Aug-20-12 Mikhalevski vs R Gardner, 2012 
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| msmith5: I think Black would have been wiser to exchange dark squared bishops on move 6, castle, and finish his development. Making 3 queenside flank moves when your king is still in the center and only two pieces have moved off the back rank doesn't make sense, and invites trouble. |
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Aug-02-12 J Polgar vs N Gaprindashvili, 1990
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msmith5: 31. ... Rc3 wins (at least) a piece.
The rook is immume from capture, as
32. bxc3 Bxc6+
33. Kg1 Rg8+
34. Kf2 Rg2+ 
But after 31. ... Rc3, white has no way to flee the queen and sufficiently defend the bishop. This ... |
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Jun-07-12 M Beinoras vs H Salo, 2009
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| msmith5: I worked it to the point of
25. Bxf7
26. Qxg6+
27. Nxh6
28. Qxh6+
At this point, white has recovered his material (3 pawns for the minor piece), so loosening up the Black King is the frosting, making white better than when he started. I didn't work it out to the forced ... |
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Jan-27-11 A Sherzer vs P Acs, 1998
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| msmith5: I saw Re1+ because I didn't see a satisfactory way for black to otherwise prevent the mating attack, so I had to look for a forcing move. I didn't see Rh1+ after that, but should have since the key is that the queen has to be captured with check. |
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Jan-26-11 S Mulligan vs D Foord, 2007
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| msmith5: I saw it up to Bh4+ but didn't see the last two moves to finish white off so I thought it was a spoiler. |
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Jan-25-11 Klovans vs Timoshenko, 2000
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| msmith5: I think Rf3 wins at least a piece for black, but I did not see a forced mate. The queen can't simulatenously defend itself, protect the bishop at f1, protect the rook, and protect the mate threat at h2. 46. ... Rf3
47. Qe2 Rxf1+
48. Kg2 Qxd4
49. Qxd1
Up a piece for a pawn, ... |
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Jan-15-11 Gipslis vs Tal, 1955
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| msmith5: I didn't get it. I thought black was trying to draw, so I tried: 47. ... h2+
A)
48 Kf1 h1=Q mate
B)
48 Kh1 e2
Black threatens e1=Q mate. The only move I can see for white is: 49. Rc1
My two tries were
49. ... Rxb3
49. ... Rd2
But I could not get past
50. c6 as response ... |
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Jan-10-11 M F Olsen vs B Tilenbaev, 2004
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| msmith5: It wasn't Petrosian who slipped his finger, but this was a game in the Bogo-Indian defence. L Palau vs S Kalabar, 1927 |
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Jan-10-11 Jude Acers
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| msmith5: <kingfu>
When he was white, we started
d4 Nf6
Nc3 e6
Bg5
When I was white, we started
e4 d5
exd5 Qxd5
Nc3 Qd6
His strategy is to keep the pressure on until his opponent cracks. When I realized that he had threatened a discovery which would either win a minor ... |
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Jun-23-10 A Budnikov vs V Varavin, 1989
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| msmith5: Cute solution.
White wants to move his rook to the 6th rank, sacking the rook to be able to queen the pawn. But if he does so immediately, Black just takes the pawn. Time for the zwischenzug 52. g6, which threatens gxf7, making a second dangerous passed pawn. Black can't capture ... |
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Kibitzing
