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Judit, Alexei, and the Monkey's Bum

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Submitted by Duffer1965 on Thu, 04/09/2009 at 10:11am.

I ran across this well-known game while looking into the Modern Defense. Judit Polgar, then 19, defeated Alexei Shirov, then 23, at the 1995 Donner Memorial in Amsterdam. Shirov tried the Modern Defense, and Polgar responded with the Monkey's Bum Deferred. (The Monkey's Bum proper starts 1 e4 g6  2 Bc4 Bg7 3 Qf3.)

Enjoy.

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by zonalgman92 - 5 months ago
Brighton Great Britain
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 1513

He resigned, i think because he cant stop white playing Qd6+ except by playing Ke8, in mwhich case white plays Bc6+(discovered) which wins the Rook on a8 for free. White has only to castle and its rook is quickly brought into play with the King at the mercy of Queen ,Rook, Knight and both bishops. White may not even need to castle- i   haven't had time to check.

by XavierPadilla - 7 months ago
Mazatlán, Sin. Mexico
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 661

Great game, not "well-known" by me, thank you for posting it. I wish it had notes explaining some of the moves.

by khpa21 - 7 months ago
United States
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 438

"y did he resign"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The other moves should be easy to refute

by woodencardboard - 7 months ago
Missouri United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 239

God, this game is weird.

by tyuchess - 7 months ago
CA United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 80

y did he resign

 
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