| May-02-20 | | chessix: if 16..Qxc6 then 17.Nxd6+
sweet game anyway |
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| May-02-20 | | chessix: 19...Qc7 was probably losing move |
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| May-02-20 | | goodevans: <chessix: 19...Qc7 was probably losing move> You're kidding, right? Can you suggest an alternative that doesn't lose even quicker? |
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| May-02-20 | | Brenin: Another interesting pun! The phrase 'brook no opposition' reveals perhaps the only modern usage of 'brook' as a verb, meaning to tolerate. Its earlier meanings, to use or enjoy (related to the German 'brauchen') seem to have died out. The Oxford English Dictionary gives 'Heav'n ... Brooks not the works of violence and war', from Paradise Lost, as an early use in the modern sense. |
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May-02-20
 | | MissScarlett: Went from finding this game to it being <GOTD> in a few short hours. I'd already prepped the pun: Rossolimo vs B H Wood, 1950 |
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| May-02-20 | | chessix: would 18...Bc7 still lose? |
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May-02-20
 | | keypusher: Nice snappy pun to go with a snappy game!
A few notes:
After 5....f6 SF considerably prefers Black.
8.d4 is a pretty obvious improvement -- even I saw it. -8....Nf5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.g4 Nfd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Nd6+ leaves Black in a sad state. -Ditto 8....cxd4 9.Bxh6 followed by 10.Nf6+.
-8....d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 Qa5+ 13.Nd2 Qxc5 14.0-0-0 is also bad for Black. 12....Qc7 was more or less a pure loss of tempo, and after 13....b6 14.d4! Black was going to drop at least a pawn. 17....Qe7 took Black from losing eventually to losing here and now. 22.Qc4 was a slightly more accurate exploitation of the pin, but that's just a quibble. |
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May-02-20
| | MissScarlett: Brighton seems to have been a popular haunt for London chessplayers in days of yore. A chance to take off one's jacket, maybe one's socks....perhaps, one's trousers. |
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| May-02-20 | | saturn2: So can we conclude 5 e5 was bad? |
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May-02-20
| | MissScarlett: <So can we conclude 5 e5 was bad?> Transcribing old games often involves problems but not usually this early. The game began <1 P-K4 P-K4>; I got as far as <4 P-K5> before confusion set in. Only then I noticed the game described as a Sicilian. After that, plain sailing. |
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| May-02-20 | | newzild: <chessix: would 18...Bc7 still lose?>
18...Bc7 would transpose to the game after 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nd6+, except one move behind. |
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| May-02-20 | | saturn2: Sorry for the confusion but 4.e5 seems bad.
After the game's 4...Ng4 white can only keep the pawn by 5.Qe2 |
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| May-03-20 | | Amarande: If 22 Qc4 Black can get away with losing the exchange instead of a piece by ... Rc8 (now if Nxb7 Qxb7 and the N is still covered twice, so Nxc8 is as good as it gets). After 22 Qf3, if Black tries this (either Rook!), there is the pretty double check ending 23 Qxf7+ Kd8 24 Nxb7#. |
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May-03-20
| | keypusher: < Amarande: If 22 Qc4 Black can get away with losing the exchange instead of a piece by ... Rc8 (now if Nxb7 Qxb7 and the N is still covered twice, so Nxc8 is as good as it gets). After 22 Qf3, if Black tries this (either Rook!), there is the pretty double check ending 23 Qxf7+ Kd8 24 Nxb7#.> If 22.Qc4 Rac8 White has 23.Qc5!! threatening Nxc8 double check. If 23....Qa5 24.Nxc8+ Kf6 25.g5+ Kg6 26.Ne7+. But 22.Qc4 is a computer move; Lasker's 22.Qf3 is also crushing, and a lot simpler. <saturn2> Yes, 4.e5 is bad. After 4....Ng4, SF comes up with a frisky gambit: 5.Ne4! e6 6.b4!, though it still thinks White is worse. I hope Sally Simpson sees this. |
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