May-25-13 C Frick vs Suba, 2012 
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Jamboree: LM AJ: Yes, but as I pointed out, this is vastly deeper and more complicated than the simple game line. Even in the 13-move combination (starting with 33. ... Ng5+ and ending with 46. ...Bc5) provided by Fritz, a person would have to keep calculating to see that there is no way for
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| | May-08-13 T Abrahamyan vs C Baginskaite, 2013
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Jamboree: Black should have played on even after her queen was trapped because after 19. Nf3 then 19. ... Nxf2!? gives white many chances to counter-blunder. For example, 20. Nxh2 Bd3+!? and if white thoughtlessly tries to "run away" with 21. Kg1 then Ng4+ and suddenly black is back in the ...
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| | May-08-13 S Chiang vs I Krush, 2013
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Jamboree: White was actually doing perfectly fine and even had a slightly better position as late as move 25, six moves before the game ended...but then a series of semi-dubious moves culminated in 29. Qb3??, losing everything. In general, higher-rated players just shuffle the pieces around ...
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| | Apr-14-13 Dreev vs K Landa, 2013
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Jamboree: This definitely counts as one of the most amazing games of the year so far -- I'm surprised almost no one has commented on it (at least yet!) How often do you see a double-rook sacrifice, then a reverse counter double-rook sacrifice (to avoid mate), and then FOUR queens, and 107 ...
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| | Apr-06-13 V Tukmakov vs E Magerramov, 1983
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Jamboree: I also saw the exact game line almost immediately thinking it led to mate -- but now that I actually play through the game, the mating combination seems to fail! Can someone explain to me where the mate for black would be if white hadn't resigned but instead played 28. Bxe3!?!?! ? ...
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| | Mar-22-13 Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2013
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Jamboree: Oh, Boris Boris Boris! You panicked in time trouble and threw away a winning position. FIrst of all, 24. ... Nf6! must have come as quite a shock to Grischuk, totally outwitting his attempt at a brilliancy, thwarting the attack and winning a pawn instead. But the epic blunder, ...
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| | Mar-12-13 D Saxton vs H Ohman, 1947
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Jamboree: Since USCF Elo ratings were first established in 1960, and FIDE Elo ratings not until 1970, then how did a guy in 1947 get a 2077 rating? Was he a time traveler? If someone at Chessgames has the time, energy and patience, I recommended fixing the following two systemic glitches in ...
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| | Mar-11-13 S Swaminathan vs E Kaya, 2013
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Jamboree: 10. ... Nd4?? was an amateur-level blunder instantly losing the game.
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| | Feb-27-13 A Lavrousky vs F Paradis, 1999
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Jamboree: Not to point out the obvious or anything, but black made about ten "??"-level blunders in this game -- and played pretty weak for all the other moves too. White, in comparison, only made about three blunders, and so won easily.
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| | Feb-08-13 Ganguly vs M Panarin, 2013
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Jamboree: If this tournament is anything to go by, in Russia being rated 2550 is like being rated 1900 anywhere else. All the 2550s get gobbled up by 2600s like dots in a PacMan game. Dime a dozen.
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