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| Posted by brilliance mailcafe.net 2/09/2006 08:54:40 Play online chess |  Subject: Analyzis required.Message: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 Nb4 8. Qf3 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Qc4 Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 Kg7 15. Nf5+ gxf5 16. Qf7+ Kh6 17. Ne6 Ne3+ 18. Ke2 dxe6 19. dxe3 e5 20. g4 Qe8 21. Qb3 fxg4 22. h3 Kg7 23. hxg4 Bxg4+ 24. f3 Qc6 25. e4 Be6 26. Bh6+ Kf7 I resign. 0-1 11. ... Be7? I feel this is a losing move, in a GMgame that chessbase has Qe7 was played, it ended in a win for white. 13. Qc4! I'm certain this is a won position for white. I didn't find the best continution obviously (still can't). 15. Nf5+ Maybe this was THE error. I overlooked the clever Nxc2+ with Ne3 as following. 17. Ne6? Seals the deal. Everything after this point is just me desperatly trying to find a repeatable draw somewhere, but with accurate play I know that it is futile. --------------- I'd like someone to use a program to see if there really was a mate or if my feelings deceived me and also, if not, make some specified comments about the further development of the game. Values at some of the moves from chessbase or whatever would also be nice, but not a "must". Thank you, Brilliance. | ||||||||||
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| Posted by olean_don mailcafe.net 2/09/2006 10:55:59 Play online chess | Message: ——— Anand v Topalov: who will win this year's world chess championship? — Age... playing style... even gamesmanship. There are many vital factors in the upcoming clash. Vishy Anand defends his world title against Veselin Topalov in Sofia in a 12-game match starting on 23 April. Most pundits reckon Anand is the better chess player, but the stats tell us that in their classical chess encounters Topalov has one more win than Anand. It's only in games with a faster time control that Anand has a big plus score. If the match ends 6-6, Anand will be a clear favourite in the tie-break rapid games. Age could be a factor. Anand has turned 40. Among top chess players that practically qualifies for a free bus pass. Topalov is five years younger and ... Posted by olean_don | mailcafe.net 2/09/2006 10:58:03 Play online chess Message: ——— A tribute to Vassily Smyslov — Vassily Smyslov, the seventh world chess champion, died of heart failure in Moscow on March 27, three days after his 89th birthday. He was one of the greatest stars when the Soviet Union dominated chess. Smyslov enjoyed a long chess career, stretching from his days as a teenage master to occasional appearances in his late 70s. But he will be remembered most for his successes in the 1950s. He won two Candidates tournaments, in 1953 (probably his greatest tournament performance) and 1956, to earn the right to challenge world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Their 1954 match ended in a 12-12 tie. Smyslov defeated Botvinnik ... Posted by brilliance | mailcafe.net 2/09/2006 11:41:15 Play online chess ...Message: 17. d3 Qg8 18. Ne6+ Ne3+ 19. Bxe3+ Qg5 20. Bxg5+ fxg5 21. h4 dxe6 22. hxg5+ Kxg5 23. Qg7+ Kf4 24. Qg3# ——— American Grandmaster Makes a Stand in Philadelphia — Most of the top chess players are European, and most of the top chess tournaments are in Europe. So it is not surprising that there are few spots in those competitions for non-Europeans. For many years, if an American chess player was included in an elite event, the invitation went to Gata Kamsky. But Kamsky’s world ranking has slipped to No. 34, while Hikaru Nakamura, the reigning United States chess champion, has risen to No. 17. Nakamura, at age 22, is 13 years younger than Kamsky, and he plays an exciting chess that is popular with fans. So Nakamura now seems to be claiming most of the choice tournament spots. Nakamura competed in ... Posted by mattdw | mailcafe.net 2/09/2006 12:09:24 Play online chess Message: Brilliance, regarding the moves you mentioned, Fritz says. 11...Be7 was a mistake, it gives white the advantage of 3.90 pawns up from 0.59 pawns. It doesn't say much else but I guess it is simply because the bishop is pinned, the threat of the knight fork and mate after Qc4 means the eventual loss of blacks Knight. 13. Qc4 was the best move given by Fritz, like I mentioned above double attack on the knight and a mate threat wins material (though I'm sure you know this!). 14...Kg7 at this point Fritz says you have a mate in 11 possible with 15.Nf5+ being the correct continuation. 17. Ne6? was the error, it puts you from a mate in 9 position to behind by 4.66 pawns according to fritz. The mate from move 17 should have followed: 17. d3 Ne3+ 18. Bxe3 Qg8 19. Ne6+ Qg5 20. Bxg5 fxg5 21. h4 dxe6 22. hxg5+ Kxg5 23. Qg7+ Kf4 24. Qg3# I hope that's of some help, I've uploaded the .pgn to here---> -> s10.yousendit.com ——— Sochi 2010 looking to overcome lack of recognition for chess in Russia — Russia stages the world's strongest national team chess championship, yet it receives little publicity. This is partly due to a slow website, and also because most of the team names are non‑geographical. For several years, however, Tomsk were the team to beat. The Siberians, though, were out of contention at halfway in this week's 2010 contest in Sochi, where Moscow and St Petersburg squads vied for the lead. Both front-runners fielded six-player 2700-rated teams, a level which would outclass the best sextet from the UK. The Russian nucleus was boosted by grandmasters from the old USSR, China, and even the odd Westerner. Thus Scotland's Keti Arakhamia-Grant, a former ... Posted by mattdw | mailcafe.net 2/09/2006 12:11:00 Play online chess Message: ——— Smyslov style — I continue my appreciation of the 7th World Chess Champion Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (1921-2010) who passed away on Saturday in Moscow, with a personal reminiscence. I attended the Candidates semi final in 1983 staged at the Great Eastern Hotel which then adjoined Liverpool Street Station in London. This was Smyslov’s last virtuoso performance as he easily overcame the Hungarian Zoltan Ribli, an excellent chess opening theoretician and very difficult to beat. In the following game Smyslov embarked on a long sacrificial sequence which in the days before chess computers was hard to comprehend. I recall vividly the moment I noticed – belatedly – that 28,Rxe6+!! was arriving. Smyslov was ... Posted by brilliance | mailcafe.net 2/10/2006 02:42:57 Play online chess ThanksMessage: |