Oct-26-09 Leonid Basin
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alshatranji: Two notable games by a player below 2500. This must be some kind of an achievement.
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| | Oct-15-09 D Juswanto vs Zhu Chen, 2004 
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alshatranji: I'm almost certain some games are selected merely for the pun. Good one though.
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| | Oct-04-09 E Limp vs A Rodriguez, 2001
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alshatranji: I thought of 24.g4 with the same idea, removing the queen from the b1-h7 diagonal. But now I can see that Qg6 saves Black.
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| | Oct-03-09 Azmaiparashvili vs Kurajica, 1995
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alshatranji: VincentL:
I think after 16. Rxf4 Qxf4 17. Nd5 Qb8, White plays 18.Qc3 Kf8, 19.Qf6 with mate threats.
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| | Sep-26-09 A Goldsmith vs T Tao, 2002
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alshatranji: Either the score should be 1-0, or else White lost on time or due to some technicality. There is no way Black can escape the mate without substantial material sacrifices.
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| | Sep-24-09 Razuvaev vs H Ree, 1975
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alshatranji: alshatranji: I saw Nf6 quickly, but spent a long time looking for something decisive. In an OTB game, Kxh7 would be quite enough for me. But here you expect more.
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| | Sep-19-09 Ratmir Kholmov
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alshatranji: A "stylistic" comment on the bio. The second part of the second sentence doesn't make a lot of sense: "and it took him only a couple of years to reach master level but in 1960 he was awarded the Grandmaster title". Why is the "but"? Do you mean "but he was awarded the ...
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| | Sep-18-09 C F Schultz vs Carls, 1900
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alshatranji: Like most people here I thought the first move was pretty easy to find; it's almost the first thing that comes to mind. But some work is need to figure out the continuation and possible refutations. I found Black's continuation needlessly complicated. You can simply play 24... ...
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| | Sep-14-09 Humphrey Bogart
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alshatranji: Great actor. But I have to say I find his surviving games rather unimppressive--though this is, admittedly a small sample.
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| | Sep-13-09 D Rogozenko vs Nguyen Anh, 1994
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alshatranji: The nice thing about this sacrifice is that there isn't really too much at stake. Only the exchange, and the immediate passed pawns are more than enough to compensate for it. This is unlike many other "insane" puzzles where you have to sacrifice a piece or two, or even the ...
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