Apr-30-06 Speelman vs Hartston, 1975
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Nobutitis: 24...Kf8 isn't forced. The BQ is
not tied to it's post, since after
24 Re1 Qb6! can be played: 25 Rxe7
Rxe7 26 Qxe7 Rxd5 =, or 25 Rd7 Rc5
26 c4 Qb4 counter-attacking White's
own weak pawns again.
You were right the first time.
White really should have waited ...
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| | Apr-29-06 Speelman vs Fedorowicz, 1979
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Nobutitis: Maybe 19...Qg4 20 Qxf3 Qxf3
21 gxf3 Rxf6 22 Rb7 Rxf3 (or 22...Rf8) 23 Nb6! etc. White seems
to be winning material.
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| | Apr-29-06 Speelman vs Miles, 1979
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Nobutitis: White is actually won in the final
position, since there's no way to
stop the a-pawn without giving back
a piece: 43...Nc5 44 Bb7! Nxb7
45 a6 Bc8 46 a7! queens!
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| | Apr-29-06 Speelman vs T K Hemingway, 1972 
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Nobutitis: A shocker right on the final move -
30...Ne4!! - that needed to be found.
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| | Apr-18-06 Speelman vs Keene, 1973
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Nobutitis: Sorry for that extended hiatus.
Many of us here in the states are
frequently forced to take extended
vacations in what might be called
'homeless land'. As you may know, Ray, this is in general a somewhat
barbaric nation (look at it's history,viz; industrial ...
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| | Mar-31-06 Speelman vs M Haygarth, 1974
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Nobutitis: Even tho I don't see much - maybe
nothing, after 28...Rxe6!
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| | Mar-31-06 Wade vs Speelman, 1973
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Nobutitis: Is it appropriate to insert
Speelman's 'What a load of rubbish!'
here?
Wade was actually quite a tough player.
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| | Mar-31-06 Speelman vs Timman, 1973
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Nobutitis: Yeah, it was Kasparov-Anand from
Linares '94, and was actually the
same opening as here: a Benko-Sozin.
Garry played the standard 7 Nb3 and
after the usual 7...e6, he played
8 Bf4!! , essentially busting
Benko's 6...Qb6 by transposing into
a tempo up ...
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| | Mar-31-06 Speelman vs Hoi, 1973
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Nobutitis: On 8...Qb6, is it 9 0-0?
Actually, 9 Qd2! Qxb2 10 Rb1 Qa3
11 Nb5! looks like it clips an
exchange. But what do you do on
9...Bb4 ? 10 Qe2 ?
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| | Mar-31-06 Speelman vs R Harman, 1973
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Nobutitis: Fischer- Petrosian (Bled '61) shows
how to get the important move of
...Bg4! in for Black.
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