whiteshark Member since Aug-22-06 · Last seen Sep-12-08 Never make a bad move quickly! House of neglected endgames It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example. Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. In this universe effect follows cause. I've complained about it, but... Any more ? I'm the goodwill ambassador of < THE FREE REPUBLIC OF LAPUTA <<<<<>>>>>> <Akzeptiere niemals eine kurzfristige Lösung für ein langfristiges Problem!!!>

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Sep-12-08 melianis chessforum   whiteshark: <melianis> One game with <5.h4 h5> in the OE: S M Hill vs Janeway, 1946 After <5.h4 e6! 6.h5 Ne7>: What's the response to <7.h6> ?      Sep-12-08 Dolmatov vs A Riazantsev, 2000   whiteshark: Final position [DIAGRAM] is a tablebase win in 12 moves. 80...Qf2 81.e8=Q b5 82.Ka8 Qg2+ 83.Qb7 Qxb7+ 84.Kxb7 Kb4 85.Kb6 etc...      Sep-12-08 Koneru vs Yifan Hou, 2008   whiteshark: "The Chinese girl prodigy is on the offensive and should have no difficulty at least holding the position and advancing to the final. However not with the move <32...Nxa5??> Ignoring the back rank threat. Actually this allows a forced mate: <33.Qc8+ Qd8 34.Qe6+ Kh8 ...      Sep-12-08 P Cramling vs Kosteniuk, 2008   whiteshark: "Of course Sasha Kosteniuk could have taken the full point with 37.e4+ 38.Kf4 (38.Qxe4 Nxe4) 38...Qf2+ 39.Kg5 (39.Qf3 exf3; 39.Ke5 Qf6#) 39...Qf6+ 40.Kh5 Qh6#] 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kf3 Qe2+ 40.Kg3+–." http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... Can you spot the mistakes in this quote?      Sep-12-08 Wang Hao vs A Riazantsev, 2005   whiteshark: 32...g5 was weak. Rescue offered <32...Rd8 33.Ke3 Rc8> (Now Nd4 is tied to protect pawn c2. Black threats 34...b4 to stop white's pawn majority on the queenside. Thus <34.a3 Kf6 35.Nc6 g5 36.g3 a4 > (Now it's ...      Sep-12-08 Potkin vs A Riazantsev, 2003   whiteshark: <Novelty of stem-game: 10. ...Nce4> White must have been so shocked by this sensational novelity that he accepted the draw offer immediately. :D      Sep-12-08 HIARCS vs Homer, 2007    whiteshark: Homer sometimes nods.      Sep-12-08 O Bernstein vs Metger, 1907    whiteshark: Missed it. It was 22.Rfc1 for me. I had a fixation only on moving the second knight on g5 unable to spot Nxe5 etc. Well it's Friday.      Sep-12-08 A Nickel vs The World, 2008    whiteshark: How well I know them!      Sep-12-08 R Durkin vs Curtis, 1955   whiteshark: <A correspondence game> according to UltraCorr2006 database.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 21 ·  Later Kibitzing > Sep-04-08    Pyke: Hello <Whiteshark> I got something for you. In one of my recent games, I reached the following endgame - including rooks of course. Black to move. click for larger view I hope this position isn't too boring or obviously won for black to be of any interest to you Whiteshark. I was Black and actually managed to win. I think the position is better for black. He's a pawn up and his rooks are more active. But despite of winning I am certain that I have not choosen the best plan to do so. To put it mildly. What is blacks plan in such a position? For some ... amusement ... here's how the game went for me. 38. ... Rf6 39. b4 Rxe3 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. a4 Ra3 43. Rc7 Rxh3 44. Rxc5 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rg4 46. a5 Rf2+ 47. Kh3 Rh4+ 48. Kg3 Ra2 49. Rd6+ Kh5 50. Rxa6 Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Rg4+ 52. Kf2 Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Rc7 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 h5 56. Ra8 Kg3 57. Rc1 Rc4 58. Rxc4 Ra1+ 59. Rc1 Rxc1# 0-1 P.S.: Was bevorzugt denn der Herr Hai in seinem Forum, Englisch oder Deutsch? Sep-04-08    whiteshark: Hi <Pyke>, Thank you for posting your endgame. I'll analyse it and revert later. Denglisch it o.k.! [Komm rein und finde wieder raus] In einem Stärke-Schwäche-Profil würde ich 'Englisch' jedenfalls nicht als Stärke angeben, ganz im Gegenteil. Der Inhaltsverlust und der Zeitaufwand für Übersetzungen ist einfach sehr (zu) groß. Ich jedenfalls beschränke meine englischen Partiekommentare seit einiger Zeit auf zumeist 2-3 Sätze. Würde es eine vergleichbar gute Seite auf deutsch geben, wäre ich bestimmt nicht hier. Also, do as you like... :D Sep-04-08    myschkin: . . . Sorry guys, but English is to heavy for me. Here and there my sentenses are right, but members make fun over and over again. I am out! Meet me on: http://rasputin.de/CF/Jugend/ Sep-04-08    Pyke: <myschkin> "Genialer" Link! Das kann nicht Ernst gemeint sein, oder? AUTSCH! Ich hab' noch nie 'ne Internetseite gelesen und dabei so gelacht. Und was lernen wir daraus: Harry Potter ist böhze! Sep-04-08    whiteshark: ... and I'm the goodwill ambassador of < THE FREE REPUBLIC OF LAPUTA <<<<<>>>>>> You will live to rue it. :D http://www.laputa.de/ Sep-05-08    whiteshark: Ribli vs Korchnoi, 1981 According to Victor Korchnoi in <Practical Rook Endings> the move was <42...Kf6>. click for larger view Could someone confirm this? Sep-05-08    myschkin: . . . <ws> aka <laputinikaner> Was sollte das mit Englisch-Aufwand-weg ? Ich "kämpfe" mit der Lingua miles and more als so manch anderer. Gerade die Vielstimmigkeit hier hat doch den Reiz des Verweilens!? Klar, würde man das ein oder andere Hähnchen gerne muttersprachlich rupfen; dafür überlege ich mir halt etwas wo der Spreizer anzusetzen ist - alles im Rahmen des möglichen. Kurz: das kaufe ich dir nicht ab, nope! Eine Frage abseits: Was eure Durchlaucht ist ihre Lieblingsspeise? Sep-05-08    whiteshark: <my> 1) Sure! 2) Ilike... fruits... Sep-05-08    whiteshark: <Pyke> Geduld... Sep-05-08    whiteshark: <myII> Könntest Du diesen Sprachwitz auch in englisch hervorbringen (say it in English, please) oder würde sich das dann eher wie eine gegoogelte Übersetzung anhören ? Sep-05-08    whiteshark: <myIII> No sooner said than done! What should the effort with English-away? I "fight" with the Lingua miles and more than so many others. Indeed, the many voices here, but the thrill of the Verweilens? Sure, you would a chicken or other like muttersprachlich rupfen; I consider to halt something where the spreader is given - all in the context of the possible. In short, I would not buy, nope! A question off: What is your Highness their favorite food? Sep-06-08    whiteshark: <Pyke>'s endgame, main points click for larger view <38. ... Rf6 39. b4 Rxe3 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. a4> Weiß mit zwei Bauern im Rückstand suchte mit 39.b4 usw Gegenspiel zu erlangen. click for larger view <42... Ra3> oder gleich 42...Rxh3 um zwei verbundene Freibauern zu bekommen. <43. Rc7 Rxh3 44. Rxc5 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rg4 46. a5 Rf2+> click for larger view <47. Kh3 Rh4+ 48. Kg3 Ra2?> click for larger view Das hätte fast den Sieg vergeben... <49. Rd6+ Kh5 50. Rxa6?> Remis ist <50.Rxg5+!= Kxg5 51.Rd5+ Kf6 52.Kxh4 <<>>> click for larger view <50... Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Rg4+ 52. Kf2 Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Rc7??> Verliert umgehend. Stattdessen wäre es nach <54.Rh6! <<>>> Ein Ü-Ei-Zug (drei in einem: sichert den Turm, blockiert h7 und greift diesen auch noch an) click for larger view Vielleicht kann Schwarz auch danach noch gewinnen, einfach ist das m.E. aber nicht. <54... Ra2+> (54...Rg3+!) <55. Kg1 h5 56. Ra8 Kg3 57. Rc1??> (57.Rc3) <57...Rc4> (57...Rg2+! 58.Kh1 Rh4#) 58. Rxc4 Ra1+ 59. Rc1 Rxc1# 0-1 > So das war's vorerst von meiner Seite... :D Sep-07-08    whiteshark: From Phony Benoni chessforum : " <WORST MOVE OF THE YEAR: SET 9, 1993 < - The candidates>> <#1: WHITE TO PLAY> click for larger view You'd be surprised how quickly you can lose a rook and pawn ending: <1.Kc5?? Rd7!>. <#2: BLACK TO PLAY> click for larger view With two rooks apiece, it's even easier: <1...Rf6?? 2.Rd5#>. Sep-07-08    whiteshark: <THE POWER OF NOW - MEDITATION DECK <<<<>>>>> HOW TO LET GO OF RESISTANCE Start by acknowledging that there is resistance. The ego believes that in your resistance lies your strength, whereas in truth resistance cuts you off from Being, the only place of true power. Sep-08-08    whiteshark: STORAGE TANK Index to Petrosian's Exchange Sacrifice: http://chessforallages.blogspot.com... and Watson's Example Exchange Sacs (as used in Watson's 'Exchange Sacrifice' chapter in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy): http://chessforallages.blogspot.com... (... although it's somehow facile useless/counterproductive if you run a endgame forum) Sep-08-08    whiteshark: ConNers vs Chiburdanidze, 2000 The final move <51. Rh8+!!> is like a bolt out of the blue. Before: click for larger view After: click for larger view Threat is <51...Kxg8 51.g6!!> and black can not avoid mate on the back rank. click for larger view Sep-08-08    whiteshark: Gelfand vs Kasimdzhanov, 2007 "Much stronger was <42.Ke2!> and it seems that White is winning: <42...h6!!> An incredible study-like idea [...]. So far, I have failed to refute it and find a win for White, but probably our readers would be more successful?" (B. Gelfand) click for larger view <43.Rxg6+> (43.h4 b2 44.Rxb2 Rf6 45.g5 Rfxf3 46.gxh6+ Kxh6; 43.Kd2 b2 …44.Kc2 Rxb6 45.axb6 Rb3=; 43.f4 43...b2 44.Rxb2 Rxh3) <43...fxg6 44.Kd2 b2 45.Kc2 Rxf3 46.Kxb2> click for larger view (46.a6 Rxh3 (46...Ra3 47.Re6 Rb3 48.Kb1 Rxh3 49.Kxb2 Rh2+ 50.Kb3 Rh3+ 51.Kb4 Rh1 52.Re3 Rd1 53.a7 Rd8 54.Ra3 Ra8 55.Ra6) 47.Ra5 Rc3+ 48.Kxb2 Rc8 49.a7 Ra8) <46...Rxh3 47.a6 Rd3 48.a7> (48.Re8 Rd7 49.Rb8 Kf6 50.Rb7 Rd8) <48...Rd8 49.Ra5 Ra8 50.Kc3 h5 51.gxh5> click for larger view (51.g5 h4; 51.Kd4 hxg4 52.Kc5 g3 53.Kb6 g2 54.Rg5 Kf6 55.Rxg2 g5 56.Kb7 Rg8) <51...gxh5 52.Kd4 Kg6!> and White cannot cross the 5th rank as (52...h4 53.Kc5 ) <53.Kd5 Kg5 54.Kc6+ Kg4 55.Kb7 Rxa7+ 56.Rxa7 h4=> click for larger view Sep-08-08    whiteshark: In Wornath-Hoffmann, Bundesliga Germany (3.6), 09.12.2000, the worst happened click for larger view The game continued <30.Kc1?? Re1+ 31.Kc2 Red1> and mate within a few moves 0-1 click for larger view Sep-09-08    whiteshark: C Lutz vs Glek, 2005, position after <27...Rxc5>: click for larger view With <28.b4 Rb5 29.e6! Rxf5 30.Rxf5 fxe6 31.Ra5 Rb8 32.Rxa6 Rxb4 33.Rxe6> they could have shorten the game upto 78 moves. click for larger view Sep-09-08    angslo: <whiteshark: <THE POWER OF NOW - MEDITATION DECK <<<<>>>>> HOW TO LET GO OF RESISTANCE Start by acknowledging that there is resistance. The ego believes that in your resistance lies your strength, whereas in truth resistance cuts you off from Being, the only place of true power.> the way I c it : the key phrase in this excerpt is - "cuts you off from BEING" what is BEING? what is cutting off from BEING? Have you got in touch with BEING consciously? Have you experienced 'joy of BEING' ? For me, the biggest barrier to that is my dense pain-body and my huge ego and yes, thinking mind too. in your case, it appears that you don't have much of ego or pain body but ur mind is always thinking - compulsively. A sharp mind u got which is always analyzing , figuring things out, looking at all the angles/perspectives.... If you interested, u can mail me at angslo2008@yahoo.com (I may keep this account active for some time) for follow up conversation . otherwise - take care , all the best etc... :) Sep-09-08    whiteshark: Thank you <angslo> for a detailed explanation and great analysis. And thanks for your kind offer of a follow up conversation but think it's not my topic. I wish you all the very best! :D Sep-10-08    whiteshark: D Barua vs Khalifman, 1999 Khalifman missed the drawing resource <50...Kh4=> with the idea of pushing the g-pawn to g3 and thus create powerful counter threats click for larger view e.g. <51.b5 g4 52.bxa6 g3+ 53.Ke2 Rg1> etc Sep-10-08    whiteshark: F Baumbach vs Pablo Buj, 1994 <Black claimed a win but adjudicated drawn and confirmed on appeal> click for larger view A draw appears correct. Can't argue with that! Sep-11-08    whiteshark: Heinz Wilhelm Dunhaupt vs Hans Krebs, Germany ch-2 5154 prel corr BdF, 1951, position after <36...Rbxc8> click for larger view Can you imagine how the game proceed? Can you spot the winning motif? Sep-12-08    whiteshark: J Perlis vs Nimzowitsch, 1911, position after <30...Kd6> click for larger view Now <31.c4?> was the decisive mistake. Only <31.Rd8+!> (cut-off) <31...Kc6 32.c4> (now, just one move later!) could save the game. click for larger view The difference is that after 32...f5+?! White can play 33.Ke5. Furthermore with a black King on c6 b5+ wins a tempo. For example: <32...Rc1 33.Kf3 Kb7 34.b5 Rxc4 35.a6+ Kb6 37.Rb8+ Ka7 38.Rb7+ Ka8 39.Rxf7=> click for larger view Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 21) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 21 ·  Later Kibitzing >		New in Chess Yearbook

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