Jan-25-13 Kenneth Rogoff 
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cyclemath: Ken Rogoff has just been mentioned on the BBC Radio 4 programme 'PM'. But for economics, of course, not for chess.
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| | Feb-06-12 N Padevsky vs Jansa, 1970
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cyclemath: Black wins with 41 ... Qe2.
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| | Dec-03-11 P Cramling vs H Hunt, 2006
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cyclemath: I don't know why this is classed as 'very difficult', once we know there is a winning move available. It took me about a minute to see that if Black plays d4 then the only escape for the White Q is to take on d4. So if we can protect d4 then White could have problems. And we can ...
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| | Nov-24-11 D Leroy vs I Snape, 2009
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cyclemath: <Isolani: Does 36 Nf6+ win much faster? Am I missing something here?> Yes, it's mate next move, whatever Black does.
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| | Oct-10-11 A Miltner vs M Thesing, 2006
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cyclemath: <prbprb2: 29 .. Nd2 threatening the rook [...] also look strong> It loses instantly to Qxd2.
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| | Jun-05-11 Shaked vs R Stetson, 1989
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cyclemath: The losing move for White is 19 e6. After that it is hopeless until Black plays 26 ... Nf5+, instead of Ne2+ or Nf1+, which hands the game back to White.
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| | May-24-11 S Volkov vs Yifan Hou, 2008
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cyclemath: Black is probably lost even with best play at White's 46th, but after 46 ... Re7, the response 47 Re2 would surely have secured instant resignation.
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| | Apr-02-11 M Sebag vs E Danielian, 2009
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cyclemath: This is clearly won anyway, but how did Sebag miss 45. Qh8+, picking up Black's Queen for nothing?
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| | Feb-17-11 U Boensch vs K Litkiewicz, 1974
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cyclemath: <think: Dang! I thought I had it with 29. Qa2, but now I see that Black holds due to 29. ... Qa4.> I think with 29. ... Qa4, Black still loses on material after 30. Rb8+. If 30. ... Rxb8, 31. Rxb8+ and Black's Queen hangs, so White ends up Queen against Rook. And if 30. ... ...
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| | Feb-08-11 Pernet vs C Costello, 1982
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cyclemath: <Phony Benoni> Fair enough. I was just taking Fritz's word for it, which puts White 3 points up after Black's 4th. White stays 3+ points up until his 9th move, when he finds a move poor enough to cancel his advantage. However, Black gives the 3-point advantage back on move ...
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