Feb-15-12 J Polgar vs L B Hansen, 1989 
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| gregkoch: <alshatranji: Very interesting position. The two sides are at each other's throats, and apparently the first to move gets the chance to win, but they have to be very decisive. Nothing more decisive than a queen sacrifice.> This is why the idea of time (tempo) in chess is ... |
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Feb-09-12 Kibitzer's Café
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| gregkoch: Great story <Phony Benoni>, I thoroughly enjoyed that one. |
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Feb-09-12 David E Vigorito
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| gregkoch: My current chess coach. :) |
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Feb-09-12 Lorand Bela Kis
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| gregkoch: My first chess coach. :) |
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Feb-09-12 P Pietinen vs C Randlov, 2012
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| gregkoch: <LIFE Master AJ: I spent a great deal of time looking at 31...Bh6.> Me too. I started examining Bh6 after ruling out rook sacrifices on g3 or along the f-file. It's amusing that the correct attacking move is to shuttle the rook away from the white king! |
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Jan-25-12 Alekhine vs Sik, 1943
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| gregkoch: <Penguincw: Would 18...Bf5 really save the game? I'm just a beginner, but would 19.Qh6 win the game?> 19.Qh6 would indeed win the game... for Black! Consider: 18.Bf6 Bf5! 19.Qh6?? gxh6 20.Rg3+ (I don't know what else you were looking for) Bg6 |
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Jan-19-12 L Engels vs Maroczy, 1936
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| gregkoch: <doubledrooks: Blew it. I missed that 28. Qxc8+ can be met with 28...Qxc8.> The important thing is that you had the imagination to consider 28.Qxc8. This is how you unravel tactical opportunities in puzzles and, more importantly, in OTB games. With a little more vision, we ... |
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Jan-12-12 Botvinnik vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1931
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| gregkoch: <LIFE Master AJ: OK, Black didn't resign ... but he was still quite lost.
Its actually a bloody shame Black did not throw in the towel, this would have been a sterling miniature> There are so many times that I come across tactical puzzles such as these. We spot a nice ... |
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Nov-02-11 N Zambor vs K Biro, 2001
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| gregkoch: <Gypsy: A forcing advantage is is still there: 3.Qxd5 exd5 4.Nd6+! Kd8 5.Rxe7 Bxe7 6.Nxf7+ Kc7 7.Bf4+ Kb6 8.Nxh8 Rxh8...> White is indeed comfortable at the end of this line, but his material advantage is only a pawn rather than a whole piece. |
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Oct-19-11 G Kjartansson vs J P McKenna, 2009
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| gregkoch: What is it about a move like 27.Rd6! that is hard for many of us to see? Is it because the move is so "quiet" yet so loud as to end the game? How can we train ourselves to not only see these moves when they are staring us in the face, but also when they are buried in the depths of ... |
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