Jan-19-04 InspiredByMorphy : This is an amazing game by black. I said wow at least three different times. Note the domination of whites queenside pieces and the quick development black uses. The sac of the Knight is great. Jan-19-04

technical draw : Wow is right. This is a great game. Strange position for the King on the winning side! Jan-20-04 ughaibu : It's great fun isn't it. I can just imagine white planning some stodgy Lopez following the book for umpteen moves then building a slow initiative to transform into a slightly better endgame etc, then black hits him with this. Jan-20-04 Cyphelium : White could try 18. Bxd3. Black is then an exchange up and white is severly underdeveloped, but it at least it looks like white doesn't lose immediatly. 18.- dxe5 19. Bb5 and it's still not completely clear. Jan-20-04 ughaibu : How about 18....Rh6 threatening Bf3? Jan-20-04

Honza Cervenka : 20.Qxd7 Qxf1+ 21.Kh2 Qf4+ 22.Kg1 Bxd6 23.Qf5+ doesn't help for 23...Qxf5 24.exf5 Bg3 and white is absolutely helpless against threatening Rh8-e8-e1#. Jan-20-04 Cyphelium : <ughaibu> Well, I don't know if I really want to defend white's position! =) Still, I'll give it a try. 18. Bxd3 Rh6 19. Bb5 and now 19.- Bf3 doesn't seem to work because of 20. Qc7+ Ke6 21. Bc4+ Kxe5 22. d4+ Kxe4 23. Nd2+ and Nxf3 next. Black can try improving on this by playing 21.- d5, but then 22. exd5+ kind of works. Maybe black can continue 22.- Kf5 23. Bd3+ (23. Qxf7+ Rf6!) 23.- Kg5 24. Qxd8+ f6 25. gxf3 Qxf3+ but I don't get the perpetual to work. Perhaps something else on move 22? Jan-20-04 ughaibu : Right, not as easy as it looks. How about 18....Bf3 19.f3 Qf3 followed by Qd3? Jan-21-04 Cyphelium : It looks like black is winning then, I think. I wanted to play 18.- Bf3 19. exd6+, when 19.- Rxd6 20. Qc7+ Rd7? 21. Qe5+ Kd8 22. Qb8+ is a draw, but black can play 20.- Kf6! 21. e5+ Kg5! and then he just wins: 22. gxf3+ Qxf3+ 23. Kh2 Rxd3. The conclusion must be that that after 18. Bxd3, white is clearly losing after all. May-07-04 Whitehat1963 : Isn't there a better move than 16. Rd1? How about Re3 or Qc6+ right away? May-07-04

Chessical : <Whitehat1963> I believe that Ujtumen was desperately trying to divert the B away from covering d7. His position has imploded at this point anyway. <16.Re3> simply loses the B without any compensation as the R lacks any squares. May-07-04 GufeldStudent : What happens after f4 instead of h3, to stop the N from having e5. I thought that Qh4 might come, but then h3 looks good. Then Nf5 d3 with idea Nd2 Nf3 Bg5 seems interesting. Bxh3 ideas may crop in, but seem only good for perpetual, at best. I think this is a great game, but without e5 the N seems like wasted time. The only justication is getting the Q out, but I do not know if that is good enough reason to lose so much time. May-07-04 GufeldStudent : Nevermind, f4 Qb6 is good. I suppose c3 is just a bad move. He should play d3 like a normal person. f4 weakens the king too much. May-07-04

Chessical : <GufeldStudent> After 9.f4 Qh4! <10.h3> the N does not have to retreat. If Black's white squared bishop recaptures, the White Q must move away from the Re1 which is threatened by the Black Q. So with the tempo he could consider: 9.f4 Qh4 10.h3 <b5> !? White's unprotected R is a real problem for him. May-07-04 ughaibu : GufeldStudent: I've played this line several times and I find 10.d3 the toughest move to deal with. Jun-11-04 GufeldStudent : Still, this game is a masterpiece, even if white's opening play is bad Dec-08-04 Poisonpawns : What a game! I hope LifeMaster AJ gets a hold of this one, it would be fun to analyze! Another gem for the fan of the Birds Ruy lopez! Jan-23-05 GreenDayGuy : White gets into so much trouble just because of that pawn on d3. None of his pieces get can out to stop the checkmate threat. Jan-23-05 weirdoid : 15. Qxb7 looks like appalingly (desperately?) greedy considering how threatened White's K side is. Why not 15. Rd1? After, say, 15 ... Be2 sure it is no fun, but seems like there is still some fight. Or, is there an immediate destruction in this line which T. U. was trying desperately to avoid? Jan-24-05 GreenDayGuy : <weirdoid> Maybe he just didn't want to be down material, or 15...Be2 was just too strong of a threat. Jan-25-05 ughaibu : If the point of 15.Rd1 is to keep the rook covered by the queen it amounts to tying down the queen and as that's white's only active piece it doesn't look a very promising course. Jan-26-05 InspiredByMorphy : White went wrong in the opening and black capitolized beautifully. 8.d3 would have treated white much better. Compare the difference in the following game where white plays 8.d3 and black responds similarly to this game with 8. …Ng5 intending 9. …Ne4 . By playing 8.d3 white gets in a much more effective f4 a few moves later. Vasilii Sava vs A Chirpii, 2001 Jan-26-05 InspiredByMorphy : Heres a fun miniature from the mighty Bronstein where his opponent plays 10.d3 . Servat Roberto vs Bronstein, 1987 Jun-05-08 Poisonpawns : Here Is A Powerful game played by the great Anatoly Lein in The Birds Defense of the Ruy lopez.Very Enjoyable. Apr-24-12 Robeson : "Heres a fun miniature from the mighty Bronstein where his opponent plays 10.d3" Mighty is subjective. That game was played by the strong Luis Bronstein but not the mighty David Bronstein, which is what I think you assumed.