Nov-19-09 Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1922
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beatgiant: <psmith>
On 43. Ne5 Nb3 44. Rd5, Black has 44...Na1, planning 45...Nc2 aiming at both b4 and e3. I don't see White winning it. For example, 43. Ne5 Nb3 44. Rd5 Na1 45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 Nc2 47. Nc4 Nd4 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Ne5 Nc2 50. Nc4 Nd4, and White makes no progress.
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| | Nov-17-09 Kenneth Rogoff 
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beatgiant: <AnalyzeThis>
<name a major political figure, other than Kennedy or Obama, who opposed the Iraq invasion> Robert Byrd, Brent Scowcroft, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, to name a few.
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| | Nov-17-09 Kasparov vs A Kapengut, 1978
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beatgiant: <ToTheDeath>
Interesting situation.
At first I thought 44...h6 45. a5 would preserve zugzwang with an even easier win, but then 45...Rxe4! 46. dxe4 is stalemate. But what if 44...h6 45. Re6, so that 45...Rxe4 46. Rxe4 avoids stalemate and White wins a rook? In that case, ...
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| | Oct-20-09 Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1928
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beatgiant: What if 39. Rc7+ followed by 40. Rb7?
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| | Oct-03-09 Evgeniya Doluhanova
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beatgiant: You've posted other bios where the first number is greater than 12, meaning this must be 10 June. What are you, some kind of European? ;-)
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| | Oct-03-09 Botvinnik vs Fine, 1938
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beatgiant: <Ulhumbrus>
<In this variation one alternative to 37...Kxc3 is 37...g5 acquiring a passed h pawn which the B on f1 will support if it reaches h3> But that gives White an unstoppable passed g-pawn, for example 38. hxg5 h4 39. g6 h3 40. Nxh3 Bxh3 41. g7 and queens. But
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| | Oct-02-09 Bogoljubov vs Ed Lasker, 1924
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beatgiant: <OBIT>
Agreed, even with this idea it may still be drawn, but just not as simply as <Old Wolf> posted. I have some more lines, including (after 36...Rxc7 37. Bxc7 b4 38. Kf2 bxa3 39. Be5+ Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Bc3 a2) <42. Kf4> h6 43. h4 preventing your suggested
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| | Sep-17-09 Seirawan vs Kasparov, 1983
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beatgiant: <WhiteRook48>
On 56 Ke4 b1Q+ 57 Ke5, Black can stop White's pawns with <57 ...Qb8> followed by...Qf8, with an easy win.
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| | Aug-04-09 Spassky vs Fischer, 1992
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beatgiant: <InspiredByMorphy>
White has 22...e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 <24. Qf2> and I don't see how Black can defend the kingside.
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| | Aug-03-09 Fischer vs R Blaine, 1964
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beatgiant: <InspiredByMorphy>
29...Bf6 30. b4 seems to win a second pawn. What am I missing?
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