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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 838 OF 838 ·  Later Kibitzing > Dec-03-07    chancho: Shulman's Bishop pair was practically ineffective for the whole of this game. That must have been frustrating for him. Dec-04-07    MarkThornton: I made a few typos in my original game score. Thanks to <zanshin> for pointing this out. Here is a corrected version: [Event "League Match"] [Site "Cambridge, England"] [Date "2007.12.03"] [Board "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ross, Chris N"] [Black "Thornton, Mark H"] [WhiteElo "2144"] [BlackElo "2235"] 1.d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 0-0 12. Nd2 f5 By transposition, we arrive at Y Shulman vs The World, 2007 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Qe3 c5 19. f3 Nf6 Up to this point, we are following Kasimdzhanov vs Gelfand, 2007 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 dxc4 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Qb2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. bxc4 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nxc4 28. Qd4 Nxe5 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qxe5 Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 bxc5 click for larger view I was confident that I would win this endgame. But things didn't turn out that way. 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. f4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Ba6 36. e4 Bb7 37. e5+ Kc7 38. Bf1 Bd5 39. a3 Kb6 40. Kc3 Ba2 41. Kb2 Bd5 42. Kc3 Ba2 43. Kb2 Bd5 1/2-1/2 A disappointing result, but <12...f5!?> passed another test with flying colours! Jan-09-08    D.Observer: Hadn't Shulman try to continue with Qf7? Jan-09-08    whiteshark: <D.Observer> Look thru the pages to find the answer. Jan-29-08    jovack: That was a pretty tight finish. Tight holding the meanings: close and excellent. Mar-12-08    AgentRgent: <MarkThornton> I suspect you may already have found this, but it looks like you missed a win in your game vs. Ross with 24...Rxd1+. It looks like 24...Qc5+ wins (e.g. 24...Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 c3! and White must lose the e5 Bishop 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3). Mar-12-08    MarkThornton: <AgentRgent: <MarkThornton> I suspect you may already have found this, but it looks like you missed a win in your game vs. Ross with 24...Rxd1+. It looks like 24...Qc5+ wins (e.g. 24...Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 c3! and White must lose the e5 Bishop 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3).> Thanks for this. You're not alone in pointing this out to me! Cheers, Mark Mar-17-08    notyetagm: Corrected PGN: [Event "League Match"] [Site "Cambridge, England"] [Date "2007.12.03"] [Board "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ross, Chris N"] [Black "Thornton, Mark H"] [WhiteElo "2144"] [BlackElo "2235"] 1.d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. 0-0 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Bc3 0-0 12. Nd2 f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Qe3 c5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 dxc4 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Qb2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. bxc4 Ne3 27. Rc1 Nxc4 28. Qd4 Nxe5 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qxe5 Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. f4 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Kd2 Ba6 36. e4 Bb7 37. e5+ Kc7 38. Bf1 Bd5 39. a3 Kb6 40. Kc3 Ba2 41. Kb2 Bd5 42. Kc3 Ba2 43. Kb2 Bd5 1/2-1/2 Mar-17-08    notyetagm: <AgentRgent: <MarkThornton> I suspect you may already have found this, but it looks like you missed a win in your game vs. Ross with 24...Rxd1+. It looks like 24...Qc5+ wins> (VAR) Position after 24 ... e7-c5+! click for larger view <(e.g. 24...Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 c3!> click for larger view <and White must lose the e5 Bishop 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3).> click for larger view A very instructive tactical sequence. 24 ... e7-c5+! gains control of the c3-square <WITH TEMPO> to support an upcoming <INTERFERENCE> on that square. 25 ... d8xd1+ 26 c1xd1 <DEFLECTS> the White c1-rook from the defense of the c3-square. And then 26 ... c4-c3! closes off the <LINE OF LIFE-GIVING FORCE> from the White b2-queen to the <LOOSE> White e5-bishop, <GAINING TIME> on the White b2-queen to boot (<INTERFERENCE>). Dr. Nunn says that <Loose Pieces Drop Off - LPDO>. Here the <LOOSE> White e5-bishop and the <EXPOSED> White g1-king are tactical warning indicators that the White e5-bishop might be in trouble. This bishop does not drop off to a <QUEEN FORK WITH CHECK> but rather the exposed White king gives Black a <TEMPO> that he is able to use to create the conditions for the <INTERFERENCE> tactic. 24 ... e7-c5+! is a great example of a <FORK> in which one tactical target is a <PIECE> (White g1-king) while the other tactical target is a <SQUARE> (c3-square). Mar-19-08    black knight c6: Assuming notyetagm's first diagram with right, could someone please put me out of my misery and tell me what's so wrong with [24. ... Qc5+] 25. Bd4 ? I must be blind but I can't see how this simple move doesn't completely save white's position. Perhaps notyetagm's diagram is wrong? Mar-19-08    Karpova: <black knight c6> 25.Bd4 fails to 25...c3 [see diagram] click for larger view e.g. 25.Bd4 c3 26.Bxc5 cxb2 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rb1 bxc5 [see diagram] click for larger view Mar-19-08    black knight c6: Thanks Karpova, I'm pretty sure I looked at c3 again but I can't have looked nearly enough. Interesting combination for that game then! Mar-29-08    notyetagm: <Karpova: <black knight c6> 25.Bd4 fails to 25...c3 [see diagram] ... e.g. 25.Bd4 c3 26.Bxc5 cxb2 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8> (VAR) Position after 27 ... c8xd8 click for larger view And now the problem is clear: White has two pieces (White c5-bishop, c1-rook) <EN PRISE> to Black pawns plus the Black b2-pawn is threatening to promote on both the b1- and c1-squares. Jun-13-08    notyetagm: A great Black Queen's Indian win. Jul-17-08    Hugin: I like to call this game the Trojan Horse 18..Ne4 20..Nc5 and 22..Nb3 tied up ouer opponent so much, he could hardly move Other important moves was the idea with 17..f4 24..Bc4 and 25...Qf7 27..Qf7 keeping f-line and G8 -A2 diagonal covered. But the Knight standing on b3 really got him.. Aug-11-08    classF: J Dufek vs A Nickel, 2007 GM Nickel played 13...Ba3, the move I wanted to play. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 838) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 838 OF 838 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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