Apr-12-13 Adams vs Kasparov, 2005 
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DWINS: I let Stockfish take a look at the position after 27.Qxc2 and it gives the best continuation as 27... Rfc8 28.Qd2 Bxe4+ 29.fxe4 Qxa4 30.Bd1 Qxe4+ 31.Ka2 Rxb2+ 32.Qxb2 Bxb2 with a huge advantage (-20.52). Note that the bishop can't be taken because of mate in six: 33.Kxb2 Qd3 34.Ka2 ...
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| | Apr-11-13 Kasparov vs Seirawan, 1996
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DWINS: <al wazir, morfishine>, 31.Rg8 wins against all defenses except one. Unfortunately, that one defense practically equalizes for Black. According to Houdini, 31.Rg8 R6a7 32.Nh5 Qxg8 33.Nf6+ Kf7 34.Nxg8 Kxg8 leaves white with a tiny advantage (0.28).
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| | Apr-10-13 Kasparov vs Yurtaev, 1981
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DWINS: FWIW, Houdini prefers <FSR's> line. After 29.Rxh5 gxh5 30.Ne4!, Black is toast. The knight blocks the fourth rank allowing the combination to succeed. Black's Queen is attacked and has no good square to move to. 30...Qf8 leads to a mate in six starting with 31.Qg5+, while other ...
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| | Apr-10-13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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DWINS: <teddysalad: Did Spassky ever comment on why he resigned so early in this game?> He resigned because his position is hopeless. He either gets mated or loses a bunch of pawns. The people who believe he could have fought for a draw were probably referring to the position before he
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| | Mar-21-13 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935
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DWINS: <lost in space>, 20...Qe8 is perfectly fine as is 20...a6, 20...Rb8, 20...Qd8, 20...Kg8, as well as Alekhine's 20...Bf6. This is an even position and is not the critical one in the game. Don't get fooled into thinking it is just because Euwe played the flashy 21.Nxf5. Alekhine ...
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| | Mar-16-13 Fischer vs Larsen, 1971
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DWINS: <Helloween>, I don't think your line works. Instead of 38.Bb6, White wins with 38.Rc1!
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| | Mar-10-13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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DWINS: <toreohm>, 42.Ke1 Qxb4+ 43.Kd1 Qb3+ 44.Ke1 b4 is quite lost for White. Black will place his Queen on c2 simultaneously threatening mate on e2, the bishop on c1, and pushing the passed b and c pawns. White has no way to defend.
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| | Mar-08-13 Fischer vs Mednis, 1957
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DWINS: After reading all the posts about the merits of 33.Nxa3 vs 33.Qf7+, I cranked up Stockfish and let it take a look at the position. It turns out that there is virtually no difference in Stockfish's evaluation of the two moves. At depth 27, 33.Qf7+ (19.95) and 33.Nxa3 (19.83). However, ...
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| | Feb-28-13 Golombek vs Flohr, 1935
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DWINS: 11.e3? was the fatal mistake. According to Stockfish, Black has an advantage of (-5.01) after 11...Rd8. White should have played 11.Qf4 Rd8 12.e4 b6 13.Be2 Re8 14.f3 f5 15.O-O (-0.12) with a level game.
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| | Feb-21-13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1992
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DWINS: <pojtr>, if 33.Qc3 Nxc1 34.Qa3 and according to Houdini the position is absolutely dead even (0.00). A representative line might be 34...f6 35.Nc2 fxg5 36.hxg5 Nb3 37.Qxb3 Qxg5
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