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| Feb-26-07 |
| laskereshevsky: HELLO
When was asked to BRONSTEIN his ever-favorite game, he pointed to this one. |
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| Apr-11-07 |
| brainzugzwang: I've never seen any comment on what would happen after 32.Qc5, which forces Black to do something about the threatened one-mover 33.Qxf8#. Black can trade queens, play 32...Qf4 followed by 33...Bc7 or simply advance the rook up the f-file and keep his pawns rolling, but what's best? |
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| Apr-24-07 |
| Dr.Lecter: I really saw nothing like this ever. Three connected pawns on the seventh rank to threaten a back rank mate. Very amusing. |
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| Aug-02-07 |
| Rook in the 7th rank: Here are 3 pawns on the 7th rank. But in this one F J Lee vs H Shoosmith, 1904 (move 57) are 4 black pawns on the 7th rank. |
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Sep-20-07
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| nimh: Rybka 2.4 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.25. McDonnell 9 mistakes:
8.Qe2 -0.31 (8.Nc3 -0.04)
9.Bxf6 -0.62 (9.exd5 -0.16)
12.exd5 -1.05 (12.Rd1 -0.76)
14.c4 -0.84 (14.Nd2 -0.56)
26.Kh1 -2.04 (26.Rf2 0.62)
29.Rc3 -3.49 (29.Bxc8 -1.76)
30.cxd7 -10.14 (30.Rxd3 -3.43)
32.Qc4 #25 (32.Qc5 -4.26)
35.Rd1 #14 (35.Rcxe1 -48.78)
De La Bourdonnais 5 mistakes:
12...cxd5 -0.72 (12...a4 -1.05)
20...f5 -0.03 (20...Rc8 -0.49)
25...Qe3+ 0.62 (25...fxg2 0.00)
26...Bc8 -1.50 (26...Ba8 -2.04)
31...Bd8 -4.26 (31...Rd8 -9.51)
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Oct-11-07
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| nimh: Correction, new threshold 0.33.
McDonnell 6 mistakes:
9.Bxf6 -0.62 (9.exd5 -0.16)
26.Kh1 -2.04 (26.Rf2 0.62)
29.Rc3 -3.49 (29.Bxc8 -1.76)
30.cxd7 -10.14 (30.Rxd3 -3.43)
32.Qc4 #25 (32.Qc5 -4.26)
35.Rd1 #14 (35.Rcxe1 -48.78)
De La Bourdonnais 4 mistakes:
20...f5 -0.03 (20...Rc8 -0.49)
25...Qe3+ 0.62 (25...fxg2 0.00)
26...Bc8 -1.50 (26...Ba8 -2.04)
31...Bd8 -4.26 (31...Rd8 -9.51) |
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Feb-24-08
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| wolfmaster: I consider this the highlight of all of the La Bourdonnais-McDonnell games. Philidor was right! |
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Mar-08-08
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| Knight13: Would've been a shame if this game was resigned 1 or 2 moves earlier. |
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| Mar-20-08 |
| Sem: What a strategic gem! |
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| Aug-19-08 |
| micahtuhy: <chessgames.com> Why hasn't this game, this game that has made so many grandmasters and even World Champions fall in love with the game of chess, never been a game of the day? May I suggest :"When the Pawns Came Marching In" |
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Sep-15-08
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| CapablancaFan: "Pawns are the soul of chess"-Philidor |
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Sep-15-08
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| Trigonometrist: In a even more beautiful game V Malakhov vs V Zvjaginsev, 2004 there are two pawns on the 7th rank.... |
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Sep-15-08
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| Boomie: All of their match games are collected here Game Collection: WCC Index [La Bourdonnais-McDonnell 1834]. The games with a pencil icon were annotated by Morphy. |
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Sep-15-08
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| TheDestruktor: Karpov also has his own game with two pawns on the seventh. And a fascinating one. Karpov vs Huebner, 1982 |
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| Sep-15-08 |
| moodini: <nimh> it is a bit harsh labeling 35.Rd1 a mistake. According to your computer the 'correct' move would have left white about 5 queens down. I would take the quick death rather than suffer that much! |
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| Sep-15-08 |
| Towershield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCJ... a presentation of this game by <kingscrusher> |
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Sep-15-08
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| Once: <brainzugzwang: I've never seen any comment on what would happen after 32.Qc5, which forces Black to do something about the threatened one-mover 33.Qxf8#. Black can trade queens, play 32...Qf4 followed by 33...Bc7 or simply advance the rook up the f-file and keep his pawns rolling, but what's best?> A comment from over a year ago, but anyway, this is how Fritz would respond to 32. Qc5 32. ... Qxc5 33. Rxc5 e3 34. Re5 e2 35. Rxf2 Kg8 36. Re8 e1=Q+
37. Rxe1 Rxf2 38. Kg1 Rf5
click for larger viewEval of -4.5, so I think we can safely say that 32. Qc5 would not have saved white. Nor would it have been anywhere near as memorable as the game continuation. |
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Sep-15-08
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| kevin86: What a finish! Black ends with three pawns on the seventh-white resigns before his opponent chooses which one to go in for the touchdown. |
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| Sep-15-08 |
| GeauxCool: These two games were referenced without CGlink on page 1. Move 50, all farmers chained together: Judit Polgar vs Bacrot, 1999 Move 26, all farmers on the 4th rank: B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000 |
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Sep-15-08
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| Calli: Morphy also managed 3 pawns on the 7th in Morphy vs S Boden, 1858 |
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| Sep-15-08 |
| brainzugzwang: <Once> Thanks for responding. I didn't see a way for MacDonnell to save himself, either; I was just wondering what was best, and why no one had mentioned 32. Qc5 before (that I can find). From the diagram position Fritz left above, all I see is the desperate 39. Re8+ Kf7 (... Rf8 40. Rxf8+ followed by 41. Kf2 makes Black work harder than he should have to) 40. Rxd8. If ... d2 41. Rf8+ allows White to queen and clip Black's d-pawn, but 40... Rd5 wins. Uh, I think. |
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| Sep-15-08 |
| Longbrow: <Boomie: All of their match games are collected here Game Collection: WCC Index [La Bourdonnais-McDonnell 1834].> Many thanks. I had been looking for the following game from this match: Alexander McDonnell vs Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais
London m4 ;MAINB 1834 • Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation (C23) • 0-1 |
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| Sep-16-08 |
| mindmaster: why not 15. ... Qxb2? |
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| Sep-16-08 |
| jovack: what an awesome game |
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| Sep-16-08 |
| onesax: <mindmaster: why not 15. ... Qxb2?> 15. ... Qxb2??? 16. Bxh7+ and black's queen is gone 1-0 |
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