2009 Queenstown Linares Open Tournament

Sort:
Andrei_Ivankov

Andrei_Ivankov

Comment on this brilliant game please, thank you :)

Eebster

Why 13. ... Kh8?? and 18. ... Kh7?? ? I fail to see both why these moves were played and why they were blunders.

Could you enlighten me here? This seems like the crux to the game, and right now I am totally confused.

Andrei_Ivankov

lol, yes i was about to say that, haha, but move number 24 is a superb thunderbolt and there is no way out for the opposition's king.

grolich

Nice attack.

But too many exclams and question marks in my opinion. Most (of both of these) were unjustified (in my opinion).

Just one thing about the finale: 26...Bg7 is not really "??". Every legal move seems to end in mate in a few moves.

Eebster

Wow, you gave yourself '!!' on five different moves. Don't you think you're going a little overboard? I mean, I don't think I've seen any analyses of GM games with more than maybe three . . .

Andrei_Ivankov

I felt that these 'exclaimation mark moves' are the most forcing moves, but you're right, I probably over-did-it :(

Andrei_Ivankov

lol, thanks for your comment grolick

however you got to agree with me that move number 24 and 27 is pretty :)