| Sep-23-24 |
V Fedoseev vs D Gukesh, 2024
Atking: <There are only two possible explanations: either he has nerves of steel, either he doesn't know that a Pawn promotes on the last rank.> :( One hypothesis is he knows very well that pawn before its promotion is still a pawn...
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| Sep-23-24 |
Budapest Olympiad (2024)
Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
Bent Larsen was a great player however there are few odd things he has said in print. I've no idea why he lambasts medals at Olympiads. In 1956 he won the board one gold medal and was awarded the GM title for doing so.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Chessgames - Sports
WannaBe: MLB is wrapping up regular season, pretty much 6 games to go... It would be since 2014 that not one team finished with triple digits wins. LAD can only finish 99, if they win out.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Forintos vs I Bilek, 1958
TheaN: <Halldor: Missed this, went for 16... Nxe4 17. QxQ Bf2† 18. Ke2, wondering if there was a hidden win in this position, which I couldn't find.> Black has a significant, almost winning plus after 18....Nxc3+ 19.bxc3 Rfxd8 20.Kxf2 Rd2+
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| Sep-23-24 |
von der Lasa vs C Jaenisch, 1842
MissScarlett: These games would be better described a la Pope as <Casual Series>. I venture that Staunton - Saint-Amant (1843) is the first match in the modern sense. Two <Lasa - Jaenisch> games from the <CPC>, vol.iii (1842): C ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
Kibitzer's Café
cormier: <<<<<<Medjugorje Message> (September 24, 2024)> “Today I wish to call you to pray daily for souls in purgatory.> For every soul prayer and grace is necessary to reach God and the love of God.> By doing ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
Schultz Memorial, Stockholm (1919)
Tabanus: The two missing games are
Löwenborg vs Olson 1/2 in rd. 4 (Sept. 8)
Reti vs Bogoljubov 0-1 in rd. 16 (Sept. 26)
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| Sep-23-24 |
Biographer Bistro
Tabanus: Schultz Memorial, Stockholm (1919) . The two missing games are Löwenborg vs Olson 1/2 in rd. 4 (Sept. 8)
Reti vs Bogoljubov 0-1 in rd. 16 (Sept. 26)
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| Sep-23-24 |
Kholmov vs Spassky, 1956
ewan14: Interesting finish
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| Sep-23-24 |
M Moustache vs Salamatu Farmer, 2024
SkySports: I didn't want to make fun of her, but there is something strange in her approach to the game. Maybe she just doesn't care about chess and is trolling all of us...
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| Sep-23-24 |
C Henriquez Villagra vs O Zambrana, 2024
SkySports: Powerful attack by Zambrana in this game.
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| Sep-23-24 |
E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929
mel gibson: I chose the same ply as Stockfish 17:
15. Bxh7+
(15. Bxh7+ (1.Bxh7+ Kh8 2.Nf5 Nf6 3.Rh3 d4 4.Bxd4 Qxd4
5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Be4+ Kg8 7.Bxb7 Rae8 8.c3 Re5 9.Re3 Ree8 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nh7
12.g6 fxg6 13.Rxe8 Rxe8 14.Qb3+ Kh8 ) +7.94/45 720) score
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| Sep-23-24 |
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974
perfidious: Karpov played outstanding chess after dropping the first game. This was a fine positional effort.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1978
Allderdice83: BTW, the "?" there is punctuation, not an indication that 43 ... Qxb5 is a bad move.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Kholmov vs Korchnoi, 1965
ewan14: Exciting game
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| Sep-23-24 |
Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1965
ewan14: Wonderful !
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| Sep-23-24 |
Budapest Olympiad (Women) (2024)
notyetagm: <Atterdag> Yep, Yip did beyond great, as did Alice Lee. Krush and Zatonsikh were just along for the ride, like when your group project gets an A+ and you did almost nothing.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956
ewan14: Tal before Tal
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| Sep-23-24 |
R Hovhannisyan vs V Onyshchuk, 2024
Sally Simpson: White to play
[DIAGRAM] A lovely wrap up this one incorporating vision, pattern recognition and technique. White has clearly seen 6 full moves ahead up to the point the Queens are forced off. Then with the Queens off in his mind, ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
I Bilek vs F Kuijpers, 1966
offramp: Istvan be like I's winnin'.
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| Sep-23-24 |
S Sanchez vs C L Levitan, 2024
Sally Simpson: I'm afraid this is one them where a player in a KQ v KQ ending tries to dodge a three fold rep and walks into a mate. [DIAGRAM] White to play and selfmate.
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| Sep-23-24 |
E Mednis vs Korchnoi, 1986
Granny O Doul: I agree that 21...Kc7 is odder than the actual pawn blunder, but Mednis was not going to miss the threat of ...Ke7 in any case. Also surprised by the quick resignation, but the ending is not difficult. 5...Qe7 suggests that Korchnoi
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| Sep-23-24 |
E Sawan vs R B Seine, 2024
SkySports: Drawing this game (which she could have won, as she had a great advantage until 76.Kxa3??) Eman Sawan lost the opportunity to gain an individual medal at board one, which would have been an impressive (and unexpected) achievement. Too ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
Wei Yi vs N Yakubboev, 2024
Twilight of the Idol: <Atking>, do you mean 33. ... Bb7 ? According to chess.com's engine, 33. ... Bb7 is the best of a bad bunch, though it might have been hoodwinked here. I guess you're thinking of 33. ... d2!? 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Rxe5+ Qxe5
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| Sep-23-24 |
Y Xu vs P Idani, 2017
johnlspouge: <perfidious>, I checked with a 6 second analysis by Stockfish 11 v064 for sudden changes, and Stockfish fingers 17.h3 as the lemon. The move changes the evaluation from +0.75 (17.Nd2) to -3.26, so it supports your thesis of ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
P M Woodward vs Dorji Pema Yangsel, 2024
offramp: I believe Mrs Woodward's homewards.
I have put together a 91-part tutorial package.
Part 1 is the Dvoretsky books.
The next part is <physical>: Cherokee Kickboxing.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Bareev vs Fressinet, 2003
Chessical: It seems that
[DIAGRAM] <57...Kh5> loses by giving away a tempo, but <57...a4> draws. For example: <57... a4> 58. Re5 Kg6 59. Re6+ Kh5 60. Re7 h6 61. Re6 a3 or <63.Rxa3> h5 64. Ra5 h4 65. Ra1 h3 66. Rg1+ Kh4 ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
V Yurevich vs O Bernstein, 1903
PaulPetrovitj: Yurevich thought he had blundered a piece when he allowed the fork 19. -, g6. However, if he instead of 20. Qf3? had played 20. Ng3, Black could not win a piece by 20.-, gxf5 because of 21. Rxf5. For instance 21.-, Qe6 22. Qg4ch Kh8
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| Sep-23-24 |
Polugaevsky vs Spassky, 1973
ColdSong: Spassky was not Fischer.It means he was less than the american able to obtain and keep a deep edge,and had sometime to defend terribly difficult positions,much more difficult than Petrosian's ,who was more gifted to avoid difficult ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
V Nxumalo vs P Corbin, 2024
SkySports: Nice save from Nxumalo. Never think the game is already in your pocket...
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| Sep-23-24 |
B A Nikolaev vs Salwe, 1903
PaulPetrovitj: Nikolayev's 7.b5 was not good, he should have castled which would have saved him from all the trouble he landed in when his K got trapped in the center. Salwe managed to attack both vertically (Q and R) and diagonally with the ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
Van Wely vs Timman, 2002
Olavi: This was a gamble from Timman: it was well known that 19.Naxb5 is good for White and that 15...Bd7 is nice for Black. A bluff; leaves behind mixed feelings.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Monger Bhakta Bahadur vs P Rowe, 2024
SkySports: With this last round draw Mr. Rowe avoided to finish his 15th Olympiad with defeats only (+0 -8 =1).
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| Sep-23-24 |
G Kjartansson vs R Nanjo, 2024
Delboy: Nice sacrificial attack played far from the top tables at the Budapest Olympiad. The final 23. ... Ne2 blocks all possible rescue missions to defend h2, meaning ... Be5, ... Qh2# cannot be stopped
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| Sep-23-24 |
F Skinner vs G Forbes, 2024
HeMateMe: Shades of Fischer/spassky? A trapped Bishop and a lost ending.
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| Sep-23-24 |
Morphy vs W Thomas, 1859
kingscrusher: <SBC> Weird - those two Morphy losses don't seem to be in the database here: search "Morphy vs William Thomas" Only 3 games shown at the time of this post
It might be really interesting to check them out.
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| Sep-23-24 |
L Barros vs M Munoz Sanchez, 2024
perfidious: <Geoff>, clever variation on a theme, but this time it is the white king that comes to grief.
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| Sep-23-24 |
G Stalda vs C Benini, 1948
Stonehenge: <WTHarvey>
Please check your forum.
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| Sep-23-24 |
N Miezis vs F Schiendorfer, 2012
Rosbach: I couldn't find more than a few moves. 21.Bxa5 was really a cool move - sacrificing a Bishop into a check to get the Queen free passage to Qh6+
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| Sep-23-24 |
Y Porat vs F Apsenieks, 1939
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Black could won this instructive 7-pieces ending. <49.Nxd8 c4+ 50.Ka2 c3??> It's very important in this type of ending what pawn move and when do it. Now is not time to move any of black's pawns Win is 50....Kd4 ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
J P de Mey vs M Allam, 2024
Sally Simpson: White to play and set up a pattern that is very well known but always pleasing to play. [DIAGRAM]
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| Sep-23-24 |
N Borowski vs J Kostro, 1961
beatgiant: White had a win all the way until 53. Kg3? Instead <53. g5> still wins, because White's king will be able to reach forward squares. For example 53. g5 Kh7 54. Kh5 g6+ 55. Kg4 Kg7 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. Ke5 Ke7 <58. h4> and Black's ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
J Sajtar vs L Steiner, 1948
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 24.♖xf8+ ♔xf8 25.♖g1
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| Sep-23-24 |
Unzicker vs R Czaya, 1948
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 25.♗g5
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| Sep-23-24 |
Dommaraju Gukesh
Check It Out: Yes, I also dream that on a good day I could take a win from one of these guys. In my dreams 😀
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| Sep-23-24 |
Vasiukov vs B Vladimirov, 1961
MarcusBierce: < 'm not sure what's so terrible for black after 33....Qc7: 34.Qe2+ Kf8 35.Na6 Qa5 and black may even keeps the exchange.> After <33..Qc7 34.Ne4+> drops the Q
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| Sep-23-24 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
HeMateMe: Flo Ho!
< https://www.bing.com/images/search?... > ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
G Timoscenko vs A V Kharitonov, 1988
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for white
<49.Rb4 Ra2 50.Rb5+ Kh4 51.Rb4+ Kg5 52.Rb5+ Kh4 53.Rxb6 Rxa3 54.Kf4??> remarkable mistake. Wins only 54.Rg6 Ra8 55.e4!! (only move to win) Kh5 56.Rg2 Re8 57.Kf4 Rf8+ 58.Ke3 Re8 ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
A Bykhovsky vs A Kaspi, 1998
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <46.h7?> - mistake Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
+- (20.30): 46.Kg7 Qg4+ 47.Kf7 Qh4 48.f6 Na5 49.Qe3 Kxb5 50.Kg7 Nc4 51.Qg1 Nd2 52.f7 Nf3 53.Qg6 Qe7 54.h7 Kc4 55.h8Q Nd4 56.Qb8 e4 57.Qxe4 Qg5+ 58.Kf8 Qe5 59.Qxe5 Nxe6+
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| Sep-23-24 |
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
DaeWang: 29. ... Nc6: "No man shall pass"
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| Sep-23-24 |
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971
Granny O Doul: 2.5-5.5 is a tough position to be in, even with spirit fully intact.
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| Sep-23-24 |
So vs Wei Yi, 2024
PawnSac: Yes interesting game, but it has been hanging for too many hours with the dancing rook,
inhibiting normal commentary mode.
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| Sep-23-24 |
D Gukesh vs Abdusattorov, 2024
Atking: I was impressed by the opening concept : a4;N back to f3;g3;Re1. Think the other way! No edge on, yet interesting. An improvement could be 23.Re2~24.Rd2 The exchange of LSB should be possible by Bf3~Bg4 or like on the game if Black plays ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
F Apsenieks vs Euwe, 1924
Cecco: It is a pity that Euwe did not comment on his choice not to play 23. ... cxd5.
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| Sep-23-24 |
J Fernandez Menendez vs M Camon Botella, 2001
FSR: The plausible 5...Nxd5? is known to be a very bad move. Both 6.d4! (the Lolli Attack) and 6.Nxf7! (the magnificently named Fegatello or Fried Liver Attack) are close to winning. 6.Qf3 looks like a reasonable alternative, and Opening Explorer ...
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| Sep-23-24 |
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972
perfidious: So few things in chess are truly new....
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Kibitzing