| May-16-25 |
Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2025)
Open Defence: Congratulations to <Praggnanandhaa> <offramp> I thought the tournament was brilliant, interesting games and you never knew who would win until the end
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| May-16-25 |
Vladimir Akopian
dehanne: "Don't call me Varuzhan." - Vladimir Akopian.
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| May-16-25 |
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
fisayo123: Tata Steel and Romania GCT back to back supertournament wins in a row now for Pragg.
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| May-16-25 |
Amy Officer
perfidious: As the line from <A Clockwork Orange> went: 'It's not Dim no more; it's Officer call me.'
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| May-16-25 |
Aronian vs D Gukesh, 2025
areknames: <Sally Simpson> Very nice indeed. Rxa6 is devastating.
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| May-16-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Gwen McCrae.
RIP.
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| May-16-25 |
So vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025
stone free or die: (Hint - if you want to find the game on <CG>, just copy it's line into the <E-Z Search>. It usually works as is.)
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| May-16-25 |
Creassey Tattersall
John Saunders: Tattersall was usually referred to as "Cecil Tattersall" or "C. E. Cecil Tattersall" so it would perhaps be better to use that for the page header.
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| May-16-25 |
R Praggnanandhaa vs Aronian, 2025
perfidious: <fredthebore: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is a strong positional player and excellent at endgames, having beaten Carlsen in endgames. I don't think he had a good feel for Black's lack of options in this game....> Your superficial, ...
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| May-16-25 |
Alireza Firouzja
stone free or die: haha!
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| May-16-25 |
Hans Niemann
stone free or die: Frude, you've got no sense of humor. Can't even make a funny comment without you being a d*ck about it. Here's Lev with his "potted plant":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_n...
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| May-16-25 |
D Gukesh vs Caruana, 2025
offramp: WC Gukesh beat GM Aronian yesterday. Perhaps WC Gukesh could beat Caruana. Not easy, though.
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| May-16-25 |
Blackburne vs J F Welsh, 1901
stone free or die: Hmm, I presume the last note is referring to this game's end position: [DIAGRAM] White has a distinct edge, but 22.Nf4 isn't a top-3 candidate move (out to 30-ply). Instead this SF recommends 22.Rd7+ (or Rd8 or Ba5).
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| May-16-25 |
A Saidy vs E Schiller, 1996
offramp:
Both players are Epopts of American chess.
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| May-16-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: A few days ago, I noticed that quirk; the two-game series between travel partners probably made scheduling awkward.
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| May-16-25 |
Wesley So
fredthebear: You're doing a good job of demonstrating just what a fool's errand is with your usual lame posts that bore us So. Maybe you could cough up a few of your fantastic victories over Wes from back in your heyday. You know, ShawRandom ...
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| May-16-25 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: All now have xtabs (we are missing a number of games from the 3rd event):
1st Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1892/93)
2nd Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1893/94)
3rd Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1894/95)
4th Intercollegiate Cup, ...
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| May-16-25 |
O Druzhinina vs E Mirzoeva, 2001
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Black have pawn up and should been win this pawn ending. Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250418-7beff18e:
1. -+ (-10.54): 36.Kg2 Ke7 37.Kf3 f5 38.gxf6+ Kxf6 39.Ke4 g5 40.Kxd4 gxh4 41.Ke3 h3 42.Kf3 h2 43.Kg2 Ke5 44.Kxh2 Kd4 ...
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| May-16-25 |
E Hagara vs J Vorisek, 1998
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Brightness 7-pieces ending!
<47.Kd4 c6!! (only move to win) 48.e5 Nd1 49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Ke2 Nc3+ 51.Kd3 Nd5??> This move missing win. Right is 51....Nd1 52.Kd2 Nf2 53.Ke3 Ng4+ 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Kd4 Nh2 56.Ke3 Nf1+ 57.Ke4 Nd2+
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| May-16-25 |
Calle Erlandsson
GrahamClayton: Biography:
https://www.kwabc.org/files/kwabc/p...
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| May-16-25 |
Dvoirys vs S Ernst, 2000
GrahamClayton: Position after 19...Rf6:
[DIAGRAM] Ernst's queen is protecting the squares g7 and d5, but the protection of d5 is an illusion, as the queen has to stay on the 7th rank to stop Dvoirys playing Qg7#.
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| May-16-25 |
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2012
fredthebear: Transposing to a reversed Spanish Four Knights. 1.a4 ends up doing nothing in this game but passing the turn. 8...BxNf3 and Black has a <microscopic> edge. So many Russians refuse to give up the bishop pair. Then 28...BxNc4 ...
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| May-16-25 |
L Shmuter vs V Golod, 1988
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] White missed nice shot here - 29.Nxf8+!
Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
+- (61.92): 29.Nxf8+ Kg8 30.Qh7+ Kxf8 31.Rdf1 Qb5 32.Bxh6 Qxf1+ 33.Bxf1 Ke7 34.Bg5+ Kd7 35.Qg6 Raf8 36.Bh3+ Kc7 37.Kxb2 Bc8 38.Bxc8 Rf3 39.Bxa6 R3f6 ...
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| May-16-25 |
Zvjaginsev vs Topalov, 1995
al wazir: The first four or five plies are obvious. After that black has some alternatives, but white is a piece up and should win.
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| May-16-25 |
I Gaponenko vs Kosteniuk, 2013
GrahamClayton: After forcing Gaponenko to defend her weak pawn on a2 with her King, Kosteniuk switches to the king-side, creating a passed h-pawn which Gaponenko is powerless to stop. 26. Kd5, blocking Kosteniuk's king from reaching a3, would have
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| May-16-25 |
A Samsonkin vs Nakamura, 2009
GrahamClayton: Emanuel Lasker is credited with the famous quote "When you see a good move, look for a better one". Samsonkin puts this quote into practice - 21. gh8Q would put him the full exchange up, but 21. Qf7 is even better, with the threats ...
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| May-16-25 |
Grosslobming Women's Grand Prix (2025)
Albertan: Anna Muzychuk wins Grosslobming GP,Zhu reaches Candidates: https://en.chessbase.com/post/women...
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| May-16-25 |
Magnus Carlsen
fredthebear: Oh c'mon troll! You follow me EVERYWHERE, but you didn't touch this cheese?? 1....a4 is only possible in the Singapore Gambit. She trapped him! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sing... O.K., o.k., admittedly love is not FTB's best ...
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| May-16-25 |
Peter J Dewar
GrahamClayton: Ballarat resident who finished a surprise =3rd at the 1992 Begonia Festival Open with 5.5/7, behind tournament winner Ian Rogers (6.5/7) and second place Robert Jamieson (6/7). Seeded 48 for the tournament, Dewar defeated several ...
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| May-16-25 |
H Perez Garcia vs P Buj, 1977
Sally Simpson: See; Aronian vs D Gukesh, 2025 (kibitz #2)
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| May-16-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
Schwartz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-J...
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| May-16-25 |
Korshunov
GrahamClayton: With two quick losses under 20 moves, I can see why Korshunov prefers the anonymity of just his surname LOL
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| May-16-25 |
J Pinter vs M Sharif, 1985
GrahamClayton: Pinters's pieces explode into life after 21. e4!
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| May-16-25 |
J Ye vs Svidler, 2001
GrahamClayton: With 8...0-0, Svidler doesn’t bother defending the knight but instead sacrifices a pawn to complete his development. Ye accepts the offer. Svidler regains the pawn with 13...Rb2, but his pieces are out of play on the q-side, ...
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| May-16-25 |
Bareev vs Kasparov, 1992
ColdSong: Stunning sacrifice imo.Kasparov had to see pretty far to decide that thing could be played.And of course Kramnik's ideas may have discouraged GK to play the KI,but today Stockfish has still a lot to say on the subject.
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| May-16-25 |
N Kosintseva vs F Ynojosa Aponte, 2015
GrahamClayton: The pawn sacrifice 8. e6 looks interesting - Black's pawn structure is weakened, plus the c8-bishop is blocked in. White also gets the e5 square as an outpost.
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| May-16-25 |
V Eingorn vs E Pandavos, 1989
FSR: <offramp> Wow, I had no idea Sweden had so many islands. <Sweden has the world's most islands, with a jaw-dropping total of 267,570. However, only 984 (0.4%) are inhabited.> https://worldpopulationreview.com/c... I suppose the ...
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| May-16-25 |
L Compagnie vs J Schellingerhout, 1987
goodevans: It's an interesting game to play through.
<11.Nf5!> was a neat move. Black should, of course, have declined the sac but even if he had, White would have stood better. How can a player good enough to find a move like that then ...
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| May-16-25 |
Denker vs H Feit, 1929
FSR: Gorgeous game by Denker, who was only 15.
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| May-16-25 |
C Yoo vs A Ramirez Alvarez, 2019
FreeBrittanyZamora: These guys are real jerks!
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| May-16-25 |
J van den Bosch vs S Landau, 1934
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 25.♖xe6+ fxe6 26.♕h6+
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| May-16-25 |
N Ticoulat vs Lilienthal, 1934
WTHarvey: Black mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 20. ... ?
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| May-16-25 |
J Dobias vs K Opocensky, 1934
WTHarvey: Black mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 32. ... ?
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| May-16-25 |
J Araiza Munoz vs J Camarena, 1945
GumboGambit: Noting the venue: 6..Nc6 is known as the <Hollywood Variation>
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| May-16-25 |
R Rodriguez vs Tal, 1979
King.Arthur.Brazil: The king proposes: 70. h5 Kxh5 71. Rxd2 Rxd2 72. Rb1 Rb2 which stop any W counter-attack: If exchange Rs, the a3 P will be captured and a4 promotes. Or 73. Ra1 Rh2+ 74. Kxh2 Bxa1... any other move Rb3 and captures g3 or a3, ...
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| May-16-25 |
Khalifman vs I Bukavshin, 2015
Benzol: A great shame that the victor in this game died at such a young age.
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| May-16-25 |
G Grasser vs A Kelemen, 2012
grasser: Nd2 to e4, then to d6. A Magic Knight!
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| May-16-25 |
J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1889
Steakanator: This game is much more interesting than people are giving it credit for. Mieses's 16. ♗h4 is obviously bad; he was clearly fishing for 16... g5 17. ♗xg5 fxg5 18. ♕xg5+ ♔h8 19. ♗xh7 and a chance at the ...
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| May-16-25 |
Chessgames - Music
Schwartz: J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor + Herzlich tut mich verlangen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9...
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| May-16-25 |
Kasparov vs M A Jimenez Clavero, 1997
rwbean: Oops, those last two were bad evals.
16... ♘d4! was pretty good, or putting the ♘ on d4, the ♕ was better on a7 than b7.
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| May-16-25 |
Niemann - Dubov (Blitz) (2025)
fredthebear: What happened to the lie detector test? Was that just a myth to drum up interest?
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| May-16-25 |
Vachier-Lagrave vs D Gukesh, 2025
HaydenB: The "World Champion." Um, er, uh, ok
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| May-16-25 |
Vlastimil Hort
ColdSong: Just learnt the new.Mr Hort mattered so much.RIP.
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| May-16-25 |
Anthony Saidy
WannaBe: Holy Batman, I took that photo 20 years ago? I've been on CG.com way to long. I can't even count how many (online) business that have gone out of biz in those 20 years. Guess I should be happy we are still here and commenting on Dr. ...
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| May-16-25 |
Kashdan vs D Polland, 1938
N.O.F. NAJDORF: Black missed
12...Ke7
which seems to refute White's attacking combination.
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| May-16-25 |
Smyslov vs H Steiner, 1946
nikrj: 15. Rc1! Great conception by Smyslov!
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| May-16-25 |
Reshevsky vs W Suesman, 1938
N.O.F. NAJDORF: Black is already a pawn down, and with a very bad pawn structure, and must now give up a
piece because of
26...Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Rf7 28. Bc4
An alternative continuation is
26...Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Re6 28. Rad1 Kg8 29. Rxe6 dxe6 30. Rd8+
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| May-15-25 |
N McDonald vs J Levitt, 2001
SimpleChess: What's this? Prearranged draw
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| May-15-25 |
G Chandler vs J W McLay, 2002
Sally Simpson: <areknames>
Without a doubt something went wrong. And 11.Qg4 looks good. He missed the backward Knight move. I've won quite a few OTB but I always lose the after game analysis. Most of my wins were of the slightly dodgy ...
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| May-15-25 |
Samuel Addleman
jnpope: He signed his name "Samuel Wolf Addleman" and gives his birth date as "April 25th 1873" on his World War I Draft Registration Card. It's unclear if he was born "Woolf" and later changed it, or if the University of Pennsylvania records are ...
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| May-15-25 |
M A Christoffersen vs Stig Jerlow Jacobsen, 2017
6t4addict: Scandinavian opening
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| May-15-25 |
I Snape vs P Lalic, 2025
PeterLalic: <OhioChessFan> suggested the pun, "How Extraordinarily Like Your Father You Are, Peter".
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| May-15-25 |
P Lalic vs I Snape, 2023
PeterLalic: <OhioChessFan: "How Extraordinarily Like Your Father You Are, Peter"> <OhioChessFan: Even better, got a better game against Snape you could submit?> I Snape vs P Lalic, 2025
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| May-15-25 |
S Rosenfeld vs Lasker, 1913
Stonehenge: <Pages 273-274 of Kings, Commoners and Knaves presented some quotes from Marshall’s book Modern Analysis of the Chess Openings (Amsterdam, 1912/13).> <...>
<And from pages 60-61:
‘Of the Centre Gambit, little can ...
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| May-15-25 |
Henry Leonard
MissScarlett: He would have been an uncle, i.e., his sister, <Emily Selfe Page>, was Henry's mother.
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| May-15-25 |
Asian Championship (2025)
macer75: <MissScarlett: I forgot that the Russians are now Asian.> Yes, just like Australians when it comes to soccer.
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| May-15-25 |
Christopher Yoo
macer75: Many thanks @jnpope!
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| May-15-25 |
M Johansson vs Hort, 1967
Honza Cervenka: 41.Rg3 was a fatal mistake. Of course, 41-
.Rxd4? a3 42.Ra4 a2 was losing the game -
instantly but after 41.Ra3 white defense s-
eems to hold.
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| May-15-25 |
Korchnoi vs Plachetka, 1969
ewan14: Are there any other games to hand where Korchnoi makes such a " provoking " move. ? Thanks
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| May-15-25 |
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
andrea volponi: 17...Bxa1!? - Qxa1 Qxd6 - Qxh8+ Ke7 - Qxh7! Rf8 - Qg7 Qd2 - Qa1 (!! fischer : ?! andrea volponi 22 Rf1!! +- )...Qc3! - Qxc3 bxc3 - f3 a5 - Ra1 Ra8 - Ng4 a4 - Kf2 a3 - Ke3 f5! (=) .
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| May-15-25 |
Joseph Blackburne
MissScarlett: <MissScarlett: I'll be damned if there's another 600 Blackburne games hiding out there.> Joseph Blackburne (kibitz #251) By way of update, the WayBack Machine reveals that there were 1,330 (sole) Blackburne games on October ...
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| May-15-25 |
H B Leonard
MissScarlett: Not to be confused with Henry Leonard . They were both members of the City of London CC in 1901, as revealed by the club's 48th Annual Report of 1901. <Henry S> has been a member since July 1882, with <H B> having only ...
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| May-15-25 |
A Simutowe vs J Alayola Montanez, 2003
chrisowen: I puds its wake its Bxh7+ its ago its quo its bo its get its gel its ed Bxh7+ its eg;
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| May-15-25 |
Botvinnik vs Bondarevsky, 1941
Stolzenberg: <crwynn>: Botvinnik perhaps hesitated to continue with 11. 0-0-0 because he had in mind the game Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941 , which was played the day before and where Keres lost quickly after 8. 0-0-0.
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| May-15-25 |
Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022
tonsillolith: <The Niemann Hypothesis> would be another fitting title
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| May-15-25 |
Francis Stacy
FSR: His mom had it going on.
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| May-15-25 |
M Greeff vs V Gandrud, 2008
newzild: After 26...Bxd7, Black has built herself a 'tiny house'.
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| May-15-25 |
O Molteni vs R Garcia, 1968
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending K+R+P vs. k+r+2p won for ... white <49.Ka8??> It's hard to explain this move. White have rich choice of winning moves. I.e. 49.Ka6 Re6 50.Ka7 g6 51.b7 Re7 52.Ka8 Re8+ 53.b8Q Rxb8+ 54.Kxb8 Kf8 ...
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| May-15-25 |
Lilienthal vs Keres, 1941
Stolzenberg: <cwcarlson>, <Phony Benoni>, <Retireborn> and <Pawn and Two>: White would have answered 24. ... Rc7? with 25. d6! and now 25. ... Qxd6?? 26. Nf5 would loose the ♕. Hard to believe that Keres would have ...
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| May-15-25 |
S Zhukhovitsky vs V S Zhidkov, 1967
Straclonoor: Quite interesting game!
[DIAGRAM] White played <50.Qxg6> of course! Howerever 50.Qb3+! wins Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250213-a4edacb8:
+- (9.20): 50.Qb3+ Kf8 51.Rf5+ Ke8 52.Qf7+ Kd8 53.Qxg6 Kc7 54.Rf7+ Kb6 55.Qc2 Qd5 56.Qf2+
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| May-15-25 |
P Hanko vs V Shushpanov, 2000
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <37....Ra5?> Black had more powerful move - 37....Qc6! Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
-+ (-9.03): 37...Qc6 38.g5 hxg5 39.Nxg5 Qxf3+ 40.Kxf3 Bh6 41.h4 Bxg5 42.hxg5 Ra4 43.Ke2 Ra8 44.Kd3 Rb4 45.Bd2 Rd4+ 46.Ke3 a5 47.Rxb6
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| May-15-25 |
Abdusattorov vs Duda, 2025
MarcusBierce: Wild, according to the website computer, albeit at low depth, White was really locked in this game.
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| May-15-25 |
Kasimdzhanov vs Leko, 2005
plang: Played in the 6th round; one round earlier Leko had played 18..axb? against Anand and had been fortunate to draw.. Here, he improves with 18..Bd7. 19 Qa1 had been played in De Firmian-Schandorff Denmark 1997 (game not included in this ...
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| May-15-25 |
Denker vs A Dake, 1934
WTHarvey: White mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 32. ?
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| May-15-25 |
Moscow (1936)
FSR: Lasker, Capablanca, and Levenfish were the only players who played in Moscow (1925) , Moscow (1935) , and Moscow (1936) .
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| May-15-25 |
Saemisch vs NN, 1934
WTHarvey: White mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 19. ?
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| May-15-25 |
E Reinhardt vs W Lange, 1934
WTHarvey: White mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 42. ?
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| May-15-25 |
Firouzja vs D Gukesh, 2025
cehertan: Good luck holding such positions OTB. Nicely done by white.
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