May-01-06 Samuel Reshevsky 
|
noone2: Botvinnik is an interesting WC. Unlike most WC apart from Lasker - Botvinnik had a profession away from chess. This may explain his "poorer" performances in first WC - and winning subsequent rematches. Sam Sloan remarked that these appeared to be warmup rounds to Botvinnik. Maybe he ... |
|
|
|
Apr-27-06 D Podhraski vs S Jeric, 2001 
|
noone2: 11 Rhe1 looks like an error to me.
Instead 11 B:e6 f:e6 12 N:e6 with a dangerous white initiative |
|
|
|
Jan-11-06 E M Jackson vs Marshall, 1899 
|
noone2: I like this combo, and I think these types of mating themes are a Marshall trademark. I am talking about striking moves that involving multi-take scenarios all of which lead to overwhelming advantage or mate. Take for example this game and Marshall-Lewitsky. I've seen others posted ... |
|
|
|
Jan-06-06 J C Benjamin vs B Taborov, 1976 
|
noone2: I don't understand black's 20... R:f7 at all - looks to me like 20... Kh8 is fine |
|
|
|
Jun-23-05 Hydra vs Adams, 2005 
|
noone2: the threat is Rd6 followed by e:d5
26 ... Rc6 neutralizes the threat |
|
|
|
Jun-01-05 Smyslov vs T Florian, 1949 
|
noone2: Any reason that black doesn't play 16...N:g5 17 Q:g5?
I would guess there is no tactical refutation - just a white plus due to the passed d pawn and awkward black N |
|
|
|
May-19-05 Adams vs Topalov, 2005 
|
noone2: 34 Ne8 ?
I had fully expected 34 Nb7 with a white plus. Hard to understand this game |
|
|
|
Apr-08-05 E Grant vs Salov, 1983 
|
noone2: what's wrong with 26 Nh4?
with the idea of 26 ... B:h3+ 27 Ke2 Ng3 28 f:g3 R:e3 29 Q:e3! |
|
|
|
Apr-06-05 Tal vs L Mista, 1973 
|
noone2: <Ezzy> 33... Rc5 34 d:e6 a:b3 35 e:f7+ K:f7 36 Q:g6+ Ke7 37 Q:h5 R:c2+ 38 Kb1 lights out for black |
|
|
|
Mar-24-05 Kasparov vs Mephisto, 1985 
|
noone2: <Mating Net: Those doubled Rooks on a totally closed C file sure came in handy for Black.> Very consistent with the quote of the day! |
|
|
|
Feb-22-05 J L Burden vs L Christiansen, 1992 
Feb-18-05 Sakaev vs A Lastin, 2005 
Feb-17-05 Karpov vs Huebner, 1982 
Feb-16-05 King's Gambit Accepted (C34) 
Feb-14-05 Ulf Andersson 
Feb-01-05 Parimarjan Negi 
Jan-27-05 Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937 
Jan-20-05 T Barendse vs T Lanchava, 2004 
Jan-19-05 L Rellstab vs Najdorf, 1950 
Jan-18-05 P Seuffert vs Blackburne, 1894 
Jan-13-05 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960 
Jan-11-05 Janowski vs Marshall, 1912 
Dec-31-04 V Nevednichy vs Korchnoi, 2004 
Dec-30-04 Keres vs W Winter, 1935 
Dec-30-04 Svidler vs Leko, 1999 
Nov-02-04 H Seyboth vs Luetze, 1902 
Oct-22-04 Gulko vs A Volovich, 1968 
Oct-21-04 Karpov vs Gulko, 1996 
Sep-28-04 A Kramer vs O Ruester, 1926 
Sep-22-04 Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968 
Sep-09-04 A Ornstein vs Forintos, 1981 
Sep-09-04 Pelletier vs E Sedina, 2004 
Aug-23-04 A Petrov vs P Journoud, 1863 
Aug-17-04 Frank Marshall 
Aug-17-04 J Powell vs C Downing, 1978 
Jul-06-04 Adams vs Kasimdzhanov, 2004 
Jun-16-04 Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004 
May-10-04 A Nasri vs A Sepehrkhouy, 2001 
Apr-22-04 F Braga vs R Garbarino, 1982
Apr-22-04 Geller vs Korneev, 1995 
Apr-20-04 Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 
Mar-16-04 NN vs Blackburne, 1871 
Mar-09-04 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 
Jan-02-04 P Romanovsky vs I Rabinovich, 1935 
Nov-27-03 Marjanovic vs V Ciocaltea, 1980 
Nov-24-03 Karpov vs Taimanov, 1977 
Nov-11-03 Kasparov vs X3D Fritz, 2003 
Nov-11-03 Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870 
Nov-10-03 E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937 
Nov-03-03 Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 
Oct-31-03 Van der Wiel vs Quinteros, 1985 
Oct-30-03 Sax vs Nunn, 1984 
indicates a reply to the comment. |
|