Feb-21-11 A E Post vs F J Lee, 1905 
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Killingsworth: Good to see LIFE Master AJ posting. Hope everything is going well for you. You're in my and my family's thoughts. Side note... yeah, Qe8+ was a bit more difficult than we usually expect from a Monday.
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| | Jan-28-11 F Trois vs C Amado, 1975
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Killingsworth: On 33. Rc1 black responds with 33. ... Rd8 winning quickly.
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| | Jan-21-11 LIFE Master AJ chessforum
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Killingsworth: Wow, AJ. I knew we hadn't been seeing your commentary on the Problems of the Day. Was beginning to wonder where you were. Very sorry to hear about your sisters and your loss. Thoughts, prayers, and positive karma is sent your way.
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| | Jan-20-11 A Kolev vs Judit Polgar, 1993
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Killingsworth: I think one thing that bothers me is the discription of Ra1+ as a sac. It's not really a sac. it is a deflection of the bishop to clear the a3 square for the queen.
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| | Jan-19-11 A Neumann vs Przepiorka, 1904
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Killingsworth: This appears to be more of a Sunday/Monday puzzle. Two lines, forced moves. Mate in 2 or mate in 3. Many of the games from 100+ years previous appear to be compositions.
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| | Nov-02-09 Euwe vs Wiersma, 1920
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Killingsworth: A prayer that all our games be this easy. Instant solution.
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| | Oct-14-09 S Iuldachev vs Aronian, 2004
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Killingsworth: I think that Monday and Tuesday we were all looking a bit too deep. The simple initial positional and material advantage was all it took for the win. Today's puzzle was a neurological slackers dream.
Rh4 with everything forced afterwards.
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| | Oct-07-09 A Giri vs F A Cuijpers, 2009
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Killingsworth: Qe5. No exclam, just the correct move to win.
I agree that this is a bit too easy for a midweek puzzle. Nice theme though.
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| | Sep-17-05 Rachels vs D Gurevich, 1989
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Killingsworth: Stuart Rachels is now a assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama. I had the pleasure of sitting across the chessboard with Stuart on many occassions many years ago. Whne we played skittles he would look at a blunder by an opponent and just touch one of ...
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