May-05-13 V Buenermann vs K Mokry, 1998 
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njchess: Once I figured out that Black's rook had no active moves, the puzzle became pretty easy. It immediately amounted to a knight exchange for two pawns, a passed pawn and Black's rook on the 1st rank with Black's king nearby. Nice position to win the promotion race!
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| | Apr-30-13 Topalov vs Karjakin, 2013
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njchess: <bennytakeapawn> Not sure the check is meaningful since it seems difficult to find an obvious followup. Black's queen will need to move at some point, as well as his rooks. Giving any GM a move advantage 20+ moves into the game is risky business.
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| | Apr-29-13 Karjakin vs Kamsky, 2013
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njchess: 16. ... c5 is a nice, natural, quiet kind of move. What I like about this game from Kamsky is that through move 25, his game just flows. And, in the process, achieves a winning position. So much so that he doesn't mind exchanging pawn and rook for pawn and knight, since they are ...
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| | Apr-29-13 Caruana vs Topalov, 2013
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njchess: Strong game from Topalov. White's attack drifts drifts after move 28 and then Black's counterattack with a kingside pawn march becomes the difference. Nicely done.
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| | Apr-29-13 Mamedyarov vs Nakamura, 2013
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njchess: <Ulhumbrus> I agree. White spends an inordinate amount of time capturing Black's pawns, all the while exposing his pieces to pinning types of attack. In the end, Black trades material for more active pieces. I think even 11. Be2 would have been preferable to the game move. The
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| | Apr-26-13 Ponomariov vs Nakamura, 2013
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njchess: Obviously the position was drawn much earlier than the end position. At time control, the position was effectively a draw barring a blunder. Why play out the ending the way they did? Players choice really. Neither player offered a draw though etiquette dictates that it is Nakamura's
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| | Apr-11-13 Kasparov vs Seirawan, 1996
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njchess: I got this one, but it took a lot longer than I would have liked. In fact, I had pretty much given up and had selected the link to open the game to see the solution. When, as the page was loading in the new tab, I saw 31. Nh5 and then it all fell in place. Prior to that, I just ...
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| | Mar-05-13 Gligoric vs Fischer, 1959
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njchess: If both sides play correctly, no matter who has the first move, this is a draw because the White king is not two spaces ahead of his pawn (e.g. on b6). Since it is Black's move, 57. ... Kb8 ensures the draw. The only way for this not to be a draw is if Black plays Kb7. 57. ... Kb7??
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| | Jan-10-13 O Sarapu vs Browne, 1972
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njchess: Vintage Dr. Browne. What I like about this game is Black's handling of the center; in particular, the handling of the "hole" on e4. The only way for White to remove Black from this square is by weakening his defense around his king by playing f3. Black continues his center play by ...
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| | Nov-20-12 Carlsen vs A Giri, 2011
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njchess: An interesting game that has received a great deal more attention than it should. A lot of discussion has focused around 11. Qd2. And while this move is not unprecedented in this variation, it is usually done after Be3 has been played (which cannot be played here). However, 11. Qd2 ...
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