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Confuse
Member since Nov-05-05 · Last seen Nov-29-23
I like chess. I live in Minnesota, and casually observe phenomena in chess. When I see things that I haven't seen before, new ideas or reasons to move different ways, it excites me for a brief, shining moment... and I believe that feeling is the key to feeling alive. : )
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   Confuse has kibitzed 937 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Jun-10-23 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2023 (replies)
 
Confuse: Nakamura and another analyst both thought Caruana was thinking of: 18. Qa5, which seems to be a good move on the surface, but gets destroyed by 19. Ng5 which leads to some elaborate material loss/mating patterns. After seeing this Caruana had no choice but to go for Qd5 which led to
 
   Apr-20-23 Keres vs Smyslov, 1953
 
Confuse: Anish mentioned this game in the R7 game live analysis between Ding and Nepo, amazing that this concept of the bishop covering that h8 square has so much impact!
 
   Nov-23-22 Rublevsky vs Kalinin, 2002 (replies)
 
Confuse: Is there any refutation to 25 Rxf7 hxg5 26 Rh3? Got the same solution as Mayankk and just wanted to confirm since mel posted stockfish which didn't include that variation
 
   Oct-26-22 P Tregubov vs Shulman, 1994 (replies)
 
Confuse: what's the defense against 24. Qg4? Not as game winning for sure; but seems pretty good?
 
   Apr-19-22 D Cooper vs O Sarapu, 1970 (replies)
 
Confuse: whats the pun? seems like its just.. mean lol
 
   Jan-09-22 J Tisdall vs G D Lee, 1981 (replies)
 
Confuse: <BxChess> from 8 years ago, there's no need for 18. Rxe6, Rd8# is the follow up.
 
   Dec-30-21 J Emms vs Nunn, 1992 (replies)
 
Confuse: if you just looked at the end position, you'd think it was your average castling game from white!
 
   Dec-03-13 NN vs W Curran, 1876 (replies)
 
Confuse: got the mate one move later with Ng3+ Nf1+ Rxh3+ Bf3#. yep yep.
 
   Oct-31-13 W Tabakiernik vs Keene, 1963 (replies)
 
Confuse: so many pins, so little time. definitely missed a few things :'(
 
   Sep-23-13 D Pirrot vs J Grant, 2008 (replies)
 
Confuse: Tried going back a few moves to see where black went wrong... and yeah pretty depressing game :(
 
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