Jul-26-25 Timman vs Korchnoi, 1991 
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| marcusantoinerome: I'm surprised Korchnoi, after 3...f5, didn't stay aggressive with 5...d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6. But Black has to be careful because 7...bxc6 8.Bxc6+ Bd7 9.Qh5+ and White ends up with a strong attack. The alternatives are 7...Qd5 and 7...Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 as in Keres vs A Zaitsev, |
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Jul-18-25 Reti vs K Treybal, 1926
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| marcusantoinerome: Thanks <Alan McGowan>. The plot thickens. |
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Jul-18-25 Gruenfeld vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: This is actually the debut of 4. ... Ba6. Nimzowitsch had played 4. ... Bb7 previously, but played this 6 times (according to the CG database) with a score of +3=2-1. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... |
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Jul-18-25 Rubinstein vs von Gottschall, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: Not only did Rubinstein miss 26. Rxf7, he also missed 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (25. ... Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Qb3+) 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Qb3+ Bd5 28. R1d5 etc. Those are two classic sacrifices that I would expect him to see immediately. And once you see them, they're easy to calculate. ... |
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Jul-17-25 Reti vs von Gottschall, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: von Gottschall was 62 years old, it's amazing he held up as well as he did. 28. ... Rcd8?? allows a pretty combination starting with 29. Qf4! and Black must lose material. |
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Jul-17-25 A Nimzowitsch vs Reti, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: Nimzowitsch seemed to play very listlessly in the early middlegame, making lots of pawn moves that didn't really improve his position. See Larsen vs C Hansen, 1988 for another example of where 5. Be2 ends up losing. |
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Jul-17-25 J Hector vs V Hamitevici, 2021
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| marcusantoinerome: <Muttley101> Thanks. I think (hope?) incomplete games are becoming rarer on CG with so many kibitzers. |
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Jul-17-25 Reti vs Saemisch, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: Reti is outplayed tactically in the middlegame (moves 23-28) and loses two pawns. He tries a trick 34. c5 hoping for 34. ... bxc5? 35. Rxc5 and Black's weak back rank demands 35. ... Rdd8 36. Rxe5. Now Black has only a 3v2 pawn majority, all on the kingside, which, with ... |
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Jul-12-25 Vaganian vs Tal, 1988
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| marcusantoinerome: <Zugzwangovich> You're right, after Nf5 White's knight can't stop the a pawn (if the Black king is on f6). Tal probably saw that, but it did not matter for the match because Tal was going to win anyway. So he agreed to a draw. |
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Jul-04-25 Saemisch vs Z von Balla, 1921
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| marcusantoinerome: I think the big blunder was 28 Qxc4?? The bishop only appears to be pinned by the rook. |
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