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H Weenink vs Reti, 1923
Chessmaletaja: [DIAGRAM] 30...♕xa4?? was a mistake.
Black has a winning position after 30...♖xc2+
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| Jul-02-25 |
Adams vs Svidler, 2005
plang: After 10 g4 the game had transposed into the English Attack of the Najdorf. This game was played in round 8; in the 2nd round Morozovich had played 10..Nd7 against Leko and the game had ended in a draw. 16..Bxg5 had been played on two ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
D H Fernandez vs J Jackson, 2014
Halldor: I also chose 34. Q-D8† — without hesitation — since the Rook move is just plain ugly, it leaves the White King defenseless, even though it also gets the job done.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Brownlow Cecil
MissScarlett: What a name!
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| Jul-02-25 |
USSR Absolute Championship (1941)
keypusher: <beatgiant> Again, I don't know if I believe him, but Botvinnik seems to say that Snegiryov/Snegirev/Whoever came up with the Match-Tournament format. He, Botvinnik, didn't know what, if anything, would happen. USSR Absolute ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
D Gukesh vs Firouzja, 2025
Atking: What a game!
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| Jul-02-25 |
Carlsen vs So, 2025
perfidious: <DaltriDiluvi....is this really what you want against Carlsen after 23 moves?> Black may hold objectively, but in practice this is a tough wicket to defend.
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| Jul-02-25 |
H Steiner vs H Morton, 1936
KEG: Post X
98. Kg5
Now, thanks to Morton's weak 97th move, Steiner could even have threatened mate with 98. Kg6. Consigning his King to the back rank was now shown to have been a potentially fatal error. In any case, Steiner's actual move was ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
Harry Rosenbaum
perfidious: <jnpope: I know Skipworth had a reputation of bailing on a tournament if he had a poor start and demanding his entry fee back....> Next time I play a 5 or 10k poker event and get off to a poor start, then bust early, bet the TD ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
SuperUnited Rapid Croatia (2025)
offramp:
"We are fed up checking you up. You are some kind of nutcase but we are not sure. So we are going to stuff you full of beta-blockers right up to your brimmy brim brim." "Will that make me better?"
"No, but you will be less dangerous."
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| Jul-02-25 |
D Goodman vs Nunn, 1978
Thegamelover: Better call Saul!
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| Jul-02-25 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: (and I'm always interested in upgrading my Pillsbury data from <Boston Weekly Post> scrapbook clippings to actual newspaper cites!)
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| Jul-02-25 |
Vladimir Kramnik
MrMelad: I meant it as “Shirov probably didn’t *really* want”. But I appreciate your candor..
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| Jul-02-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Brooke Langton.
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| Jul-02-25 |
G Tsikhelashvili vs Karpov, 1968
keypusher: Dear reader, you are very unlikely to reach the position, but if you do, the engine likes 8....Bxg1 9.Rxg1 d4 10.Ne2 Ng4 forking f2 and h2. Not that there was anything terrible about Karpov's move.
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| Jul-02-25 |
So vs Caruana, 2025
Check It Out: 32...c5 weakened black's structure and allowed white to infiltrate.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
saffuna: In the Europe vs. America showdown at the Club World Cup, some results very surprising to me. Bayern defeated Flamengo and Dortmund defeated Monterrey easily, as expected. And European champion PSG strolled past Inter Miami and Messi 4-0,
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| Jul-02-25 |
Edward Lasker
wrap99: I would suggest that people who write code would be sensitive to the inefficiencies of descriptive notation. More broadly, perhaps advances in chess have parallel advances in science & technology.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Louis Stumpers
OhioChessFan: Okay, I need to have a go at this.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959)
ewan14: Korchnoi suffered more than Fischer , Korchnoi was the early leader There is an interview with Averbakh where he is asked about Curacao . He answered along the lines that Geller , Keres and Petrosian were friends ( two out of three ain"t ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
diceman: <HeMateMe: this is kinda fun. A classical pianist scheduled for the Tonight Show suffered a freak injury and couldn't appear. So, Johnny auditioned members of his audience for the job> From the comments:
<David Tolley went on to
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| Jul-02-25 |
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
andrea volponi: 23...d4! - Rc6?! (Rcc5!? = )...Nd5 -a3 Nc7?? (25...Nf4! - Bf5 Rdd8 = ) .
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| Jul-02-25 |
Jonathan Isaac Century
perfidious: Born far too late to be of the Victorian Era or the Britannic Century.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Jaime Jose Romero Barreto
BIDMONFA: Jaime Jose Romero Barreto ROMERO, Jaime J.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/romero_jaim...
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| Jul-02-25 |
V Litvinov vs V Veremeichik, 1971
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 7-pieces ending (Q+P vs. r+b+p). Won for white. <44.Qh4+??> Useless check. White need to move pawn first. 44.a4!! (only move to win) Kd7 45.Qf5+!! (only move to win again) Kc7 46.Qa5+ (third only move ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
Sean Thrower
Nosnibor: I played Sean in the Hastings Challengers in January 1974 when the game was drawn in 56 moves.
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| Jul-02-25 |
P Lyrberg vs M Bezold, 1993
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for black.
<48.Ke4 Rb4+??> Mistake! Wins only 48....h4!! 49.Rh7+ Kc6 50.Rh6+ Kc5 51.Rh5+ Kb6 52.Rh8 Rb4+ 53.K5 c6 54.Kd6 Rd4+!! (only move to win) 55.Ke5 Kc5 56.Kf6 Kb4 57.Ke5 Rd5+ 58.Ke4
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| Jul-02-25 |
D Hottes vs V Ruehrig, 1981
Straclonoor: Quite interesting game!
[DIAGRAM] <42.a7?> SF suggests 42.Ne2 with advantage here. Analysis by Stockfish dev-20240117-a5675f19:
+- (4.60): 42.Ne2 Nb5+ 43.Kd2 Qb4+ 44.Kd1 Na7 45.Rcb1 Qc5 46.Ra4 Ke7 47.Rc1 Kf8 48.Rcxc4 Qd6+ ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
W E Napier vs W T Dickinson, 1904
MissScarlett: The ninth round took place on Friday, October 14th but this game was postponed until the following Wednesday, the 19th. Wednesdays in this event were intended as free/rest days, unless there were adjourned games to finish. The ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2025
FSR: Robert Wydornik has been my most frequent opponent. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... I almost always get Black and play the Sicilian. I played
the more solid 20...Bc5 against him in R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2025 . Stockfish 17.1 has ...
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| Jul-02-25 |
T Thomas vs F Rhine, 2025
FSR: This game was essentially repeated in R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2025 , which lasted half a move longer.
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| Jul-02-25 |
F Rhine vs M Aymard, 2025
FSR: 28...Bf4?? was a weird blunder, although Stockfish says I was winning in any event.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
Stolzenberg: 16. ... Nd7 = Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908
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| Jul-02-25 |
H Kramer vs Euwe, 1941
Stolzenberg: <27. Kg2>: Didn't he see the fork or was there no better move? Perhaps 27. Rb1.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Spassky vs Smyslov, 1953
perfidious: As the rekkid shows, they complied.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Christopher Yoo
perfidious: Those posts by Yoo fairly ooze with remorse.
As in not.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Nigel Nettheim
GrahamClayton: Nigel Nettheim (b. 1940, Sydney, AUS) has had careers in mathematical statistics and musicology. https://www.stilesmusicpublications... https://nettheim.com/
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| Jul-02-25 |
H Steiner vs V Mikenas, 1931
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 39. ?
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| Jul-02-25 |
L Steiner vs C Ahues, 1931
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 28. ?
if 28...♖xe8 29.♕f7+
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| Jul-02-25 |
Menchik vs Yates, 1932
WTHarvey: Black mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 33. ... ?
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| Jul-02-25 |
Y Hou vs Lagno, 2025
BvKolisch: She had mate on move 20.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Kavalek vs Matulovic, 1966
mginsburg: Black had an amazing save, as pointed out in Kavalek's autobiography. 14...Nf6!! 15. Bg5 Bh6!! and black is OK.
Not many people would find this OTB, and white would have been shocked.
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| Jul-02-25 |
I Rogers vs G Garcia, 1986
DaltriDiluvi: Bent Larsen once wrote that White can get a perpetual check with <19.Qh5+>, but that's not true; Black can break out of it by playing <19...g6>.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Capablanca vs A van Foreest, 1911
Chessmusings: Video lesson for this entertaining game here: https://dailychessmusings.com/2025/...
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| Jul-02-25 |
B H Wood vs V Gonzalez Orejas, 1948
GrahamClayton: Gonzalez resigned due to the simultaneous threats of 26. Ne7# and 26. Ng7/Bg7.
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| Jul-02-25 |
Pavel Kondratiev
GrahamClayton: Biography:
https://www.bs-chess.com/latin/lect...
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