Mar-03-13 Lahno vs B Dincok, 2002
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Zan: I found this game on another site and it had the same move list. Black's moves might be explained by the fact that she was apparently either 9 or 10 years old at the time of this game (born in 1992) and was unrated (her lifetime maximum was 1968 in 2007), but that doesn't explain why ...
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| | Nov-09-12 S Soors vs A R Saleh Salem, 2012
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Zan: <abuzic: 12...Nb4 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Rd1 Bd3 16...Kxb7 17.Qf3+ Be4 18.Qb3+ Ka8 19.Nxf7 and white is OK.> Actually black is better here, after <19. Rb8 20. Qh3 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Rhf8> 20. Qd1 or Qa4 has similar results but slightly worse for white.
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| | Oct-24-12 J Wyss vs B Bellahcene, 2012 
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Zan: <michael104: 24.g4 Rc8 25.a4 Rxc1+ produces mate shortly, I think.> Not shortly, but only because white has a lot of stalling moves available. Crafty eventually found mate in 14. Just about everything after move 30 by white is a stalling move.
<24...Rc8 25.a3 bxa3 26.Na2 axb2+ ...
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| | Sep-28-12 A Naumann vs F Kroeze, 2009
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Zan: <Stonehenge> seems to be on the right track, although the advantage is not immediately clear.
Trying it in my chess engine I was surprised at first because the analysis at the starting position of 21...c3 was only a half pawn better for black than 21...Bxg2. But after it's ...
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| | Aug-28-12 A Hood vs J Hood, 1870
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Zan: <ForeverYoung: A burning question here is what does Black have after 18 Qxg7?> I ran this through Crafty, and it finally ended up at more than a two pawn advantage for black after <18...Qa6 <threatening rook> 19.c4 Qxc4 20.Nc3 Rhe8 21. b3 Qxc3 22.Bb2 Qc6 23.d5 Qxd5 24.Rc2
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| | Aug-20-12 N Ibraev vs S Hetul, 2009
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Zan: I can't make much sense of <17. b3>, but <19. Ne2> is even worse. <19. Ra2> would have been much better. Maybe Ibraev thought he could trap the queen or make up the material loss by chasing it around?
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| | Jun-08-12 Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978
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Zan: <sevenseaman: Just as I was closing shop, a prankish thought occurred to me. What if 28...Qh5. You think it could unsettle a greenhorn? The move that must follow jams up everything.> Not sure what you're seeing to jam it up. Maybe in blitz or tight time constraints 28...Qh5 might ...
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| | May-19-12 Nakamura vs Robson, 2012
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Zan: <bambino3: why not 24. Nc5>
Nothing wrong with that. Crafty actually considers it the superior move by at least half a pawn with best play by both sides, although white has the advantage in either line. Here are the lines it got for each after about 10 minutes of evaluation. With
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| | Apr-06-12 Duras vs Spielmann, 1912
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Zan: <rilkefan: Hmm, Qxd5 isn't the best move on the board.> Considering <45.Qxd5 Qxh6#>, I would have to agree.
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| | Mar-15-12 W Reichenbach vs H Pfleger, 1960
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Zan: < Dr. J: <Phony Benoni: My intention was 18.Ba3, with the reserve threat of 19.Bc5 and 20.Bd6+. White chose instead the anticipatory 18.Bf4, to answer 18...Bb3 with 19.e6+. Neat. Didn't see that point, though I wonder if my idea was good enough.> I think it is: After 18 Ba3:
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