Aug-01-11 Seirawan vs Judit Polgar, 2011 
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hankm: Fun game! It's nice to see that Seirawan can still compete with the world's top players even after his brief retirement.
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| | May-03-11 Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961
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hankm: This game demonstrates the weird, almost bizzarre, beauty of Petrosian's play. A personal favorite of mine, this game features my favorite player playing one of my favorite openings! (Though admittedly, the annotations of Chernev don't add a whole lot.)
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| | Mar-08-11 P Romanovsky vs Bronstein, 1945
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hankm: A nice game. Notice that while it appears that black is able to fork with 21...f4, white can counter with 22. Rxe3 fxg3 23. Rc6!, piling up on the pinned knight.
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| | Jan-29-11 M Mukhitdinov vs Petrosian, 1951
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hankm: ...Bf6 is strong, but there is also something to be said for 28... Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qd1.
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| | Jun-27-10 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937
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hankm: Great game. These are some of the best annotations I have seen in a while...
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| | Jun-09-10 E Fossan vs NN, 1991
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hankm: He lost to one of the oldest opening tricks in the book! Rule number one on playing the Russian/Petrov defense: if you don't know this trap, you shouldn't play the defense.
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| | Jun-08-10 Kasparov vs NN, 2010
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hankm: Does anyone know why black plays 10... Kf8 instead of castling? It seems a little odd, even for an NN...
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| | May-09-10 Anand-Topalov World Chess Championship (2010)
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hankm: Black is looking pretty good here... But nevertheless, I admire Anand for trying something besides 'd4' which has been played by white in some form in every single game...
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| | Apr-26-10 F Fischer vs Gruenfeld, 1923
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hankm: d3 seems like such a passive way to deal with Alekhine's defence... It locks in the bishop and lets black get away with a very agressive move.
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