Aug-15-25 Gligoric vs Portisch, 1971
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <34.Qd4?> - SF suggests 34.Rc1! with adavantage Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230503-72d542f0:
+- (4.25): 34.Rc1 Rxg3+ 35.hxg3 Qd8 36.Qb3 Rc7 37.Rxc7 Qxc7 38.Bxf5 Nc6 39.Qe6 Kg7 40.Be4 Nxa5 41.Qf5 Qf7 42.Qxh7+ Kf8 43.Qh8+ Ke7 44.Qb8 f5 45.Qc7+ Kf8 46.Qc8+ Kg7 ... |
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Aug-14-25 A Rodriguez Vila vs A Giaccio, 1998
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for white
<46....Rg1+ 47.Kh4 Rb1 48.f4 Rh1+ 49.Kg3 Rg1+ 50.Kh4 Rh1+ 51.Kg5 Rg1+ 52.Kh5 Rh1+ 53.Kg4 Rg1+ 54.Kh3 Rg7 55.f5??> Mistake! Right is 55.fxe5 Re7 56.e6!! (only move to win) Rg7 57.Kh4 Ke5 58.Kh5 Ke4 59.Kh6 Re7 60.Kg5 Ke5 ... |
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Aug-14-25 P Johner vs A W Fox, 1906
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Quite interesting ending! It won for white
Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250602-5337edfd:
1. +- (#41): 55.Kh6 Ke5 56.Kg5 Ke4 57.Kg4 Ke3 58.Re8+ Kf2 59.Kf4 d3 60.Rh8 d2 61.Rh2+ Ke1 62.Ke3 d1N+ 63.Kd4 b4 64.Rc2 c6 65.Rxc6 Kd2 66.Rc5 Ne3 67.Rxa5 Nc2+ 68.Ke4 Ne3 69.Rd5+ ... |
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Aug-14-25 Polugaevsky vs Gligoric, 1969
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <33.b3> SF finds 33.Rc8! as more powerful continuation Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230503-72d542f0:
+- (6.08): 33.Rc8 Kf8 34.Bg6 Ke7 35.Rxe8+ Kd7 36.Re4 Ra6 37.Rxb4 Rxg6 38.Ne4 Kc6 39.Rxd2 Rxd2 40.Nxd2 Kc5 41.Rb8 Re6 42.g3 Kc6 43.Kg2 Kc5 44.Rb7 g6 45.Nf3 Re8 ... |
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Aug-13-25 A Kasantsev vs M Zucchelli, 1996
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Remarkable pawn ending! Black have pawn up but bad pawn structure and should been lost. Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250602-5337edfd:
1. +- (#26): 42.Kd6 Kb4 43.Kxd7 Kc5 44.Ke7 Kc4 45.Kxf7 Kd4 46.Kf6 Kd5 47.Kf5 Kd6 48.Kxf4 Kd7 49.g4 Ke6 50.h4 Kf6 51.h5 h6 52.g5+ hxg5+ ... |
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Aug-13-25 A Sokolov vs Salov, 1981
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| Straclonoor: Very interesting game!
First about opening. Berlin defence in Spanish game wasn't so popular in that time like now. In Soviet books in 60-80s it marked as outdated. 7-pieces knight ending appeared in the game
[DIAGRAM] drawn till Salov played only move to draw from 43th to ... |
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Aug-13-25 S Kidambi vs G Singh, 2000
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] White missed nice shot here - 21.Qa5! winning a piece after Qxc7+ & Bxe6 Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230405-77e2b915:
+- (4.89): 21.Qa5! Qc8 22.Qxc7+ Qxc7 23.Bxe6+ Kxe6 24.Nxc7+ Ke5 25.Nxa8 Kxe4 26.Kd2 d5 27.cxd5 Kxd5 28.Nc7+ Kc6 29.Ne6 Kd6 30.Nf4 g5 31.Nh5 f5 32.Bxa7 |
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Aug-12-25 J Bonin vs M Rohde, 1988
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Textbook 7-pieces ending, won for white
<61.Kf5!! (only move to win) Nh5 62.Kg4 Nf6+ 63.Kf3??> For sure mistake because in 61th move 61.Kf3 drawn. Wins comeback 63.Kf5 Nh5 64.Bd3 Nxg3+ 65.Kg4!! (only move to win) Nh1 66.Kf3!! (only move to win again) Kd5 57.Kg2 ... |
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Aug-12-25 Myagmarsuren vs O Yepez Obando, 1966
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Exclusive 7-pieces ending - K+N vs. k+4p! It won for black. <50.Nd6 e3+! (only move to win) 51.Kf3 e2 52.Kxe2 Kg2! (only move to win) 53.Ne4 h5!! (only move to win again!) 54.Nf2 h4!! (third only move to win in the row) 55.Nd3 Kg3!! (forth!!) 56.Kf1 h3 57.Kg1 ... |
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Aug-12-25 Timman vs Polugaevsky, 1987
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| Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] SF suggests here 38....e5! instead of <38....Qa7> Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230405-77e2b915:
-+ (-5.18): 38...e5 39.Rxd4 exd4 40.Ne5 Qa1+ 41.Kg2 Qa8+ 42.Kg1 Qd5 43.Nd3 Ra8 44.Qb2 h4 45.Nf4 Qd6 46.Qb3 Re8 47.Qd1 h3 48.Qb1 Ra8 49.Kf1 Qc6 50.Nxh3 Qh1+ 51.Ng1 Qd5 ... |
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Kibitzing
