Oct-01-08 L Evans vs A Bisguier, 1958 
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bunkerputt: <VooDooMoves 29. Qe8+ Bxe8 30. Rxe8#> So flashy... 29. Qd8+ Be8 30. Qxe8# saves the queen and mates too. In this case, it doesn't matter, but as a practical decision, I've avoided catastrophe by not giving up material unnecessarily during a combination that halfway into ... |
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Sep-25-08 Ivanchuk vs X Bu, 2008 
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bunkerputt: <notyetagm>, This game should be titled "Ivanchuk handed winning position by a 2700 on move 9(!)" ;) |
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Sep-25-08 Ivkov vs R Garcia, 1964 
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bunkerputt: I got bit by the 43...Re1+ bug, too. I saw that I had to take care of white's advanced pawn, but figured I could check the king around and win the knight and pawn with tempo. Crafty 21.6 says no way to that idea: depth=16 1/21 +0.01 45. Ne3 Qxh2 46. d7 Qxh4 47. Rxa7 h5 48. a5 ... |
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Sep-18-08 A Timofeev vs G Guseinov, 2007 
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bunkerputt: I saw that g5+ led the win of the rook with d4+ if Kxg5, but on hxg5, I couldn't find Kg6 and h4. Those are really impressive moves to me. Seeing mating nets several moves ahead seems to be one of my visualization weaknesses. |
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Sep-17-08 Geller vs N Novotelnov, 1951 
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bunkerputt: <Once> I had exactly the same experience and chose Bg6. I'm really impressed with the game continuation. It really highlights a deficiency in my thought process. |
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Sep-09-08 Kamsky vs J Piket, 1995 
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bunkerputt: 10...Qd6 seems like quite an improvement over 10...Qh4+ played in Fischer vs Matulovic, 1970 |
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Sep-04-08 Anand vs Kasparov, 1995 
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bunkerputt: "Didnt Fischer say of the Dragon.That all white Had to do was line up pieces on the H-file then sac,sac mate!! :-)" That sounds like Fischer.. After all, chess is an incredibly simple game that anybody can play. All you do is open with 1. e4, get better pieces, and voila, ... |
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Sep-03-08 K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925 
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bunkerputt: My thinking when I saw this puzzle was, "I wonder if 25...Re8 (26. Qxe8 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg2#) 26. Qd1 (26. Qd3 Qxf3!) Qxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxe1# goes anywhere". |
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