Oct-01-25 E Kengis vs A Shneider, 1984
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Quite interesting position!
Instead of <24....Qxf4> SF suggests 24....Rxe3! , if 25.Nxe3 then 25....Qc3!! or 25....Nc3+!! Main line is
Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230701-0fd186fb:
1. -+ (-5.95): 24...Rxe3 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Qxf6+ Kd7 27.Rxd5+ Kc7 28.Nxe3 Nc3+ ... |
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Sep-30-25 R Sheldon vs I Ben-Menachem, 1994
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 6-pieces pawn ending won for white.
<54.Kf4 Kb4 55.Kf5 Kxa4 draw??> Why?? Position still won for white! It's textbook ending 56.Kxf6 Kb3 57.g5 a5 58.g6 Kb2 59.g7 a4 60.g8Q a3 61.Qb8+ Kc2 62.Qe5 Kb1 63.Qe1+ Kb2 64.Qb4+ Ka2 65.Ka1 Qxa3+ etc. |
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Sep-30-25 R Grau vs L Piazzini, 1935
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| Straclonoor: Final position
[DIAGRAM] won for black
Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250602-5337edfd:
-+ (-#10): 53...Rcc1 54.Re6+ Kd8 55.Ra8+ Kd7 56.Re7+ Kxe7 57.Ra7+ Kd6 58.Ra6+ Kc5 59.Ra5+ Kb6 60.f3 d1Q 61.Rb5+ Kxb5 62.fxg4 Qf1# |
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Sep-30-25 Alapin vs Rotlewi, 1911 
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This pawn ending lost for white
Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250602-5337edfd:
1. -+ (-#49): 35.Kg3 a5 36.Kf3 a4 37.Ke3 a3 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Kc4 b6 40.d5+ cxd5+ 41.Kb4 h5 42.Kb5 Kd7 43.Kb4 hxg4 44.hxg4 Kc6 45.Kxa3 d4 46.f5 b5 47.g5 Kd5 48.Kb2 Ke5 49.f6 gxf6 50.g6 Ke6 51.g7 |
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Sep-29-25 M Socko vs A Volzhin, 2001
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very insteresting 7-pieces ending! It won for black. <48.Kg2 Re5 49.Nf6 Rf5 50.Ng4+ Kd4 51.Nf2 b5 52.g4 Rf8 53.h5 b4 54.Kg3 b3 55.Nd1 Rf1 56.Nb2 Ke4 57.h6 Rh1 58.Na4 Kd5 59.g5 Kd6!! (only move to win) 60.Kf3 Ke5??> Annoying move near the victory! Right is ... |
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Sep-29-25 Lobron vs K Hulak, 1983
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| Straclonoor: Nice game!
[DIAGRAM] <18.Rb8?> - 18.Rb3! more powerful Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230701-0fd186fb:
+- (6.58): 18.Rb3 Qa4 19.Rd1 Qc4 20.Ne3 Qd4 21.Qa5 0-0 22.Rxd4 Bxd4 23.Nc4 h6 24.Ne5 Kh7 25.Qb4 Rd8 26.Nc6 Rb7 27.Nxd8 Rxb4 28.Rxb4 Be3 29.Rc4 Bd7 30.Rc7 Be8 31.Nxe6 Kg8 ... |
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Sep-29-25 W E Mason vs A W Gyles, 1913
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Quite interesting pawn ending! White have pawn up but way to win not simple. Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250602-5337edfd:
1. +- (#26): 44.Kg3 Kd6 45.Kg4 a5 46.Kg5 Ke7 47.h4 Kf8 48.Kf6 h5 49.a4 Kg8 50.Kg5 Kg7 51.Kxh5 f6 52.Kg4 Kg6 53.h5+ Kh6 54.g3 Kg7 55.Kf5 Kh6 56.g4 ... |
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Sep-28-25 A Caoili vs O Mehltreter, 1999
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces knight ending won for black.
<61.Nd2 Nf7!! (only move to win) 62.Nc4 Kg5!! (only move to win again) 63.Ke3 f4+??> Too early to move pawn! Wins third only move to win in the row - 63....Kg4!! 64.Kd4 Kf4 65.Ne3 Ne5 66.Ng2+ Kf3 67.Nh4+ Kg4 68.Ng2 f4 ... |
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Sep-28-25 M Pon vs S Adan Bermudez, 2023
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces ending for sure won for black.
<57....Kxh2! (of course!) 58.Kxg6 Ra6+??> For why black pushing white king in place where it want to go? Right is 58....Kg3! 59.Kf5 Ra5+ 60.Ke4 Kxg4 61.Kd4 Rxa6 etc. |
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Sep-28-25 Z Medvegy vs S Halkias, 1999
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| Straclonoor: Why draw in final position???
[DIAGRAM] 77.b7 Kxb7 78.Nf4 Kb6 79.Kb3 Bb5 80.Ng6 Ka5 81.Nf4 Ba4+ 82.Ka3 Bd1 83.Kb2 Ka4 84.Nd3 Rc2+ 85.Kb1 Kb3 86.Nc1+ Ka3 87.Nd3 Rc3 88.Nf4 Bb3 89.Ne2 Rd3 90.Nc3 Rxc3 91.Ka1 Rc1# |
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