Feb-06-25 Eliskases vs Levenfish, 1936
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| mcgee: As pointed out by Douglas Griffin on social media recently, White holds the draw with 55 Re1+! Kd2 56 Ra1 gxf4 57 Kxf4! c1=Q 58 Rxc1 Rxc1 59 g4 Rc5+ 60 Kf5 Ke3 61 g5 Rc5+ 62 Kf6 Kf4 63 g6 Rc6+ 64 Kf7 Kg5 65 g7 Rc7+ 68 Kf8 Kf6 69 g8=N+. The White king vitally shoulders the Black king. ... |
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Dec-19-24 Nepomniachtchi vs So, 2024
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| mcgee: White wins by 73 Kf6! and mate cannot be avoided. If 73...Qxd3 74 Qg7+ Kh5 75 Qg5 mate. 71...Qc3?? was a dreadful move fatally pulling the Black queen out of position. If 71...Qb8+ then Black should draw easily |
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Sep-16-24 S Sjugirov vs A Erigaisi, 2024 
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| mcgee: This is...surely not a draw? Black is easily winning at the end. Other sites are showing it as 0-1 |
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Jan-11-24 Botvinnik vs Kholmov, 1969
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| mcgee: Doesn't Black have a draw with 45..Nd6+? Botvinnik doesn't mention it in his annotations, but after, for example, 46 Kd5 Nc4 47 f4 Ne3+! 48 Ke4 Nf1 49 Kf3 Nh2 50 Kg2 Ng4 51 Ne5 Nf6! I'm not sure where the win is |
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Jan-26-21 Firouzja vs A Esipenko, 2021
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| mcgee: Isn't 20..Nxb4 winning? |
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May-15-18 Eileen Tranmer
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| mcgee: Does anyone have her win over Bykova in 1953 women's WC candidates tournament (just before Bykova became women's WC)? I've been looking in vain for it. This would be really appreciated. Thanks. |
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Oct-30-17 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1972
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| mcgee: Regarding the query above, Stockfish found the beautiful 21...Rec8 22 Nf5!! If 22..Bf8 23 Nexg7!! Bxg7 24 Rxg6!! I say this but Korchnoi may well have included this line or something similar in My Best Games With White (I'll check when I get a chance) The whole point is that Black has |
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Oct-07-17 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978
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| mcgee: Yes, 15 Bf1 looks like a killer. This game is in Korchnoi's My Best Games With White: I'll have a look and see what (if anything) he wrote about that. Still a great effort by Korchnoi to win this one though. |
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Jul-24-17 Quinteros vs Ribli, 1974
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| mcgee: Looking at this on the computer, 18...a5 might actually be stronger than 18...dxe3. If 19 e4, then 19..axb4 followed by 20...bxa3. If 20 b5, then 20..Qe7 and White can resign. 18..dxe3 is a great move to play, but White's position is so riddled with weak spots it doesn't look like the |
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Mar-30-17 Spassky vs A Haik, 1983
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| mcgee: This may well have been part of a special chess event at various Paris Metro stations around the time. Spassky played a small match with Haik and I remember a pic of Tal playing with a giant set as part of the same event. |
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