Jun-12-25 L Kristensen vs D H Campora, 1976
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| NM JRousselle: 12... Nd4 looks like a better move for Black. It prevents White's h4 (threatening Bg5) by forcing the White queen to h3. |
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Jun-03-25 Robert J Fischer 
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| NM JRousselle: I believe this player's middle name is John. Using his full middle name might clear up the confusion. |
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May-30-25 Flohr vs Spassky, 1965
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| NM JRousselle: 39 a3 looks like a weak move (and it is). It seriously weakens White's pawn structure. It's difficult to believe that an endgame genius like Flohr would play this move. Bc1 has to be better. |
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Apr-23-25 Mason vs Chigorin, 1889
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| NM JRousselle: I'm not a fan of 3 Bb8. If Black had played the simple 4... e6, he would have recovered his pawn, had better center control and the bishop pair. |
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Feb-10-25 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1934
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| NM JRousselle: 51... Rc4 followed by Rh4 would have saved Bogo a lot of trouble. |
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Jan-16-25 Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
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| NM JRousselle: My idea was a5 followed by a4. The "fish" says this is about -5.5. The text is about -6.5. In either case, Black is easily winning. |
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Nov-26-24 C Erickson vs D Barkuloo, 1915
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| NM JRousselle: 18.f4 shouldn't lose, but opening up the long diagonal to Black's unopposed light squared bishop like that is asking for trouble. Stockfish 17 gives 18.b3 Bb7 19.f3 as +1. White's a pawn up for very little. After 18.f4? Bb7 White's advantage plummets to +0.1. I LOVE this ... |
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Oct-10-24 Rubinstein vs Flamberg, 1906
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| NM JRousselle: 53 b5 certainly looks like the correct path forward. |
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Sep-18-24 Flamberg vs S Levitsky, 1914
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| NM JRousselle: It was amazing how quickly Black's game went downhill. I was looking at the position after 27 Qb1. My 1st thought was that Black should trade queens and play f5. The "fish" says that was the best path forward. |
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Aug-31-24 P Trifunovic vs Pirc, 1948
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| NM JRousselle: What is so memorable about this game? |
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