Jan-05-21 A H Williams vs C F Morris, 2015
| |
| FrogC: 17.Ne4 wouldn't work for White because after 17...Qxe1 18.Nxf6+ Kg7 the knight will fall after the queen is recaptured. Hence the clever 17. f5!, luring away the g6 pawn. Now the knight can get away to h5 with a second check, and if the king follows it by Kg6 then it reaches safety on |
|
|
|
Jan-25-20 N Batsiashvili vs Wang Hao, 2020 
| |
| FrogC: Thanks very much, that makes more sense. |
|
|
|
Sep-30-19 Paulsen vs Anderssen, 1876
| |
| FrogC: I've just had a league game as White in this unusual line of the Vienna. I played 6.d3, which must be inferior to Paulsen's 6.d4, but won anyway. I found the opening intriguing, and it's an honour to be following in the footsteps of two such legendary players. |
|
|
|
Sep-02-19 I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940
| |
| FrogC: I play this line as White. 4.Qg4 Qf6? is a trap I've won quite a few games with. But I've never found the sort of sacs Horowitz comes up with in this game. |
|
|
|
Aug-30-19 Egor Filipets vs A Aleksandrov, 2018
| |
| FrogC: I got a Friday puzzle! Well, almost. I didn't look hard enough at White's defences after declining the sac. |
|
|
|
Aug-28-19 McShane vs Efimov, 2009
| |
| FrogC: Easiest puzzle of the week so far. |
|
|
|
Aug-27-19 Karpov vs Salov, 1993
| |
| FrogC: This is hard to see. I kept looking for action down the f-file, missing the switch to the h-file. |
|
|
|
Jul-02-19 P Ricardi vs J Arnason, 1984
| |
| FrogC: This is the hardest "easy" puzzle I've ever seen. Black has seven possible checks, all of which have to be looked at, all of which can be escaped in at least two ways. When those are dismissed, you have to look at ways of restricting the flight squares for one of the checks. I looked ... |
|
|
|
Apr-26-19 U Fataliyeva vs O Girya, 2019
Jan-29-19 Bagirov vs Kholmov, 1961
| |
| FrogC: This does seem to be Tuesday level to me. It's an unusual tactic, but possible to get there with a bit of logical thinking, and no long variations to calculate. |
|
|
|
Nov-06-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018)
Jul-31-18 Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953
Apr-09-18 GRENKE Chess Classic (2018)
Apr-02-18 J E Littlewood vs G Abrahams, 1962
Mar-19-18 T Baron vs G Jones, 2018
Feb-27-18 H Milligan vs S Wu, 2008
Feb-23-18 Adorjan vs I Polgar, 1972
Jan-31-18 A Sokolov vs Naiditsch, 2015
Jan-27-18 Gibraltar Masters (2018)
Jan-26-18 G Jones vs Jobava, 2017
Jan-25-18 Aronian vs S Papp, 2018
Dec-26-17 K Miton vs B Al-Hajiri, 2017
Nov-08-17 Short vs Vaganian, 1989
Aug-15-17 John Anthony Sutton
Aug-11-17 P Carlsson vs G Burgess, 2002
May-23-17 B Savchenko vs A Kostin, 2007
Mar-03-17 I Cheparinov vs Navara, 2007
Feb-10-17 Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929
Feb-02-17 Yifan Hou vs B Lalith, 2017
Jan-27-17 So vs F El Taher, 2006
Nov-30-16 G Cools vs L Boeye, 2009
Sep-28-16 Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936
Sep-08-16 Eljanov vs Navara, 2015
Aug-26-16 A Feuerstein vs Bennett, 1955
Aug-01-16 Prins vs W J Fry, 1950
Jan-28-16 David Smerdon
Oct-07-15 Greenfeld vs Short, 2015
Mar-07-15 European Championship (2015)
Jan-18-15 Tata Steel Masters (2015)
Oct-21-14 Stefansson vs Baburin, 1991
Aug-05-14 Carlsen vs Wojtaszek, 2014
Jun-10-14 J Mieses vs Marshall, 1903
Jan-15-14 Arthur Howard Williams
Jan-22-13 Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1854
Jan-10-13 T Hillarp Persson vs T Thomsen, 1997
Nov-15-12 Ju Wenjun vs A Pourkashiyan, 2012
Nov-08-12 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (B21)
Sep-19-12 Ivanchuk vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012
Sep-18-12 M Socko vs Ju Wenjun, 2012
Sep-07-12 D Howell vs B Roselli Mailhe, 2012
Aug-14-12 Kupreichik vs Razuvaev, 1980
May-31-12 Leko vs Anand, 2001
May-26-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
May-26-12 J Barle vs I Jelen, 1979
May-08-12 Topalov Vienna Clock Simul (2012)
Apr-17-12 F N Stephenson vs J Penrose, 1968
Mar-14-12 N Miezis vs Navara, 2011
Jan-03-12 Reggio Emilia (2011)
Oct-27-11 Sajtar vs M Dietze, 1943
Sep-30-11 Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1935
Sep-09-11 Fine vs M Yudovich Sr., 1937
Sep-02-11 Shirov vs M Leon Hoyos, 2011
Aug-16-11 H Reinle vs NN, 1936
Jul-19-11 Carlsen vs Shirov, 2011
May-26-11 John Rety
Mar-08-11 Spassky vs E Almada, 1988
Dec-21-10 J Lynch vs P Michel, 1945
Dec-14-10 London Chess Classic (2010)
Nov-22-10 J Dobias vs J Schulz Sr, 1933
Nov-21-10 Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2010
Oct-06-10 Budapest Gambit (A51)
Aug-03-10 British Championship (2010)
Aug-03-10 L Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863
Jul-21-10 J Berkvens vs Mikhalevski, 2000
Jul-14-10 P Deshmukh vs B Thipsay, 2008
May-17-10 Caro-Kann (B10)
Jan-19-10 D Reinderman vs D Howell, 2010
Jan-19-10 Corus Group A (2010)
Jan-16-10 Kibitzer's Café
Jan-12-10 Sicilian (B20)
Dec-17-09 Nigel Short
Nov-30-09 G Neumann vs Steinitz, 1870
Oct-27-09 S Shipov vs V Gagarin, 1994
Oct-26-09 48th World Junior Championship (2009)
Sep-24-09 Speelman / Keene / King / Forbes vs Kasparov / Short, 1993
Sep-24-09 Razuvaev vs Ree, 1975
Sep-14-09 NN vs R Vassilev, 2009
Aug-20-09 Gligoric vs Sveshnikov, 1986
Aug-17-09 Staunton Memorial (Scheveningen Match) (2009)
Jul-29-09 British Championship (2009)
Jul-23-09 A Sokolov vs Bagirov, 1993
Jul-12-09 Alekhine vs Cortes, 1922
Jul-03-09 Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009
Jun-11-09 Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1994
Jun-02-09 Tukmakov vs Speelman, 1994
Jun-01-09 V Gashimov vs Kramnik, 2009
May-29-09 Scandinavian (B01)
May-14-09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense (D07)
May-12-09 A Reggio vs Chigorin, 1901
May-03-09 O Gavrilov vs S Solovjov, 2005
Apr-06-09 French, Advance (C02)
Mar-23-09 L De Veauce vs Keene, 1963
Feb-12-09 F Vallejo Pons vs Leitao, 2005
Feb-07-09 Vienna (C25)
Jan-25-09 Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2009
Jan-18-09 Corus Group A (2009)
Jan-15-09 Anand vs Morovic Fernandez, 1990
Jan-09-09 P H Nielsen vs Larsen, 1997
Jan-06-09 Plaskett vs J Emms, 1986
Jan-02-09 Sicilian, Closed (B23)
Jan-01-09 D Volpinari vs M Alice, 2008
Dec-24-08 Kosten vs Chandler, 1991
Dec-16-08 R Kempinski vs H Tirard, 1996
Dec-02-08 Dresden Olympiad (2008)
Dec-01-08 William Hartston
Nov-23-08 Dresden Olympiad (Women) (2008)
Nov-17-08 Plaskett vs Hartston, 1986
Oct-23-08 Yelena Dembo
Oct-07-08 Ellen E Gilbert
Aug-14-08 World Junior Championship (2008)
May-09-08 French Defense (C00)
May-04-08 French, Winawer (C15)
Apr-20-08 Dutch (A80)
| indicates a reply to the comment. |
|
Kibitzing
