A see-saw of mistakes toward the end... Epishin vs Ivanchuk, 1992  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 75 moves, 0-1 Grischuk outwits Avrukh for black win Avrukh vs Grischuk, 2007  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 54 moves, 0-1 White misses endgame draw X Gu vs M Kasturi, 2001  (B33) Sicilian, 80 moves, 0-1 Black misses the drawing technique Speelman vs P J Morris, 1990  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 67 moves, 1-0 Tricky K+2N vs. K+P endgame - drawn when "trick" fails G Norman vs Lilienthal, 1934  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sharp endgame brought under scrutiny by myself and others. Mamedyarov vs Anand, 2007  (E15) Queen's Indian, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 How Fischer might have won Fischer vs Najdorf, 1960  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2 How Topalov might have slain the monster Topalov vs Hydra, 2004  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2 A more promising (maybe) ending for Flohr in this famous game. Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1944  (A09) Reti Opening, 68 moves, 1-0 Extra Daily puzzle analysis Tiviakov vs V Arbakov, 1989  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 64 moves, 1-0 Daily puzzle candidate - sparkling win by Sokolov I Sokolov vs Van Wely, 1996  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0 Computer stinker 15...f5 loses (granted, in a blitz game) E Nemeth vs Fritz, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Improvement on flawed (?) Thursday puzzle Ragozin vs Boleslavsky, 1942  (B15) Caro-Kann, 19 moves, 1-0 Deeper than usual analysis of daily puzzle Janowski vs Bogoljubov, 1914  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 19 moves, 1-0 Analysis of endgame play in GOTD Ribli vs Karpov, 1980  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0 Little mistakes can turn your game into crap E Krasenkova vs Tal, 1991  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1 Analysis of sloppy game! P Brown vs S Monson, 1975  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1 Discusses improvement in Carlsen's win over Topalov Carlsen vs Topalov, 2007  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 1-0 Wrong choice in endgame results in loss for Paulsen F Riemann vs Paulsen, 1883  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 94 moves, 1-0 Double blindness in Hug's win over van Wely Van Wely vs Hug, 1994  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 25 moves, 0-1 Svidler misses chance to win with 33. Bxe6+! Svidler vs Morozevich, 2007  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 Gelfand ate the poisoned rook, but Yudasin loses anyway Yudasin vs Gelfand, 1991  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 0-1 Kasparov suffers loss after missing an easy draw (!) Kasparov vs Dreev, 1996  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 81 moves, 0-1 Van Wely's blunder turns position from 'worse' to 'lost' Van Wely vs Nakamura, 2007  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 0-1 Van Wely overlooks his back-rank weakness for quick loss Van Wely vs Nakamura, 2007  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 0-1 A dubious sac and the transfer of back-rank weakness. T Golovey vs M Litynska, 1974  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 42 moves, 0-1 Considering a black improvment: 38...Kf8 -- still loses? Ljubojevic vs G Tringov, 1982  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0 How Kamsky could have won much sooner Polgar vs Kamsky, 1992  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 0-1 Double blind blunders on move 43? Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 1993  (E12) Queen's Indian, 63 moves, 1-0 Reasonable-looking pawn move steps into zugzwang-like trap Kamsky vs Miles, 1989  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 57 moves, 1-0 Black missed chance to win & then gave it all away Kamsky vs F Leveille, 1989  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0 Kamsky stumbles into odd looking draw Kamsky vs Nakamura, 2004  (A48) King's Indian, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nice finish by Miles, starting with 35...Qg4! Taimanov vs Miles, 1993  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 46 moves, 0-1 I presume Moro saw the winning continuation... Morozevich vs O Cvitan, 2002  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0 Two key moments in the game for white to win (he found the 2nd) Tartakower vs Reti, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0 Did Onischuk punt too soon? Onischuk vs Bacrot, 2008  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 0-1 A quite equal game, but black may have had one good chance... Kamsky vs V Gashimov, 2008  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 How Kamsky might have salvaged a draw Ivanchuk vs Kamsky, 2008  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 36 moves, 1-0 Nakamura twice missed good Kb1, and twice played bad Qd4. Nakamura vs Blatny, 2001  (C45) Scotch Game, 34 moves, 0-1 A diet of poisoned pawns... Gligoric vs A Bisguier, 1961  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 0-1 Possibly, Kamsky could have held on by preventing passed pawns. Gelfand vs Kamsky, 1996  (D85) Grunfeld, 46 moves, 1-0 Excellent deep knight sac to expose weaknesses A Planinc vs S Cvetkovic, 1968  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 Kramnik finds move that shows difference between GM and patzer Kramnik vs Yusupov, 1998  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 37 moves, 1-0 Interesting ending where black missed the drawing strategy N Dzagnidze vs W Ju, 2009  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 88 moves, 1-0 I made note of 3 critical moments in this game B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs M Sebag, 2009  (B30) Sicilian, 57 moves, 0-1 Key game lost by missing overworked king tactic N Dzagnidze vs Shen Yang, 2009  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 57 moves, 0-1 Difficult decision on white's 22nd move W Sarwat vs V Gashimov, 2009  (B50) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 Complicated attack backfires Sakaev vs Vitiugov, 2009  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 0-1 Fine like-colored bishops zugzwang ending Areshchenko vs Jakovenko, 2009  (C45) Scotch Game, 61 moves, 1-0 Strong attack meets not-so-strong defense Vitiugov vs G Milos, 2009  (E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0 The win that white may have missed on move 42. Caruana vs V Gashimov, 2009  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sudden attack on 7th rank sinks So V Malakhov vs So, 2009  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 A nice maneuver early on, and sharp knight tactics to end it. V Gashimov vs Caruana, 2009  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 43 moves, 1-0 Gelfand wins a "pawn structure" game convincingly Jakovenko vs Gelfand, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 0-1 Watch Gelfands nice attack blossom. Gelfand vs Karjakin, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 Final game of KO: Pono misses a win; Gelfand doesn't Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2009  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 44 moves, 0-1 Possibly, Carlsen could have won (if he saw mate in 60+ moves) Short vs Carlsen, 2009  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kamsky's dramatic tournament winning game in final round Kamsky vs Z Almasi, 2010  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0 How black should have won odd N vs 3P end game M R Vukcevich vs Westerinen, 1976  (C59) Two Knights, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2 Tablebase analysis - how to win K+Q vs K+R+P Topalov vs Piket, 2002  (A10) English, 66 moves, 0-1 Why Van Wely lost & how he could have drawn Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2010  (E92) King's Indian, 56 moves, 1-0 All about Tiviakov's odd blunder: 81...Kg4?? Van Wely vs Tiviakov, 2010  (E17) Queen's Indian, 88 moves, 1-0 Demonstration of endgame technique (if simpler 60.a7! missed) Larsen vs Miles, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 Shabalov's mistakes turned a winning game into a loss Shulman vs Shabalov, 2010  (E92) King's Indian, 61 moves, 1-0 How to lose with an ill-conceived attack Khachiyan vs Benjamin, 2010  (C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 1-0 How white could win (he survived crazyrook only to stalemate) E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2 White had an even stronger knockout - not that it mattered. J Kleiman vs M V Nieto, 2010  (B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 1-0 White's mistakes leading to loss in 20 moves. A Karklins vs M Uribe, 2010  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 19 moves, 0-1 Swindle attempt for white? (Though it might not fool Marshall) Capablanca vs Marshall, 1913  (C42) Petrov Defense, 53 moves, 0-1 Little blunders that lose to guys like Svidler Svidler vs S Cossin, 2009  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0 How Leko might have salvaged a draw at Dortmund Mamedyarov vs Leko, 2010  (A15) English, 39 moves, 1-0 White misses nice queen sac move, settles for losing pawn grab. N Paikidze vs M Krupa, 2010  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1 Excellent (but tenuous) K+N+2P vs K+N+1P win for Leko Leko vs Naiditsch, 2010  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 60 moves, 1-0 Caruan's failure to take pawn when he could may be downfall Van Wely vs Caruana, 2010  (A20) English, 53 moves, 1-0 Stunning move missed by So So vs Ljubojevic, 2010  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2 How black's king got stuck on h2 by move 30 (yes, black lost) F Jenni vs A Gunnarsson, 2005  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 32 moves, 1-0 A resourceful endgame knight sac to force a draw A A Ivanov vs Ivanchuk, 2010  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2 White's missed opportunity to draw on move 62 E Berg vs McShane, 2003  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 69 moves, 0-1 You gotta protect your weak spots R Ibrahimov vs Kamsky, 2010  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 0-1 Polgar may have missed a chance for winning endgame Carlsen vs Polgar, 2010  (B40) Sicilian, 108 moves, 1/2-1/2 Gift win for Carlsen; pretty N & P coordination along the way E Berg vs Carlsen, 2009  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 100 moves, 0-1 Invading knight delivers crucial loss to Mamedov at Baku Sutovsky vs R Mamedov, 2010  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 24 moves, 1-0 Kamsky loses delicate endgame for only loss at Baku R Mamedov vs Kamsky, 2010  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 71 moves, 1-0 A wrong move turns potential win into loss D Bocharov vs Movsesian, 2011  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 44 moves, 0-1 A possible counter-intuitive escape missed by white Iturrizaga Bonelli vs Kamsky, 2011  (A15) English, 64 moves, 0-1 13.e4 sets stage for impressive bishop sac shot to beat Kamsky Le Quang Liem vs Kamsky, 2011  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0 Find the losing move (I think black's 33rd) B Vuckovic vs Kamsky, 2011  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 0-1 Nice rook-sac drawing resource found by Gligoric Gligoric vs Mecking, 1975  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2 A serious blunder, a deadly blunder, and a pun K Seegert vs M Matthiesen, 2009  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 70 moves, 1-0 White's game goes to heck (or H Ek) after miscalculation H Ek vs K Skold, 1969  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 49 moves, 0-1 Analysis of tricky endgame - black misses 2 chances to draw Y Gruenfeld vs S Polgar, 1985  (B33) Sicilian, 72 moves, 1-0 How Bruzon could have drawn K+N vs K+N+2P end game L Bruzon Batista vs F Vallejo Pons, 2011  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 60 moves, 0-1 Nakamura loses with dubious offense when defense is called for Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0 Just some appreciation for a fine move: 19.f5! M Monticelli vs Ahues, 1931  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 1-0 Subtle white errors in Gawain Jones' brilliancy with black D J Ledger vs G Jones, 2012  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 34 moves, 0-1 Sokolov missed chance for first win in last game L'Ami vs I Sokolov, 2013  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2 Adams sets up and launches attack with 17.e5! and 18.Nxe5! Adams vs Ehlvest, 2013  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 20 moves, 1-0 Playing both sides of board to launch a pawn roller M Matthiesen vs T Jaksland, 2007  (B32) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0 What happens when an ill-conceived attack fizzles P Cramling vs Y Yu, 2013  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 41 moves, 0-1 A failure to look at the position *after* the combination P Pinho vs Y Zhou, 2013  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 22 moves, 0-1 What happens when you neglect your main strategic objective I Teran Alvarez vs S Maze, 2013  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 83 moves, 1-0 An overlooked vulnerability + alert opponent = miniature win O N Al Ali vs A David, 2013  (B07) Pirc, 15 moves, 1-0 Black allows a knight trap, and it's expertly sprung by Anand Anand vs Naiditsch, 2013  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 Anand suffers some rare brainfarts in this game Miles vs Anand, 1990  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 18 moves, 1-0 Black wins despite giving white chance to escape Roterman vs D Gedult, 1967  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1 A little inaccuracy against Carlsen... Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2013  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 0-1 How Carlsen could have avoided *potential* difficulties Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2013  (B30) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1-0 Leko misses a pretty winning attack under time pressure Fridman vs Leko, 2013  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Adams uses clever tactic to force draw -- and win tournament Adams vs Kramnik, 2013  (B27) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2 An attempt by white to rescue himself by avoiding 40.Rf1! The World vs G Timmerman, 2007  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 62 moves, 1-0 A critical moment where both sides miss winning shots Caruana vs Y Hou, 2015  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 How Van Wely missed a win, and how he could have won Saric vs Van Wely, 2015  (B07) Pirc, 92 moves, 1/2-1/2 A simple blunder allows overworked pawn; and the game collapses A Shaw vs J Shipman, 1984  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0 Black prepares buildup to unleash a nice sacrificial attack K Gulamali vs M Sana, 2014  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 Tough pawn ending for Adams, and how he might have saved a draw Adams vs Polgar, 2008  (C42) Petrov Defense, 44 moves, 0-1 A puzzle of the day where both sides blundered away wins H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0 How wrong the pre-engine analysis (even by Steinitz) can be C F Schmid vs W Wayte, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1 Where Judit went bad & how she might have survived (or better) Shirov vs Polgar, 1996  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0 Black goes from good to losing with three straight mistakes. Velimirovic vs M Moe, 1964  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0 A rare event: Fischer miscalculates the opening Fischer vs R Byrne, 1965  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 36 moves, 0-1 Beautiful high-level chess, creating and dodging subtle threats J Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia, 1976  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1 A tricky moment in a difficult P vs NN ending Y Wang vs Anand, 2009  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 85 moves, 1/2-1/2 A look at the moves leading up to the final mate-in-4 W van Lankveld vs Van der Wiel, 2000  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 0-1 Why Carlsen was winning even without final Rxc7 blunder Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1 A lesson learned from Fischer's mistake (!) Fischer vs E Bone, 1964  (C13) French, 21 moves, 0-1 How "pretend analysis" helps solve a daily puzzle :-) Naiditsch vs Fressinet, 2015  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1 126 games