Jul-23-25 D H Levin vs J Anthony, 1983 
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| James J. Henderson: I'm not sure the position after Black's 14th move makes a particularly good puzzle: after 15.Nf4 Rad8, it seems Black is still okay. But the position after 17...Bf8 [DIAGRAM] would make a nice puzzle! After 18.f3, the only way to save the knight on e4 is 18...Ng5 ... |
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Jun-27-25 D Gukesh vs Carlsen, 2025
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| James J. Henderson: Echoing part of what <Fusilli> said, in my opinion the definition of "blunder" has to involve more than a move that changes a theoretically drawn position into a theoretically losing position (or a win to a draw or loss). I think the definition must involve some ... |
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Jun-25-25 I Smirnov vs A Ipatov, 2007
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| James J. Henderson: The pawn sacrifice on move 10 by the 14-year-old Ipatov is apparently not sound. To be fair, when the position occurred in Anand vs Kasparov, 1995 Kasparov's move 10...Ne5 wasn't the best either (Stockfish prefers 10...Rc8). Trading off the dark-square bishops with 14.Bh6 |
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Jun-20-25 Carissa Yip
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| James J. Henderson: Someone should correct the verb tenses in her biography posted here. |
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Jun-13-25 I Smirnov vs V Vetoshko, 2007
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| James J. Henderson: If I'm reading correctly, Vetoshko was nine years old when this game was played. |
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May-16-25 Zvjaginsev vs Topalov, 1995
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| James J. Henderson: After 48...Kh3, White can simply play 49.Bxf3 and win. But <Cecco> asked about 48...Kh3 49.Kf2 Rd2+ 50.Kxf3 Rxa2. [DIAGRAM] This R + B vs. R endgame is actually a tablebase win, mate in 40, apparently (using "!" to denote "only winning move"): 51.Bg4+ Kh2 52.Be6! ... |
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May-14-25 D Gukesh vs B Deac, 2025
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| James J. Henderson: One further wrinkle: it seems 53.Qd2 was a mistake, but White got a respite with 54...Bf7. If, instead, Black plays 54...Bc4, [DIAGRAM] White is losing; the threats of Qf1+ and Ng4 are overwhelming. |
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May-02-25 Duda vs C Aravindh, 2025
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| James J. Henderson: <offramp> And it was still available on move 27. |
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Apr-19-25 L Labatt vs Capablanca, 1909
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| James J. Henderson: <An Englishman: ... Capablanca used a standard stratagem vs. the Stonewall Attack--8...cxd4 and 9...Nb4 to harass the B...> Do you mean in this game or in general? Apart from Marshall vs Capablanca, 1911 , I don't know of further games where Capablanca faced the ... |
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Mar-29-25 V Sanal vs S V Sargsyan, 2025
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| James J. Henderson: Quite an unfortunate 31st move. |
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Mar-25-25 Marie-Ange Moustache
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Mar-14-25 D Paravyan vs Caruana, 2023
Mar-10-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs T Nguyen, 2025
Mar-09-25 E Mednis vs W Martz, 1972
Dec-09-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024
Oct-12-24 Z Tan vs Kosteniuk, 2024
Sep-19-24 D Pavasovic vs D Sermek, 2001
Aug-22-24 Ding Liren vs So, 2024
Jul-01-24 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907
May-06-24 Alekhine vs V Fenoglio, 1938
May-01-24 Ding Liren vs Keymer, 2024
Jan-06-24 Tal vs Gipslis, 1951
Oct-28-23 Saric vs Caruana, 2023
Sep-22-23 Tomashevsky vs D Andreikin, 2011
Jul-19-23 Ju - Lei Women's World Championship Match (2023)
Jun-23-23 Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2017
Dec-19-22 David
Dec-12-22 Capablanca vs A Aurbach, 1914
Nov-07-22 Karpov vs Kramnik, 1995
Oct-05-22 Matthew Sadler
Aug-11-22 W Ju vs Mamedyarov, 2022
Aug-11-22 J Alboredo vs M Sebag, 2022
Aug-04-22 W Ju vs Giri, 2022
Apr-16-22 Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1898
Feb-27-22 Carlsen vs E Hansen, 2022
Aug-13-21 P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984
Aug-06-21 Kosteniuk vs Goryachkina, 2021
Jun-06-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Aronian, 2021
Dec-14-20 Euwe vs T Tylor, 1926
Nov-07-20 S Foisor vs I Krush, 2020
Nov-06-20 Steinitz vs Gunsberg, 1891
Jul-16-20 Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1990
Apr-30-20 FIDE Candidates (Women) (2019)
Mar-17-20 Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2019
Mar-07-20 Anand vs Carlsen, 2020
Mar-07-20 Goryachkina vs Kosteniuk, 2020
Jan-21-20 Goryachkina vs W Ju, 2020
Jan-19-20 W Ju vs Goryachkina, 2020
Jan-18-20 Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020)
Jan-18-20 Goryachkina vs W Ju, 2020
Dec-27-19 A Shaw vs M Turnbull, 1984
Dec-17-19 D Andreikin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
Dec-15-19 Goryachkina vs E Paehtz, 2019
Oct-18-19 P Cramling vs Kosteniuk, 2019
Oct-18-19 W Ju vs Goryachkina, 2019
Jun-10-19 Z Tan vs Lagno, 2019
Jun-09-19 Lagno vs N Dzagnidze, 2019
Jun-06-19 Goryachkina vs V Gunina, 2019
Jun-01-19 N Dzagnidze vs Z Tan, 2019
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