May-26-12 J Barle vs I Jelen, 1979 
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| problemist: The wQ checking from d5 and then sacrificing itself at h1 reminds me of a famous chess problem of Herbert Grasemann, Deutsche Schachhefte, 1950:
[DIAGRAM]
Mate in four moves |
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Nov-23-07 Ivanchuk vs Grischuk, 2007
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| problemist: Isn't the final position won for white (after 44.♖xf7+, ♔xa6 45.♖xh7)? |
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Jun-05-07 Dautov vs Kharlov, 2004
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| problemist: 33. bxa5 looks like the losing move.
Is there something better? Black threatens 33... ♗a3 after which the pawn at b4 is lost. Maybe 33. ♖e2, ♗a3 34. ♖ec2 holds. |
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May-25-07 D Minic vs Fischer, 1970
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| problemist: What would be the finish after 31. ♔c2? (On 31...♕a3 white could play 32. ♗d3). |
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May-13-07 Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910
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| problemist: 55. .. c3 was claimed to hold the draw
after 56. ♖c8+ ♔d7 57. ♖xc5 ♖xc5.
Fritz suggests instead 56. ♖a7+ ♔b8 57. ♖xg7, but fails to win after 57. .. d4 58. ♖g8+ ♔c7 59. ♖c8+ ♔d7 60. ♖xc5 ♖xc5 61. ... |
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May-09-07 Bronstein vs P Dely, 1962
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| problemist: Tougher seems to be 32. .. f6 instead of just losing the pawn. After that probably 33. ♕f5+ ♕xf5 34. ♘xf5 with a slightly better ending, but Black could still fight on. |
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Feb-09-06 Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975
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| problemist: If black plays 12. ... Ke7, does white
have something better than getting the rook + 2 pawns for bishop and knight? |
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Aug-04-05 C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1865
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| problemist: Why did Anderssen resign? Wouldn't 23.)..., fe: have saved (even won!) the game? |
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Jul-11-05 Reti vs A Becker, 1923
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| problemist: <mik> Actually, Fritz favours black after 26...Kh8. After 27. Re1, Qg6 28.Qg6:, fg: 29. Re7 he suggests 29...h5. On 27.Nd6:, Qg6 should be played. |
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Jul-08-05 B Becker vs Kasparov, 2000
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| problemist: 2.Qh5 was applied in two recent and serious games by Nakamura:
Nakamura vs Sasikiran, 2005
Nakamura vs N Mitkov, 2005
However he achieved only 0,5:1,5. |
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