09-04-2002 19:55									#181
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Welcome back

	09-04-2002 19:58									#182
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My move, 36 Ke4 is on the former page

	10-04-2002 19:07									#183
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I yield.

Carolus [offers handshake]

	10-04-2002 19:10									#184
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One stupid mistake and the whole game is lost...

What do you think after 33 ... Bxe5, a draw?

Carolus

	11-04-2002 01:39									#185
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it still doesn't look too good for black in that line either.

Its hard to find any 1 glaring error...at least for me.I'm curious what Julius thinks was the turning point.....

Congrats...again

good try Carolus.You were tough in this game.

	11-04-2002 02:11									#186
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Yes, it was a tough battle
Who's next (trying to pretend not to be exhausted)

	11-04-2002 02:15									#187
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No, I don't think it was a draw after 33 Bxe5, but it was way to go before the victory, and I was not sure of every variations. But with the weakness of the queenside pawns and my ability to create a passed pawn on the kingside, I was quite confident. If you want, we can play it to the end with this variation
As for the other moves, I'll post some comments tomorrow

	11-04-2002 19:35									#188
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Thanks, Smash. It seems we need new blood in the group if Julius is to be brought to his knees... Or maybe a small change of the rules will do it? Julius loses his crown in case of a draw, while we keep it?

quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida If you want, we can play it to the end with this variation

Heh, heh, heh! Thanks, but no thanks. It would be too humiliating to get a second chance and lose again...

quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida As for the other moves, I'll post some comments tomorrow

Great, I had a bunch of notes myself. They should be somewhere in this mess called my office...

Carolus

	11-04-2002 22:15									#189
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maybe we could amend the rules so that Julius is no longer permitted to move his pieces

	15-04-2002 18:37									#190
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I haven't forgotten putting my comments. It should be done by wednesday

Last edited by Julius Brenzaida on 15-04-2002 at 18:46

	16-04-2002 03:12									#191
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we await eagerly Sire

must try to find insights into the mighy one's thinking....

	16-04-2002 19:51									#192
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quote: Originally posted by Smash must try to find insights into the mighy one's thinking....

You might be disapointed in more than a way

	22-04-2002 22:59									#193
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I intend to challenge thee oh great Champion.This time things are gonna be different...rest assured ....time is running out...

tick tock,tick tock

	23-04-2002 19:00									#194
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quote: Originally posted by Smash I intend to challenge thee oh great Champion.This time things are gonna be different...rest assured ....time is running out... tick tock,tick tock

Well, I am waiting for your first move, oh great challenger, unless you want me to play as white

	23-04-2002 19:01									#195
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By the way, I am quite overworked and overcivworked, but I should, at last, put my comments on the game soon.

	23-04-2002 23:16									#196
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hehehe...I need a few moments to gather myself and I will start a new one.

Those succession games get a little out of hand don't they?

	24-04-2002 16:42									#197
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At last my comments :

9 ...g6 : 9 ... g5 is more fashionable
10 Ba3 : 10 f4 is the main line, this is not bad either
10 ... Qg5 : Ivanchuck played this way against Kasparov in 1994. The spectacular 10 ... Qxa3, 11 Nxa3 Bb4+, 12 Qd2 would have given white a superior ending. 10 ... c5 or 10 ... d6 looked playable too.
11 h4 : I like this move. Kasparov had played 11 g3.
11 ... Qf4 : logical. On 11 ... Qf5, I would have played 12 Bxf8, but now I can’t because of the threat of Qd4.
12 ... Bb4+ : if you look for a mistake, this is it. This puts the bishop on a very bad place, while I wasn’t expecting to castle in the near future.
13 ... O-O : brave and consistent. 13 ... h5 was more defense minded, but probably not better.
14 ... Qh6 : the only move, otherwise the queen only escapes at the price of a piece.
15 a3 : I spent hours on this move before deciding to go for a safe ending with a clear plus. 15 h5 was barbaric but interesting; 15 Qe4 was tricky, winning a piece on both 15 ... f5 and 15 ... Nb6, but I didn’t see anything convincing on 15 ... Ne7, 16 h5 Rad8. I was always finding nice plans for white (h file, bad coordination of black pieces), but there was too much counterplay for black who can mobilize faster.
15 ... Be7 : 15 ... Bc5 was complicated, but I think bad. The idea was to sacrifice afrer 16 b4 Bxc4.
16 Qd2 : following the conclusions of my thoughts in move 15.
18 h5 : many other possibilities at the end of this long forced sequence. Maybe I should have prevented d5 with Bg2, but in many variations, the h-file was powerful.
18 ... d5 : a dynamic move who creates some good counterplay. Many other possibilities but striking in the center is logical. Otherwise white as a confortable plus with the pawn structure and the h-file.
21 Kc2 : preserving the perfect structure with 21 Nd2 was too passive.
21 ... Bc8 : the best move. 21 ... Nxc4 would have looked a lot like the same game.
22 Bh3 : the most difficult move of the game. Black bishop MUST be exchanged. The bishop pair is powerful both on offense and defense. What’s more, there’s some nice tactical ideas based on a timely e6 and opening of the h-file that would have given me good attacking chances was the bishop to come back to a6.
23 ... g5 : 23 ... Bxh3 looked more logical as no black rook has anything to do on the c-file.
25 f3 : 25 f4 was perhaps stronger. Maybe I understimated the counterplay.
26 Rcd1 : exchanging rooks and getting to the proably winning ending with strong bishop and better structure.
33 ... Bxe3 : definitely the last mistake as the king ending is easily won. But I think that 33 ... Bxe5, 34 Bxg5 was also good enough for white with the unavoidable creation of a passed pawn on the kingside. I didn’t check all variations, though.

A good game, very complicated. I think that 12 Bb4+ ? was the key mistake. Almost all other moves were good.