Khismatullin's 44 Kf1-g1!!! has to be seen to be believed

[notyetagm]

From today's EICC round 10:



44 Kf1-g1!!!

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[AdminX]

Yes, that was nice. What do you think about "Kraus, Ohad", he had two big upsets in ECC? I would love to know what he did between May and Nov.

[pgn]
[Event "European Ch, 2015"]
[Site ""]
[Date "03.06.2015"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kraus, Ohad 2190"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor 2559"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 fxe6 14. Kc2 Rf5 15. Rb1 Nd8 16. c6 Nxc6 17. Rxb7 Kf7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rb5 Na5 20. Rhb1 Nb3 21. Rb4 Rfc5 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Rd7 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Rb7 Nc5 26. Rxa7 Ne4 27. Bg4 Rc5 28. Bc7 Nxc3 29. Bd7 d4 30. exd4 Rd5 31. Bc6 Rxd4 32. Kxc3 Rd6+ 33. Kxc4 Rxc6+ 34. Kb5 Rc2 35. Bb6 Be5 36. Bc5 Rb2+ 37. Kc6 Rc2 38. Rxe7+ Kf6 39. Rxe5 Kxe5 40. a5 Ra2 41. Bb6 g5 42. Kb7 Ke4 43. a6 Kd3 44. a7 Ke2 45. a8=Q Rxa8 46. Kxa8 Kf1 47. g4 Kg2 48. Be3 Kxh2 49. f4 gxf4 50. Bxf4+ Kg2 51. g5 Kf3 52. Bc1 Ke4 53. Kb7 Kd5 54. Kc7 Ke6 55. Kc6 Ke7 56. Kd5 Kf7 57. Ke5 Kg6 58. Ke6 Kg7 59. Kf5 Kf7 60. Kg4 Kg6 1-0

[/pgn]

[pgn]

[Event "European Ch, 2015"]
[Site ""]
[Date "3.3.2015"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant 2673"]
[Black "Kraus, Ohad 2190"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Rd1 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. h3 Qc7 11. b3 b6 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Be3 Qb8 16. Rac1 Qa8 17. Qb1 e6 18. Nde2 Bf8 19. g4 h6 20. Ng3 Qb8 21. Bd4 Bg7 22. Qb2 Ba8 23. Qd2 Red8 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Bd4 Bc6 27. Qb2 Ne8 28. Bxg7 Nxg7 29. h4 Qb7 30. h5 Qe7 31. Qd2 gxh5 32. gxh5 Qh4 33. Qe2 e5 34. Qf3 Nce6 35. Qxf7 Be8 36. Qf3 Nf4 37. Qe3 Bxh5 38. Qxb6 Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Rb8 40. Qc7 Rxb3 41. Rc1 Qg5 42. Nce2 Rxg3 43. Nxg3 Ne6 0-1

[/pgn]

[reflectionofpower]

[d]5Q2/5p1p/1pPr2p1/6k1/8/3pP2P/2q2PP1/3R1K2 w - - 0 1

I just posted the position because I was going to look at it with Houdini.

[notyetagm]

Yes, that was nice. What do you think about "Kraus, Ohad", he had two big upsets in ECC? I would love to know what he did between May and Nov.

...

Very impressive.

Lots of upsets. My favorite.

[pgn]

[Event "EICC 2015 Jerusalem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gorodetzky, David"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Plycount "45"]
[Sourcedate "2014.04.06"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.d5 Rd8 11.Bd2 b4 12.dxe6 bxc3 13.exf7+ Kf8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bxc3 Nd5 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.Bxd5 Rxd5 18.Qxe7+ Qxe7 19.Rxe7 Na6 20.Rae1 Rdd8 21.Re8+ Rxe8 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Rxe8
1-0

[/pgn]

[AdminX]

[d]5Q2/5p1p/1pPr2p1/6k1/8/3pP2P/2q2PP1/3R1K2 w - - 0 1

I just posted the position because I was going to look at it with Houdini.

Komodo 8 64bit

+0.71/27 1.Qe7+ Kh6 2.Kg1 Rd5 3.Qf8+ Kg5 4.Kh2 Kf6 5.e4 Rc5 6.e5+ Kxe5 7.Re1+ Kd4 8.Qd6+ Kc3 9.c7 d2 10.Ra1 Qb3 11.Ra5 Rxc7 12.Qxc7+ Kb2 13.Qe5+ Kc2 14.Qe4+ Kc3 15.Qc6+ Kb2 16.Rb5 d1=Q 17.Rxb6 Kb1 18.Rxb3+ Qxb3 19.Qe4+ Kb2 20.Qe5+ Kc2 21.Qd4 Qd3 22.Qh4 Qc3 23.Qe4+ Kb2

+0.71/27 1.Kg1 Rd5 2.Kh2 Kf6 3.e4 Rc5 4.e5+ Kxe5 5.Re1+ Kd4 6.Qd6+ Kc3 7.c7 d2 8.Ra1 Qb3 9.Ra5 Rxc7 10.Qxc7+ Kb2 11.Qe5+ Kc2 12.Qe4+ Kc3 13.Qc6+ Kb2 14.Rb5 d1=Q 15.Rxb6 f5 16.Rxb3+ Qxb3 17.g3 Qb4 18.Qd5 Qb3 19.Qd7 Qf3 20.Qd2+ Kb3 21.Qd4 Kc2

0.00/27 1.f4+ Kh4 2.Qxd6 Qxd1+ 3.Kf2 Qe2+ 4.Kg1 Qxe3+ 5.Kh2 Qg3+ 6.Kg1 Qe1+ 7.Kh2 Qg3+

[Vinvin]

[d]5Q2/5p1p/1pPr2p1/6k1/8/3pP2P/2q2PP1/3R1K2 w - - 0 1

I just posted the position because I was going to look at it with Houdini.

3 seconds for the current SF (6 cores@4GHz):
FEN: 5Q2/5p1p/1pPr2p1/6k1/8/3pP2P/2q2PP1/3R1K2 w - - 0 1

Stockfish_15030505_x64_modern:
...
24/16 00:00 4.196k 4.273k 0,00 1.f4+ Kh4 2.Qxd6 Qxd1+ 3.Kf2 Qe2+ 4.Kg1 Qe1+ 5.Kh2 Qg3+ 6.Kh1 Qe1+ 7.Kh2
25/16 00:01 6.239k 4.789k 0,00 1.f4+ Kh4 2.Qxd6 Qxd1+ 3.Kf2 Qe2+ 4.Kg1 Qe1+ 5.Kh2 Qg3+ 6.Kh1 Qe1+ 7.Kh2
26/16 00:01 8.369k 5.003k 0,00 1.f4+ Kh4 2.Qxd6 Qxd1+ 3.Kf2 Qe2+ 4.Kg1 Qe1+ 5.Kh2 Qg3+ 6.Kh1 Qe1+ 7.Kh2
27/16 00:02 11.074k 5.410k 0,00 1.f4+ Kh4 2.Qxd6 Qxd1+ 3.Kf2 Qe2+ 4.Kg1 Qe1+ 5.Kh2 Qg3+ 6.Kh1 Qe1+ 7.Kh2
28/33+ 00:03 20.692k 6.106k +0,06 1.Kg1
28/39+ 00:05 39.473k 7.210k +0,12 1.Kg1
28/50+ 00:08 66.538k 7.667k +0,87 1.Kg1
28/50 00:09 72.732k 7.860k +0,75 1.Kg1 Rd5 2.Kh2 Kf6 3.e4 Rc5 4.Qd6+ Kg7 5.Rxd3 Rxc6 6.Qe5+ Rf6 7.Rf3 Qc6 8.g3 Qd6 9.Qb2 Qe6 10.Kg1 g5 11.h4 gxh4 12.gxh4 h6 13.Kh2 Kg6 14.h5+ Kg5 15.Rh3 Qxe4 16.Rg3+ Kf5 17.Qb5+ Qe5 18.Qd7+ Re6 19.Qxf7+ Ke4
29/50+ 00:09 78.814k 7.971k +0,81 1.Kg1
29/50- 00:10 83.791k 8.028k +0,75 1.Kg1 Rd5
29/50+ 00:10 84.445k 8.007k +0,81 1.Kg1
29/50- 00:11 90.170k 8.017k +0,73 1.Kg1 Rd5
29/50- 00:11 95.775k 8.106k +0,52 1.Kg1 Rd5
29/50+ 00:12 99.642k 8.077k +0,68 1.Kg1
29/50 00:13 107.024k 8.116k +0,89 1.Kg1 Rd5 2.Kh2 Kf6 3.e4 Rc5 4.Qd6+ Kg7 5.Rxd3 Rxc6 6.Qe5+ Rf6 7.Rf3 Qc6 8.g3 Qe6 9.Qb2 h6 10.h4 h5 11.Kg2 Qc6 12.Qd4 Qe6 13.Qa1 Qc6 14.Qb2 Qe6 15.Re3 Kh7 16.f3 Qe7 17.Rb3 Qe6 18.Rb5
30/50- 00:14 115.797k 8.242k +0,82 1.Kg1 Rd5
30/50- 00:15 128.786k 8.411k +0,76 1.Kg1 Rd5
30/50- 00:17 148.541k 8.675k +0,53 1.Kg1 Rd5

[Uri Blass]

Ohad also got the advantage against another strong GM and accepted a draw offer only because he is religious and did not eat before the game because of the fast of esther.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_of_Esther

[pgn]
[Event "EICC 2015 Jerusalem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Kraus, Ohad"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Qd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. exd4 a6
15. d5 e5 16. Bxh6 Ne8 17. Be3 Nd6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Kh1 b5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bg5 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5
Rfc8 28. Rdf1 Rc1 29. Bd1 Rb1 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[reflectionofpower]

Ohad also got the advantage against another strong GM and accepted a draw offer only because he is religious and did not eat before the game because of the fast of esther.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_of_Esther

[pgn]
[Event "EICC 2015 Jerusalem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.04"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Kraus, Ohad"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Qd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. exd4 a6
15. d5 e5 16. Bxh6 Ne8 17. Be3 Nd6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Kh1 b5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bg5 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Nd4 Bc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5
Rfc8 28. Rdf1 Rc1 29. Bd1 Rb1 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

ur betta off eating a light meal before a game anyway