Oct-23-08 Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Rematch (1896) 
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OJC: < Four weeks later, Steinitz's mind went, and he was sent to a psychiatric clinic. He was soon found to be hopelessly mad. > Not only is this nonsense, it doesn't even quote the source correctly. The relevant extract from the link is: < ... In their second championship match, ...
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| | Mar-15-08 Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
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OJC: What happened to fighting chess? Especially in a WC match against one's declared nemesis. Tarrasch must have been embarrassed to lose the final game this way. Isn't almost anything better? How about 26.Rf1. What happens to Lasker's attack then? With a healthy clock, I'd rather have the ...
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| | Jan-22-08 J Sarwer vs Waitzkin, 1986
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OJC: <re: Ontario> Is school really any less of a drudgery in other parts of the world? Just 12-13 years of hard time and then sweet freedom to watch all the TV you want.
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| | Nov-10-07 Svidler vs Topalov, 1998
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OJC: < stanleys: Could u guess what Topa initially played on move 18? He took his own queen with the knight e5 :) > stanleys: Topalov confirms your story in his book on the 2006 WCC match with Kramnik. He was convinced Svidler would exchange queens so he automatically captured the ...
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| | Jun-12-07 French, Tarrasch (C05)
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OJC: I encountered the following unorthodox 5th move recently: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 Qg5
[DIAGRAM] I'd never seen this one before and it turns out it is not in chessgames' or chessbase's database. The French defense isn't ideal for early Queen adventures from the black ...
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| | Apr-02-07 Mikhail Botvinnik
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OJC: <Resignation Trap> Thanks! <keypusher> The nose in the top right corner could be seen as a clue too maybe? :)
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| | Mar-24-07 Euwe vs Flohr, 1938
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OJC: What a fantastic game by Euwe. Flohr never equalized and paid for it with the attack that begins with 24.c5. 18.Bh1 was a wonderful move.
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| | Mar-24-07 Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1938
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OJC: Alekhine must have been in serious time trouble to play 38.Qd1? instead of 38.d7 which wins immediately.
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| | Mar-22-07 Petrov Defense (C42)
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OJC: Marshall played a lot of good attacking games from the black side of the Petrov, especially with early Bg4. The following line can be quite fun to play as black:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Bg4, especially if 9. cxd5 f5 is played.
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| | Mar-21-07 Morozevich vs Van Wely, 2007
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OJC: I realize this was a rapid game so errors are to be expected but I thought I'd do a bit of analysis on Moro's 36th move since he took a lot of time on it and in my opinion chose a more complicated line: Moro's line with 36. Qe7 is indeed very strong but it allows Van Wely some freedom ...
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