Feb-12-22
 | | PawnSac: See?! This game was not here earlier, and I wanted to look at it, but I determined to be patient! Why? In general we all agree patience is an important virtue. But lately I've begun to see it is also important in the highest level play. Oftentimes it is more advantageous to play patient preparation moves that give our main idea more effectiveness, more power. But when we are impatient, we can carelessly launch our "power" play prematurely, and a few sparks fly, but no fire. Not even an ember to keep the advantage smoldering. |
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Feb-12-22
| | PawnSac: thank you CG for your continued effort to make this a great interactive learning place! |
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| Feb-13-22 | | NimzoGonzo: I wonder if this was somehow a premature resignation? White is up the exchange of course. Hrm |
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Feb-13-22
 | | offramp: This is called the Greco Variation of the QGA. God knows when it dates from. What?... the 17th century? The first dozen moves have a palæolithic feel.
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Aronian does that kind of thing: he likes to surprise his opponent. |
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Feb-13-22
 | | Atterdag: What an adventurous game! Kudos to both players for this fireworks on the board. I thought it was almost impossible for Aronian to disentangle his cramped position, and Perez's Pc2 seemed safely nailed for a long while. Grave mistakes on both sides, but what a great promotion game for chess. |
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Feb-13-22
 | | perfidious: White's position looked ropey, to put it mildly, but Aronian displayed a resourcefulness which seems a trademark of the top grandmasters. |
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| Feb-13-22 | | Z free or die:
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adjective: ropey -- rop·y /ˈrōpē/
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poor in quality or health; inferior.
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Feb-13-22
| | PawnSac: < NimzoGonzo: I wonder if this was somehow a premature resignation? White is up the exchange of course. > Merely up the exchange (with other things being equal) is not in itself sufficient motivation for resignation. But the position is very level, and white has won back the "gambit" pawn, so at this point the game shifts to technique, as Levon will now begin to convert his advantage to a win.
But it also doesn't help that black was extremely low on time. He was down to 1 minute before the time control was reached. Levon had almost an hour on his clock.
I think more than anything, Leinier was disheartened over his inability to press an advantage after a tense and complex struggle, only to be left with a losing position. I don't fault him for resigning at this point. It's clear Levon will bring home the bacon. |
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| Apr-19-22 | | cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE
depth=32
+3.86 22. Kh1 Nd7 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. Qxh7 Nf8 25. Qh5 Qd7 26. f4 Ne6 27. Bg4 b4 28. Rac1 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qh8+ Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Kxe8 34. Bxc3 Bd7 35. Ne2 Kf7 36. Bd2 Ke6 37. g4 f5 38. g5 a5 39. Re1 Bc6 40. Kg2 a4 41. Kg3 a3 |
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| Apr-19-22 | | cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE
depth=34
+0.76 21... Qc7 22. Kh1 a6 23. Qc2 g6 24. Bf1 Bb7 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Qe4+ Kf7 27. Re1 Qd8 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. Qg4 Kg8 30. Qh4 Nf8 31. Ne4 Bxd4 32. Nd6 Qxd6 33. Qxd4 Kf7 34. Qa7 Qd7 35. Qb8 Qc8 36. Qg3 Qc7 37. Qh4 h5 38. Qd4 Ne6 39. Qf2 |
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| Apr-19-22 | | cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE
depth=33
+1.22 21. Kg1 Bb7 22. Kh1 a6 23. Qc2 Nf8 24. Bf1 Qc7 25. Ne4 Ne6 26. Nc3 Qd7 27. Qxh7 Kc8 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Qg6 Re7 30. Bb4 Rd7 31. Qe8+ Nd8 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5 Qxc5 34. h3 Kc7 35. Qg6 Kb6 36. Rad1 Qc7 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 |
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| Apr-19-22 | | cormier: SF 14.1 NNUE
depth=33
0.00 20... a6 21. Bf1 Qa7 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Bc3 Kf7 24. Kg1 Nf8 25. Ne4 Ne6 26. f4 g6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qe8 Qb8 30. Ng3 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Qxg3 32. Qxc8 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qh6+ 34. Kg1 |
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