E6: Khalifman-Elvest, Lvov 1985

 

WHITE TO MOVE

1. Um, White should call a lawyer and claim he didnt mean to insult black for such a disgraceful racist move?

   Posted by Rich K       09/27/2012  at  05:57 PM  



2. Hmmmm.

   I’d play the Queen: g3-f2.

   That at least removes the immediate mate threat, and sets up White with one of his own. Since Black’s Knight is at least one move away from contributing, giving the Bishop for a Rook leaves White with tempo.
   I think.

   If Black responds with Queen taking pawn and check (exchanging Queens), he doesn’t avoid mate by White’s Rook.

   Posted by Samoore       09/27/2012  at  07:39 PM  



3. "I don’t think so Tim”… I mean Samoore.

   Posted by Christopher       09/28/2012  at  04:04 PM  



4. Another failure for me.  Working on this yesterday I finally flipped a coin between the right move and the one Samoore chose and alas like him got it wrong and made the Q-f2 move.  I did not see the proper second move after the right first move so even if the toss came out properly I might not have done well.

   I did find this link though Alexander Khalifman vs Jaan Ehlvest (1985).  There is a pgn file of the complete game at the site that shows how we got to this position and what the various kibitzers thought.

   Posted by Wes       09/28/2012  at  05:39 PM  



5. Alright, then, the Rook: e1-e2

   Who’s Tim?

   Posted by Samoore       09/28/2012  at  07:47 PM  



6. Tim the tool man, from that TV show 2 decades ago with Tim Allen. You know, the one that had Pamela Anderson on it, pre-surgery when she was a babe.

   Posted by Drew458       09/28/2012  at  11:07 PM  



7. Never watched it; not much of a Tim Allen fan.

   Yes, before the surgeons got to her, Pam was one cute little shit.

   SO, what’s the right move?

   Posted by Samoore       09/29/2012  at  10:07 AM  



8. OK, followed the link kindly provided by Wes.

   Brilliant.

   Actually saw the Bishop move, and stupidly discounted it—because I didn’t see the Queen follow-up.

   Posted by Samoore       09/29/2012  at  12:54 PM  



9. Sorry Samoore. I’ve been watching Home Improvement on dvd.

   Since Wes posted a link to the game, (Warning: requires Java.) guess I’ll go ahead and post the answer. Like everyone else, I didn’t see the proper followup to…

   1. Bf5! Bxf5
   2. Qc7!! …

   This is the move we all missed. This is why Khalifman was a World Champion contender. I’d have never found that ‘x-ray’ defense. It’s call ‘x-ray’ because White’s queen protects c2 through the Black queen. If Black takes the queen, White mates with Re8#.

   2… Rxd1+
   3. Kxd1 Bxc2+
   4. Kc1! …

   An important move, despite moving into a discovered check, as we shall see later.

   4… Ba4+
   5. Qxc6 Bxc6
   6. Re6 …

   This is why 4. Kc1 was crucial: otherwise Black could salvage his piece with 6… Nc4+.

   6… Bb5
   7. Rxb6 Kg8
   8. Rb7 with a technically won endgame for White.

   Posted by Christopher       09/29/2012  at  05:45 PM  

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