Aug-17-09 R Knaak vs J Fernandez, 1978 
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: I was so hoping that this was not the real Monday puzzle. I kept clicking on "search" every few minutes until the position changed.
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| | Aug-15-09 I Kurnosov vs V A Loginov, 2002
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: 17 Ncd5! impressed me. Black cannot play ...Qa5 because of Ne7#.
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| | Aug-02-09 Odd Lie
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: All right all right, I'll come clean! I was a compulsive chess player in my younger days, until my parents sent me to a special "camp" that tried to eliminate my chess-playing "tendences." The deprogramming was an almost-complete success. This explains my unfortunate ...
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| | Jul-27-09 W Fairhurst vs Menchik, 1935
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: Menchik clubbed.
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| | Jul-13-09 A Pomar-Salamanca vs L Gallegos, 1944
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: Black never knew what hit him.
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| | Jul-11-09 D Jakovenko vs Kramnik, 2009
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: On 31 Rd1, doesn't black have ...c3 ?
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| | Jul-09-09 Naiditsch vs D Jakovenko, 2009
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: <OhioChessFan: Someone say a eulogy for Jako.> You could always change your avatar to MJ's.
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| | Jul-09-09 I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: Ian Rogers is from Australia. He's an "Ozzie" (Aussie). (Rim shot.)
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| | Jul-03-09 Rybka vs Shredder, 2009
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: No, I was thinking of his brother, "Silicon Tigran" Rybka.
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| | Jul-03-09 D Jakovenko vs Naiditsch, 2009
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Gregor Samsa Mendel: <fm avari viraf: I think, Black will run out of checks & resign.>
If he doesn't run out of time first.
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