Mar-17-21 Short vs I Ivanov, 1984 
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| Halldor: I began with 40... Rd1, but soon started working on 40... Nxh3+. When I couldn't get it to work I started again with 40... Rd1 (I thought that just a violent first move could work to prevent QxQ). Got stuck for a long time and was about to give up... Then at last ― suspecting ... |
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Mar-16-21 A Saric vs N Pogonina, 2007
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| Halldor: The f7 pawn is only defended by the King, and the Rooks can invade the f-line. So I started with 37 Rxf7, and it it worked well. |
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Feb-12-21 J Celis vs F Pancevski, 2012
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| Halldor: I immediately decided on 31...Rh1!! because in such positions it never fails...! So I didn't try Rd2 (but it still came up in one line: 34...Rd2 and Qh1#). I went for 36... Qxg2?! which is much weaker than text, but also leads to mate in the end. |
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Feb-10-21 Yudasin vs Kramnik, 1994
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| Halldor: I tried to exploit the stalemate position of the White King (Ng3+ hxg3?? Qh6#), but couldn't get it to work. But for similar mate pattern with Rook on h5 after the Knight sacrifice the Queen wasn't needed. So then at last I tried: 24... Qxe3!! 25 fxe3 (otherwise White will lose a ... |
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Feb-09-21 A Abdul Rahman vs J E Ostos, 2012
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| Halldor: A second Tuesday in a row? I solved this one but failed yesterday (didn’t see 25 Qa3+). Now I saw immediately that Kh3 and Qf1 was nearly a mate, so it was easy to figure out some mating net. After 29... Qf2+ 30 KxN Qf1+ 31 Ng2, I went for: 31... Bf6 32 (Qe1 or whatever) and g4#. ... |
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Jan-27-21 A Korobov vs A Mithil, 2018
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| Halldor: I saw that Bf6 would lead to mate if Black couldn't play RxR# So I wondered if the e-file could be blocked somehow. That immediately led me to the text move 28 Ne6!! |
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Jan-20-21 Zilberman vs Sutovsky, 1994
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| Halldor: Yesterday I had no idea what the solution was. Today my first thought was to mate with the Queen on f1, if only I could drive the two heavy pieces off the first rank which seems awkward. But then I wondered if Qg2# could be easier, and voilà: 27... Re1!! 28 RxR QxB, and I can’t see ... |
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Dec-14-20 T Luther vs O Touzane, 1994
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| Halldor: Difficult Monday. I didn't have a clue for quite a while, but when I was about to give up, then suddenly I saw the solution, i.e. when I at last saw the solution I saw it instantly... I must be very good at pattern recognition! |
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Dec-10-20 Y Vovk vs S Lots, 2007
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| Halldor: I went for the inferior 32 Qxf6 which mates, but Black can however delay the mate by crazy sacrifices. I regret not to have tried harder to find a more forced mate, as in the game, since after 32 Bf7+! Kxh7 the continuation is easy-peasy. |
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Dec-09-20 Ganguly vs Axel Smith, 2019
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| Halldor: <Nullifidian> You are right! I was too hasty. |
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