Sep-29-23 Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1910
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| Gaito: [DIAGRAM] BLACK TO MOVE
29...Rhg8? was a poor defensive move in a position that was already very bad. The engine suggests 29...Qf4! 30.Rd7+ Kb6 31.Qg1+ Qf2 32.Qd1 Qf1 33.bxc3 Qxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Re8, though White would still have had a clear plus (computer evaluation: +1.86) |
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Sep-28-23 Teichmann vs J Mieses, 1910
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| Gaito: The move 17...Rhf8? shows carelessness and lack of concentration on Black's side. Had he been more careful, he would probably have played something like 17...Nd5 18.Qg3 Bf6 and Black is O.K.
Such oversights are very common among coffeehouse players, but even grandmasters are sometimes |
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Sep-25-23 Mittenthal vs T Crispin, 1974
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| Gaito: 14.Ke3 Qf2+ 15.Kxe4 Qd4 mate! [DIAGRAM] |
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Sep-25-23 B Mikyska vs Traxler, 1896
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| Gaito: [DIAGRAM] BLACK TO MOVE
14....O-O-O is sufficient to win, but according to the engine (Komodo 13), even better would have been 14...Qe4! 15.cxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Kf1 O-O-O 17.Nf7 Rf8. |
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Sep-24-23 S Kurkin vs Estrin, 1966
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| Gaito: [DIAGRAM] PUZZLE: Black to move and deliver checkmate in five moves. Solution: 23...Nd6+ 24.Kd5 c6+ 25.Ke6 Re8+ 26.Kxd6 Nc4+ 27.Qxc4 Qf8 mate. |
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Sep-13-23 Speelman vs Kasparov, 1988
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| Gaito: GM Speelman emerged from the opening with a very good position, but since this was a rapid game (g/30), presumably in time trouble, he started making a series of bad moves that completely ruined his position (28.Rh5?, 32.Na4?, 34.Qb6?). Anyhow, Kasparov took advantage of Speelman's ... |
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Aug-11-23 Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002
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| Gaito: [DIAGRAM] Black to move
In his comments (Chess Informant 86) the winner wrote that 17...cxd3 was dubious (?!).
Actually it appears that 17...cxd3 was the only important mistake Black made, but it was a big mistake, although not an obvious one. However, with the aid of a good engine ... |
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Aug-02-23 Motylev vs E Najer, 2015 
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| Gaito: Sorry to duplicate an old comment. I had not seen that three years ago Kibitzer Messiah already ponted out the same thing (23.Ng6? being a mistake). Next time I'll try to read the other Kibitzers' comments before writing anything myself. |
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Jul-27-23 Marshall vs Bogoljubov, 1924
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White has just played 14.Rae1!
Marshall loved to play Rae1 when the Carlsbad Pawn structure arose, with a view to undertaking a King-side attack later. The alternative (favored by most "positional" players) is to prepare the minority attack (b4-b5, etc). In this game it is |
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Jul-12-23 Charousek vs Englander, 1894
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| Gaito: This was a very brilliant and famous King hunt. It is a pleasure to play over this game. |
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