| Sep-16-24 |
Ding Liren
plang: It is hard to imagine that he has a lot of confidence at the moment.
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| Sep-16-24 |
B Sivanandan vs Y Cho, 2024
takebackok: Bodhana congrats simply smooth win!
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| Sep-16-24 |
D Barlov vs Jansa, 1982
Honza Cervenka: Instructive demonstration of play against hanging Pawns.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Budapest Olympiad (2024)
Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
I've no idea if I'm right, I'm just giving it a good guess as well. All we have a an exceptional player suddenly going right off form. I'm not a medical man all I can offer in this case is a chess explanation and the ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
I Balinov vs W Posch, 2001
stanleys: Very strong move by Balinov, 12.Bf4+! (think a novelty at that time), with the idea of 12...Nxf4 13.Ne4+ Kc7 14.Qa5+ Nb6 15.Qe5+ Kb7 16.Nc5x. Black is forced to give his queen; he gets in return 3 minor pieces, but White is dominating.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Vladimir Galakhov
Volcanus: * https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Chessgames - Sports
plang: The Falcons are on Monday Night Football tonight and on Sunday Night Football next Sunday. What did they do to earn those honors?
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| Sep-16-24 |
Rapport vs Vocaturo, 2024
K Any: 17...Qd3, a poisoned pawn? After 19...Qg6 Black looks ok. Then 20.Nh4, a surprising move. Black has real difficulties.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968
keypusher: < Troller: Botvinnik worked as a scientist after becoming WC, no?
Later WCs would be professional chess players, I do not think that can be said about the post-1948 Botvinnik.> I don't know enough about his biography to say. I've
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| Sep-16-24 |
S Sjugirov vs A Erigaisi, 2024
perfidious: At first glance, it seemed odd that Erigaisi should offer an exchange of queens, but White has difficulties over his development and can scarcely hold the extra pawn, while his opponent has great activity and the best minor piece on ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Chigorin vs O Bernstein, 1903
PaulPetrovitj: Note that this way of combating the King's Gambit was used by the same Ossip Bernstein almost exactly 50 years later. This was in the game Bronstein-Bernstein of the USSR-France match in Paris 1954. Black achieved at least equal ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
H Ziska vs M Duggan, 2006
fredthebear: H Ziska vs M Duggan, 2006 (kibitz #9) <Sep-05-24 perfidious: While much time haz been wasted over the missed simple mate across the years, the self-styled supreme arbiter of mating nomenclature has weighed in this day with his
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Spassky vs Seirawan, 1985
ewan14: Brilliant Boris !
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| Sep-16-24 |
Chigorin vs V Yurevich, 1903
PaulPetrovitj: A sharp game in the first round of the Championship. An exciting moment occurred on White¨s move nr 30 when he could have tried 30 bxc6. After Qd5 31. c7 Rxd3 32. c8Qch Rxc8 33. Rxc8ch Kb7 34. Qc1 Rd1 Black comes out on top ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Brandi Passante.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Korchnoi vs Bronstein, 1958
ewan14: Entertaining game !
Victor on the white side of a French Winawer
David gets the draw !
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| Sep-16-24 |
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1965
ewan14: One of two victories in 1965 over the world champion Respect !
( Larsen to copy in 1966 )
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| Sep-16-24 |
M Mchedlishvili vs Shirov, 2024
Everett: Well past his prime, still impressive to see Shirov miniatured at classical time controls… with a model Reti-system no less.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968
ewan14: Korchnoi remarked that against Geller and Larsen Spassky let them beat themselves. In this game of the match Spassky was really going for it , perhaps like the slugfest against Keres in 64/64 ( Korchnoi also said the Soviet authorities ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Rapport vs D Gukesh, 2024
offramp: It could have carried on....
[DIAGRAM] _w_-_-_0_1
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| Sep-16-24 |
P Schmidt vs Saemisch, 1935
Stonehenge: Maybe he thought the Bishop would still be on e2.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Firouzja vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2024
areknames: Honestly, 47.Ka3 is just the natural move in this position, not too hard to figure out even for me. I wonder why AF didn't play it. Strange.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Kibitzer's Café
cormier: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readi...
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| Sep-16-24 |
N Novotelnov vs V Zak, 1951
LIFE Master AJ: The machine changed the symbol on me and I did not catch it! (It should have been "plus-slash-minus.")
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| Sep-16-24 |
I Huh vs J Castro Torres, 2024
areknames: Hehe, funny one. I suppose Black could have tried 140...Kc1 at the end but the outcome wouldn't have changed and both players were probably sick and tired of the game.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Isaak Huh
perfidious: On setting foot in Java, the first to spot this player exclaimed: 'Huh?'
And his name was thus bestowed.
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| Sep-16-24 |
W Morrison vs S Chevannes, 2012
Allderdice83: <Yes the extra puzzle is definitely a pleasant addition, enhancing our regular experience. But with each addition to the site, if it's not fully automated it must be maintained, increasing the work load for somebody.. so whoever ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
T Todorov vs J Song, 2009
louispaulsen88888888: Stockfish recommends 98.e4. With just a -1.01 evaluation, so the mistake likely comes later somewhere. But I’m not playing this out again!
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| Sep-16-24 |
R Praggnanandhaa vs A Sarana, 2024
Fusilli: <RookFile: I guess the Najdorf is a drawing weapon now.> There was a lot of life left in that position to battle it out. It's an Olympiad. The team captains must have decided to settle, for some reason.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Chris B Rice
louispaulsen88888888: I’m almost 7 years too late with my pun.
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| Sep-16-24 |
J A Esquivel Leon vs F Rhine, 2023
FSR: An alternative to 9...Bd7, and best according to Stockfish 17, is 9...Qa5 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6. Then Stockfish gives 12.O-O-O b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Ne2 Qb5 16.Be3 a5 17.Qd3 Qe8 +0.24.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Fischer vs Panno, 1958
FSR: Sometime in the same year (1957) Donald Byrne played the Accelerated Dragon against Fischer in a lightning game at the Manhattan Chess Club. That game went 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 d5! Black had equalized and went on to win a ...
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Magnus Carlsen
offramp: User: Justin Flint 😂That's him!!
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| Sep-16-24 |
J Murey vs M Santo-Roman, 1989
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] One more instructive 7-pieces ending!
<49....Ra4 50.Ke5 Rxa3 51.Bd5 Rd3 52.Kd6 Rc3 53.Ke5 Rd3 54.Kd6 Rc3 55.Ke5 a5 56.Kd4 Rc8??> Black had two winning moves 56....Rg3 and 56....Rh3 56.....Rh3 57.Kc4 Kf8 58.Be6 Re3 ...
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Fischer vs D Byrne, 1957
FSR: Even better was 15...g5! 16.Bd3 Nxd3+ 17.Rxd3 Qc7. White has no attack, and his queen is marooned on h6 (-3.2, Stockfish 17).
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| Sep-16-24 |
G Micalizzi vs A Martorelli, 1990
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Instructive same color bishop ending!
It won for white
<50....Be2 51.Kg6 Kd6 52.Bc8 h5 53.Kg5 Ke7 54.Bg4??> What's a move??? Looks like selfkilling but goes to draw. White wins by 54.h4 Bd1 55.Bf5 Kf8 56.Bg6 Kg8 ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
C F Heng vs B Oh, 2017
FSR: My game was G Jacewicz vs F Rhine, 2024 (1/2-1/2, 37).
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| Sep-16-24 |
M Subaric vs I Kindij, 1946
Stonehenge: Thanks, I've changed it to 15...Na5.
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| Sep-16-24 |
B Maryasin vs V N Kozlov, 1966
FSR: The Accelerated Dragon (2...Nc6 and 4...g6) is a tricky opening. Most people avoid it because they don't like facing the Maroczy Bind (5.c4). White can also head for the Yugoslav Attack with 5.Nc3, as he did here, but he should play ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Anderssen vs de Riviere, 1858
kingscrusher: < MissScarlett> Thank you so much for all the work you do to make the site a better experience and more accurate games.
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| Sep-16-24 |
R Gervasio vs R Araujo, 1984
FSR: 8.Bb3! is the correct way to head for the Yugoslav Attack. 8.f3?! is an inaccuracy, strongly met by 8...Qb6! 9.Bb3! is the best response, preserving approximate equality. Now 9...Nxe4 led to equality in Fischer vs Panno, 1958 . More ambitious
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| Sep-16-24 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
tonsillolith: <Play on words isn't necessary in every title, nevertheless, this title is uninteresting.> No, but if we want to <call it a pun>, without changing the meaning of the term, then we must. I'm afraid I'll have to side with ...
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A Timofeev vs Wojtaszek, 2005
LRLeighton: Unfortunate finish for black; after white played 86 Nxg6, multiple moves still drew (e.g., 86...Bg3), but black blundered with 86...hxg6??. I still would have played on with black though at the end of the game: 88 Kf2, e3+ as the only ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Z Zhao vs G Jones, 2024
optimal play: 35.Qxh3?
Better is 35.Qxf5 preventing 35...Ng4
Well-played finish by Jones.
Unfortunately it meant England won the round 2½:1½
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| Sep-16-24 |
Adams vs R Sardana, 2024
optimal play: 25...Qh3?
The attack by black on the h-file wasn't really thought through properly and white easily escaped it leaving black much worse off. In the end it goes all the way to checkmate.
Adams is rated almost 200 points higher so it
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A Erigaisi vs R Mamedov, 2024
tamar: 5 of 5 for the highest rated Indian player. Live rating soars to 2788.1
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| Sep-16-24 |
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927
Catur Proklamasi: Hi my friends !
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| Sep-16-24 |
B Cheng vs D Howell, 2024
optimal play: 54.e4+!
It's not often e4 by white isn't played until the 54th move. And to check with it!
81.bxc8=N+!!
Clever underpromotion.
NOT 81.bxc8=Q??? and stalemate
Tremendous game by Bobby against the very highly rated David Howell.
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| Sep-16-24 |
Vitiugov vs T Kuybokarov, 2024
optimal play: Quite an accurate game.
Good play by Temur as black to score a draw against an opponent rated more than 100 points higher. Much better than his last game.
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| Sep-16-24 |
D Smerdon vs D Gong, 2024
optimal play: A very closed position for most of this game.
Not an impressive performance but the draw secured Australia the win over New Zealand by 2½-1½
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| Sep-16-24 |
N Croad vs R Sardana, 2024
optimal play: 22.Rh1? 23.Rh3?
25.Rxd4?
28...Rxe3!
Well-played game by black.
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| Sep-16-24 |
B Cheng vs S Renjith, 2024
optimal play: 34...Rxa2?
37...Ng8?
After blundering badly in the 1st round and being dropped for the 2nd round, Bobby has redeemed himself by now winning two in a row.
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| Sep-16-24 |
F Xie vs T Kuybokarov, 2024
optimal play: 19...Bf6? 20.exf5!
22.Qh5!
23...Bd7?
27.Rxe5! Ng5?
28.Re7+ Qxe7?
And played all the way to mate.
Well, that was a shocker.
Kuybokarov is a 24yo GM rated 2562 and Xie is just 16 rated about 240 points lower. It's lucky the ...
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| Sep-16-24 |
Ivanchuk vs Rapport, 2024
saffuna: Ivanchuk runs his king out to e5, with queens still on. He's gotten away with seemingly strange ideas plenty in his career. But not this time.
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| Sep-16-24 |
I Cheparinov vs Caruana, 2024
Everett: <Sally Simpson: Larsen said words to those effect. If you can play d5 in the Sicilian then it's equalises and if Black equalises in the Sicilian then they are winning.> Nothing like a Dane expounding on the benefits of mafia chess
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Karpov vs A Lisenko, 1968
Volcach: Shame Karpov missed 42. Rxd4.... almost a perfect tournament
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| Sep-16-24 |
A Fuderer vs S Nedeljkovic, 1948
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 31. ?
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| Sep-16-24 |
A C Ludwig vs R Hayes, 1948
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 27. ?
if 27...♘xe5 or fxe5 28.♕h5+
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J Platt vs H Grob, 1948
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 40. ?
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| Sep-16-24 |
Ivanchuk vs So, 2024
edbermac: Unfortunately, Wesley played against good Chucky. Fortunately for Rapport, he played against bad Chucky today.
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| Sep-16-24 |
J Zawadzka vs N Kosintseva, 2007
keypusher: <Maroczy: A trap on 34. Ne4...if Queen takes b3 then 35. Nf6+ and gf 36. Bh6 leads to mate.> [DIAGRAM] White got her move order mixed up: 29.Nxe4!! and mate follows 29....Qxb3 30.Ra8+ Bf8 31.Nf6+! gf 32.Bh6. The difference is that
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G Guseinov vs P H Nielsen, 2011
keypusher: [DIAGRAM] This is a wild one. Black is four pawns up but White has just played 20.Nb6 attacking the rook and the bishop. Black castles and White unveils his real threat: 21.Na4 trapping the queen. After 21....Qxa1+ 22.Nxa1 Queen versus ...
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