Sep-26-16 M Pitz vs S Stark, 2009 
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Oxspawn: I played
9. Qf7+ Kh6
10. Ne6+
Black can throw a knight and then a pawn in front of the bishop so this is slower, but we end with the same result
But I see I get zero points. Oh well. I am happy, the game is won. I have a coffee. I am not a tiger. It's Monday. Tigers sleep on ...
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| | Sep-21-16 Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921
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Oxspawn: I saw
25. Rb8 Kxb8
26. Nxd7+ Kc8 and
the difficulty as the white knight is under attack and white is also vulnerable to a back rank mate. I thought it would mean playing defensively
27. Qd1 followed by h3 to give the king an escape route.
I not only failed to consider 25.
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| | Sep-12-16 E Keogh vs W Lewis, 1966
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Oxspawn: I found it damned hard to find a quick win for black. After a few minutes I realised it was white to play and the game got easier.
The laws of chess defeated me: "The player controlling the white pieces is named "White"; the player controlling the black pieces is named "Black". ...
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| | Aug-30-16 Navara vs B Michiels, 2015
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Oxspawn: There is a slow food movement, (properly cooked meals – post-prandial naps – thank you Italy). I belong to the slow chess movement – brain works slowly and falls asleep at crucial moments. This long answer shows how to take the slow road. The obvious move (Rh7) ‘looks’ wrong to me ...
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| | Jul-20-16 G Timoshenko vs R Verdes Nadal, 2006
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Oxspawn: <Penguincw> <Apollo 11 landing anniversary: Jul/20/1969>
If you look carefully at the shadows on the board, and the way the king's cross flutters as you play the move, you will see that the knight could not have possibly moved to g5. This 'move' must have been projected ...
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| | Jul-14-16 E Cordova vs K Miton, 2015
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Oxspawn: <Steve.Patzer: Well, I got the first two moves. Does that count for anything?>
Well I got the first ONE move as I did not expect white to play Nd2 and probably had no idea how to continue but (as it is Thursday) I awarded myself a fresh pot of coffee. So I think you must be on
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| | Jul-12-16 Schirmer vs Schleipen, 1956
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Oxspawn: <lost in space> <"trivial"!!??>. Speak for yourself, please! For some of us getting the Tueday puzzle is a cause for celebration and a cup of coffee. I am drinking mine now. Cheers.
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| | Jul-11-16 Lenderman vs Nakamura, 2007
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Oxspawn: If the black queen checks on f2, the white king has some wiggle room. The black rook must sacrifice itself to move the king into harm’s way. 27………….. Rf1+
28 Kxf1 Qf2#
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| | Jul-08-16 C Storey vs D Howell, 2015
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Oxspawn: <Kings Domain> I thought the point was that black could mate with the queen on either h2 or g3 and that White could protect against either threat but not both. But you are right: Rc3+ is needed after 26. Qg2.
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| | Jul-04-16 Berk Olcum vs T Tsereteli, 2009
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Oxspawn: <thegoodanarchist> I agree Mondays are supposed to be easy and I am one of the weakest visitors to this site - but even I thought this should have started one move earlier to make it instructive. <Once> They may have scored 52% but only the lunatic fridge can be truly ...
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