White to move. This was an actual game between two 2700+ players. How should White proceed?
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White to move. This was an actual game between two 2700+ players. How should White proceed?
This would be Judit’s miraculous save against Grischuk in Biel. Here Grischuk played Kf3, and Judit found the reply Ng4 which eventually forced Grischuk to accept a draw. The point being theat Nxg4 is stalemate.
So Kf3 is wrong! As for the correct answer, well the obvious g2 does not look right after Ne4+. Hmmm, I need to give it some more thought…
darn, beaten. Yes, definitely not Kf3.
hmm.. I’d prefer f5 followed by Kf3.
kg1.
LOL, I would liked to read Grischuk’s mind when Judith answered with Ng4 🙂
Yes, a combination of a save by JP and a blunder by AG: not sure how much to attribute to the two sides.
1.f5 is the only winning move here, so the win hangs by a thread. Maybe JP deliberately put the win into ‘thread territory’. White has to get into a won KNPKN endgame.
WIN WITH GRACE, LOSE WITH DIGNITY!(TM) – 2007 Susan Polgar
Edit : Draw with arrogance.
g4! wins
( hindsight is 20-20 )
f5 wins. Even rybka could not save this 🙂 Good psychological play from Judit.
Susan, your trademark (WIN WITH GRACE, LOSE WITH DIGNITY![TM]) is a great one, but I’m curious as to why there’s nothing in there about drawing? Maybe “Win with grace, lose with dignity,” and draw with style. ^_~
-Eric
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-Eric
f5 wins the game
f5 wins
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@wolverine2121:
How do you actually get the king to g3? By kicking out the pawn from the board?
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Kf3 Ng4
Ke4 Nf2+
Kd5
Kf3 Ng4
Ke4 Nf6+
Kf5 Kxg3
Nd7
should be Kf3 that was typing error. you cant figure that out? are you the type of person that cant understand a sentence when one word is mispelled. figure it out your not a five year old or maybe you are.