Apr-17-21 Peter Gilruth 
|
jmelton: This is the same Peter Gilruth. He went to Duke with me (he was a grad student when I was undergrad) in the early '80s. We went to the intercollegiate championship in 1982, and performed far beyond our seeding thanks largely to him on 1st board. He beat a couple of 2500 players. |
|
|
|
Apr-23-07 Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1895 
|
jmelton: < Alex S.: I chose:
26...Qxf4
27.Rxf4 Bf3+
28.(any) Rg1#
I think it's better. Sure mate is better than the choice mate or queen.> That would be nice, but the catch is that if 28.Nxf3 then there is no mate. |
|
|
|
Apr-08-07 S Mohr vs Uhlmann, 1994 
|
jmelton: What a beautiful game by Uhlmann. Really shows how piece activity trumps pawn structure in many cases. Black wipes the board with his ugly pawns and active pieces! |
|
|
|
Apr-08-07 Kavalek vs E Formanek, 1970 
|
jmelton: I got Nxc4, but for my second move I had Qa6+ instead of Qa4. Turns out that Rybka prefers Qa6+ to Qa4, and actually gives that as the first move of the combination and Nxc4 as the second (though it transposes). So the line that holds out the longest for Black goes 27.Nxc4 dxc4 ... |
|
|
|
Mar-23-07 16th Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2007) 
|
jmelton: <BishopofBlunder: <llauro: <<A rapid game doesn't show anything that Ivanchuk is better that Kramnik.> True, so was the WC in Elista.> Again and again: Topalov lost 3-2 in the classic time control, and he lost again 2-1 in the rapid time control. Topalov lost ... |
|
|
|
Mar-07-07 Petrosian vs Ivkov, 1979 
|
jmelton: You'd think Ivkov would have been wary of this position just because he was playing the exchange sac king! |
|
|
|
Mar-05-07 Anand vs Carlsen, 2007 
|
jmelton: I'm curious if anyone's computer program "saw" Anand's 27.Ne6. I tried out the position with Rybka as well as a number of engines that come free with Arena, and none of them did. Anyone looked at this position with Deep Fritz, Shredder, or any of the other top programs? |
|
|
|
Mar-04-07 Leko vs Topalov, 2007 
|
jmelton: <Marmot PFL: How could Leko have prevented Topalov from counterattacking? I doubt he could.> By trading queens. See the line I posted a few comments ago. |
|
|
|
Jan-31-07 G Daskalov vs N Padevsky, 1970 
|
jmelton: I guess this is pin week. Pins are a very common tactical theme, so working on pin puzzles is definitely worthwhile. I've found the three so far this week pretty easy, although that's not to say I couldn't have missed them in a blitz game. It's instructive to try and figure out how ... |
|
|
|
Jan-28-07 Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982 
|
jmelton: For some reason the notes by Adorjan aren't visible here, but if you download the game they are. As I suspected, 20...Ke7 puts up the stiffest resistance. Rybka picked out one error in Adorjan's analysis: After 20...Ke7 21.Re1 d6 22.Qg7+ Ke6 23.Qxh8 Nb6, Adorjan gives 24.Qh6+ and ... |
|
|
|
Jan-26-07 Corus Group A (2007) 
Jan-24-07 Topalov vs Carlsen, 2007 
Jan-23-07 Anand vs Van Wely, 2007 
Jan-21-07 Radjabov vs Aronian, 2007 
Jan-20-07 Anand vs Radjabov, 2007 
Jan-14-07 Radjabov vs Karjakin, 2007 
Jan-13-07 A Lagunow vs B Schneider, 1994 
Jan-10-07 Tartakower vs D Przepiorka, 1925 
Dec-29-06 Svidler vs A Holst, 1991 
Dec-19-06 Shamkovich vs A Anguiano, 1978 
Dec-18-06 Geller vs Portisch, 1967 
May-15-06 A Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965 
May-13-06 A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931 
May-09-06 Bronstein vs Shamkovich, 1961 
May-05-06 Unzicker vs T van Scheltinga, 1951 
May-04-06 Unzicker vs K Skold, 1950 
May-03-06 Unzicker vs G Stein, 1948 
Apr-26-06 I Saren vs Larsen, 1973 
Apr-25-06 Bobotsov vs J Kozma, 1966 
Apr-24-06 Duras vs Alekhine, 1911 
Apr-23-06 Oll vs A Galliamova, 1989 
Apr-22-06 E Cobo Arteaga vs Ivkov, 1963 
Apr-22-06 Psakhis vs A Volzhin, 1994 
Apr-21-06 Kibitzer's Café 
Apr-21-06 A David vs Z Sturua, 1997 
Apr-19-06 G J Wood vs Najdorf, 1946 
Apr-16-06 Tal vs Huebner, 1979 
Apr-13-06 T Kilpi vs Taimanov, 1996 
Apr-13-06 O Trompowsky vs J Nielsen, 1936 
Apr-08-06 Kamsky vs P Wolff, 1991 
Apr-02-06 Fitzgerald vs S F Loyd, 1877 
Mar-29-06 Boleslavsky vs R Teschner, 1960 
Mar-28-06 K Asrian vs A Pashikian, 2006 
Mar-27-06 R Haataja vs T de Vos, 1988 
Mar-27-06 Aron Nimzowitsch 
Mar-23-06 Kasimdzhanov vs J Polgar, 2005 
Mar-17-06 Korchnoi vs E Paoli, 1965 
Mar-16-06 L Espig vs Csom, 1978 
Mar-13-06 K Cottrell vs Lenderman, 2006 
Mar-12-06 Ljubojevic vs J H Donner, 1973 
Feb-17-06 Tukmakov vs Panno, 1970 
Feb-12-06 M Vukcevich vs D Pantaleev, 1958
Feb-12-06 Tarrasch vs Ph Gutmann / Hahn / Kuerschner / R, 1895 
Jan-31-06 Geller vs Y Anikaev, 1979 
Jan-31-06 F Manca vs F Braga, 1992 
Jan-25-06 Shirov vs K Spraggett, 2005 
Oct-18-05 Andersson vs Anand, 1997 
Oct-09-05 Topalov vs Morozevich, 2005 
Oct-08-05 Svidler vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
Oct-05-05 Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
Oct-04-05 Topalov vs Hydra, 2004 
Oct-02-05 Anand vs Adams, 2005 
Sep-25-05 Kasparov vs Mephisto, 1985 
Sep-23-05 Karpov vs Spassky, 1973 
Aug-21-05 Mercosur Cup (2005) 
Aug-20-05 Shredder vs Adianto, 2005
Aug-11-05 B Esen vs P Kalata, 2001 
indicates a reply to the comment. |
|