Getting The King In!
-
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Mon May 07, 2012 7:03 pm
Getting The King In!
There is often nothing more beautiful in chess than when the attacking prowess of the most vulnerable chess piece decides the game. Even when there are still many pieces left on the board, the attacking king can tip the balance. In this article - Getting the King In – the king shatters the resistance of the opponent in dramatic style.
-
- Posts: 2393
- Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:44 pm
Re: Getting The King In!
......and of course the famous Short-Timman game may have been worth including.
-
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Mon May 07, 2012 7:03 pm
Re: Getting The King In!
Yes, agreed. I think using the king aggressively especially when there are still many pieces on the board shows real confidence in one's calculating abilities and as well as a logical outlook. In the game Kramnik v Leko from the article Getting The King In , Kramnik works out that he cannot improve any of his major pieces to attack Leko, and therefore deduces that the only attacking unit left is his king - ergo the formation of a winning plan using just the king. It is the old Sherlock Holmes dictum of once all other possibilities have been eliminated, whatever remains must be the answer however improbable.
-
- Posts: 8838
- Joined: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:34 am
- Location: London
Re: Getting The King In!
This reminds me of a game I played where I sailed my king up the board, with visions of a Short-Timman-like finish, and ended up getting mated.
-
- Posts: 3496
- Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:36 pm
- Location: Under Cover
Re: Getting The King In!
Perhaps David thought the Short game (One of the best games ever played played by a Brit.)
was too well known.
Has Nigel ever said which game gave him the idea. Alekhine, Tarrasch and Teichmann
also supplied famous examples.
I know I've said this before (and I'll say it again) but I despair thinking that Nigel does
not receive any further payment for this game.
The same goes for any player who has played a masterpiece.
If it was a naff poem, a crap piece of music then it's copyright and the author
gets some form of payment if it's used.
This game has brought pleasure and been enjoyed by thousands of players,
(Also no doubt authors have been paid for witing a book using this game.)
But the creator of this game is entitled to and gets nothing.
It just seems wrong.
was too well known.
Has Nigel ever said which game gave him the idea. Alekhine, Tarrasch and Teichmann
also supplied famous examples.
I know I've said this before (and I'll say it again) but I despair thinking that Nigel does
not receive any further payment for this game.
The same goes for any player who has played a masterpiece.
If it was a naff poem, a crap piece of music then it's copyright and the author
gets some form of payment if it's used.
This game has brought pleasure and been enjoyed by thousands of players,
(Also no doubt authors have been paid for witing a book using this game.)
But the creator of this game is entitled to and gets nothing.
It just seems wrong.
-
- Posts: 11
- Joined: Mon May 07, 2012 7:03 pm
Re: Getting The King In!
Geoff, the reason that I did not include the Short-Timman game was because I included it in another article - Just Short Of Perfect - which looks at this game as well as the 'just short' of being masterpieces that he played in his world title match against Kasparov. Game 8 in the article nearly went down in the annals of chess as an immortal game. An incredible double rook sacrifice against the greatest player ever!