Sep-30-23 P Tregubov vs S Williams, 2006 
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| mel gibson: I chose 25. c5 to use the power of 2 connected passed pawns. Stockfish 16 follows the game line saying:
25. Rxf5
(25. Rxf5 (Rf1xf5 Qg6xf5 Qe2xh5 Qf5-h7 Qh5xh7+ Kg8xh7 c4-c5 Ra8-h8 d5-d6 Re7-e8
b3-b4 g5-g4 Ra1-g1 Re8-e6 Rg1-f1 Kh7-g8 Ne4-g3 e5-e4 Bg2xe4 Re6-h6 Rf1-f2
Nf7xd6 ... |
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Sep-29-23 V Frias Pablaza vs R J McMichael, 1994
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| mel gibson: That's too easy - LOL |
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Sep-29-23 H Stefansson vs J Norqvist, 1998
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| mel gibson: I saw that first ply but didn't calculate out all the possibilities. Stockfish 16 says:
23. Nxf7
(23. Nxf7 (Nh6xf7 Bc8-e6 Qc4xe6 Qb6xe6 Bb3xe6 Rf8xf7 Bc1-b2 Be7-d8 Bb2xc3 Rf7-e7 Be6-d5 Bd8xa5 Bc3xa5 Ra8-b8 g2-g3
Kg7-f6 Ba5-c3 Kf6-f5 Re1-e3 Rb8-b1+ Kg1-g2 Kf5-f6 f2-f4 Re7-e8 ... |
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Sep-28-23 I Ivanov vs R Henley, 1983
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| mel gibson: I missed that.
Stockfish 16 says:
20. Rxd7
(20. Rxd7 (Ra7xd7 Qc4-b4 Ng5-e6+ Kg7-h8 Qd2xb4 Nd5xb4 Ne6xf8
Nf6xd7 Nf8xd7 Re8-d8 Bg2-h3 Nb4-c2 Re1-d1 c5-c4 Ne4-c3 b5-b4 Nc3-e4 c4-c3
b2xc3 b4-b3 Ne4-d2 Rd8-c8 c3-c4 e7-e6 Nd2xb3 Rc8xc4 Rd1-c1 Nc2-a3 Rc1xc4
Na3xc4 Bh3xe6 Nc4-e5 ... |
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Sep-28-23 J Gallagher vs Balashov, 1991
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| mel gibson: Too hard for me.
You had to see that the Black Queen could not be saved. Stockfish 16 says:
16. Ne5
(16. Ne5 (Nf3-e5 Bd4xe5 Ne4-f6+ Be5xf6 Qh4xc4+ Kg8-h8 Qc4-f7 Rd8-g8 Ra1-e1 Nc6-d8 Qf7-d5 a7-a5 Bd6-e7 Ra8-a6
Be7xf6 Ra6xf6 Qd5xc5 Nd8-e6 Qc5xa5 f5-f4 ) +4.90/48 382) score for ... |
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Sep-27-23 A Fominyh vs Sveshnikov, 1995
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| mel gibson: That was easy.
Stockfish 16 says:
21. Bxd5
(21. Bxd5 (Bg2xd5 Bc8-e6 Bd5xe6 Qd8-f6 Qh5-f3 Kg8-g7 Qf3xc6
Ra8-g8 Bd2-f4 b5-b4 c3xb4 a6-a5 Qc6xc4 Rg8-f8 Be6xf7 Qf6xf7 Qc4xf7+ Rf8xf7
Ra1xa5 Rf7-d7 Ra5-a6 Kg7-f7 b4-b5 Kf7-f8 Re1-e5 Rd7xd4 Re5xf5+ Kf8-e8
Ra6-a8+ Ke8-e7 Ra8-a7+ Ke7-e6 |
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Sep-27-23 Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1923
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| mel gibson: I saw that but I also saw that e3-e4 would block the fast mate. Stockfish 16 says:
(36. .. Bxg2+
(Bd5xg2+ Rg1xg2 Ra2-a1+ Rg2-g1 Qb6-b7+ e3-e4 Ra1xg1+ Kh1xg1 Qb7-b6 Kg1-f1
Qb6xd4 Qh6-h3 Qd4xd3+ Qh3xd3 Rd8xd3 Kf1-e2 Rd3-b3 b4-b5 Rb3xb5 Ke2-e3 f7-f5
e4xf5 e6xf5 Ke3-d4 Rb5-b4+ ... |
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Sep-26-23 Sadvakasov vs O Fachini Neto, 1993
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| mel gibson: I didn't see that.
Stockfish 16 says:
25. Rxf6
(25. Rxf6 (Re6xf6 Qa5-d8 Rf6xf8 Qd8xf8 Qg3-e3 Kc8-b8 g2-g4 Qf8-g7
Nc3-e2 h6-h5 g4xh5 Qg7-h7 Rc1-g1 Rg8xg1+ Ne2xg1 Qh7xh5 Ng1-e2 Kb8-c8 Kb1-c2
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+6.10/48 665)
score for White +6.10 depth 48. |
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Sep-26-23 A Steinkuehler vs Blackburne, 1863
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| mel gibson: All forced moves.
Nice mate pattern. |
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Sep-25-23 A Potapov vs V Karlik, 2002
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| mel gibson: Tricky - I saw 38. Rxh7+ but I wasn't sure if it would work. Stockfish 16 says:
38. Rxh7+
(38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 (Kg7xh7 Qf3xf6 Nf7-d8 Ke2-f1 Rb4-b1+ Kf1-g2 Nd8xc6 Qf6-f7+ Kh7-h8 Qf7-f8+ Kh8-h7 Nd2-f3 Qc7-d8 Qf8-f7+
Kh7-h8 Bd7xc6 Rb1-c1 Bc6-e8 Rc1-c8 Qf7-f8+ Kh8-h7 Kg2-h3 Qd8-d7+ ... |
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