Mar-04-09 A Hunt vs J Conlon, 2001 
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MUG: Why not simply 10.dxc6 ...?
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| | Feb-27-09 Fischer vs H Matthai, 1956
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MUG: Apparently this is Fischers longest ever tournament game.
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| | Jul-13-08 Plaskett vs Judit Polgar, 1988
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MUG: 5...e6 is actually a very dubious move. Black can get a perfectly good game after 5...Nd4 (avoiding any Bxc6 shenanigans from White).
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| | Jun-07-08 Bayle vs J Martenot, 1981
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MUG: It's an easy trick to fall into as Whites moves seem so natural. Probably best is to return the pawn with 4.g6 (instead of Bf4 or Bg5) then after 4...Nxe5 5.Nxe5 Qxe5 Bg2 sound development with 7.0-0, 8.Nc3 and 9.Bf4 should give White a good game. Whites last chance to save himself in ...
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| | Apr-26-08 Battle of the Brains II, 2008
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MUG:  Does anybody know what the current state in theory the following is in: 4...c5 5.Bd2!? I agree with others that we shouldn't fear the main lines of the Winawer, but it would be interesting to a least consider this ...
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| | Feb-03-08 Nakamura vs A Volokitin, 2005
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MUG: If 3.Qxc5 Nxe4 4.Qe3 d5 is pleasant for Black.
There is a nice review of this game in the book Chess Success: Planning After the Opening. No mention is made of the move 18.f4, however the author seems to be of the opinion that 19...Bg2 leads to a simpler win (e.g. 20.Rg1 exf3 21.Kf2 ...
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| | Jan-15-08 Kasparov vs Anand, 1994
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MUG: 'Threatening' to play the Closed Sicilian? ... Although he never actually has according to the database!
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| | Oct-25-07 Anand vs Galego, 1993
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MUG: 5...Qxd7 is a good place to start; it's better move then 5...Bxd7 as the Queen is more useful on d7 when looking to disrupt Whites centre with moves like ...b5, ...c6, and ...d6.
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| | Aug-18-07 Short vs Kasparov, 1993
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MUG: "This is the one moment in the game <move 37> when Nigel might have won. His move 37.g4 makes his pawns too inflexible. He really had to play 37.g3 with the plan of h4 to make a dangerous passed pawn." - Kasparov
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| | Aug-18-07 Kasparov vs Short, 1993
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MUG: <Minor: Kaspy offered Short a draw when he had 15 minutes left on the clock and Short had only 10. Short declined for some reason and they ran into severe time trouble in this game.> "Here <move 38> Kasparov offered me a draw but I felt I was a pawn up for nothing, so I said
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