This was a wild game with full of tactics!
White: Mystery Player – Black: Susan Polgar
1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 0–0 6. Bd3 c5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 cxd4 10. Nxe6 Qa5 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Bc4+ Kg7 16. 0–0 Nb6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qf5 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Bc1 Nd5 23. Qc4 e6 24. Ba3 Rd8 25. Nd2 Nxf4 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nf2 28. Re2 Ne5 29. Qb3 Qh3+ 30.Kg1 Neg4 31.Qxe6+ Rf7 32. Nf3 Ne5 33. Ng5 Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Rxf3 36. Rxf2 Rxa3 37. Re7 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Rxb7 Rxa2 40. Rxh7 Rxc2 41. Rxa7 d5 42. Rd7 Rd2 43. h4 d4 44. g4 d3 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5 Ke8 47. Rd5 Kf7 48. h6 Kg6 49. Rd6+ Kh7 50. Kf1 Rh2 51. Rxd3 Rxh6 ½ – ½
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This was an actual rated tournament game which was played a few years ago. The time control was G/30. What do you think of this game? 🙂
Wow. Pieces are hanging all over the place once the trades start! In a game that complicated I assume analysis could yield some surprising options or combinations.
LOL….what a slugfest! Cool game!!!
Which side were you, Susan? My guess is: white
Is that e-pawn push a book move? It looks dubious.:) I also though it was cool that white had to pass on the rook in order to defend against black’s queen on the queen side.
I play kings indian over queens gambit. I usually don’t play c5 like that though. I like to push my king side pawns and choke white’s king. >:)
Like in this recent game I had. It was my first tournament match in over 3 months! http://jerrychess.blogspot.com/2007/03/icc-u1500-round-1.html
What’s wrong with 11… Bxd4!? Black missed something here, I think…
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11 ..Bxd4 leads to a tactic by white 12. Bc4+ follow by 13. Qxd4 and now black is in trouble.
EDIT: Fixed typo
Very entertaining!
Great game Susan! Very exciting tactical with complications! The way chess was meant to be played! I would guess you were the WHT pieces.
good stuff!! this is why we love the game.
Typical Pirc game(I play that opening against 1.e4 since six months ago).
I do not like c5 just in that moment…I prefer Na6 first and later c5 as it was played at Argentina Chess champinship last year.Look at GM Peralta games!
And for readers:White Cannot take with Bxa6?!.I defended that position with my two bishops against a FM rated 2315 just 6 weeks ago…and life is not so easy for white after that.It was draw.
The strike e5 and e6 is very usual,but I do not care: every white player does e5 near always and many times e6…the key words is this opening for black are activity and counterplay.
Well,white is always a bit better,but a move wrong or a moment of doubt and black takes the control and you are dead.
That is why I like it.
In my current teams tournament I played three Pircs and I did 2/3(+1=2-0) against a average opponent of 2200,but I need to study more typical ideas and planning.
That was a great game, Susan! Thanks for sharing it.
>>tfk said…
Great game Susan!… I would guess you were the WHT pieces.
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Since it says “White – Susan Polgar”, I’d say that was a pretty good guess.
Everybody is guessing whether Susan was white or black, yet it is written in large bold letters:
White: Mystery Player – Black: Susan Polgar
White – Mystery player… Fischer? j/k
White – Mystery player… Fischer? j/k
Who was the mystery player playing white here?!
Your sister Judit?!?!?
What an incredible display of courage and tactical prowess! Both sides were amazing. This was at G/30? Unbelievable! Hard to believe two players could go all out in this battle! Will we ever know who the mystery players is?
White is my coach Paul Truong. Even as friends, we did not take it easy 🙂