brainzugzwang has kibitzed 109 times to chessgames   [less...]

Jun-27-21 NN vs G Derrickson, 1860    brainzugzwang: See, I said I was missing something. Although Black could shut out the Q at least temporarily after Qxa8 with Nd8.      Jun-22-21 F Holzke vs M Tan, 2006    brainzugzwang: If 31...Bf8, sure looks like <knight knight>'s suggested 32.Ng7 is a killer interference shot, better than the Q exchange and recapture of the Black B others have suggested. Qxh7 mate is threatened so 32...Bxg7 (and 32...Qxf6) are no good, and if either R takes on g7, ...      Nov-24-20 Dvoirys vs G Feher, 1991    brainzugzwang: For some reason, this patzer saw 24. Qg5 fairly quickly, deflecting the Black B from guarding h8 (and noticing the White N covering the king's possible escape squares after the rook checks) or simply bringing the Q into the attack. I saw what happens after 24...Bxg5; the trick      Sep-18-20 T Tolnai vs Klovans, 1991    brainzugzwang: <Brenin> <fporretto: If 34 ... Bxd5 then 35 Qxd5+ Kh7 (Kf8 36 Qxd6+ or Kh8 36 Re8+ lead to mate) 36 Nd2, and Black must lose a piece or the exchange by Rxd2.> I thought 34... Bxd5 was clearer but totally overlooked the Qxd5 in reply is check, giving White time to ...      Dec-04-19 Saemisch vs A Medina Garcia, 1943    brainzugzwang: Maybe Saemisch didn't take enough time in this game? (Small joke for those familiar with his history)      Nov-30-19 Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016    brainzugzwang: I'm very confused at Move 67, kind of in line with the <tpstar> post above from 2 1/2 years ago. Why Kb2 for White, and even more, why doesn't Black reply Qxc4? Stockfish rates that position dead even, 0.00.      Nov-21-17 Ernst Gruenfeld    brainzugzwang: <Nosnibor: I read somewhere that he played in a tournament sometime towards the end of his life and lost every game mainly due to time pressure. In most of those games he overstepped the time limit.> I believe you're thinking of Fritz Saemisch instead.      Oct-18-17 Nikolai Gusev    brainzugzwang: Wow, pretty sketchy bio so far for someone who is still living after 95 years, and just 16 games listed, although those include wins over Ragozin and Polugaevsky (twice with Black). Hope someone can fill in more. But since no one else has jumped in, I'll say it -- Happy 95th ...      Sep-15-16 M Bluemich vs Alekhine, 1941    brainzugzwang: Why does White play 32.c4? Not that there was a good move to be made here, but he's losing the exchange anyway, so why give away the pawn for nothing?      Jun-22-16 Vidmar vs Tarrasch, 1906    brainzugzwang: <Benzol: This game popped up in Fred Reinfeld's "Chess Masters On Winning Chess" with the source of original annotation coming from "Deutsche Schachzeitung" in 1959. Whites' position is devastating but 38...fxe4 39.♕g4 is not mate as stated.> I still have my copy ...      Aug-14-15 M Magomedov vs J Isaev, 1997     Aug-01-14 F Vallejo Pons vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008     Jun-04-14 H Steiner vs Tartakower, 1946    Jan-27-14 A Mandi vs P Dani, 2002     Dec-24-13 Santa Claus     Oct-02-13 Keene vs K Bowyer, 1963     Jul-11-13 Vladimir Epishin     Jul-01-13 M Lodhi vs V K Matta, 2008     Jun-06-13 Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003     Apr-19-13 Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander     Mar-28-13 O Chernin vs E Schiller, 1998     Jan-26-13 A Rodriguez Vila vs G Vescovi, 2012     Jan-31-12 J Flis vs Z Szymczak, 1983     Nov-03-11 C Zeng vs Y Lu, 2011    Aug-17-11 H Reinle vs NN, 1936    Mar-18-11 A Nimzowitsch vs J Bernstein, 1923     Jan-14-11 Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1898     Oct-27-10 H D Mueller vs A van Weersel, 2001     Oct-04-10 C Lolli vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1755     Apr-15-10 Anand vs Milov, 2005     Apr-12-10 Potkin vs Caruana, 2010     Mar-08-10 E Torre vs R Meulders, 1987     Jan-28-10 N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936     Dec-24-09 Steinitz / Hirschfeld / Mason vs Zukertort / Bird / Hoffer, 1880     Oct-20-09 Keres vs Kotov, 1947     Oct-14-09 S Iuldachev vs Aronian, 2004     Jun-26-09 Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914     Oct-15-08 E Schallopp vs Blackburne, 1886     Sep-15-08 McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834     Jan-25-08 Fischer vs Spassky, 1992     Nov-07-07 Gligoric vs F Olafsson, 1958     Oct-26-07 Fischer vs Larsen, 1971     Sep-26-07 A Kosten vs Adorjan, 1988     May-12-07 H Karner vs A Bandza, 1985     Apr-23-07 Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1895     Mar-18-07 Bobotsov vs A Kolarov, 1971     Jan-04-07 P Mertens vs E Eichhorn, 1968     Dec-26-06 J Stocek vs V Eingorn, 1998     Dec-18-06 Bledow vs K Schorn, 1839     Nov-01-06 Horwitz vs Bledow, 1837     Sep-19-06 Ivanchuk vs V Moskalenko, 1988     Sep-15-06 J Nogueiras vs J Tarjan, 1979     Sep-09-06 V Liberzon vs Larsen, 1976     Jul-20-06 O Balk vs R J Barnes, 1926     May-23-06 Quinteros vs Tukmakov, 1973     Apr-15-06 Tolush vs Antoshin, 1956     Apr-08-06 Kamsky vs P Wolff, 1991     Mar-01-06 Koneru vs Z Nemeth, 2005     Feb-25-06 Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981     Jan-04-06 A Kochyev vs I Ivanov, 1976     Dec-31-05 Alburt vs Vasiukov, 1967     Dec-10-05 A Bannik vs Tal, 1955     Oct-27-05 A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927     Oct-23-05 P Markland vs Hort, 1971     Sep-30-05 Tal vs B Malich, 1958     Sep-21-05 Geller vs Euwe, 1953     Sep-21-05 N Popova vs T Zaitseva, 1974     Sep-03-05 Szabo vs Portisch, 1959     Sep-01-05 I Samarin vs Antoshin, 1985     Jul-29-05 J Nikolac vs Timman, 1979     Jul-27-05 V Mikenas vs Aronin, 1957     Jul-03-05 Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862     Jun-08-05 Y Kruppa vs O Gladyszev, 1997     May-30-05 E Post vs Flamberg, 1914     May-03-05 R Berzinsh vs J Pribyl, 2001     Apr-15-05 Kasparov vs Bareev, 1994     Apr-11-05 J Mieses vs M Brody, 1908     Apr-10-05 Shirov vs D King, 1990     Mar-22-05 Kasparov vs S Rachels, 1988     Mar-15-05 I Rogers vs C Depasquale, 1986     Mar-10-05 Fischer vs Fine, 1963     Mar-08-05 Fischer vs M Bedford, 1964     Mar-02-05 Tal vs Benko, 1959     Feb-18-05 T Weinberger vs F Street, 1976     Jan-29-05 M Dandridge vs B Kreiman, 1993     Jan-25-05 M Vukcevich vs A Bisguier, 1969

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