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Old October 29th 03, 11:39 PM
Alberich
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Default Judit Polgar makes critical mistake against Svidler.

In article , gorkov43
@hotmail.com says...

Seems to me addressing her as "WGM" when she is a top-ten GM is not
exactly proper. It's like calling President _______ the Governor of _______
or Senator _______.......

"Alberich" wrote in message
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Judit Polgar had a chess match with Peter Svidler a few days ago and she
made some brilliant moves (look at her novelty 16...Na3+! but
nevertheless lost a heartbreaker. I say heartbreaker because Judit
should have won this game easily. After playing over the game a few
times, I've picked out the FEN position of where I believe she went
wrong:

2r2rk1/2q1bp1p/3p2p1/1p1Pp1Pn/p1n3R1/3B1P2/PPPN1Q1P/K1BR4 b

And what does Judit Polgar do? She throws a lifesaver to Peter Svidler
by making this dubious move: 23...Qb6?! This inexplicable move causes
Judit Polgar to love the initative, a pawn and ultimately the game . But
one thing I'm surprised to see Judit Polgar do is exchange queens when
she was ahead. Isn't it a cardinal rule never to exchange queens when
you're ahead in development? Either Judit Polgar was dead set on
fighting for a draw or she didn't see farther enough due to time
troubles, perhaps? I don't know the game time limit for this one played
in France.

In any case, here's the variation I worked out had Judit Polgar chosen
it (in my opinion, of course).Why didn't WGM Judit Polgar try 23...Qa5!
which I thought would have been a much stronger move. The rest of my
variation runs 24.Bxc4 bc 25.Nxc4 Qc7 26.Nb5 Qxc2 27.Qxc2 Rxc2 28.Nd7
Rd8 29.Nb6 Ng7 30.Nxa4 Rxh2 and Judit Polgar would have maintained the
initative and exerted uncomfortable pressure against Peter Svidler's
White pieces.






Well, they're going to have to clarify that point because I've seen
Susan Polgar addressed as both GM and WGM so help me out. I'm sorry if I
addressed her incorrectly using the wrong title, but I was under the
impression she's a WGM. Besides, saying WGM makes it easier for me to
filter out the women from the men in my databases.
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