UnsoundHero has kibitzed 215 times to chessgames   [less...]

Aug-29-22 Polgar vs Short, 1996    UnsoundHero: The endgame, where White has to sacrifice the rook for Black's g-pawn, should be drawn.      Jun-13-22 A Ivanov vs M Rohde, 1989    UnsoundHero: At the 1989 US Invitational Championship, when this game was over, Jack Peters was annotating the game to a full room of spectators. Jack was perplexed at 13...Nxb4, sacrificing a piece just to recapture a pawn. Then, Rohde entered the room, and was adamant that his sacrifice ...      May-09-22 Polgar vs A Grosar, 1991   UnsoundHero: The end of the game doesn't make sense. Did Black lose on time? Black could have simply played 50...hxg4+, leaving White with insufficient mating material. A draw is the proper result. If Black was trying to win with 50...h4, the h pawn is the wrong color of its bishop.      May-08-22 Polgar vs A Wagner-Michel, 1990   UnsoundHero: Instead of 18...Qd7, Black should at least try 18...Qxe7 19 Qxd5+ Qe6 20 Qxa8+ Rf8 21 Qxa7 Bb6 22 Qxa6? Bxd4+ 23 Nxd4 Qxa6. But instead of 22 Qxa6, simply 22 Qb7 Rb8 23 Rae1 Qd6 24 Qe7 frees the WQ.      May-15-18 R McGuire vs D Edelman, 1987   UnsoundHero: The white bishop doesn't belong on b1. Oh, well. You live and learn.      Sep-01-14 Gulko vs I Ivanov, 1987   UnsoundHero: Black's attack isn't quite sound. Instead of 21 Bd3, which allows the brilliant 21...Rxf2, White should simply play 21 Bf3, attacking the Qe7 & Bb7. Black must sacrifice the queen, but doesn't get enough for it. Boris Spassky was a guest commentator at the 1987 American Open in ...      Feb-18-14 R Cardoso vs Fischer, 1957    UnsoundHero: 30...Qxa4 looks wrong, de-centralizing the Q. Black is already a pawn up, and needs to take precautions against a possible K-side attack by white. 30...Qd3 looks better.      Oct-29-13 A J Goldsby    UnsoundHero: 24...Qxf4 25 Qxf4 and now 25...R on b4 takes Q on f4, and black is the exchange up.      Sep-02-13 McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834    UnsoundHero: Wow, they're both great swashbucklers. Pieces flying all around with reckless abandon.      Aug-04-13 H van Dongen vs E Wijsman, 2005    UnsoundHero: Quite spectacular. After 74 Rdd3 b3 75 Rd2, black appears to be in zugzwang! Any Knight move is met by Rxe4 eyeing Re8. 75...dxe3 is met by Rd8 mate. 75...d3 is met by 75 Rxd3. 75...Rc8 is met by 76 Rxd4 b2 77 Rxc3. And, finally, 75...Rb4 is met by 76 Rxc3 dxc3 77 Rd8 mate. ...      Jun-30-13 P J Morris vs C Ward, 1983     Jun-29-13 Jerome B Hanken     Jun-15-13 M Tratatovici vs O Bylino, 2012    May-25-13 C Frick vs Suba, 2012    Apr-27-13 E Formanek vs A Lein, 1977     Apr-21-13 M Esserman vs P Nutzman, 2009     Apr-17-13 P Hoffmann vs R Aschenbrenner, 2009     Mar-31-13 H Stefansson vs J Norqvist, 1998     Mar-15-13 Chekhov vs H Gruenberg, 1983     Mar-12-13 D Jackson vs Z Vranesic, 1971     Mar-08-13 Fischer vs E Mednis, 1957     Feb-08-13 Ljubojevic vs R Gunawan, 1983     Jan-31-13 Yusupov vs V Kovacevic, 1983     Jan-05-13 O Rubtsova vs S Pimenov, 1936     Jan-03-13 A Mithil vs D Aaron, 2011    Dec-27-12 Alburt vs J Yuchtman, 1980     Dec-26-12 W Winter vs Koltanowski, 1936     Dec-19-12 T Dzubasz vs M Ellerbrock, 1996    Dec-07-12 R Rowley vs Browne, 1989     Dec-03-12 L Mate vs I Makai, 1997     Dec-02-12 S Volkov vs Movsesian, 1998     Nov-25-12 Oll vs J Bosch, 1997     Nov-23-12 B Barnard vs M Steadman, 1997     Nov-21-12 Ponomariov vs A Alavkin, 1997     Nov-10-12 P Velicka vs Jansa, 1997     Nov-06-12 V McCambridge vs C Van Tilbury, 1979    Oct-26-12 Ribli vs Unzicker, 1995     Oct-23-12 T Pfeifer vs Polgar, 1988     Oct-22-12 J Peters vs L Day, 1977     Oct-19-12 G Brhlik vs F Berebora, 1995     Oct-16-12 W Frere vs O Chajes, 1923     Oct-13-12 D H Campora vs Larsen, 1981     Oct-07-12 K Mokry vs Gheorghiu, 1985     Sep-23-12 M Dutreeuw vs C Horvath, 1992     Jul-29-12 H Asauskas vs Malisauskas, 2004     Jul-21-12 A Kohler vs G Antal, 2012     Jul-11-12 A Karpatchev vs R Oney, 2006     May-17-12 Alekhine vs K Opocensky, 1943     Feb-06-12 Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970     Jan-18-12 Shabalov vs R McGuire, 1992     Jan-03-12 H Ree vs S Polgar, 1995     Dec-31-11 V Kahn vs R B Estera, 1939     Dec-04-11 Matulovic vs Unzicker, 1969     Nov-27-11 I Naumkin vs Rozentalis, 1988     Nov-26-11 R McGuire vs T Weinberger, 1978     Nov-21-11 Morozevich vs Sveshnikov, 1993 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Quang Liem, 2008     Mar-18-09 Anand vs Carlsen, 2009     Mar-17-09 E Walther vs Tal, 1966     Mar-16-09 H High vs Keene, 1964     Mar-15-09 Karpov vs A Metrick, 1990     Mar-14-09 X Zhao vs Shen Yang, 2009     Mar-12-09 Dlugy vs Alburt, 1990     Mar-11-09 Tartakower vs M Billecard, 1907     Mar-11-09 Timman vs Yusupov, 1987     Mar-10-09 O Loskutov vs D Chuprikov, 2000     Mar-09-09 J Vesely vs J Rejfir, 1961     Mar-02-09 N Sakr vs Ali Atwi, 2001     Mar-01-09 Svidler vs Rublevsky, 2003     Feb-28-09 Gavrilov vs Kevorkian, 1990     Feb-24-09 E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846     Feb-22-09 M Kooshani vs C Flanders, 2004     Feb-22-09 Vyzmanavin vs Ehlvest, 1984     Feb-21-09 D Norwood vs Gelfand, 1987     Feb-16-09 E Bakhmatov vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2005     Feb-15-09 Wojtkiewicz vs S Skembris, 1990     Feb-09-09 Lusgin vs M Joffe, 1968     Feb-08-09 I Rausis vs Sadler, 1999     Feb-02-09 Karjakin vs Adams, 2009     Feb-02-09 Greco vs NN, 1620     Jan-31-09 Hort vs A Rodriguez Cespedes, 1987     Jan-27-09 Suba vs Portisch, 1984     Jan-26-09 Fischer vs Andersson, 1970     Jan-26-09 V Castaldi vs Tartakower, 1937     Jan-26-09 N Firman vs Areshchenko, 2008     Jan-25-09 R Vera vs S Garcia Martinez, 2001     Jan-22-09 R Biolek vs T Oral, 1997     Jan-19-09 G Kuzmin vs Sveshnikov, 1973     Jan-18-09 K Bischoff vs J Nogueiras, 1998     Jan-11-09 Ganguly vs A Ismagambetov, 2006     Jan-04-09 Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1923     Jan-04-09 G Michelini vs E Asfora, 1961     Jan-04-09 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009     Jan-03-09 E Nikolic vs Fischer, 1968     Jan-03-09 W Kobese vs G Nsubuga, 2001     Dec-21-08 H Hecht vs H Schaufelberger, 1973

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