Jun-10-13 Gelfand vs Short, 1990
| |
|
Bowen Island: Black's more active pieces end up dominating the board, for example, Black's Queen goes from d8 to a5 to d5 to h5 to h4 to f2 to e1 in the final 15 moves!
|
|
| | Jun-10-13 Short vs Gelfand, 1992 
| |
|
Bowen Island: Pun of the day? How about: "The Long and the Short of it!" Nigel started off with a good position but fell short at the end.
|
|
| | Jun-01-13 Pelletier vs A S Hagen, 2013
| |
|
Bowen Island: To check out a detailed analysis of this game, over 40 minutes in length, then visit the ICC site and watch Joel Benjamin's analysis.
|
|
| | May-17-13 Spielmann vs Duras, 1912
| |
|
Bowen Island: Perhaps Duras was short on time and quickly blitzing out his remaining moves.
|
|
| | May-11-13 Pirc vs Spielmann, 1931
| |
|
Bowen Island: In Spielmann's "The Art of Sacrifice in Chess" he recommends 20 f4 as an improvement over Rd6.
|
|
| | Apr-06-13 Igor V Glek
| |
|
Bowen Island: As a well known opening theoretician it is to be assumed that he may have focused on certain openings in specific periods in his life and thus appear to have a fairly modest repertoire. He undoubtedly immersed himself in these openings, understood them well and played them out ...
|
|
| | Apr-05-13 Glek vs Rozentalis, 1994
| |
|
Bowen Island: 18. e5, what a great move, opening up the position and starting a series of threats keying on double attacks which would expose the Black Queen.
|
|
| | Apr-05-13 Glek vs W Maes, 1992
| |
|
Bowen Island: Quite an instructive squeeze with his Knight and Rooks to win a pawn in the endgame.
|
|
| | Apr-04-13 W Watson vs T Nielsen, 1988
| |
|
Bowen Island: Minor slip up in the game, Black can play 34. ... Qxb2 mate. The same moves appear in Lane's Vienna Game book, without comment. A game score slip-up, a loss on time...?
|
|
| | Apr-04-13 Glek vs F Kroeze, 1996
| |
|
Bowen Island: Also analyzed by Gary Lane in "Vienna Game", Everyman, 2000,(Game 55) pg 105.
|
|
| | | indicates a reply to the comment. | |
