Sep-25-25 H van Riemsdijk vs J Vogel, 2014 
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| QueenMe: I continued with 37 ... Rg5, threatening both the white queen and next coming downtown to g1, threatening mate. Black also has 36 ... Rh5 instead of the pawn push, which I admit to not fully exploring. |
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Sep-01-25 Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987
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| QueenMe: Picked this one up, but took a little longer than it should have. Looking at the players, though, lifted my spirits a bit: for this to have happened to Anand must have been embarrassing. |
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May-08-25 Burgess vs Torre, 1925
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| QueenMe: Saw Bg5 right away. Thought white would resign right there, but did NOT see further play at 27. Qd2. That buys white exactly one more move - with black sliding the rook over to f8 (threatening QxR, then RxR at f1 (supported by the bishop). White can stall further by donating his ... |
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Mar-26-25 A Nadanian vs Dubov, 2013
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| QueenMe: I also went with starting with Rxb2, then bringing down the black bishop to a5 so the king can't run away. Black is threatening to slide over the other rook, after which the knight move to c4 looks more obvious. But I'm sure Dubov's analysis was better than mine. |
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Jan-16-25 Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
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| QueenMe: Seems easier than a Thursday puzzle. Almost intuitive. |
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Dec-10-24 T Thorhallsson vs Bacrot, 1999
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| QueenMe: Got this one easily: 21 ... Rxf5. After white recaptures, black forks the rook and queen with 22 ... Nd4. Note that even after finding a safe square for his queen (such as f2), white does not limit his losses to an exchange, but a loss of piece outright, because the (white) rook at ... |
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Dec-03-24 I I Khudiakov vs Dvoirys, 1991
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| QueenMe: Arrghhh!! Really should have had this one.
Perhaps I've grown impatient with myself. |
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Sep-02-24 Oll vs I Efimov, 1988
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| QueenMe: PawnSac: I suspect 29. h4 is simply to prevent counter-attack by black moving *his* pawn to h4 after 29. Nxd7. |
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Feb-09-24 I Cheparinov vs Sutovsky, 2013
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| QueenMe: Why is move 32 Bf4 necessary? Is it more than just a lure to offer the rook while white clamps his mating pawn down at e6? What if Black didn't bite on the offer? My solution omitted move 32. Did I overlook something? |
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May-22-23 F Duz-Khotimirsky vs NN, 1910
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| QueenMe: I did it with the bishop going first. I concede taking with the queen first looks sexier. |
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