May-15-13 K Seegert vs M Matthiesen, 2009 
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scutigera: Best pun in a long, long time; congratulations!
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| | Apr-29-13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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scutigera: Accidental chess talent hasn't been good enough to get you to the top for decades now (since Capablanca at least); you have to study the work of other masters and understand it thoroughly. So chess skill is the focused ability of an entire intellect, and logically, if skill at ...
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| | Apr-09-13 M Sisniega vs Groszpeter, 1977
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scutigera: <Abdel Irada>: "Large rock" for "Groszpeter" is the cleanest pun, but not the most obvious, depending on how much western American colloquialism you are prepared to put up with. "Attila the Hunted" is better here anyway; if instead, he had won this game, then some kind of ...
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| | Mar-29-13 B Badea vs I Chirila, 2008
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scutigera: Two pawns, two rooks, another knight, and a bishop: if this is ever GOTD, it should be called "The Fattest Horse in the World". Unless someone can find a game where one piece captures even more material? Queens probably shouldn't count.
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| | Mar-19-13 Smitten vs Prince Dadian, 1896
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scutigera: Before we all get carried away with admiration for this unsung genius, consider the following: “Prince Andre Dadian of Mingrelia [part of present-day Georgia] (1850-1910) published many wins against well-known and usually impecunious masters of his time. At least he paid for his ...
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| | Mar-19-13 Capablanca vs Janowski, 1924
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scutigera: <sanyas>: In particular, GM games like this. Another would be Capa's OTB "commentary" to Marshall's long-prepared Ruy Lopez line ( Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 ). In the end, someone has to play the stemgame.
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| | Mar-17-13 M Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2010
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scutigera: As with MVL's loss to Movsesian in the same tournament, this is likely an incomplete score. I don't think you have to record your moves in blitz, which would mean that complete scorecards might not always exist.
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| | Mar-12-13 Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1907
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scutigera: <realbrob>: The sacrifice of White's KB with check on h7 against a castled king is known as the "Greek gift"; it's an offer of material in exchange for entry into the hostile position. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_...
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| | Feb-25-13 Howell Smith
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scutigera: How would you like to be remembered solely for an ugly loss as White in twelve moves to an unknown player?
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| | Feb-25-13 Miller
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scutigera: On the other hand, he finally did win a game after those 123 years, despite having had black every single time during his three centuries of play. Perseverance pays!
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