Jan-14-03
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Sneaky: One of the all time classics!
We speak a lot about the power of the bishop pair, and the rook pair, but what can you say about a QUEEN pair?? A pair of queens will threaten mate 9 ways to Sunday. Only among great players like these could such a game not end with a mistake leading somebody's utter demise. This battle is annotated in "My 60 Memorable Games." |
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Jan-14-03
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Honza Cervenka: Another game with four queens is Edward Lasker vs Alekhine, 1913 |
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Jan-14-03
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ughaibu: Wasn't there one in the Alekhine-Capablanca match as well? |
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Jan-16-03
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PVS: I am sure you are right, but I could not find it in the database. Could one of those match games be missing? I think it was a win by Alekhine. |
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Jan-16-03
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ughaibu: Yes, a win by Alekhine as black in a queen's gambit. I couldn't find it either. |
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Jan-16-03
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Kenneth Sterling: I think you are looking for game eleven. |
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Jan-16-03
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Sylvester: Games with two queens on each side are cool. I heard if you are up one queen already, that it is a disgrace to get another before you go for the mate. |
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Jan-17-03
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ughaibu: If I'm one queen up and my opponent insists that I still find a mate I usually resign for him. |
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Jan-17-03
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Sylvester: When I play other middle school students it usually gets played out until the end. |
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Jul-12-04
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Sun King: Blacks two king moves (40 and 41) made me laugh aloud. There is a game against Kasparov in which Petrosian takes his embattled king out into the fray and into whites territory attacking a crowded field. |
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Jul-12-04
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Sun King: Tilburg 81 |
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Jul-13-04
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kurathedog: sun,
doesn't black have to move the king to defend against q-a5? |
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Jul-15-04
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suenteus po 147: I must have looked at the end position two dozen times, and I still don't see why it's a draw. Doesn't Fischer still have 49.Qg2 to play? Petrosian can't exchange queens, so that leaves 49...Qh6 and it's still anybody's game. Please help me out here. |
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Jul-15-04
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acirce: Well isn't Black just better after 49.Qg2 Qh6 ? I mean White's pieces can hardly move and the d-pawn will fall pretty soon (king to c3, for example, knight to b2) White's counterchance seems to be the g-pawn so why hide away the queen on g2? Maybe just push it immediately with 49.g5. Don't know how 49..e4 50.g6 works though. Maybe not at all. |
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Jul-15-04
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rochade18: Do not forget the time limit! Sometimes you have a slight edge or even an advantage but not enough time. It is useful then to make a draw. |
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Jul-16-04
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tpstar: Fischer made it clear in MSMG that he blundered with 47. Kg3?, because 47 ... Qxe4! won a Pawn and now White stands worse despite the passed g Pawn. But since Black had worked so hard for the draw, plus both heads were swirling after the 4 Queens business, Petrosian wasn't mentally ready to squeeze any win out of it, so draw agreed. Hopefully someone can post the exact quote. |
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Sep-17-04
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ForeverYoung: "After having fought so hard for the draw, however, Petrosian was obviously unprepared to readjust his frame of mind and start playing for a win. So ..." |
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Jul-19-05
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aw1988: While this is a wonderfully aesthetic game, you can't help wonder how much of its' publicity comes from the fact that it's Fischer and Petrosian, two of the top players in the world. |
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