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Feb-06-25 Eliskases vs Levenfish, 1936   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. ...      Dec-19-24 Nepomniachtchi vs So, 2024   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      Sep-16-24 S Sjugirov vs A Erigaisi, 2024    mcgee: This is...surely not a draw? Black is easily winning at the end. Other sites are showing it as 0-1      Jan-11-24 Botvinnik vs Kholmov, 1969    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      Jan-26-21 Firouzja vs A Esipenko, 2021    mcgee: Isn't 20..Nxb4 winning?      May-15-18 Eileen Tranmer    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.      Oct-30-17 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1972    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      Oct-07-17 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978    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.      Jul-24-17 Quinteros vs Ribli, 1974    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      Mar-30-17 Spassky vs A Haik, 1983   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.      Feb-23-17 E Walther vs Fischer, 1959     Feb-08-17 Rossolimo vs Livingstone, 1961     May-07-16 Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968     Nov-05-15 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970     Feb-20-15 Geller vs Korchnoi, 1960     Feb-06-15 Bronstein vs Keres, 1955     Feb-06-15 K J Wicker vs R Webb, 1978     Jan-23-15 Tallinn (1973)     Jan-23-15 R Byrne vs Taimanov, 1973     Jan-23-15 Adolf Anderssen     Dec-12-14 Karpov vs Miles, 1980     Dec-09-14 W Golding vs Adams, 2014     Jun-07-14 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978     May-14-14 W Hartston vs Karpov, 1974     May-01-14 NN vs Tarrasch, 1932     May-01-14 Short vs W Hartston, 1976     Apr-07-14 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978     Mar-02-14 Korchnoi vs Suetin, 1960     Feb-12-14 Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962     Feb-03-14 K Spraggett vs Smyslov, 1985     Jan-09-14 V Buerger vs Alekhine, 1937     Jan-08-14 Plachetka vs L Zinn, 1974     Mar-25-13 Miles vs Short, 1980     Mar-23-13 Stein vs Korchnoi, 1964     Aug-28-12 Adorjan vs Lobron, 1982    Apr-14-12 Korchnoi vs Lengyel, 1965     Mar-27-12 Gligoric vs Spassky, 1964     Mar-10-12 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914     Mar-09-12 A H Williams vs Karpov, 1974     Dec-29-11 Kasparov vs Short, 2011     Dec-28-11 M Stean vs L Schmid, 1979     Dec-28-11 Smyslov vs Korchnoi, 1952     Sep-07-11 Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977     Aug-27-11 Karpov vs Timman, 1982     Mar-31-10 Vasily Smyslov     Jul-08-09 Julio Bolbochan     Feb-19-09 Larsen vs Korchnoi, 1968     Jan-11-09 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1971     Sep-21-08 R Byrne vs Spassky, 1978     Sep-09-08 Tony Miles     Aug-05-08 Tal vs D Keller, 1959     Aug-05-08 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978     Jul-19-08 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956     Jul-12-08 Spassky vs Ragozin, 1956     Jul-02-08 Petrosian vs Nersesov, 1944     Jul-02-08 A Zapata vs Anand, 1988     May-21-08 Raymond Keene     Apr-20-08 Smyslov vs Karpov, 1971     Jan-02-08 Viktor Korchnoi     Dec-01-07 Mikhail Tal     Sep-05-07 J Emma vs Stein, 1966     Sep-05-07 Y Hou vs Korchnoi, 2007     Sep-05-07 Tal vs A Darznieks, 1950     Sep-01-07 Svetozar Gligoric     Sep-01-07 J Hase vs Karpov, 1972     Sep-01-07 J Arnason vs Timman, 1989     Sep-01-07 Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957     Aug-31-07 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985     Aug-15-07 Tal vs N Krogius, 1956     Aug-10-07 Boris Spassky     Apr-15-07 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974     Apr-14-07 Timman vs R Cosulich, 1974     Feb-03-07 David Bronstein     Feb-02-07 Korchnoi vs O W Hartvig, 2007    Jan-30-07 Tal vs Bolbochan, 1966     Jan-07-07 Bobby Fischer     Jan-06-07 Timman vs Karpov, 1979     Jan-06-07 Tal vs Kavalek, 1979     Jan-06-07 Tal vs H Hecht, 1962     Jan-05-07 A Lein vs Tal, 1969     Jan-03-07 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987     Dec-13-06 Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960     Dec-13-06 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960     Dec-11-06 J Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988     Mar-22-06 K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984     Feb-28-06 M Karp vs Lobron, 1979     Feb-28-06 Chandler vs Speelman, 1985     Feb-28-06 Tal vs Speelman, 1987     Jan-23-06 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978     Jan-17-06 E Diemer vs F Trommsdorf, 1973     Jan-16-06 Adams vs Topalov, 2006     Jan-16-06 I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968     Jan-12-06 P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1982     Nov-22-05 Marshall vs G Marco, 1904     Oct-29-05 Robert Byrne     Sep-19-05 Larsen vs Miles, 1977     Sep-18-05 Hans-Joachim Hecht     Sep-16-05 Chandler vs Nunn, 1985     Aug-31-05 Eric Lobron     Aug-25-05 Wolfgang Unzicker     Aug-18-05 Philip Clemance     Aug-18-05 de Firmian vs J Arnason, 1984     Aug-18-05 Karpov vs W Hug, 1969     Aug-15-05 Kevin J Wicker     Aug-11-05 G Leyton vs M Basman, 1975     Aug-11-05 Vlastimil Hort     Aug-04-05 Tal vs Z Szymczak, 1974     Aug-04-05 Spassky vs Tal, 1973     Jul-31-05 Vladimir Kramnik     Jun-04-05 Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1963     Jun-04-05 Ribli vs Quinteros, 1974    May-24-05 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978     May-14-05 L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993     May-13-05 Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956     Apr-06-05 Savielly Tartakower     Apr-03-05 N Spiridonov vs Tal, 1970     Mar-17-05 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978     Mar-17-05 B P Reilly vs Fine, 1935     Mar-10-05 Andreas Dueckstein     Mar-09-05 J Penrose vs Tal, 1960     Mar-09-05 Karpov vs Miles, 1983     Mar-07-05 Spassky vs Karpov, 1982     Feb-16-05 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974     Feb-04-05 Friedrich Saemisch     Feb-04-05 Harry Golombek

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