A flawed brilliancy

22nd June 2007, 01:47am

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by Pavrey
Mumbai India

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22nd June 2007, 01:55am

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by erik
Mountain View, CA United States

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nice work!

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22nd June 2007, 05:18am

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by TraglorfBob
Chicago, IL United States

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Excellent job!

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22nd June 2007, 08:33am

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by Don1
Fleetwood, PA United States

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Brilliancy? I don't get it! It looks like White's winning all the way until 18 hxg4. Why did the game end? It wasn't mate. White still has some fight with the R's & N attacking the King. What am I missing?

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22nd June 2007, 08:49am

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by Daemon_Panda
Coconut Grove , Fl United States

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i had a game with a similar curcumstance

i was losing badly when i realized that if i traded my pieces correctly i would have 2 rooks and he would have a rook and a knight. You have to see the endgame piece value

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22nd June 2007, 09:36am

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by Daemon_Panda
Coconut Grove , Fl United States

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but from move 4 you had mate in 2

5. Bc5 6. Ng5 7. Bxf7#

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22nd June 2007, 09:14pm

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by Pavrey
Mumbai India

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After 5 Bc5 black simply plays 5...Bg7 and 6...O-O

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22nd June 2007, 09:16pm

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by Pavrey
Mumbai India

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Don1, that is why it is called a 'flawed' brilliancy'. Because White was winning, but Black turned the tables after a weak white move, 23. Kg1. Instead white would win with 23. Rf5

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24th June 2007, 12:04pm

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by Don1
Fleetwood, PA United States

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sorry I thought you meant you were playing the brilliacy!

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25th June 2007, 04:41am

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by Pavrey
Mumbai India

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I wish I was, but chess is such a game that lies do not lie on the board!

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28th June 2007, 04:59pm

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by ketchuplover
West Bend,WI United States

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Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

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29th June 2007, 07:31am

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by Pavrey
Mumbai India

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I agree ketchuplover, but there is also the saying that good players are lucky

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30th June 2007, 09:07pm

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by vernon
Coweta,OK United States

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yeah good game but it could have been mate it was mate in two though but i agree good players r lucky good game

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22nd July 2007, 09:06am

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by chessiq
Malawi

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I know, I am late! I liked your game. It was fun. Talking about good players being lucky... I wonder where I would be without "LUCK!"

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22nd July 2007, 09:48pm

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by Pavrey
Mumbai India

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chessiq - thanks for the comments - I love to win chess games and am very involved when I am playing - thought my play was accurate - but later on analysis showed that I was lucky - we all need luck to progress in life too, I guess!

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5th August 2007, 10:32pm

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