 Bg5 30.Ra1 Bd2 mate can't be stopped.


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With the same sequence of moves starting 26...Bxg2, White could save himself with 31.Qxg6.

As for the pun, full marks for obscurity if nothing else.

Aug-14-22
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  al wazir: That *is* a brilliant pun, though "How Young Timofei Died With a Prong" might have worked better. But then Google would have had to work harder to enlighten me. (I confess I wasn't familiar with the Rilke story.)
Aug-15-22
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  OhioChessFan: I started out hoping to find a musical reference. But this is the only Timofei game in the database, and nothing music related was to be found. The ending lent itself perfectly to "prong". The prong victim's name being Stukan was an interesting sidenote. I am quick to acknowledge my own puns as substandard if that be the case. That said, I think this one is brilliant, though admittedly obscure. Only <rilkefan> seems to share my enthusiasm.
Aug-15-22  nok: Better pun:

"Junkers Ju 87"

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