Jan-21-21 Giri vs A Tari, 2021 
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pth: White to play at 47 would be a nice puzzle. |
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Dec-24-20 Steinitz vs M Weiss, 1882 
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pth: The main problem for Weiss is that he plays black. |
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Mar-16-20 Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969 
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pth: <Glattke> I also first saw 23. Nc6+, but it is not near to a draw. After 23. ... Qxc6 24. Qd4+ Qb6 25. Rxb6 cxb6 26. Qxg7+ Kb8 27. Qxh8+ black can exchange the queen for the rook and promote the h-pawn. |
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Feb-23-20 Rapport vs D Rogic, 2010 
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pth: With 22. ... Nd3, black abandons the defence of d5. Why not 22. ... hxg6? |
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Apr-01-18 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017 
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pth: This game reminds me of a remark by Noam Chomsky about computer chess. In a reaction to the game between Kasparov and Deep Blue, he said that machines are also much better at weight-lifting than humans, but they use such a different technique that there is no point in comparing them. ... |
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Feb-19-18 B Jeran vs D Cawdery, 2017 
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pth: <gofer> What about 19. f3 as a way of countering the sacrifice? |
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Jan-21-18 Giri vs Mamedyarov, 2018 
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pth: Why is this game classified as an uncommon opening? It starts in the same way as the following, which is classified as an English opening:
A Kveinys vs V Belov, 2005 |
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Apr-02-17 A Sokolov vs Salov, 1983 
Mar-18-17 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
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pth: <HeMateMe: I've learned that I'm like NN.> NN's longevity is impressive :) |
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Jan-09-17 Chandler vs O I Barkan, 1975 
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pth: <25. Ne9+ also wins.> It is countered by Kf9 :) |
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Dec-24-16 Shirov vs M Fernandez Gil, 2016
Mar-21-16 Muller vs NN, 1928 
Feb-20-16 Van der Wiel vs M van der Werf, 1995 
Dec-13-15 Jobava vs R Hovhannisyan, 2014 
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