May-10-06 L Horta vs M Dos Santos, 1984 
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| Chessography: <SneechLatke> Perhaps nobody is debating because you give the line 1.e4 g5 2.d4 f6?? as winning for Black when White plays Qh5# immediately. I'm very much hoping you were being sarcastic. |
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Apr-27-06 E Diemer vs Zujus, 1948
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| Chessography: 20. Qxc7 does not "win by force" or win at all. |
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Apr-23-06 Mephisto vs NN, 1879
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| Chessography: 5. Nc3 is also the best move, better than Nf3 or Nb5. |
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Apr-23-06 Busnardo vs NN, 1590
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| Chessography: 4... Qe7 is not premature - it is book, and better than 4... Nf6 in my opinion. |
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Apr-17-06 A Rico Gonzalez vs Najdorf, 1948
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| Chessography: Excuse me, that's 34... Re8+, not 24... Re8+. :) |
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Apr-16-06 Radjabov vs M Bartel, 2004
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| Chessography: <Poisonpawns> The idea of c6 is to provide a safe spot for the king on the queenside. Going to f8 is bad at first sight, and White has prospects of playing Bh6, Nf3-g5, O-O-O, and a rook lift with Rd3. |
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Apr-16-06 Bacrot vs Radjabov, 2004
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| Chessography: 21. Qxa8 DOES get two rooks for a queen (so Montreal1666 has a valid point), however I doubt Bacrot felt comfortable taking his queen off the board when Radjabov is so much better developed and ready to attack. |
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Apr-12-06 Benjamin vs Gufeld, 1998
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| Chessography: I know that the pawn on b5 can't be taken right away, but it is a long-term weakness and Black probably does not have enough compensation in the open a-file. |
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Feb-08-06 T Christiansen vs I Sajid, 2004
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| Chessography: What is wrong with 26... cxb2 ????? It just looks like it is winning outright for Black. I can not see White's saving throw here. Example:
27. Kxb2, 27... Qc2+
27. Rf2, 27... Qc1+ mates.
27. Rf1, 27... Qc2#
I see no way for Black to overcome these threats in one move ... |
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Jan-22-06 Blackburne vs H Stelling, 1886
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| Chessography: Fantastic forcing of promotion on d8.
9... Qxb2? was a noteworthy blunder and 12... Bb4?? plausible but even worse. |
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Kibitzing
