Eric Xanthus has kibitzed 80 times to chessgames   [less...]

Dec-10-05 A Bannik vs Tal, 1955    Eric Xanthus: Nice puzzle! I didn't see beyond the perpetual check that black can have (which had to be wrong, this is Tal after all!) because I got hung up trying to clear room for an eventual Rxe2. I didn't appreciate the perpetual that white can get if the black rook leaves f8. Very nice ...      Dec-03-05 Fischer vs Gligoric, 1959    Eric Xanthus: The real cautionary tale is using a bad move in your analysis line (33.Qh6+?). 32Bxe6+ is not quicker. 32.Qh7+ is mate on move 34, as <boomie> begins to show (he's left out 33..Bf7 34.Qxf7#) and so is 32.Bxe6+ (32..Bf7 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Qxf7#).      Dec-01-05 H van Steenis vs T Wechsler, 1947    Eric Xanthus: Yes, <panigma>--but then 8.Qxg8+ Nxg8 9.Nxe4.      Nov-28-05 Van Wely vs C Hansen, 1992    Eric Xanthus: Looks like 34.f4 fails to 34..Qh5 and black cuts into the kingside even faster, <snowie1>.      Nov-28-05 Boleslavsky vs G Kasparian, 1947    Eric Xanthus: <TigerPawns> It wouldn't be the first time I've been accused of being pedantic. ;) I do apologize, but I just can't let an incorrect statement like <Atahualpa>'s go. :)      Nov-24-05 K Grigorian vs Balashov, 1974    Eric Xanthus: I picked 30..Nex4 and saw this continuation, but what happens if white doesn't take the knight? Say, 31.Qe1...I guess the attack will break through, but I don't quite see it (it's kinda late...).      Nov-22-05 T Fogarasi vs D Breder, 2000    Eric Xanthus: <patzer2> I think for your first puzzle 45.Rb8 Qxb8 46.Qxf6+ Kxh7 47.Qxf7+ Kh8 48.Qh5+ and the rook falls. The second seemed simpler to me: 46.Qf8+ Kxh7 47.Qxf7+ Kh8/6 48.Rh4+ and the queen will have to fall. What is my prize? :)      Nov-21-05 E Diemer vs Portz, 1948    Eric Xanthus: Actually I thought this was the same game as last week--is it not a mistake?      Nov-09-05 Keene vs Miles, 1976    Eric Xanthus: Sorry <Atahualpa>, don't know how I missed that. I swear it wasn't there when I posted...and thanks for the movie title, <Trooper2>. Of course it was Telefon...fun movie, and I don't even like Bronson.      Nov-01-05 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985    Eric Xanthus: You are mistaken <svbabu>. There is a black pawn on g6.      Oct-31-05 Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1902     Oct-28-05 Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896     Oct-19-05 Sveshnikov vs R Shcherbakov, 1991     Oct-16-05 H Rossetto vs R Cardoso, 1958     Oct-05-05 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)     Oct-01-05 Suetin vs J G Nielsen, 1965     Sep-25-05 Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1938     Sep-18-05 N Heck vs J Meister, 2004     Sep-13-05 Timman vs Polugaevsky, 1973     Sep-11-05 Korchnoi vs S Nedeljkovic, 1957     Sep-04-05 Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1969     Aug-31-05 Nunn vs J A Sutton, 1984     Aug-30-05 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1967     Aug-16-05 J Nogueiras vs Polugaevsky, 1990     Aug-14-05 Alatortsev vs Smyslov, 1942     Aug-13-05 S Hamann vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1962     Aug-12-05 Pilnik vs Pachman, 1952     Aug-09-05 J Gonzalez Garcia vs G Mahia, 2003     Aug-05-05 V Zurakhov vs A Zamikhovsky, 1959     Jul-23-05 Gheorghiu vs Gligoric, 1965     Jul-19-05 Fischer vs G Kral, 1964     Jul-18-05 Unzicker vs O Sarapu, 1970     Jul-15-05 Ivkov vs A Ingerslev, 1956     Jul-14-05 Taimanov vs Petrosian, 1953     Jul-11-05 J Chamouillet vs NN, 1849     Jul-10-05 Keres vs Unzicker, 1956     Jul-09-05 Furman vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1948     Jul-07-05 R Bugajski vs S Loeffler, 2005     Jul-05-05 J Houska vs G Koskoska, 2005     Jul-01-05 W N Potter vs F Matthews, 1868     Jun-23-05 Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001     Jun-22-05 E Tate vs D Coleman, 1993     Jun-18-05 Tal vs R Meulders, 1987     Jun-13-05 R Meijer vs Euwe, 1923     Jun-09-05 O Barda vs J Foltys, 1951     Jun-08-05 Y Kruppa vs O Gladyszev, 1997     Jun-07-05 J Nun vs Uhlmann, 1979     Jun-06-05 Cochrane vs Staunton, 1842     Jun-03-05 Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1986     May-28-05 Van der Wiel vs G Miralles, 1990     May-13-05 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970     May-06-05 J Arnason vs Keene, 1981     Apr-25-05 Karpov vs A Istratescu, 2005     Apr-24-05 Bronstein vs Keene, 1975     Apr-15-05 J Penrose vs C van den Berg, 1952     Apr-10-05 Shirov vs D King, 1990     Apr-09-05 L Stumpers vs Euwe, 1946     Mar-19-05 Karpov vs Andersson, 1995     Mar-18-05 Andersson vs Karpov, 1995     Mar-17-05 I Rogers vs Huebner, 1988     Feb-25-05 P Kiriakov vs K Aseev, 2002     Feb-24-05 Flohr vs G Thomas, 1932     Feb-21-05 J Degraeve vs R Pogorelov, 1992

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