May-20-13 P Larsen vs C Sielecki, 2011 
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Hot Logic: Look at their comparative ratings... I imagine Peter Larsen would have felt quite happy to get the draw himself. Not quite the right 'attitude' to have if you want to really improve your game, but quite common at every level.
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| | May-20-13 Christof Sielecki
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Hot Logic: I'd buy that book! He does such a good job explaining openings and games in his videos.
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| | Apr-18-13 Anand vs Morozevich, 2000
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Hot Logic: <Whitehat1963>
It is not a forced line directly from the position where Morozevich resigned, however it IS completely losing, not only is Black completely deprived of any chance of counterplay on the queenside by the blocked pawn structure (his knight there seems badly ...
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| | Apr-13-13 A Marshall vs Z Peng, 2008
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Hot Logic: 21.Ra3 looks better than the text I think.
Also, Peng had the draw by repetition is a position where she was a piece down, why didn't she take the draw? Did she think that just because she was higher rated that the win belonged to her?
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| | Apr-05-13 S Swaminathan vs E Kaya, 2013
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Hot Logic: Following the horrible 10...Nd4??
Black should have just resigned after 12.Rxe5+ rather than playing on in a hopelessly busted position. I can only speculate that the team captain was hoping her opponent would be kidnapped by aliens and forced Black to play on.
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| | Apr-05-13 Z Abdumalik vs Qi Guo, 2013
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Hot Logic: 14.Rxh7 looks like an unsound (and premature) sacrifice. It is hard to fathom why White did not try to at least double rooks on the h-file before launching the attack.
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| | Apr-05-13 P Rout vs D Saduakassova, 2013
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Hot Logic: <310metaltrader>
I think the weakening 15...f5 was Black's real mistake, since it seems hard for White's lone queen to make strong threats from h6. It was an unnecessary weakening of Black's kingside. 22...Kh8 was necessary due to the threat of a Qg5+ manoeuvre after ...
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| | Mar-31-13 Judit Polgar vs Shirov, 1995
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Hot Logic: <Whitehat1963>
After 17...N8f6?? 18.Rd1! and it is a fiasco for Black. Black's Knight is skewered behind the Queen by White's Rook. Plus Black either gets mated or loses heinous amounts of material.
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| | Mar-25-13 Zurich Chess Challenge (2013)
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Hot Logic: <moronovich>
Was that a pun? :)
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| | Mar-25-13 Khurtsidze vs S Swaminathan, 2013
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Hot Logic: The ending of this game was extremely painful to watch.
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