standardwisdom has kibitzed 75 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jan-15-13 A Kargin vs P Haba, 1998    standardwisdom: I like the rook on a1. It's like a rock.      Jan-09-13 Velimirovic vs A Zontakh, 1998    standardwisdom: Ouch!! I presumed 37.. Rxg2 38. Qxg2 Rc2 39. Qxc2 Qxc2 40. Kh1 Black will probably win, but white may just play 39. Rb8+ and choose to checkmate black instead. The text is a touch more forcing. <Sigh>      Jan-07-13 C Cacco vs Z Amanov, 2006    standardwisdom: If 19... Nxd5, then 20. Bh7+ Kf8 21. Nd7# (20.. Kh8 21. Nxf7#.)      Jan-02-13 M Konopka vs P Haba, 1998    standardwisdom: If POTDs had pun lines, then "Pressing Michal's Button" would have been a cheapshot.      Dec-18-12 Wiesel vs Weigel, 1923    standardwisdom: <Doktorn> and <Bartimaeus> Seems like we had the same idea. In your lines, do you find 12. Qxf7 sufficiently closes the question?      Dec-17-12 J Finnegan vs R P Allen, 1948    standardwisdom: So, 20. Nc3 opens the opportunity for Re1, but if black tries to defend using Qe7, then Nd5 forks the Q on e7 and R on f6. If black tries 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Nd5 Qe6 even then, Bxd7 followed by Nxf6 leads to multi-piece deficit for black. So, the best move for black after 20. Nc3      Dec-11-12 H Wimmer vs A Caoili, 1998    standardwisdom: Wow! Really nice puzzle. I started playing it from 20. Bxh7+ onwards, and my first thought was that OMG the black king got away. I wonder if Wimmer saw all the way till e6# before playing Bxh7+. Probably not, but if the black king does get away, black will eventually win, no?      Dec-07-12 Matulovic vs J Pedersen, 1981    standardwisdom: My thought was: 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 (This appears easy to get to) But then, I thought: 19. Ba6 Kb8 (If 19.. Kd7, 20. Qxd5+ and the knight is won back, but no clear continuation there) Definitely, the game line is far more effective. Also, I failed to see how ruthlessly ...      Dec-03-12 L Mate vs I Makai, 1997    standardwisdom: What about 37.. h5. Does that draw as well? How does white continue?      Nov-21-12 Ponomariov vs A Alavkin, 1997    standardwisdom: <Jamboree: This is much harder than a 2-star problem> Indeed! I failed to see that white queen will need to be exchanged if it ever takes the pawn at g7. Obviously then, I failed to see that the ensuing end game is won for black as white's h pawn will fall without any ...

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