Apr-23-25 Mason vs Chigorin, 1889 
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: 9. ...a6 gets an evaluation of -0.54 fir Black by the engine. Of course after it's own continuation of 10. Bc4 exd5 11. Bxd5 Rd8 12.Qe2+ Kf8 it gives an evaluation of =0.0 so dead even. Pretty cool though that this position seems quite playable for Black. I initially ... |
|
|
|
Mar-26-25 A Nadanian vs Dubov, 2013
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: I saw .23...Rxb2 24.Kxb2 Rb8+ 25. Kc1 Ba5 with ...Qxa3 to follow. The engine gives 23....Nc4 -8.96.
The engine gives 23... Rxb2 -7.36 |
|
|
|
Jan-15-25 Fischer vs J Fermoselle-Bacardi Sr, 1956
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: 11. ...Nc6 leaves White with a positional advantage still but is far better than c6. The knight should have never gone to a5 to begin with. |
|
|
|
Apr-29-18 James R Schroeder
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: That sure sounds like him at 50:18. I think it is. |
|
|
|
Feb-02-14 C Groeneveld vs T Korhonen, 1988
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: Two lines for black worth examining;
14 ...a6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.fxg5 where white may have a slight initiative but black's king is safer. 15. ...Ne3 looks like the better continuation. A likely following would be 15.Qxf4 Qg4+ 16.Qxg4 Nxg4 17.d5 a6 18.dxc6 axb5 19.cxb7+ Kxb7 . |
|
|
|
Feb-02-14 F Steil-Antoni vs S Nyysti, 2011
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: 16. ...Qf3+ seems to be an improvement in an already established winning line for black played in C Issler vs Eggman, 1966 where 16. ...Bxe5 17.Nd2 Rxe5 was played. In that game the conclusion ended up being a trading of pieces until black ended up a couple pawns ahead, and |
|
|
|
Jan-26-14 K Honfi vs J Estrada Nieto, 1995
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: 34. ...Nd3+ 35.Nxd3 Qxd3 36.Re3 Qd1 seemed like a more natural continuation. Any opinions on prospects of black versus white here? Upon brief examination it appears to me that that white is almost as well off as black positionally, and has an extra pawn to boot... |
|
|
|
Jan-26-14 K Honfi vs Tal, 1966
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: 22.Re1 Be3+ 23.Kh1 and with no immediate threats, 24.Ng1 likely to follow. It seems like black's initiative dwindles then. Am I missing something? |
|
|
|
Dec-29-13 S Horvath vs B Perenyi, 1972
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: Without any deep analysis, it looks to me as though there were a few more sound moves for black. Moves like 7. ...d6, 9. ...O-O, and 15. ...Nh6. |
|
|
|
Dec-21-13 Radjabov vs Naiditsch, 2005
| |
| InspiredByMorphy: Seems to me without too much deep analysis that black just began to play over defensively starting with 18. ...Ng5 . The next four moves are also defensive. Black has given up a pawn for the position at move 18 and throws it away. I get not blindly exchanging everything and |
|
|
|
| indicates a reply to the comment. |
|
Kibitzing
