Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

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    [Event "Varennes int."]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2017.10.08"]
    [Round "4.7"]
    [White "Vetesse, Nicholas"]
    [Black "Vera, Reynaldo"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "B90"]
    [WhiteElo "2155"]
    [BlackElo "2446"]
    [PlyCount "49"]
    [EventDate "2017.10.06"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4
    Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1
    15. Rxh1 g6 16. Rh8+ Bf8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxe5 Qg2 20. Ne4 Nxe5
    21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Qxe5 Qf1+ 23. Kd2 Qxf2+ 24. Kc3 Bb7 25. Qc7# 1-0

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    Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

    Dramatic completion of the game. Please note that FM Nicholas Vettese finished sixth in the Open section of the Varennes International, preceded only by five GMs. Congratulations again Nicholas on your great tournament! Prize distribution calculations will be officially published soon.

    A whole group of cadet-age Montreal-area youngsters also achieved very respectable showings: 14-year-old FM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (3/5), 13-year-old FM Qiuyu Huang (3/5), 12-year-old Tyler Tanaka (2/5), 10-year-old Richard Zheng (3/5) and the nine-year-old CM Kevin Zhong (3/5), who made a draw against his very first GM, Reynaldo Vera, in Rd 5.

    Bravo to everyone and their parents!
    Last edited by Vadim Tsypin; Monday, 9th October, 2017, 02:03 PM. Reason: Orthography

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    • #3
      Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

      To be fair, he played brilliantly and was already completely winning... black could have as easily resigned.

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      • #4
        Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

        Even GMs sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

        October 9, 2017

        I've had a file folder on my desktop for more than two years entitled "missed mates". The title of this thread made me go to it and see what it contained. There seem to be three games where the GM was oblivious of mate coming until it was too late.

        Banja Luka, 1985
        Short, Nigel – Chiburdanidze, Maia
        B70 Sicilian, Dragon variation

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Kh1 Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bd7 12.Be3 b4 13.Na4 Rb8 14.a3 a5 15.Rf2 Qc7 16.Rd2 Nd8 17.axb4 Rxb4 18.Nc3 a4 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Bd4 Qb8 22.Nc5 Bb5 23.Nxb5 Qxb5 24.Be2 Qc6 25.c3 Rb8 26.Rxa4 Qc8 27.Be5 Bh6 28.Bxb8 Bxd2 29.Qxd2 Qxb8 30.Bf3 Qb5 31.b4 Qf1# 0-1

        Position after White’s 31st move b4



        9th Linares Anibal op
        Linares, Spain
        Round 2, March 1, 2002
        Beliavsky, Alexander – Johannessen, Leif Erlend
        D58 QGD, Tarakower System

        1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.a4 Bc8 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Rfc1 Nd7 17.Bf1 Qa8 18.Qd1 Rc8 19.g3 g6 20.Bg2 Bg7 21.Ne2 Qb8 22.Nf4 Qd6 23.Nd2 Rca8 24.Nb3 R5a7 25.Ra2 Nf8 26.Qc2 Bd7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rca1 Qb4 29.Nd3 Qb6 30.Qc3 Ne6 31.h4 Bc8 32.Rxa5 Rxa5 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Nxa5 Ba6 35.Qb4 Bb5 36.Nb3 Qa6 37.Ndc5 Nxc5 38.Nxc5 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Qa2 40.Qe1 h5 41.Bf1 Bf8 42.Nd3 Bd6 43.Kg2 Qc2 44.Qe2 Qb1 45.Qd2 Kg7 46.Be2 Bc4 47.Nf4 Bxf4 48.gxf4 Bb5 49.Qd1 Qf5 50.Bf3 Bd3 51.Kg3 Bc4 52.Kh2 Qf6 53.Kg3 Qf5 54.Qc1 Qd3 55.Kh2 Kh7 56.Qg1 Qc2 57.Bd1 Qd3 58.Bf3 Qc2 59.Kg3 Be2 60.Bg2 Bd3 61.Qa1 Be4 62.Qa7 Kg7 63.Qe7 Bxg2 64.Kxg2 Qe2 65.Qg5 Qd3 66.f5 Qe4+ 67.Kg3 Kh7 68.f3 Qb1 69.Kf4 Qb8# 0-1

        Position after White’s 69. Kf4



        Kramnik vs Deep Fritz
        Bonn, German
        Round 2, Nov. 27, 2006
        Deep Fritz (computer) – Kramnik, Vladimir
        D20 QGA

        1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.Nc3 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 a5 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Nc1 Ba6 12.Qe2 h6 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Nd7 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Rc1 O-O 17.O-O Rfc8 18.Qe2 c5 19.Nfd2 Qc6 20.Qh5 Qxa4 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Bxc5 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Qe4 Qd7 27.Nb3 Bb6 28.Rfd1 Qf7 29.Rf1 Qa7 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Nd4 a4 32.Nxe6 Bxe3+ 33.Kh1 Bxc1 34.Nxf8 Qe3 35.Qh7# 1-0

        Position after Black’s 34th Qe3

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        • #5
          Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

          To be fair with Nigel, he's known for playing until mate, with the reasoning that what happens on the board should be obvious to everyone, even mere beginners. That's a logic that has some merit. Nigel understands that he's got to give a show to attract sponsors.

          Kramnik's was a complete and, might I say, embarassing oversight. He was under no time pressure, the position was relatively simple. If I remember correctly, he even stood up after playing, not even realizing that he was being mated.

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          • #6
            Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

            As I recall, he headed over to the coffee table without a clue.
            Of course, that does not detract from his reputation as one of the finest players of the post-USSR era and the man who dethroned the mighty Kasparov.

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            • #7
              Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

              Even GMs sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

              October 9, 2017

              The Nigel Short game is discussed at

              http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1124084

              A comment in the Kibitzer’s Corner:

              Short mentions this mate in 1 blunder in his book, “Nigel Short’s Chess Skills”.

              Not owning a copy of this book, I have no way of verifying this.

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              • #8
                Re: Even GM's sometimes overlook that they're being mated in one......

                Even GMs sometimes overlook
                Last edited by Wayne Komer; Tuesday, 10th October, 2017, 01:14 PM.

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