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Re: Most spectacular blown win (and problem like finish) I've ever seen
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RayLopez99
Dec 28, 2009, 10:20:09 AM12/28/09
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On Dec 28, 10:12 am, RayLopez99 <raylope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> q4rk1/2nR1pp1/n6p/2p1PQ2/p1P2P1N/Pr2PN2/5K2/B7 w - - 0 1
> wKf2,Qf5,Nf3,h4,Ba1,Rd7,Pa3,c4,e3,e5,f4/
> bKg8,Qa8,Na6,c7,Rb3,f8,Pa4,c5,f7,g7,h6
>
> Grinshpan-Kaminsky, Poznan, Poland, 1961 1-0 (if anybody has the
> complete game please post here)
>
> Above is the most amazing finish (and blown win) I've seen in years.
> It's exercise Diagram 150 from the excellent book "Test Your Tactical
> Ability" by Yakov Neishtadt (1981, Batsford).
>
> The author wrongly claims that a cascade of spectacular sacrifices
> wins for White by forced mate, starting with 1.Ng5! (???--RL) hg 2.
> Ng6! fg 3. Rxg7! Kxg7 (???--RL, instead Kh8! wins for black) 4.e6+ and
> White won says Neishtadt.
>
> I always double check my answers with Fritz when I got this one wrong
> I checked my answer with Fritz's and found it was the same (1.e6, Ne6
> 2.Qe6 +- 1.66 Fritz). Then I checked the proposed (and actually
> played) moves, and found they lose, but in a spectacular way:
>
> After the correct 3...Kh8! (not Kxg7, a forced win for white), there
> is a very nice line for black that is not at all obvious here:
>
> 1.Ng5 hg 2. Ng6 fg 3. Rg7 Kh8 4. Qg6 (Rf7 is loses slower for white, -
> +2.66)
>
> All hope seems lost for black in this line, as white threatens mate in
> one with no clear way out for black, until this seeming spite check is
> found: 4...Rf4+!! which leads to a mate in five! Also nice in most
> of these lines is the problem like self-blocking move Ne6 by black,
> which forces white to capture on e6 and thereby block its own pawn.
>
> I nominate this game as the best finish I've ever seen. You also know
> it wasn't a staged game, since the players did not play the proposed
> finish (or if they staged it, they did not see the above line).
>
> Any disagreements? If you don't like this game you should tip your
> King and resign from playing chess again!
>
> RL
> q4rk1/2nR1pp1/n6p/2p1PQ2/p1P2P1N/Pr2PN2/5K2/B7 w - - 0 1
> wKf2,Qf5,Nf3,h4,Ba1,Rd7,Pa3,c4,e3,e5,f4/
> bKg8,Qa8,Na6,c7,Rb3,f8,Pa4,c5,f7,g7,h6
>
> Grinshpan-Kaminsky, Poznan, Poland, 1961 1-0 (if anybody has the
> complete game please post here)
>
> Above is the most amazing finish (and blown win) I've seen in years.
> It's exercise Diagram 150 from the excellent book "Test Your Tactical
> Ability" by Yakov Neishtadt (1981, Batsford).
>
> The author wrongly claims that a cascade of spectacular sacrifices
> wins for White by forced mate, starting with 1.Ng5! (???--RL) hg 2.
> Ng6! fg 3. Rxg7! Kxg7 (???--RL, instead Kh8! wins for black) 4.e6+ and
> White won says Neishtadt.
>
> I always double check my answers with Fritz when I got this one wrong
> I checked my answer with Fritz's and found it was the same (1.e6, Ne6
> 2.Qe6 +- 1.66 Fritz). Then I checked the proposed (and actually
> played) moves, and found they lose, but in a spectacular way:
>
> After the correct 3...Kh8! (not Kxg7, a forced win for white), there
> is a very nice line for black that is not at all obvious here:
>
> 1.Ng5 hg 2. Ng6 fg 3. Rg7 Kh8 4. Qg6 (Rf7 is loses slower for white, -
> +2.66)
>
> All hope seems lost for black in this line, as white threatens mate in
> one with no clear way out for black, until this seeming spite check is
> found: 4...Rf4+!! which leads to a mate in five! Also nice in most
> of these lines is the problem like self-blocking move Ne6 by black,
> which forces white to capture on e6 and thereby block its own pawn.
>
> I nominate this game as the best finish I've ever seen. You also know
> it wasn't a staged game, since the players did not play the proposed
> finish (or if they staged it, they did not see the above line).
>
> Any disagreements? If you don't like this game you should tip your
> King and resign from playing chess again!
>
> RL
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