29 Jun 10
Kasparov's rook sacrifice 24.Rxd4!! in Kasparov-Topalov 1999 was the first "famous" move I was shown when I started taking an interest in chess and it still boggles my mind. Topalov resigned some 20 moves later.
Great thread btw; a lot of nice moves/games here. I love the Kaissa rook sac 🙂
29 Jun 10
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Originally posted by National Master DaleOK Already.
Greenpawn eek thy post does not compute.
Illegal Kibitzing detected.
Here is a move that was actually played.
One of the best trap ever set on the chessboard - therefore one
of my favourites.
Craddock-Mieses, London (1939 or 1951 - depends on what source you look at)
The beauty being is that White had to be a reasonable player to fall for it.
Black to play.
Mieses nudged the a8 Rook to b8 with his pinkie.
White looked 4 moves ahead. Mieses had seen ahead 9 moves.
I love the move 8...Bc5 clearing the b-file
"Go on then, you have your foot in the noose, now take the bait."
30 Jun 10
Originally posted by greenpawn34Cool, didn't realise computer chess was that strong in 1977. 🙂
I'll nominate [b]34...Re8 as played by Kaissa.
Duchess - Kaissa. Computer W.C. Toronto, 7th August 1977.
The day computers came of age.
Black - Kaissa(in check) to play.
[fen]Q5k1/4rp1p/1p1q1bp1/1B1n4/3Pp1P1/4B2P/PP3P2/2R3K1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black played 34...Re8??
How they laughed.
Onlooking masters included Hans Berliner shook th ...[text shortened]... K .
white to play
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34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kxf8 36. Bh6+ Kg8 37. Rc8+[/pgn][/b]
