Maynard5 has kibitzed 369 times to chessgames   [less...]

Mar-13-15 Kholmov vs A Chistiakov, 1949   Maynard5: Very nice positional play by Kholmov. With 13. e4, White opens the center and takes control of the e-file, putting pressure on Black's backward pawns. Black's attempted breakout with 17.... Nc5 doesn't work. Instead, with 22. c5! White completely smashes Black's center, exploiting ...      Mar-13-15 Kholmov vs Lisitsin, 1948   Maynard5: Beautiful positional play by Kholmov, in a formation reminiscent of the Dutch defense. White blockades the center effectively, so that Black's light square bishop is completely hemmed in. Then White builds up an attack on the kingside, forcing Black into a passive defensive ...      Mar-13-15 H S Gretarsson vs J Sequera, 2015   Maynard5: Black's 27. ... b5 does not come off. Black sacrifices two pawns to open the long diagonal for his bishop, winning the exchage. However, White's two passed pawns are worth much more than the exchange in this position. Admittedly, however, by move 26 Black's position is bad. His ...      Mar-13-15 Keres vs J Pelikan, 1937   Maynard5: Black's 17. dxc4 seems to be the decisive mistake; he completely overlooks the following combination. After 19. d5! Black has only a choice of evils. If 19. ... Qc8 (to protect the pawn on e6), 20. d6, Bf8 21. Bxf6, gxf6 22. Ne4 and White has a winning attack on the kingside.      Mar-13-15 A Matanovic vs Gligoric, 1966   Maynard5: Very nice positional play by Matanovic, exploiting the weakness of Black's queenside pawns. After the liquidation in the center, Black's d-pawn is backward, while White's powerfully posted knight on d5 dominates the board. Black's 21. ... a3 leave the a-pawn vulnerable. After 22. ...      Mar-13-15 Gligoric vs Suetin, 1966   Maynard5: Remarkably, Gligoric and Suetin played the same opening against each other two years earlier in 1963, and Gligoric won through superior positional play. Here Gligoric unleashed a prepared innovation with 15. Ra3, but the results were equivocal at best. The idea of course is to ...      Mar-13-15 Gligoric vs Suetin, 1963   Maynard5: A nice win by Gligoric. White skillfully plays on both wings. Black cannot simultaneously defend against the threat of an incursion on the kingside by White's queen, and the threat of an incursion on the other wing where White's rooks have more scope. Black's 20 ... bxc6 leaves the      Mar-11-15 Second Piatigorsky Cup (1966)    Maynard5: This was an outstanding tournament, not only for the strength of the players, but also for the quality of the games. Standout games include Spassky’s wins over Unzicker and Fischer, Larsen’s two wins against Petrosian, and several of Fischer’s wins, against Portisch, Larsen, ...      Mar-11-15 Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975)    Maynard5: This recent string of posts has touched on several issues. The main question is how strong were Fischer and Karpov relative to each other in the mid-1970s? A simple comparison is to take the most recent five tournaments and matches in which they faced strong opposition. For ...      Mar-07-09 Kholmov vs Simagin, 1956   Maynard5: With 16. ... Rd8, Simagin apparently overlooks that the series of exchanges starting with 17. dxc5 are to White's advantage. But Kholmov's positional play prior to this is noteworthy. Out of a seeminly quiet opening line, White achieves a marked positional advantage. By move 15, ...      Mar-07-09 Polugaevsky vs Kholmov, 1967    Mar-07-09 Polugaevsky vs Kholmov, 1960     Mar-07-09 Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky, 1960     Mar-07-09 Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1959     Mar-06-09 Kholmov vs L Aronson, 1956    Mar-06-09 Kholmov vs A Sokolsky, 1955    Mar-06-09 Sliwa vs Kholmov, 1954    Mar-06-09 Vasiukov vs Kholmov, 1976    Mar-06-09 Kholmov vs Vasiukov, 1972    Mar-05-09 G Pres vs Vasiukov, 1979     Mar-05-09 Jonathan Frankle    Mar-05-09 Danny Kopec     Mar-05-09 Peter Winston     Mar-05-09 Larry Christiansen     Mar-01-09 Lisitsin vs A Sokolsky, 1954     Mar-01-09 Kholmov vs O Troianescu, 1954    Mar-01-09 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966     Mar-01-09 Larsen vs Fischer, 1971     Mar-01-09 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966     Feb-06-09 Kholmov vs N Kopilov, 1954    Feb-06-09 Kholmov vs Levenfish, 1951    Feb-06-09 Kholmov vs Lilienthal, 1949    Feb-06-09 Alatortsev vs Kholmov, 1948     Feb-06-09 Aronin vs Spassky, 1957     Jan-25-09 Kholmov vs I Kan, 1947    Jan-25-09 Kholmov vs Bondarevsky, 1947     Jan-25-09 Kholmov vs Gligoric, 1947     Jan-25-09 Petrosian vs Kholmov, 1982     Jan-25-09 Petrosian vs Kholmov, 1947    Jan-19-09 Van Wely vs Dominguez Perez, 2009     Jan-19-09 Karjakin vs Y Wang, 2009     Jan-19-09 Van Wely vs Smeets, 2009     Jan-08-09 M Diesen vs M Rohde, 1976    Jan-06-09 M Diesen vs E Torre, 1977    Jan-06-09 M Diesen vs C Brasket, 1977     Jan-06-09 Korchnoi vs M Diesen, 1979     Jan-05-09 M Diesen vs L Day, 1977     Jan-05-09 M Diesen vs A Bisguier, 1977     Jan-05-09 Mark Diesen     Oct-05-07 Petrosian vs Larsen, 1966     Oct-05-07 Polugaevsky vs Stein, 1965     Oct-05-07 Huebner vs Van Wely, 2006    Oct-05-07 A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926     Oct-05-07 Van Wely vs L Guliev, 2007    Oct-05-07 Van Wely vs Svidler, 2007     Oct-05-07 Alan Trefler     Oct-05-07 Duncan Suttles     Oct-02-07 Van Wely vs Bacrot, 1998    Sep-15-07 Stein vs I Nei, 1971    Sep-15-07 Alekhine vs Vidmar, 1931     Sep-15-07 M Diesen vs A Planinc, 1975    Sep-15-07 Stein vs Uhlmann, 1962     Sep-15-07 R Teschner vs Stein, 1962    Sep-15-07 Benko vs Stein, 1964     Sep-15-07 Stein vs Gligoric, 1962     Sep-15-07 Petrosian vs Stein, 1961     Sep-15-07 P Winston vs J Sunye Neto, 1974     Sep-15-07 S Giardelli vs P Winston, 1974     Sep-14-07 P Winston vs Miles, 1974     Sep-14-07 P Winston vs Browne, 1972     Sep-11-07 F Vallejo Pons vs Topalov, 2004     Sep-11-07 I Yanvarjov vs Vasiukov, 1996    Sep-11-07 F Portisch vs Vasiukov, 1977    Sep-11-07 Stein vs Vasiukov, 1962     Sep-11-07 Simagin vs Vasiukov, 1959    Sep-11-07 Uhlmann vs Vasiukov, 1957    Sep-11-07 Shamkovich vs Vasiukov, 1956    Sep-10-07 G Russek Libni vs Kramnik, 1991     Sep-10-07 Kramnik vs Shirov, 1997     Sep-09-07 Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1936     Sep-09-07 Spassky vs Larsen, 1968     Sep-09-07 Spassky vs Benko, 1968     Sep-09-07 K Baginskaite vs Dlugy, 2006    Sep-09-07 B Michiels vs R Zenklusen, 2006    Sep-09-07 O Sabirova vs C Zhu, 2006    Sep-09-07 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966     Sep-09-07 A Nimzowitsch vs Reti, 1923     Sep-09-07 Reti vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925     Sep-09-07 O Jovanic vs C Luciani, 2001    Sep-09-07 O Jovanic vs V Kovacevic, 2005    Sep-09-07 Tolush vs S Szabo, 1953    Sep-08-07 Gheorghiu vs Karpov, 1982     Sep-08-07 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1924     Sep-08-07 Deep Sjeng vs Rybka, 2007    Sep-08-07 Aronin vs Botvinnik, 1965    Sep-08-07 F van Seters vs Kotov, 1962    Sep-08-07 Vasiukov vs B Gurgenidze, 1954    Sep-08-07 G Mititelu vs Tal, 1957     Sep-08-07 Ragozin vs V Shcherbakov, 1955    Sep-08-07 Stahlberg vs Spassky, 1955     Sep-08-07 K Vark vs Suetin, 1957    Sep-08-07 M Vukovic vs Petrosian, 1980    Sep-07-07 Knaak vs Matulovic, 1972     Sep-07-07 Ivkov vs Najdorf, 1966    Sep-07-07 P Murray vs L Day, 1981     Sep-07-07 G Stoltz vs Kotov, 1952     Sep-07-07 Benko vs Petrosian, 1963     Sep-07-07 L Christiansen vs Benko, 1978     Sep-06-07 Szabo vs Ivkov, 1964     Sep-06-07 Onischuk vs Nakamura, 2006     Sep-05-07 J Candela Perez vs Anand, 2007    Sep-03-07 Anand vs Karpov, 1997    Sep-03-07 Anand vs Karpov, 1992     Sep-03-07 Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1939     Sep-03-07 Ragozin vs Reshevsky, 1937     Sep-03-07 Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1934     Sep-03-07 I Radulov vs Uhlmann, 1983     Sep-03-07 Petrosian vs Romanishin, 1983     Aug-30-07 Reti vs K Treybal, 1923     Aug-30-07 Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1930     Aug-30-07 Botvinnik vs N Riumin, 1929     Aug-29-07 World Championship Tournament (2007)     Aug-24-07 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1936     Aug-23-07 P Romanovsky vs Marshall, 1925     Aug-22-07 Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1941     Aug-22-07 Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1940     Aug-22-07 Smyslov vs Bondarevsky, 1947     Aug-22-07 Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1950     Aug-22-07 Lasker vs L Forgacs, 1909     Aug-22-07 J Mieses vs Lasker, 1909     Aug-20-07 Michael Wilder     Aug-17-07 Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1947     Aug-17-07 Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1953    Aug-17-07 Smyslov vs Lilienthal, 1950     Aug-17-07 Lilienthal vs Smyslov, 1946     Aug-17-07 Lilienthal vs Smyslov, 1949    Aug-17-07 Ragozin vs Smyslov, 1949    Aug-17-07 Ragozin vs Smyslov, 1943     Aug-17-07 Smyslov vs Ragozin, 1943     Aug-17-07 Boleslavsky vs Bondarevsky, 1941     Aug-14-07 Boleslavsky vs Euwe, 1946     Aug-14-07 Blackburne vs Lasker, 1914     Aug-14-07 Walbrodt vs Steinitz, 1895     Aug-14-07 J Foltys vs Keres, 1937    Aug-14-07 G Thomas vs Milner-Barry, 1935    Aug-14-07 Yates vs Euwe, 1930     Aug-14-07 Euwe vs Yates, 1923    Aug-14-07 D Kopec vs W J Aramil, 2007     Aug-14-07 Euwe vs G Thomas, 1946     Aug-14-07 G Flear vs J Fedorowicz, 1987    Aug-14-07 Bronstein vs Smyslov, 1952     Aug-14-07 Euwe vs Milner-Barry, 1939     Aug-14-07 G Thomas vs Yates, 1931    Aug-14-07 Yates vs G Thomas, 1929    Aug-14-07 G Thomas vs Yates, 1926    Aug-14-07 G Thomas vs Yates, 1925    Aug-14-07 G Thomas vs W Winter, 1919    Aug-14-07 Milner-Barry vs G Thomas, 1934    Aug-14-07 Edward Formanek     Aug-14-07 Staunton Memorial (2007)     Aug-12-07 Ragozin vs Lilienthal, 1949    Aug-12-07 Ragozin vs Lilienthal, 1955    Aug-12-07 Ragozin vs Lilienthal, 1955    Aug-12-07 L Christiansen vs C Airapetian, 2006    Aug-12-07 L Christiansen vs K Regan, 1977     Aug-12-07 Keres vs Bronstein, 1946     Aug-12-07 Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1944     Aug-12-07 Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1938    Aug-12-07 A Sokolsky vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1938    Aug-12-07 Reshevsky vs Ragozin, 1937    Aug-12-07 A Konstantinopolsky vs Ragozin, 1940     Aug-12-07 B Verlinsky vs S Belavenets, 1938    Aug-12-07 Reti vs Rubinstein, 1925     Aug-12-07 Ragozin vs Botvinnik, 1946    Aug-10-07 Kenneth Regan     Aug-09-07 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1951    Aug-09-07 Fine vs S Belavenets, 1937     Aug-09-07 Najdorf vs Fine, 1949     Aug-09-07 Fine vs Najdorf, 1949     Aug-09-07 Fine vs Reshevsky, 1937     Aug-08-07 Schlechter vs Reti, 1918     Aug-07-07 Van Wely vs G Guseinov, 2007     Aug-07-07 X Bu vs Van Wely, 2007     Aug-07-07 Sunil Weeramantry     Mar-23-07 Botvinnik vs Levenfish, 1937     Mar-17-07 Benko vs L Day, 1968     Mar-17-07 E Schiller vs I L Thomas, 1986    Mar-17-07 M Rohde vs J S Rouleau, 2006    Mar-17-07 Benko vs M Diesen, 1976    Mar-17-07 Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1961     Mar-16-07 Botvinnik vs Levenfish, 1937     Feb-24-07 P Bereolos vs D Kopec, 2006    Feb-24-07 Blackburne vs Burn, 1888     Feb-24-07 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2007     Feb-17-07 K Rogoff vs R Gruchacz, 1976    Feb-14-07 Alatortsev vs Levenfish, 1934    Feb-01-07 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966     Jan-07-07 Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1953     Dec-28-06 J Piket vs Topalov, 1998    Dec-28-06 D Lalev vs Topalov, 1992     Dec-28-06 M Illescas vs Topalov, 1994    Dec-23-06 C Weiss vs T L Petrosian, 2006    Dec-23-06 J Gonzalez Garcia vs K Lie, 2006     Dec-23-06 Y Yagiz vs A Vuilleumier, 2006     Dec-21-06 P Nikolic vs Topalov, 2000     Dec-21-06 Van Wely vs Topalov, 1999     Dec-21-06 Van Wely vs Topalov, 1998     Dec-21-06 Lobron vs Topalov, 1996    Dec-21-06 Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1995    Dec-20-06 Ivkov vs Smyslov, 1965     Dec-20-06 R Gruchacz vs E Schiller, 1970     Dec-16-06 R Gruchacz vs Miles, 1980    Dec-10-06 Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858     Dec-10-06 Tolush vs Bronstein, 1944     Dec-04-06 Reshevsky vs Botvinnik, 1936     Dec-04-06 Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1991     Dec-04-06 Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1970     Dec-01-06 Shirov vs Sasikiran, 2001    Nov-24-06 M Diesen vs Shamkovich, 1976     Nov-17-06 M Diesen vs C Schulien, 2002    Nov-17-06 Capablanca vs Marshall, 1925     Nov-17-06 Capablanca vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1925     Nov-12-06 Schlechter vs Chigorin, 1895     Nov-12-06 Bacrot vs Radjabov, 2006     Aug-14-06 I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1932     Aug-14-06 Fischer vs Suttles, 1965     Aug-14-06 Benjamin vs D Pader, 2005    Aug-14-06 Kotov vs N Kopilov, 1951     Aug-04-06 Evans vs Rossolimo, 1965     Aug-03-06 Ivkov vs Rossolimo, 1972    Aug-03-06 R Byrne vs Evans, 1965     Aug-01-06 Jessie Gilbert     Jul-29-06 Karpov vs Anand, 1992    Jul-29-06 H Sjol vs J Gilbert, 2005    Jul-29-06 Tal vs Keres, 1962     Jul-29-06 Spassky vs Tal, 1959     Jul-29-06 Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951     Jul-29-06 J Gilbert vs S J Barrett, 2004    Jul-29-06 Kiyul Lee vs J Gilbert, 2006    Jul-29-06 E Haugstad vs J Gilbert, 2005    Jul-29-06 J Gilbert vs S Paridar, 2004    Jul-29-06 D Hamelink vs J Gilbert, 2005    Jul-29-06 D L Haydon vs J Gilbert, 2005     Jul-27-06 Timman vs Suttles, 1974    Jul-27-06 K Spraggett vs L Day, 1977     Jul-27-06 Keres vs Lilienthal, 1945    Jul-27-06 Fine vs Reshevsky, 1951     Jul-27-06 Keres vs Fine, 1936     Jul-26-06 Korchnoi vs Huebner, 1980     Jul-26-06 Korchnoi vs Huebner, 1980     Jul-26-06 Fine vs Alekhine, 1935     Jul-26-06 Alekhine vs Fine, 1938     Jul-20-06 A A Najjar vs J Davila Vega, 2004    Jul-20-06 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1966     Jul-20-06 Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1941     Jul-20-06 Botvinnik vs Lilienthal, 1941     Jul-20-06 Lilienthal vs Keres, 1941     Jul-20-06 Reshevsky vs Keres, 1948     Jul-20-06 Keres vs Reshevsky, 1948     Jul-20-06 Keres vs Reshevsky, 1937     Jul-20-06 Reshevsky vs Keres, 1937     Jul-20-06 I Hausner vs Plachetka, 1981    Jul-20-06 J Perez Rodriguez vs A Guerrero Rodriguez, 2006    Jul-20-06 D Kopec vs J Emms, 1999     Jul-18-06 E Cobo Arteaga vs Smyslov, 1965    Jul-18-06 Salov vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1982    Jul-18-06 C Arduman vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1990    Jul-18-06 B Leverett vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1989     Jul-18-06 S Samuelsson vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1990    Jul-18-06 K Thorsteins vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1990    Jul-17-06 Winawer vs G Neumann, 1867    Jul-17-06 Keres vs Reshevsky, 1937     Jul-17-06 M Ginsburg vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1990     Jul-17-06 D Shapiro vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1989     Jul-14-06 C Barnes vs M Rohde, 1975    Jul-14-06 L Day vs C Barnes, 1975    Jul-11-06 Eric Schiller     Jul-04-06 D H Campora vs Gulko, 1988     Jul-04-06 Lutikov vs Gulko, 1982     Jul-04-06 Quinteros vs Gulko, 1977    Jul-03-06 Paul Morphy     Jun-30-06 M Scekic vs D Kopec, 2006    Jun-30-06 Reshevsky vs Fine, 1941     Jun-30-06 M Stean vs Larsen, 1978     Jun-30-06 B Suhle vs Anderssen, 1864    Jun-30-06 Suttles vs K Spraggett, 1973     Jun-30-06 Reti vs H Fahrni, 1914     Jun-30-06 Winawer vs Lasker, 1896     Jun-29-06 Alekhine vs Kashdan, 1932     Jun-28-06 Capablanca vs A Nimzowitsch, 1928     Jun-17-06 Lowenthal vs Harrwitz, 1853     Jun-17-06 M Wilder vs Alburt, 1980     Jun-17-06 Lasker vs Chigorin, 1899     Jun-17-06 Lasker vs Blackburne, 1892     Jun-17-06 Alekhine vs Gilg, 1926     Jun-17-06 Lasker vs Blackburne, 1899     Jun-17-06 F Alexander vs G Thomas, 1919     Jun-11-06 S D Sigfusson vs J Polgar, 1988    Jun-11-06 Breyer vs Reti, 1918     Jun-11-06 M Diesen vs Browne, 1976    Jun-11-06 Anand vs Topalov, 2006     Jun-10-06 Vidmar vs Yates, 1927     Jun-10-06 Vidmar vs Yates, 1922     Jun-03-06 Janowski vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914     May-17-06 P Murdzia vs Barsov, 2004     May-17-06 E Hossain vs Barsov, 2003     May-17-06 S Ernst vs Barsov, 1997    May-17-06 K Mueller vs Barsov, 1989    May-17-06 K Rybenko vs A Shukan, 1997    May-17-06 E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909     May-10-06 W Addison vs Suttles, 1970     May-10-06 Larsen vs Suttles, 1967     May-10-06 Myagmarsuren vs Suttles, 1967     May-10-06 M Schulman vs Suttles, 1965     May-10-06 M Rohde vs J Jacobs, 2005     May-07-06 M Rohde vs Suttles, 1975     May-07-06 J Frankle vs Quinteros, 1980    May-07-06 Bronstein vs R Teschner, 1965     May-07-06 F Olafsson vs Larsen, 2003     May-06-06 Miles vs Smyslov, 1984     May-06-06 E Formanek vs Browne, 1970    Mar-07-06 A Stein vs I Ibragimov, 2006    Mar-04-06 Gligoric vs Botvinnik, 1965     Mar-04-06 Nunn vs H Pfleger, 1989     Mar-03-06 Hort vs Janosevic, 1966     Mar-03-06 Hort vs Larsen, 1980    Mar-03-06 Hort vs Benko, 1974    Mar-03-06 K Burger vs Fischer, 1965     Mar-03-06 Korchnoi vs Keres, 1965     Mar-02-06 Keres vs Euwe, 1940     Mar-02-06 Keres vs Smyslov, 1941     Mar-02-06 Tal vs Spassky, 1965     Mar-02-06 Vasiukov vs Taimanov, 1965     Mar-01-06 L Rellstab vs Alekhine, 1942     Mar-01-06 Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942     Mar-01-06 Geller vs E Cobo Arteaga, 1965     Mar-01-06 Matulovic vs Lengyel, 1966     Mar-01-06 Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1965     Mar-01-06 Spassky vs Unzicker, 1966

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