Mar-19-13 N Grandelius vs A Pourramezanali, 2010 
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alligator: I always heard this mate called 'The Rolling Rooks.' Even coached a chess team with that name.
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| | Aug-08-12 Emms vs P Wells, 1989
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alligator: Morfishine. Re: Your comment that "Check all checks" is old advice. I tell my students this but don't know who first said it. Does anyone know its origens?
When I was young the old timers at the Franklin Chess Club in Phila used to say "Always check, it may be mate" :-)
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| | Jan-22-12 Petrosian vs Estrin, 1968
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alligator: CG This game should be in GUESS THE MOVE.
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| | Nov-20-11 J M Hodgson vs S Agdestein, 1986
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alligator: Several posts talk about the problem of finding Ne5 in a 'real' game when nobody is telling you to look for a winning move. Do GM's have a special gift that gives them an intuitive nudge about chess positions that are ripe for decisive combinations? Another explanation is that the
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| | Oct-10-11 Kasparov vs Short, 2011
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alligator: On move 36 I thought White could have increased pressure with 36.Rc1. Shredder uses the idea, but with 36. Rc4 exploiting Black's vulnerable King and weak pawns...
36Rc4 (37 Rxc5 & Qxe6+ & Nf7+) Rf8 37 Ne4 Qf5 38.Qc7 Nxe4 4.Rxe4 Qc5+ 5.Qxc5 bxc5 6.Rxe6 etc.
But does White have ...
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| | Oct-05-11 Ruger vs Gebhard, 1915
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alligator: In his notes to Game #5 Ruger vs Gebhard, 1915 in Logical Chess, Move by Move, Chernev gives the following amusing variation. If on move 6 Black plays the passive Bb6 (instead of 6..., Bb4+) 6..., Bb6 7 d5 Nb8 (for 7.., Ne7 see my kibitz below) 8e5 Ng8 9 0-0 Ne7 10 d6 Ng6 11 Ng5 ...
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| | Oct-05-11 Estrin vs Libov, 1945
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alligator: Sorry! I should have said Black plays 7.., Nb8 on move 7 (instead of 7 Ne7). Then the variation by Chernev that I just posted makes sense. 7.d5 Nb8 8e5
Now ( instead of 8..., Ne4),
8..., Ng8. 9 0-0 Ne7 10 d6 Ng6 11 Ng5 0-0 12 Qh5 h6 13 Qxg6 hxg5 14 Bxg5 Qe8 15 Bf6 1-0
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| | Sep-24-11 Gulko vs Anikaev, 1983
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alligator: <sevenseaman>
...sounds like burnout. I know the experience. My solution for burnout is to exercise a slightly different part of the brain. Since you like chess puzzles, maybe try a crossword puzzle or Mentagy (check their website), or listen to your favorite music or try ...
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| | Jun-06-11 H Tirard vs A Silvert, 2000
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alligator: Great teaching position! The problem position illustrates two checkmate patterns for the price of one. Rf8 would be mate without the black bishop on e7. Then we have the two bishops (aka Boden's) mate. Plus a discovered check (mate).
I will use this position in this weeks class. ...
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| | Jun-04-11 Kasparov vs Leko, 1997
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alligator: Great example of active defensive play by Kasparov. A mini-lesson in tactics.
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