Jul-14-25 E Canal vs Euwe, 1948 
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| sfm: The issue of having a backward doubled C-pawn right on a half-open C-file is very instructive. An example of 'Simplest plan often wins'. A losing mistake was 18.-,Qf6?
Instead 18.-,Qd6, having
19.Qa4, c5. |
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Jun-17-25 Santasiere vs C F Tears, 1957
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| sfm: Respect for somebody who does not resign.
Some people seems to find an honor in laying down their king.
Over time maybe 10% of my points came from seriously lost positions.
As somebody once said to me:
"You really don't play too well. But you fight very well!" Put that on my ... |
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Jun-13-25 Giri vs J Christiansen, 2013
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| sfm: "Pushing Johan-Sebastian Back"
Very instructive game.
This is deep:
[DIAGRAM] Here is nothing at all.
But:
White to play and dominate the f-file.
All B/W moves are SF's first choice, as it follows in the game. Is that winning?
Not even close.
But it is much harder to ... |
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May-20-25 B Foo vs P Garbett, 1984
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| sfm: White to move, after
31.fxe3, Rexe3
[DIAGRAM] There are nasty discovered checks by moving the Re3.
Obviously the white king must run away, right, and so comes
32.Kh2??, Rd2 and it is over.
The move to play was 32.Qb2, and now there is no way for Black to keep up the attack. On ... |
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Apr-27-25 Balashov vs J Sunye Neto, 1979
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| sfm: And nice choir, guys. |
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Apr-11-25 Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
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| sfm: Wonderful!! The eternal battle of being the one to make the 'next to the last blunder'. Black, with 24.-,g5!, makes 15 winning moves in succession, then one losing, last move within the first time control. In his book about the last Karpov-Korchnoi match, Larsen once said 'They are ... |
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Apr-05-25 Euwe vs D Przepiorka, 1928
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| sfm: 29.-,f5
is a bold move, ups the stakes. |
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Feb-14-25 D Gavrilescu vs J Gallasch, 2024
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| sfm: Funny that Stockfish on 29.Qe7 blunders:
1) -1.23 (27 ply) 29...Qd7 30. Qa3 Qd6 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Qc1 Kd7 33. c4 Rc8 34. Qb1 Rc5 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Re4 Qf6 37. Re2 Re5 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Re1 Qf6 40. Qd1 Kc6 41. Qxh5 Rc2 42. Rf1 b5 43. Qh7 Rc4 44. Qh8 Kb6 45. Qa8 Kxa6 46. Qxd5 Rxh4 Didn't ... |
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Jan-27-25 I Polgar vs B Toth, 1972
Dec-08-24 N A Legky vs D Fingerov, 2005
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| sfm: Nice combi.
But actually it is 26.QxB??
While 26.g4! is totally winning, as Mel Gibson gives. Also Stockfish tells me that, but Stockfish has no understanding for the elegance in 26.QxB(!!) |
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