May-21-25 Sutovsky vs Topalov, 2017 
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| goodevans: <There is nothing premature about this game> If anything, White was rather too late with Na5. When he played it it smacked of desperation but 10 moves earlier it would have been quite effective. |
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May-19-25 E Hintikka vs T Pirttimaki, 1988
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| goodevans: I quite enjoyed playing through the finish of this game. White did his best to squirm his way out of trouble and might have succeeded if Black had got careless. For instance, continuing to pressure g2 with <25...Qd5?> would have allowed <26.Rd2>, ending Black's attack ... |
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May-18-25 Kostic vs Euwe, 1921
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| goodevans: Nope. Never even heard of it. |
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May-16-25 L Compagnie vs J Schellingerhout, 1987
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| goodevans: It's an interesting game to play through.
<11.Nf5!> was a neat move. Black should, of course, have declined the sac but even if he had, White would have stood better. How can a player good enough to find a move like that then miss the obvious and damning <14.Nd5> just |
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May-15-25 M Greeff vs V Gandrud, 2008
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| goodevans: It's a good game and White played well, though <14.Nce2?> was a mistake, incarcerating her own LSB. Black failed to take advantage of that with <15...Nxe4!> and it was downhill from there. The pun is simple but effective. I feel some affinity with it. |
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May-13-25 Ljubojevic vs J Durao, 1974
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| goodevans: I guess Black played <15...Bb6+?> before <16...Nxe4> with ...Nf2+ in mind but <17.Ba3!> was a great way to prevent it. After <17...Qe6> White even dares Black to play it with <18.Qd3> knowing that if <18...Nf2+> then <19.Rxf2 Bxf2 22.Nd6+> |
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May-12-25 Bronstein vs V Eingorn, 1980
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| goodevans: <Howard: ... if White plays 36.Bxe4, then Black should interpose 36...Qf2+ first, and then play 37...Bd5 after that.> Well, of course. Without that interposition, 36…Bd5?? would just lose Black both his Rs. |
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May-11-25 Fischer vs A Di Camillo, 1956
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| goodevans: Having read through some of the comments before I played through the game, I was quite surprised to see just how close it was. Black was right in this until his fatal mistake of simply playing ...Nd3 and ...Rc8 in the wrong order. That let Bobby play Qb7 and there was no coming ... |
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May-10-25 O Zambrana vs I Krush, 2003
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| goodevans: Black's first N was indeed good, sacrificing itself to give it's team the attack but her second N was a bit tardy and should have taken on f5 a move earlier. Nevertheless it was given the honour of dealing the fateful blow. In the end White panicked, walking into that simple fork ... |
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May-08-25 Short vs P Corbin, 2006
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| goodevans: <FSR> That’s a great game. Should indeed be GOTD. I’ve added it to my Game Collection: more miniatures . |
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