Jun-10-12 E Tomashevsky vs Kramnik, 2012 
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Stanley Yee: Cellphone went off?
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| | Jan-27-12 D Bojkov vs M Illingworth, 2012
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Stanley Yee: Keeping the pressure on with 27 Qg5 Rg8 28 Qf6 would seem to put the foot on the throat, as the pin blocks the retreat of the stray Bishop on a3 after 28 ... Qa6 29 Bxb5 Bxb5 30 Nc2 Bb4 31 Bg5 (not 31 cxb4 c3) Rxg5 32 Qxg5 Bxc3 (finally free, but too late) 33 f6 with the threat ...
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| | Jan-20-12 Queenstown Chess Classic (2012)
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Stanley Yee: Americans are loved in NZ and are always welcome. Richard is in the very very small minority, and entitled to his view. My mother used to tell me about the two atrocities that she lived through at the hands of the Japanese in south China. She and some other women barricaded ...
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| | Oct-21-11 Shirov vs Morozevich, 2011
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Stanley Yee: I thought Shirov simply overlooked that 11. Ne2? trapped his own Bishop. 14...g6 seems better than giving up the f7 pawn.
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| | Oct-18-11 Wolfgang Uhlmann
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Stanley Yee: <MartijnvanWingerden: I have a challenge for everyone. Try to find a game where Wolfgang Uhlmann didn't answher 1.e4 with 1...e6. Good Luck!> And another in 1956!
Ujtelky vs Uhlmann, 1956 Cunning exchange that went wrong for his opponent.
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| | Jan-03-11 Movsesian vs J Werle, 2010
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Stanley Yee: Surely any French player knows that 7 Bxh6? loses a pawn to 7...Qxb2. So why did a 2700 player do it? Furthermore, why did a 2500 player not take the pawn?
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| | Apr-07-10 P Ponkratov vs A Moiseenko, 2010
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Stanley Yee: I think 78. Ke4? is a mouse slip in loading this game, and it was probably 78. Kc4, otherwise 78. ... Nxb4 and the Knight cannot be taken without conceding a draw, and the Knight will eventually wriggle over to the Kingside and chop off the h6 pawn to force the draw anyway.
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| | Nov-30-09 Karjakin vs Navara, 2009
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Stanley Yee: I wonder how long Navara took to play 32...Rxf2, as I would have taken the Rook 33.Kxf2 Qd4+ 34.Kf1 Nf5 35.R5c3 Ng3+ 36.Rxg3 hxg3 37.Rc2 Qf4+ 38.Nf3 (if 38.Kg1 Qf2+) 38...e4 is material even, but White has lost the initiative. I can't believe 36.R5c2!! offering a Rook back. I ...
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| | Nov-30-09 M Vachier-Lagrave vs Y Yu, 2009
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Stanley Yee: I was also amazed by the analysis behind 29.h5 Bxh5 30. Rh3 Bg6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Qd5+! Kf8 33.Qe6! followed by 34.Rh8+. 29...g6 30.Be6+ Kh8 31.g4? Qe7! and the White Bishop has nowhere to go, so 31.f3 and White has all the threats.
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| | Nov-28-09 Nisipeanu vs Judit Polgar, 2009
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Stanley Yee: Black could have claimed a draw 50 moves after 60. Rxh2 ie after Whites 110th move. Although a technical draw, I have seen the side with the Bishop win due to an error on the other side. I guess that is why Nisipeanu played on.
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