Aug-22-12 Alburt vs Kasparov, 1978 
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Crowaholic: <Abdel Irada>: In your line (3.2), 61. ..Kf3 is superior to ..Ke1: 61. Kh2 Kf3 62. Kh1 f1=Q+ 63. Kh2 Qg2#
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| | Aug-20-12 V Mikhalevski vs R Gardner, 2012
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Crowaholic: Qe7+ or Qd8+? I'd say the move doesn't matter as long as it has the orthodoxy's approval.
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| | Jul-02-10 P Wiese vs H J Schulz, 2007
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Crowaholic: I missed the point of the Rf1 pin and refrained from separating my rooks with 24. ..Bd5+. And I thought 24. ..R8d2 would work, but 25. h4 seems to be the perfect antidote. In the correct move order, h4 does not help White, as Once and patzer2 have demonstrated.
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| | Jun-28-10 R Vera vs Lesiege, 2003
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Crowaholic: <goldfarbdj: 26. f6 is met by 26. ... Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qf8.> No, it's not. 27. ..Qf8 is an illegal move in this line. So Black is pretty much finished after 25. f5! because he will either lose a rook or his king. As for GER:ENG… the German commentator really confused me. First ...
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| | Jun-10-10 B Esen vs N Vitiugov, 2010
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Crowaholic: <So one plausible line would be 31...Rf3 32. Qc2? Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxe2 and black wins a rook.> I would rather say 32. ..h3! 33. g3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qxe2 with a quick checkmate. (If White does not play 34. Qxc3, Black responds with ..Qf3, e.g. 34. Qd1 Qf3! 35. Qf1 Rc1, or by ...
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| | May-28-10 A E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905
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Crowaholic: Why is this puzzle considered difficult? And how could White blunder by playing 98. Kc1 especially because Black tried to achieve a crazy rook stalemate before? Interposing one of the rooks is obviously necessary. <scormus> 98. ..Rb8! 99. Rd2 Rxb4+ = In fact, if there was ...
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| | May-27-10 Shirov vs Morozevich, 2001
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Crowaholic: Awesome! I'm smarter than Morozevich. ;) It took me only a few seconds because I knew this pattern from Dances with Smurfs (or something like that). 55. Kc2 (followed by Kd3, Ke4…) is a theoretical win.
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| | May-19-10 Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907
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Crowaholic: Shredder suggests 10. h3 where it is much harder for Black to win.
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| | May-16-10 M Sorokin vs Ulibin, 1986
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Crowaholic: It was too hard for me… so many side variations… and I peeked at the first two moves. Then I found 21. ..Nxf2 (threatening Qg3#) 22. Kxf2 d4 (threatening ..Qh2#) 23. Rd3 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 but was stuck again. The excellent move 24. ..Qg3 wins material and the game.
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| | May-14-10 K Aseev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002
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Crowaholic: This puzzle could have started a move earlier because every move other than 31. Qg1 leads to a quick mate, e.g. 31. Kg1 Bxh2+ is mate in 3.
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