Jan-07-12 R Brien vs W Hodges, 1851
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JimmyVermeer: The tournament book gives Brien's 22nd move as Rc1, which is ambiguous. Are we certain it was Rac1 and not Rfc1?
The book also says Brien resigned on the 26th move.
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| | Sep-17-11 Staunton vs E Williams, 1851 
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JimmyVermeer: White should have played Kg1 on his 36th move. After this, Black could have won more quickly with 36 Qh4? Bg3! 37 Re7+ Kf8 38 Qxf6+ Qxf6 39 Re3 f4 40 Rf3 Qe6 41 Rf1 Kg8 42 Kg1 Qe3+ 43 Kh1 f3 44 b3 f2 45 a4 Qe1 46 Rxe1 fxe1Q#
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| | Sep-11-11 Anderssen / Horwitz / Kling vs Staunton / Boden / Kipping, 1857
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JimmyVermeer: After the London tournament of 1851, Staunton had challenged Anderssen to a rematch. Did this rematch ever get played?
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| | Aug-26-11 Elijah Williams
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JimmyVermeer: Rumi, the famous "Immortal Game" between Anderssen and Kieseritzky was played with the black pieces moving first. In those days, it was not a strongly enforced rule that White had to move first.
According to Wikipedia, Staunton once told Williams, "You're not just supposed to ...
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| | Sep-27-10 Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980
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JimmyVermeer: Forced mate in 42:
184 Qxf6 Kf3 185 Qe5 Qc4+ 186 Kg7 Qg4+ 187 Kf8 Qb4+ 188 Qe7 Qb8+ 189 Kg7 Qg3+ 190 Kf7 Qh2 191 Qa3+ Ke4 192 f6 Kd5 193 Qa6 Qh7+ 194 Kf8 Qh6+ 195 Ke7 Qe3+ 196 Kf7 Qg3 197 Qb7+ Kd4 198 Kf8 Qd6+ 199 Ke8 Kc3 200 Qf3+ Kd2 201 f7 Qe6+ 202 Kf8 Qb6 203 Kg7 Qg1+ 204 ...
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| | Sep-19-10 Lipschutz vs Bird, 1889
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JimmyVermeer: <JonathanJ> well there were over 50 moves without a capture: between moves 51 and 107. Black's 59th move would have reset the count.
So there was no draw by the 50-move rule, but at 7 occasions during this game there could have been a draw by repeated position. They ...
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| | Aug-09-10 O Cvitan vs Short, 1981
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JimmyVermeer: <poktirity>, the finish is as follows:
23 Nf6 (forced mate in 13) Qe8 24 Qg6 Bxf6 25 exf6 Qe7 26 e5 d5 27 Qg7+ Ke8 28 Bb5+ Bc6 29 Bxc6+ Kd8 30 fxe7+ Kc7 31 Bxa8 b5 32 e8Q Kb6 33 Qb8+ Ka6 34 Qb7+ Ka5 35 Qxa7#
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| | Aug-08-10 Veitch vs J Penrose, 1950
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JimmyVermeer: <patzer2>, Viswanathan Anand would agree with you about 5 Bg2. He played it 3 times against Topalov in the 2010 World Championship match, winning twice and drawing once with it. By the way, I am curious what it means when chessgames.com gives the location of the game as ...
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| | Jul-29-10 Fressinet vs Kosteniuk, 2007
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JimmyVermeer: White's 228th move was a mistake in that it gives Black a forced mate in 13. Rh8 would have been better, as would claiming a draw under the 50-move rule. Black's 233rd move was a mistake, as it once again permits a draw. Ra7 would have been better. White's 235th move was a ...
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| | Jun-20-10 S Sery vs Z Vecsey, 1921
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JimmyVermeer: runners, if White doesn't play 18 Qxf7+ in your line, it's a draw, not a win for Black.
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