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28 Jun '10 10:18

dzhafner
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29 Jun '10 13:34
The other is bird morphy. The sacrifice is very deep.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.O-O-O Rxf2 18.Bxf2 Qa3 19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kb2 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kc2 e3 26.Bxe3 Bf5+ 27.Rd3 Qc4+ 28.Kd2 Qa2+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+
Svin1
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29 Jun '10 15:51
Kasparov's rook sacrifice 24.Rxd4!! in Kasparov-Topalov 1999 was the first "famous" move I was shown when I started taking an interest in chess and it still boggles my mind. Topalov resigned some 20 moves later.

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7
12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6
17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4
22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6
26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7
Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2
35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8
Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

Great thread btw; a lot of nice moves/games here. I love the Kaissa rook sac 🙂
greenpawn34
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29 Jun '10 17:161 edit
Originally posted by National Master Dale
Greenpawn eek thy post does not compute.

Illegal Kibitzing detected.
OK Already.

Here is a move that was actually played.

One of the best trap ever set on the chessboard - therefore one
of my favourites.

Craddock-Mieses, London (1939 or 1951 - depends on what source you look at)

The beauty being is that White had to be a reasonable player to fall for it.

Black to play.

Mieses nudged the a8 Rook to b8 with his pinkie.

White looked 4 moves ahead. Mieses had seen ahead 9 moves.

I love the move 8...Bc5 clearing the b-file

"Go on then, you have your foot in the noose, now take the bait."

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.Nd5 Bc5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxb8+ Kd7 12. Qxh8 Qf3 13. Kd1 Qxe2+ 14. Kc2 Qxc4+ 15. Kb1 Qd3
toeternitoe
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29 Jun '10 18:231 edit
Probably not famous but I think Taimanov deserves a spot in this thread.

Taimanov-Listsin 1949.
Try to guess and work out white's 24th move.
EVENT Leningrad
SITE Leningrad
DATE 1949.??.??
ROUND ?
WHITE Mark Taimanov
BLACK Georgy Lisitsin
RESULT 1-0
WHITEELO ?
BLACKELO ?
ECO D30
EVENTDATE ?
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[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bg2 f5 7.O-O
Ngf6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bf4 Bxf4 11.gxf4 O-O 12.Na4 Nb6
13.Nc5 Qd6 14.Ne5 Rb8 15.a4 Na8 16.a5 Bd7 17.Rfc1 Bb5 18.e3
Rfc8 19.Ra3 Rc7 20.Rc3 Qe7 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Rbc8 23.Qb3 Ne8
24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Qxb7 Qxb7 26.Rxc8 Kf8 27.Rb8 Qe7 28.Rxa8 g6
29.Rcc8 Kg7 30.Rxe8 Qc7 31.Rec8 Qb7 32.Rab8 Qa7 33.Rh8 Qe7
34.Rbg8+ Kh6 35.Rxg6+ Kh5 36.Rg3 Kh4 37.Nf3+ Kh5 38.Rhg8 1-0

toet.
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29 Jun '10 23:44
1.e4!
lausey
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30 Jun '10 13:17
Originally posted by greenpawn34
I'll nominate [b]34...Re8 as played by Kaissa.

Duchess - Kaissa. Computer W.C. Toronto, 7th August 1977.

The day computers came of age.

Black - Kaissa(in check) to play.

[fen]Q5k1/4rp1p/1p1q1bp1/1B1n4/3Pp1P1/4B2P/PP3P2/2R3K1 b - - 0 1[/fen]

Black played 34...Re8??

How they laughed.
Onlooking masters included Hans Berliner shook th ...[text shortened]... K .
white to play
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34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kxf8 36. Bh6+ Kg8 37. Rc8+[/pgn][/b]
Cool, didn't realise computer chess was that strong in 1977. 🙂
Paul Leggett
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01 Jul '10 16:30
I know I posted this game a few months back, but it's one of my favorites, and it is consistent with the informal "queen sac" theme:

EVENT Bled
SITE Bled
DATE 1961.09.10
ROUND 6
WHITE Petrosian, Tigran V
BLACK Pachman, Ludek
RESULT 1-0
ECO A04
EVENTDATE 1961.09.03
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[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 Nd4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxb3 14. Nc4 Qb5
15. axb3 a5 16. Bd6 Bf6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Re4 Rd8 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Be5+ Kg5 21. Bg7 1-0

EVENT	Leningrad
SITE	Leningrad
DATE	1949.??.??
ROUND	?
WHITE	Mark Taimanov
BLACK	Georgy Lisitsin
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	?
BLACKELO	?
ECO	D30
EVENTDATE	?

EVENT	Bled
SITE	Bled
DATE	1961.09.10
ROUND	6
WHITE	Petrosian, Tigran V
BLACK	Pachman, Ludek
RESULT	1-0
ECO	A04
EVENTDATE	1961.09.03

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