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Satanlizard 1939 v. dealenik 1726, board 4 of a team match

Satanlizard 1939 v. geraldo alvarez 1419 tournament game

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Satanlizard v. iqtedar_uddin tournament game

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Here's an old classic, Bent Larsen v. Boris Spassky 1970.  An example perhaps of why some former champions have said a bit unfairly  Larsen wasn't a serious chess player, don't follow chess principles and there are consequences:

Larsen wasn’t a serious player?

He, along with Fischer, were the top two non-Soviet contenders for the World Championship in 1970. 

The match you cited, Laresen-Spassky, was one of the matches that made up the larger USSR-The World Match. Larsen played first board (Fischer played second board) and against the World Champion at that time, Spassky.

Like I said, a bit unfair, but the game shows what was fundamentally wrong with Larson's style.   It was too focussed on tactics, not enough on strategy and positional considerations.   He was always looking for a gimmick.

I would point out that the manner in which Legall's Mate was achieved in that game was not THE book line. 

Thanks for posting, tackypumpkin.

What is a "derp waste of time"?

tackypumpkin wrote:

I checkmated someone in 9 moves with the Kings Gambit. Even though my checkmate could have been easily prevented and turned into a losing game, with only 1 min each, material doesn't matter as much. 

I encourage people to play adventurously in 1 min matches because material doesn't have a huge impact, the real killer is time. 

This is an important part of all Legal's mates with a knight on c6,

and it's why in the original, 7. h3! was inserted.

can't get pgn to work but ne8 is a beauty

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=1218214401

Sorry, my little joke. It went on all right ;-)

"erikido23"’s game in PGN with notes.

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2015.07.17"]
[White "erikido23"]
[Black "april1973"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[Annotator "Escalante"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 {This move I consider suspect as the bishop seems better placed on e7. To make matters worse, Black's pawn grab on b2 by his queen loses valuable tempi.} 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Qb6 {This move forces White to castle. But it also forces Black to justify this queen move. For after White castles, his knight threatens to move to a4. Another possibility is 8...f6?!, as in Curdo-Tabell, corres., 1959. That game continued as 8.Bf4 f6 9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Ndxe5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Bxg6+ Kd7 14.Nxd5 Bd6 15.Nb6+! Qxb6 16.Rxd6+ Kxd6 17.Rd1+ 1-0} 9.O-O Qxb2 {This move does nothing for Black.} 10.Nb5 {The knight goes to a better square and threatens to invade Black’s defences.} O-O 11.Rb1 Qxa2 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 {Of course not 12...Kxh7? 13.Ng5+ Kg6 14.Qg4 f5 15.Qg3, and White wins.} 13.Ng5 Ncxe5 14.Qh5 Nf6 15.Qh3 Nc6 16.Nc7 {Another possibility is 16.Nd6! Bxd6 (16...Rg8? 17.Ndxf7#) 17.Bxd6 Rd8 18.Nxf7#} Rb8 17.Ne8 e5 18.Bf5+ 1-0

erikido,

After 12...Kxh7? 13.Ng5+ is the most forcing line. For after 13...Kh6 14.Qd3! f5 15.Qh3+ Kg6 16.Qh7 is mate.