Jul-17-23 Vladimirov vs A V Kharitonov, 1977 
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| goldfarbdj: It being Monday, I kept trying to make Qxf7+ work. It didn't. Then I thought of Qf6+, and had to find Bc5+ — like last week, a little tough for a Monday. |
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Jul-10-23 Bronstein vs Geller, 1961
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| goldfarbdj: Tough for a Monday. I kept trying to sac the queen on h7 and getting nowhere. |
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Jun-21-22 Jansa vs F Nordstrom, 2006
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| goldfarbdj: After 26. Bg6 Ke7, white is doing well and probably winning, but it's a lot less "clearly" than forced mate in two moves. |
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Jan-24-22 A Robbins vs Showalter, 1890
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| goldfarbdj: I have to admit that I didn't think of the underpromotion! |
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Jan-20-22 Firouzja vs Lupulescu, 2019
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| goldfarbdj: <Lloyd Gross>: In your line, why can't White just play 28. Ka1? As far as I can tell, Black has no way of giving check, and White is up a whole queen. |
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Jan-11-22 A Ozsvath vs G Kluger, 1962
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| goldfarbdj: And I was the exact opposite: I saw 32. ... Ne4+ and didn't consider Nb1. |
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Oct-13-21 Razuvaev vs Z Mestrovic, 1981
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| goldfarbdj: My choice was 38. Ne7+, which has the disadvantage of not actually being a legal move. |
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Oct-07-21 Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881
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| goldfarbdj: I was wondering why 26. Rxh5 wouldn't work. I wasn't until I played through the game and then backed up to the problem position again that I realized 26. Rxh5 would be an illegal move. |
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Sep-20-21 E Schiller vs T Redman, 1975
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| goldfarbdj: Nice easy one even for a Monday! Check the queen sac — it forces the deflection and then it's easy to see that Rb6 will be mate. |
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Sep-17-21 Hodgson vs A D Martin, 1992
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| goldfarbdj: Pretty sure that PJs Studio meant 19. Qc5 as actually played, not 17. Qc5. According to the quick analysis from Stockfish 11. exf4 is actually somewhat better, but Qc5 is very good. |
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