This position is slightly modified from a club game between M. Feldman and M. Noonan. White had a commanding lead, but tried to attack black too quickly and became entangled in a messy fight. How can black get the big kill?
Author mattn Created 2003-03-25
Difficulty 2 kyu (history) Source N/A
AVG solve time 58 sec Stars 3  (6 votes)
User attempts 268 / 2211 Collections Amateur Game
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Created 2003-03-25
Source N/A
Stars 3  (6 votes)
Collections Amateur Game
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User Attempts
Name When Result Path
2024-03-03 04:54:18 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
2024-02-21 07:54:03 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 H2 H7 K1
2024-01-22 10:47:05 Failed K3 L1 K1
2024-01-06 22:52:56 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 J2
2023-11-28 14:48:03 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 H2 H7 K1
shamerrus 2023-11-21 16:37:40 Failed J1 L1 H2 K2 K1
2023-11-20 22:51:14 Got It N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3 M3
ranka 2023-09-18 14:01:03 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
ranka 2023-09-18 14:00:52 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
ranka 2023-09-18 14:00:42 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
ranka 2023-09-18 14:00:33 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
ranka 2023-09-18 14:00:16 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M3
ranka 2023-09-18 14:00:06 Failed K1
ranka 2023-09-18 13:59:54 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M1
2023-09-15 14:30:27 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
shamerrus 2023-08-16 10:08:17 Failed B9
2023-07-27 01:11:58 Failed J2 L1
2023-07-08 22:35:20 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
Tom/beta 2023-07-08 01:28:54 Failed K3 L1 K1
2023-07-07 07:29:59 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 H7
2023-06-15 15:09:01 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2023-06-11 04:23:09 Failed J1 L1 N2
2023-06-07 19:26:39 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2023-05-20 07:40:31 Got It N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3 M3
2023-05-19 14:11:24 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 M1
2023-05-19 09:59:25 Failed J1 L1 K1 H2
shamerrus 2023-05-15 16:15:56 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
2023-05-11 13:27:59 Failed H7
2023-04-20 01:48:23 Failed J1 L1 K1 H2
2023-03-27 02:22:31 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2022-12-04 11:43:05 Failed K3 L1 K1
2022-09-19 15:19:03 Failed K3 L1 K1
2022-04-07 10:14:58 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H2
:go 2022-02-03 15:40:06 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 M1
2021-12-18 11:22:29 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
2021-11-03 15:17:58 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M3
2021-10-01 10:56:05 Failed J1 L1 H2 K2 K3 K1 J2
2021-08-08 16:17:34 Failed N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 N1
BartTM 2021-06-16 09:51:15 Failed J1 L1 K3
2021-05-14 01:46:26 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
2021-02-24 21:21:53 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H2
ranka 2021-01-24 05:44:26 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
edegroot 2020-11-26 21:24:49 Failed J1 L1 K1 H2
2020-08-12 13:47:26 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 K1 H7 H2
2020-06-14 09:12:25 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
ranka 2020-01-04 13:31:26 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
ranka 2020-01-04 12:43:48 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2019-11-18 19:07:18 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 K8
2019-09-20 18:43:41 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
shimitaku 2019-03-23 10:07:36 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2016-11-13 16:16:26 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
2016-03-30 12:45:22 Failed N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 N1
2015-10-21 04:43:56 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2015-05-13 12:08:36 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2015-05-12 23:54:10 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 J2
pento 2015-05-02 08:50:49 Failed E15
2015-04-02 14:33:08 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2015-04-02 01:24:50 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
briv 2015-02-27 21:53:08 Failed J1 L1 N1
2015-02-07 00:50:10 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2014-08-21 15:46:56 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
2014-08-05 03:03:19 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 J1
2014-07-31 15:29:33 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 J1
2014-07-25 00:39:14 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1
pento 2014-03-30 16:51:58 Failed E15
Piccolo 2014-01-25 06:18:46 Failed M1
2013-05-16 12:36:22 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
2013-05-12 03:27:35 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
2013-02-21 16:05:23 Got It N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3
2012-10-03 04:49:51 Failed K3 L1 K1
2012-09-07 10:51:36 Failed N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3
2012-03-18 10:42:16 Failed J1 L1 O2
2012-02-05 20:14:15 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
2012-02-05 20:13:56 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
—´000 2012-01-05 00:06:12 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
—´000 2012-01-05 00:05:38 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H7
krt 2012-01-02 19:53:05 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
krt 2012-01-02 19:52:48 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H7
2011-09-14 12:47:58 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H7
Spica 2011-09-13 12:10:42 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
2010-09-26 15:32:32 Failed J1 L1 K3
2010-08-19 12:41:22 Failed M1
2009-07-28 14:02:12 Failed K3 L1 K1
SolarBear 2009-07-01 15:56:53 Failed E15
fouk 2009-04-18 02:45:10 Failed K16
2009-04-10 05:18:55 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 J2 H1
2007-09-29 15:26:29 Failed J1 L1 N2
Hagios 2007-09-20 00:13:31 Failed F4
ketran0 2007-04-07 20:39:24 Failed J1 L1 H2 K2 K3 K1
switch 2006-08-05 03:23:43 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1 A19
hello 2006-04-24 13:43:23 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
2006-04-06 20:16:35 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 M3
2006-03-30 07:03:41 Failed N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 N1
2006-03-11 11:10:21 Failed J2 L1
2006-02-06 16:19:41 Failed E4
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:36:03 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:35:53 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:35:41 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:35:31 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:35:20 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M1
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:35:11 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 O1
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:34:57 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M3
Field Mouse 2005-11-05 11:34:30 Failed M1
MrMoto 2005-04-27 15:17:23 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
MrMoto 2005-04-27 15:03:25 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 K1 H7 H6 K8 H7 F4
Hans 2005-04-22 12:04:04 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
2005-01-25 23:29:09 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
2005-01-24 21:39:15 Failed K11
julien_wiesel 2004-08-17 03:58:20 Failed E15
2003-10-06 11:15:40 Failed J2 L1
2003-08-08 09:26:54 Failed E4
BartTM 2003-06-13 03:42:42 Failed E15
Spirit 2003-04-16 12:41:25 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 P2
2003-04-15 01:47:14 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
Daniel 2003-03-25 11:30:08 Failed N2 O2 L1
Hans 2003-03-25 10:30:36 Failed J1 L1 H2
Hans 2003-03-25 09:52:06 Failed F15
2003-03-25 07:59:24 Failed J2
Count Result Path
15 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M1
11 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1
8 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
6 Failed K3 L1 K1
5 Failed E15
4 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
3 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H7
3 Failed J1 L1 K1 H2
3 Failed N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 N1
3 Failed M1
2 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 J1
2 Failed J1 L1 K3
2 Failed J1 L1 N2
2 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 H2
2 Failed J2 L1
2 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M1
2 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M3
2 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
2 Got It N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3 M3
2 Failed E4
2 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 H2 H7 K1
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 J2
1 Failed H7
1 Failed J1 L1 N1
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 J2
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 K8
1 Failed J2
1 Failed J1 L1 H2 K2 K1
1 Failed K1
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 K1 H7 H2
1 Failed B9
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 H7
1 Failed J1 L1 H2 K2 K3 K1 J2
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 M3
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3 J2 M1
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 M1
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 M3
1 Failed F15
1 Failed J1 L1 H2
1 Failed N2 O2 L1
1 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O3 M3
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 P2
1 Failed J2 L1
1 Failed K11
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 M3 J2 K1 H7 H6 K8 H7 F4
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 O1
1 Got It L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1
1 Failed L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N2 O2 N1 O1 M1 A19
1 Failed J1 L1 H2 K2 K3 K1
1 Failed F4
1 Got It N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 M1 O3 J2 H1
1 Failed K16
1 Failed N2 O2 N1 O1 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1
1 Failed J1 L1 O2
1 Failed N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3
1 Got It N2 O2 L1 K3 K2 J1 J2 H1 N1 O3