Murphyman has kibitzed 92 times to chessgames   [less...]

Sep-01-16 N Popov vs A Novopashin, 1979    Murphyman: wow got it. And on a Thursday too. Beautiful how the qxp kxp rh8# traps the king behind 2 pawns and another pawn on h4 completes the side file mate whereas in the other line with qxp Pxq the same two black pawns create a wall trapping k on 7th and 8th rank with 2 rooks combining ...      Apr-13-15 Miles vs J Franco Jimenez, 1994    Murphyman: "Just don't slip up on the placement of the queen." Agreed otherwise the female monarch will become a piece of detritus.      Feb-04-15 Steinitz vs A Mocatta, 1875    Murphyman: Mendrys I too went with the Bronstein line but not for reasons you give... Didn't see a mating net with Q and N. lovely description for a variation.. Bronstein talked to his pieces and they were more than just lumps of wood to his mind which brimmed over with fantasy and cunning. ...      Dec-31-14 M Hebden vs S R Mannion, 2014   Murphyman: What an interesting move 20. Nxe5 is!! Took me quite a while to see why this knight sac couldn't be accepted by Stephen. Always interesting at any level when a player makes a move like this and says to his opponent. "I am going to capture material and offer you even more ...      Apr-23-13 B Ivanovic vs K Osmanovic, 1983    Murphyman: I agree with The Heavensmile. A piece which cannot defend the g7 square would have to be sittingon f8 to prevent the black king from having his choice of f8 or h8. In a true windmill black would be forced back on to h8 after the Rg7+s. In a true windmill white would pick up the ...      Jan-07-13 C Cacco vs Khenkin, 1998    Murphyman: I think 24) Rc8+ Nd8 25) Rxc5 Rxc5 (bishop is pinned and R on c4 leaving c file allow Rc8 #) 26) Qxe7 # also wins      Mar-22-11 S Salihu vs F Urkedal, 2008    Murphyman: Seems like we all (with few exceptions) have a human bias towards 39.Be6. I agree with Dzechiel that move 39 was the toughest one to find. I had a sense that the king could wriggle around and the queen fail to pin him down and indeed that proved the case as its Be6 which mates ...      Sep-09-10 Gruenfeld vs Rubinstein, 1924    Murphyman: Never mind all the opening stuff folks. What about 28. Bxe5 as a move!!?? Think it should be a CG problem of the day someday      Sep-06-10 Rubinstein vs Chigorin, 1906    Murphyman: Lovely endgame from a lowly club player's standpoint. Rubinstein is weaving a net around the black king like a spider's web... its almost invisible but it's there and its deadly      Jan-10-10 Stephen R Mannion    Murphyman: For a number of years now our club (www.ekchess.org.uk) has been pleased that Stephen has provided simultaneous displays against our members. The most recent one was Thursday night. Stephen beat us 12.5/13 with only one of our guys getting a draw. Stephen is a great ambassador ...      Jan-02-10 N Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945     Dec-20-09 Portisch vs Tal, 1965     Sep-19-09 Petrosian vs Ivkov, 1978    Jul-09-09 Larsen vs P H Clarke, 1957     Dec-25-08 Tigran Petrosian     Oct-28-08 P Lyrberg vs R Irzhanov, 1992     Oct-23-08 Rubinstein vs Colle, 1930     Oct-15-08 Botvinnik - Petrosian World Championship Match (1963)     Oct-14-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008     Sep-21-08 S Macgilchrist vs G Solomon, 2006     Jul-28-08 S Polgar vs J Arnason, 1989     Jul-22-08 E Piankov vs Psakhis, 1977     Jul-11-08 Speelman vs Sax, 1988     Jun-19-08 Petrosian vs V Loginov, 1983     Jun-13-08 Colle vs L Asztalos, 1931     Jun-13-08 Colle vs R Michell, 1927     Jun-10-08 Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859     Jun-05-08 I Sokolov vs S Williams, 2006     May-29-08 S Narayanan vs V Ikonnikov, 2006     May-28-08 Janowski vs Schlechter, 1899     May-21-08 H Runde vs Morten Jensen, 2003     Apr-08-08 Alekhine vs De Cassio, 1944     Mar-26-08 A Nimzowitsch vs A Gize, 1913     Mar-10-08 B Koch vs Y Porat, 1931     Mar-02-08 Furman vs Petrosian, 1961     Feb-20-08 T Kotanjian vs C Balogh, 2008     Feb-19-08 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1991     Feb-11-08 Petrosian vs G Kasparian, 1946     Jan-30-08 Onischuk vs Carlsen, 2007     Jan-26-08 Armenian Championship (2008)    Jan-22-08 Fischer vs M Bedford, 1964     Jan-09-08 Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906     Jan-03-08 Janowski vs von Popiel, 1902     Jan-01-08 H Helms vs O Tenner, 1942     Dec-27-07 L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993     Dec-24-07 Rubinstein vs NN, 1902     Dec-20-07 G Ilivitsky vs Keres, 1955     Nov-27-07 P Chan vs Wu Kaiyu, 2001     Nov-26-07 G Mammadova vs O Girya, 2001     Nov-14-07 N Davies vs C Duncan, 1999     Nov-12-07 H Neustadtl vs O Valenta, 1889     Nov-07-07 Gligoric vs F Olafsson, 1958     Nov-05-07 Steinitz vs J Minckwitz, 1870     Oct-03-07 K V Shantharam vs K Murugan, 1994     Sep-25-07 Boleslavsky vs B Goldenov, 1947     Aug-21-07 S Polgar vs J Kontra, 1982     Aug-14-07 Lilienthal vs G Negyesy, 1931     Jul-16-07 L Monosson vs M Fauque, 1935     Jun-18-07 J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979     Jun-04-07 M Skalicka vs F Havlicek, 1913     Apr-12-07 A Carretero Calzon vs Mamedyarov, 2007     Apr-12-07 N Guliyev vs Mamedyarov, 2007     Apr-09-07 H Hamdouchi vs A Simutowe, 2001     Apr-04-07 M R Sangeetha vs S Dhar, 2001     Apr-03-07 Adams vs V Dimitrov, 1993     Mar-25-07 D Krystall vs J Burstow, 1974     Mar-15-07 J Piket vs Kramnik, 1999

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