Apr-17-13 A Kubbel vs K Vygodchikov, 1923
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kereru: I like C. J. S. Purdy's advice to check every capture, every check and every threat before moving. That would have quickly eliminated 20...Kh8?? from the candidate list.
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| | Apr-17-13 M Basman vs Nunn, 1978 
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kereru: Probably the first GM to lose to the Grob.
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| | Mar-12-13 M J Tempone vs Petrosian, 1979
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kereru: 33...c4! was an excellent exchange sac by Petrosian, but he didn't get his pawns rolling fast enough and gave white too much counterplay. The engines want to play 35...c3 which looks like it wins back the material with interest but I'm not sure that it wins outright. Tempone did very
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| | Sep-11-12 N Croad vs R Makoto, 2012
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kereru: He missed 56.f5! Rxd4 57.fxe6 1-0
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| | May-28-12 I Hatem
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kereru: People who watch Grandmaster games and complain when they draw. Chess is not the Superbowl, there doesn't have to be a single winner. A draw is a normal result of a well played game.
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| | Mar-29-12 13th European Individual Championship (2012)
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kereru: So you can have a quick draw as long as it's a repetition, doesn't matter if it's been played 1000 times before (like the Re8 Ng5 Rf8 Nf3 draw in the Ruy Lopez).... but if you actually *offer* a draw in an equal position before move 40 it's a double loss! That's messed up. If they ...
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| | Jan-25-12 Aronian vs Caruana, 2012
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kereru: @Englishman 3...e5 is not the most popular move, but a quick click on "find similar games" will show that plenty of strong GM's are prepared to play the black side in this line. Probably just a matter of taste.
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| | Dec-21-11 D Patrick vs P O'Connor, 1977
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kereru: 18.Bc4!! is brilliant.
If 18...exd4 19.Rhe1+ Be6 20.Rxe6 Kd7 21.Re7+ Kc8 (21...Qxe7 22.dxe7 and white should win the ending) 22.Be6+ Kb8 23.Kd2! dxc3+ 24.Ke1 Qa5 25.Rb1+ Qb5 26.Rxb5+ axb5 27.Bxf7 1-0
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| | Jul-29-11 Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956
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kereru: Black was positionally lost by move 16. The centre is locked, white controls both wings and black has no counterplay at all. 16...Nc6!? was a desperation move, no more, no less. Obviously it won't work against a computer, but Spassky wasn't playing a computer. Averbakh (never the ...
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| | Jul-28-11 I Calero vs Tal, 1963
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kereru: Tal claims in his book that he "twice had a completely won position, and twice blundered, the second time losing my queen." Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a "completely won position" at any point in this game for black. It seems to me Calero played out of his skin, and Tal got a
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