my meaning is, to give some comments, wether your own or not , between the moves, is no Plagiat if this comment should have been posted yet before one of the masters, Comments must be if they are well founded, finally they are the glue which connects the simply movesequences and make them more understandable. Only thing you could do is to notify additional the source of this or that comment if known.
A Heroic Defense in the Sicilian Najdorf - Kids, don't try this at home!
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Nov 5, 2018
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#63
Leave it to me to play a "controversial" chess game! You wouldn't think that was possible!
Dec 1, 2018
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#64
Very cool defense.
And an excellent example, of why opening databases should never be treated as "gospel."
Mar 11, 2019
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#65
Very well played sir! I used to play the b5 line in najdorf up until I got a knack for more positional openings 😝
Mar 11, 2019
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#66
Cannot imagine how many Master games one must play through, to find an improvement in theory, so many IM's before had missed.
Mar 15, 2019
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#68
varelse1 wrote:
Very cool defense.
And an excellent example, of why opening databases should never be treated as "gospel."
My favorite example of why opening databases shouldn't be treated as Gospel is this one:
Great game! I personally prefer the quieter 8.Bg5 over 8.0-0, but it's quite enlightening to see alternative lines. Thanks for sharing.
Mar 15, 2019
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#70
Great games and examples and an entertaining thread (well-written troll defence blueemu,my advice to Deidre would be to evaluate posts with more generosity .. :-) )
This Bh6 move in the Petroff reminds me of this recent Vitiugov game from round 2 of Czech Masters(move 15) :
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-prague-chess-festival-masters/02-Vitiugov_Nikita-Harikrishna_Pentala It's not winning but secures a nice lasting advantage.
Mar 15, 2019
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#71
Thanks again for the kind remarks, people.
It's odd that I would play the "game of my life" in my 60s, instead of in my 20s.
Brilliant. I love people explaining top players play.
Mar 16, 2019
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#73
Yup. For anyone not familiar with that 13, Bh6!! move in the Petroff, the story goes like this:
That innovation was found by none other than Bobby Fischer, when he was preparing to play Petrosian in the World Chess Championship Candidates cycle. Petrosian often played the Petroff, and had been known on occasion to play that specific line as Black. Fischer showed the move to a few friends, such as GMs Biyiasis and Browne, after swearing them to secrecy. As I recall, at that time they were discussing the possibility of writing a chess book and the subject of novelties came up in that context.
But Petrosian's "spider sense" must have been tingling, because when he actually faced Fischer over the board, he varied from his usual lines and Fischer never had the chance to uncork his novelty.
Fast-forward a few years, to Fischer's "wilderness years" as an expat in the late 1970s and 80s. He was no longer playing competitive chess. During one of the US tournaments, Browne ended up paired against Bisguier... who played this exact line in the Petroff.
The moment was not a great one. But neither are our times. Browne played the novelty.
Mar 16, 2019
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#74
Ouch... that najdorf stuff is way too sharp... give me a good scheveningen?!
Mar 16, 2019
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#76
staples13 wrote:
Deirdre Skye got banned. Finally! Thank you chess.com!!!!!!!!
I think not.... just muted.
https://www.chess.com/member/deirdreskye
Mar 16, 2019
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#79
LionVanHalen wrote:
Ouch... that najdorf stuff is way too sharp... give me a good scheveningen?!
+1
20...Kf8 with a Black advantage is the book line. And yes, the whole mess has been played many times before.
20...Rd8 allows white to pick back the second sacrificed piece (21.Rxf7 or even 21.Rae1 first) with an equal game.
To me a bit strange it is played many times before. As I do a short analyse of the game I notice a few things. first 9.Qf3 looks much better then 9.f4 But ok it s a line and f4 is also a move. Then my computer gives 14.Qe2 as a bit better. ( equal ) 14.fxg7 maybe allready suspicious. Then 14...Bxe3+ 15.Kh1 Rg8 looks allready better for black. Further 16.Bxe6 seems very dubious for white. Take on g7 ad on f7 seems just good for black. Also this Ne5! is an exelent move black is clearly better. Also my computer gives 20...Kf8! with avantage for black as better then 20...Rd8. But then after 21.Rae1 Kf8 22.Qxh7? this looks very wrong for white and 22.Rxf7+ Qxf7 23.Qxf7 Kxf7 24.Rxe3 b4 25.Ne2 looks much better (almost equal). But after 22...Bd4! white seems toast and after 23.h3 Rd7 is t is allready completly over for white. 24...Qh4 is winning ( 24...Qe5 was also winning ) Then 26.Re8 is desperation. In a lost position white makes his last try but without a chance. The black king looks a bit in the open but is completly safe white has no resourses to mate him and he can easily walks away. Kc5! is of course good and winning. Nice game. And you know your stuff well ! Congratulation! Impressive!