May-07-13 J Negro vs Manuelli, 1983 
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Amarande: Bleah, how inelegant can I get.
Found Rh8+ didn't work, somehow missed Qxg6+ and Qh4, instead came up with 32 Rh6. At least it looks to win just as effectively as the others - on an indifferent move, there is 33 Rxg6+ fxg6 34 Qxg6+ Kh8 35 f7+ and mate at g7 or h6. Black can only ...
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| | May-04-13 Anderssen vs G Neumann, 1866
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Amarande: Indeed, move 72 was very easy for Black to slip at, and actually, according to the tablebase, Kd3 was no special error - the position is an only-move one, Qd5+! being the sole move to hold the win. (Six obviously bad Queen moves throw the game immediately, and all others, including
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| | Mar-23-13 M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1889
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Amarande: 9 a3 is understandable as 9 ... Nb4 is actually a fairly serious threat with the White development as it is. That move would threaten 10 ... Nxc2+, and it is virtually impossible for White to cover this square reasonably - the Queen cannot retreat to d1, and attempting to guard the
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| | Mar-22-13 L Shamkovich vs Simagin, 1968
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Amarande: <grasser> Most likely the result of suddenly failing health on the part of Black, as this appears to be Vladimir Simagin's final game. Simagin died of a heart attack during the Kislovodsk tournament. This was a tournament of 15 rounds, and this round 12 is the last one that a
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| | Mar-16-13 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (B00)
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Amarande: St. George. Hmmm.
For the most part this seems a virtual certainty to become a transpositional Sicilian, with few unique lines. Black needs to make that ... a6 move count, and as it doesn't directly help development at all (as, say, ... b6 does, allowing for the Queen's side ...
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| | Feb-23-13 M Kapelan vs Tarjan, 1983
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Amarande: Dang!
I saw that White's King was exposed, and that a check on the g-file would end him; similarly if Black's Queen could reach f4 safely, that would also be conclusive. Since the White DSB is the primary interfering factor in both of these I naturally quickly considered stabbing ...
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| | Feb-14-13 A Korotylev vs Z Izoria, 1998
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Amarande: The final mating position is somewhat reminding of the one from Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870 . Any other good examples of this pattern?
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| | Jan-24-13 NN vs E Canal, 1935
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Amarande: <Calculon: Is Ne2 the losing move or just one in a series of bad moves? It seems to serve no purpose; it costs a tempo to free the King's bishop.> It's generally not regarded as best (2 Nf3 typically is), and is something barely ever to be seen at high levels, but even to ...
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| | Jan-22-13 Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1854
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Amarande: <Oxspawn: Spent time looking at Qxf7 with a view to then taking the rook and using a discovered check to grab the black queen but could not make it work after 28. Nd6> Qxf7 was my first choice as well. It actually does win, but is much slower. :) 27 Qxf7+!? Rxf7 (else mate) ...
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| | Jan-09-13 K Kholodkevich vs Y Kots, 1951
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Amarande: Black 21 ... = potential mid-week puzzle.
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