Brilliant game by MVL!

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19 Jul '14 13:49

Marinkatomb
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19 Jul '14 13:49
Oh, you've got to tip your hat to black, what a game!

EVENT French Championships
SITE Aix-les-Bains FRA
DATE 2007.08.23
ROUND 10
WHITE Robert Fontaine
BLACK Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
RESULT 0-1
WHITEELO 2567
BLACKELO 2595
ECO A89
EVENTDATE 2007.08.13
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[Event "French Championships"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Fontaine"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Bxf8 Qxf8
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Qg5 Kf7
17. Qf4 Qc5 18. Nb5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. g4 Nxg4
22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Rd5 Qxd5 24. cxd5 Be5 25. Qc1 Bh2+ 26. Kh1
Rh8 27. Qc4 Bd6+ 28. Kg1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 b5 30. Qxb5 e3 31. Bf3
Nxf2+ 32. Rxf2 exf2 33. Kg2 Bg1 34. Qc6 Rh2+ 35. Kg3 f1=N+
36. Kf4 Rh4+ 37. Kg5 Be3+ 38. Kxh4 g5+ 39. Kh5 Ng3+ 0-1
greenpawn34
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19 Jul '14 14:12
Yes one of the most incredible games of chess I ever played over.
Some one sent me the bare score in an email, I had no idea what
was coming next.
Marinkatomb
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19 Jul '14 14:141 edit
Originally posted by greenpawn34
Yes one of the most incredible games of chess I ever played over.
Some one sent me the bare score in an email, I had no idea what
was coming next.
I have to say, it is one of the most stunning sacrificial games i've ever seen. The under promotion at the end is just the icing on the cake. The piece coordination is just so precise!

EDIT: Today is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave day i think.. 🙂
64squaresofpain
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19 Jul '14 17:14
Forced mate after an under-promotion...

I bet we haven't had many of those on here, GP???
ketchuplover
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19 Jul '14 22:30
impressive. most impressive.
greenpawn34
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20 Jul '14 01:54
Originally posted by 64squaresofpain
Forced mate after an under-promotion...

I bet we haven't had many of those on here, GP???
I'll see what I can dig up.

A few weeks ago I blogged some lad who missed a chance to under promote
to a Bishop whilst his opponent had two Queens.

http://www.redhotpawn.com/blog/blogread.php?blogpostid=172
~~robbie carrobie~~
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20 Jul '14 22:02
Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Oh, you've got to tip your hat to black, what a game!

[pgn]
[Event "French Championships"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[EventDate "2007.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Fontaine"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g ...[text shortened]... g2 Bg1 34. Qc6 Rh2+ 35. Kg3 f1=N+
36. Kf4 Rh4+ 37. Kg5 Be3+ 38. Kxh4 g5+ 39. Kh5 Ng3+ 0-1[/pgn]
its absolutely beautiful.
FrenchStyleDefense
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22 Jul '14 10:10
What a beauty. Thank you for sharing and teaching

EVENT	French Championships
SITE	Aix-les-Bains FRA
DATE	2007.08.23
ROUND	10
WHITE	Robert Fontaine
BLACK	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	2567
BLACKELO	2595
ECO	A89
EVENTDATE	2007.08.13

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Brilliant game by MVL!