Category Archives: Ribli
Bundesliga 2012–13 Rd10-Ribli(HUN)
TWIC 955
Ribli energetically exploited the bishop pair and pawn center to win a model game.
Ribli,Z (2554) – Tazbir,M (2555)
Anti-Grunfeld[A15]
Bundesliga 2012–13 Eppingen GER (10), 24.02.2013
Position 1
- 18.a4(to continue with a5-a6 to press the queenside in cooperation with the bishops)
- 18.Nb5(to exploit the undefended a7 pawn and then Nd4 for a powerful centralization)
- 18.h4(to continue with h5 and open a second front on the kingside given the absence of defenders)
- Something else
Bundesliga 2012-13(TWIC 952), GM Ribli
Here is a recent Bundesliga game(TWIC 952) played by the veteran GM Ribli.
Black allowed the crippling of his queenside pawn structure and then got the wrong end of a good knight vs. bad bishop ending and never recovered.
Black has just advanced aggressively in the center with 14…e4. How should white respond?
TCh-AUT 2012-13 GM Ribli(HUN)
Here is an instructive game from veteran GM Ribli who grinds out a long R-R ending that is a theoretical draw but still is worth playing out.
Positon 1
Black is a pawn down but kept the rook active. The kingside pawns have been arranged optimally after 35..h5 so if white tries to advance with h3/g4 black will trade off a pair of pawns with …hg and the draw will be one step closer.
How should white start the winning attempt off?
White to Play
Position 2
The defense is going as planned for black. The queenside pawns have been liquidated and now a set of kingside pawns will be liquidated. White advanced on the kingside and after 42.g4 hg, white must decide how to recapture.
What do you suggest?
White to Play
Position 3
Black has been defending stubbornly for 87 moves now. What should black do now?
- 88…Ke5 activating the king and attacking the e4 pawn
- 88…Rg1+ forcing the king to retreat or go to the h-file and be marooned
- Something else
Black to Play
TCh-SLO 2012 GM Ribli
Here is an instructive game played by veteran GM Ribli from the recent Slovenian TCh.
The game features a R-R ending where Ribli(white) eventually converted an extra pawn. However, an examination of the game shows many instructive points.
Black did not simply roll over and lose and white did not wave his magic grandmaster wand and cast a rook ending spell over the board. Black had to make a series of tough defensive decisions and was eventually not able to make enough correct decisions.
White too did not not play a perfect game but, in the end any inaccuracies did not affect the result of the game.
Ribli,Z (2554) – Zupe,M (2323)
Closed Catalan[E08]
22nd TCh-SLO 2012 Slovenia SLO (6), 02.12.2012
Position 1
Black is in check. How should black respond?
-40…Kxc5 winning a pawn but allows 41.Rd7 with havoc on the 7th rank
-40…Kc7 keeping the 7th rank under control.
Black to Play
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47.Kf3 activating the king
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47.g4 to threaten h5 fixing the kingside
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47.Re4+ putting the question to black of where the king will go. Then white will play according to what black answers
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47.Rb4 threatening dangerous checks from the side
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Something else
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