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Kibitzer's Café
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https://youtu.be/VsXIFAa-lSs?si=e_8...
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| Oct-12-24 |
So vs C Yoo, 2024
goodevans: In the final position, Black cannot avoid losing his h-pawn. If ever he plays <...Kg4> to save it then <Rf6> traps the K and mate will follow. Faced with the prospect of three connected passed pawns, Yoo did the only ...
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Z Tan vs Kosteniuk, 2024
FM David H. Levin: <<James J. Henderson>: Apparently 35...Nxe3 wins; White can't recapture because of 36...Qb1+ 37.Kf2 c2.> 35...Rxe3 (which I infer was intended) does seem to win a piece, although the position is still complex after ...
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D Taboas Rodriguez vs D Fernando, 2002
perfidious: White played weakly in this game and his opponent exploited it; nothing remarkable here.
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A Ornstein vs Forintos, 1981
Rosbach: I didn't get it. I played 25. Re7 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Rc8.
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| Oct-12-24 |
United States Championship (2024)
stone free or die: (Huh?!? After "Round 11"? WT Cheese?!?)
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M Kobalia vs S Lu, 2015
stone free or die: White played a bit loose and fast letting his pieces get uncoordinated with 33.Rc6 (when 33.Rd5 is preferred). I don't think I'd call Black's play a "real" sacrifice as the knight immediately attacks White's queen (and BxN is ...
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NN vs F Rhine, 2020
FSR: It's just a cheap trap for blitz or bullet. Fun if your opponent falls for it, but objectively worthless.
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| Oct-12-24 |
B Bongo Akanga Ndjila vs M Tissir, 2022
YoungEd: Thanks, I guess, Random Game selector! I think maybe White mishandles the dark-square ♗; the trade for the Black ♘ on f6 just makes Black's dark-square bishop strong. I might have tried getting the ♗ to h6 after ...
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| Oct-12-24 |
Kashdan vs I A Horowitz, 1936
KEG: Post II
17... f5?!
Rightly condemned in the Tournament Book, which rightly suggests 17...RxR after which White's edge, if any would be minuscule. As stated in the Tournament Book, the text seriously weakens Black's pawn structure. It was, ...
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| Oct-12-24 |
A Skripchenko vs P Cramling, 1996
Olavi: <Teyss> Pia Cramling is Swedish, and the Swedes call one variation the gå på; I hope the letter comes out right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85
Phonetically Gaw Paw is just about perfect. Whether the Gå På is this Qb6 ...
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Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1902
KEG: <offramp> High praise from so fine an analyst.
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| Oct-12-24 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: <saffuna....ESPN just published a looong story on Bring James's NBA prospect that more or less said the same thing for fifty paragraphs: that he's not ready and wouldn't be there except for his father....> A conclusion reached by
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M Subaric vs S Puc, 1946
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 39.♖xg7+ if ♔f8 40.♖xf7+
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V Burmakin vs J Ivanov, 2007
ChessCoachClark: This game is analyzed in Improve Your Chess by Gary Lane on page 190. White must capture the Black Queen. Any other response will bring checkmate by Black, usually as M11, if not better. Almost a swindle, Black pulls himself out ...
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Aronian vs Sevian, 2024
stone free or die: Some discussion of this game here:
United States Championship (2024) (kibitz #25) A game not mentioned has White playing 19.Re1 (rather than 19.Qc5) and continuing on to a win. <Rosner, J (2413) -- Winterberg, L (2376)
37th
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D Howell vs T Stremavicius, 2024
FM David H. Levin: My least favorite bridge movement is the Howell.
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Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2024
Saniyat24: Smoldering ashes...!
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W Adams vs A R Thomas, 1951
FM David H. Levin: <<CaptainEvans>: Eccentric stuff from Adams with all those king moves.> I'm not sure that White had a good alternative. After 19...Ke7, Black was threatening 20...Bd7, tripling on the h-file, and finally ...Bxg4. So,
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| Oct-12-24 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: chances=changes. *sigh*
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| Oct-12-24 |
Diego Flores Quillas
Gottschalk: 2460 July 2024
https://players.chessbase.com/en/pl... Last FIDE rating 2454
https://players.chessbase.com/en/pl...
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| Oct-12-24 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
stone free or die: Mature audiences only...
https://i0.wp.com/www.thewrap.com/w... Clearly left leaning.
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P Seeger vs A Zude, 1993
saffuna: When Pete got to the table, he asked, "Which side are you on?"
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| Oct-12-24 |
von Bardeleben vs Tarrasch, 1895
WhoKeres: 17...Ra1 looks like a better try to keep white tied up. Tarrasch's 17...Rh6 was too slow, allowing von Bardeleben to consolidate and gain the advantage. Tarrasch played like Tal in the opening in this game!
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W Ju vs C Yip, 2020
alshatranji: I had a more intricate solution. Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Rxb2 41. Qxb2 Bxf4. Stockfish says it works at -3.19, which is not bad, but not like the variation that was played, which has -17.26! The win after this variation is also slower and more ...
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J Pribyl vs P Michalik, 2017
offramp: <The Problem With Pribyls>.
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| Oct-12-24 |
Karpov vs Shirov, 1992
generror: <SChesshevsky> 20...f6 because after 21.Nf5, f2-f4 looks really scary with knight and bishop pointing at g7, so Shirov chose to close the diagonal. So Karpov gave his bishop pair and then destroyed Shirov on the light squares. I'm ...
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| Oct-12-24 |
Giri vs Firouzja, 2024
Sally Simpson: Vid of it here. Look from 0.40 seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yD...
These things not too uncommon before increment. They should have at least three seconds added on. Firouzja's 101...Ra1. is actually 101...Ra-1. ...
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A Zatonskih vs R Atwell, 2024
Williebob: I had posted the position <keypusher> gave on the tournament page with the comment, "Black to play and win", but I admit it was a bit cheeky for a player of my, er, caliber. <perfidious> confirms what I suspected - but I ...
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Niemann vs Caruana, 2024
perfidious: Respect would not be my concern; I would care about saving energy for more important things than playing out a few pointless moves. Nothing to prove here.
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C Yip vs T Cervantes Landeiro, 2024
perfidious: Knew this looked familiar.
By an odd order of moves, the position after 11....Bxf6 was often reached during the 1980s, with 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 coming to supplant 12.Ne4 during that decade. One could thumb through Informator and find ...
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Bronstein vs A Magergut, 1947
WTHarvey: Overloading:
[DIAGRAM] 36. ?
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Ragozin vs B Goldenov, 1947
WTHarvey: Double attack:
[DIAGRAM] 39. ?
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L Christiansen vs Alburt, 1981
Derek880: This was an easily won game by white. It seems like after 8 e6 was played, it was pretty much over. I've never understood why Lev Alburt stuck with the Alekhine's defense as long as he did. Especially when you end up with either cramped ...
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S Bojkovic vs Gligoric, 1979
sackman: Wow! In a tense position, 20 ... d4! sets off a big tactical melee. Nicely played by Gligoric.
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Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
Chessmaletaja: The position after <37 h8♕>: [DIAGRAM] Now, there are four queens on the board.
Black cannot give any troubling checks.
White cannot give a check without immediately exchanging one pair of queens.
Therefore, Black's ...
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T van Scheltinga vs C H Alexander, 1947
WTHarvey: Double attack:
[DIAGRAM] 21. ?
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| Oct-12-24 |
Julius H Loftsson
perfidious: Loftsson was a name I associated with Lone Pine when I was still a class player, long before I went from expert to master and back, then to 2300 before dropping to expert again before making it for good.
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| Oct-12-24 |
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974
generror: Wow... another Karpov gem. Unzicker doesn't really do anything wrong here (his biggest mistake is playing right into a closed Spanish against Karpov with Black), it feels like even Stocfish would have been strangled to death by Karpov. ...
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| Oct-12-24 |
United States Women's Championship (2024)
keypusher: <Williebob: FM Rose Atwell landed a beautiful combination against IM Anna Zatonskih with the black pieces in Round One today.> Atwell's reward is to face Yip, who also won, in Round 2. Alice Lee had the advantage for a while, but ...
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| Oct-12-24 |
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993
dernier loup de T: 11....Fd6??: il s'agit évidemment d'une faute de main, Karpov voulait placer son fou sur la case c5...
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| Oct-12-24 |
Abdusattorov vs V S Gujrathi, 2024
Everett: <Sally Simpson>Even in the first time control, if one burns through their initial pool of time, one should have perhaps 5-10 seconds to move. Another adjustment to be made can be that the time can not be accrued to the next move… ...
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W Pietzsch vs Hort, 1966
Honza Cervenka: Against threatening mate on h2 there is no satisfactory defense. If 25.Qg1, then 25...Rf1, if 25.g3, then 25...Rf2 26.Qg1 Qf5 27.Rd1 Qf3+, and if 25.h3, then 25...Qe5 26.g3 (26.Qg1 Rf1 -+) 26...Rf2 27.Qg1 Qf5 28.hxg4 Qf6 29.g5 Qf5 ...
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