16 Apr '09 08:42>
Just came across this gem. I'm sure some of y'all have seen it and maybe even posted it before. Still, move 47 is quite nice.
Originally posted by greenpawn34Depends what you mean by "won't see". If you mean "recognise" then fair enough. But I guess and hope that you're not implying that players can't come up with new ideas of their own.
Also backs up my own theory about you won't see an idea OTB
unless you have seen a it, or similiar idea before.
Originally posted by ResigningSoonWow, what a coincidence! Who'd have thought it was GreenPawn's own son who played the trick on Andersson, who played the trick on Shirov, who played the trick on Topov?
I'm betting Andersson got his inspiration from this game:
Over halfway through his lost games on the chessgames database and this is the only opposite-colored bishop one I've found so far.
Originally posted by ResigningSoonI think this move is a good candidate for being the greatest move ever played. what is also great about this move other than being completely crazy on the first sight is that none of the engines can find it in a reasonable time. it demands a fully human understanding of the position. (they can understand it's the best move though, but only after you feed the variation into them.)
Just came across this gem. I'm sure some of y'all have seen it and maybe even posted it before. Still, move 47 is quite nice.
[pgn][Event "It (cat.21)"] [Site "Linares (Spain)"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Veselin Topalov"] [Black "Alexey Shirov"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "10 3 Kf5 49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Bxf6 d4 51.Be7 Kd3 52.Bc5 Kc4 53.Be7 Kb3 0-1[/pgn]
Originally posted by VarenkaHi Varenka
Depends what you mean by "won't see". If you mean "recognise" then fair enough. But I guess and hope that you're not implying that players can't come up with new ideas of their own.
Originally posted by greenpawn34I think this is true on most occasions, but not all. I have found my way through several positions that I had no idea of the theme before. although it takes a lot more time even to find the focus point of the tactical opportunities, I did find the correct solution on occasion.
Hi Varenka
First of all must say what an excellent job you did of giving feedback
to Dem Ravenburg's game in another thread. Good stuff.
Regarding combinations and ideas.
I m of the opinion that every combination you play you will have seen
the pattern or the idea before.
I've played some tricks, traps and combinations in my time and I
can K5[/fen]
[hidden]1.Ne7+ Kh8/h7 2.Rh5 mate.[/hidden]
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