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Jul-09-23 K Hulak vs H Bohm, 1977    tinnderbox: 113 Rh8?? is the losing move. Ra8 should still draw. Bohm had prepared this endgame very well: he proceeded to play the only winning move four times in a row (moves 113-116).      Jun-23-23 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966    tinnderbox: Actually this is not such a poor game at all by Spassky. True, after 17... c4 (?) white has a small but annoying advantage. But Spassky hangs on until move 32. There he could have given Petrosian a tough choice with 32... R2a4. Either white plays Qb2 with a repetition or gambles ...      Jun-22-23 Gligoric vs G Gudmundsson, 1950   tinnderbox: Oof, from move 35 onwards this game is riddled with errors. 35... Rc2?? (instead after Qc2 white is just a bit better). Now that the rook has left the e-file white wins by 36.Re3 h6 37. Re6 But 36. Rg4?? Qa2?? Black had a draw here with 36... Rfxf2! 37. Rxf2 (no Rxc4 obviously ...      Jun-18-23 Reshevsky vs Gligoric, 1950   tinnderbox: After a few minor hiccups by both players the game is level after 25. Rcd1. But g6?? is a serious mistake and after 26... Qxf4 it is already +4 and black is lost. Instead the simple 25... dxe4 would have been much better and now 26. Rd8+ Ne8 27. Bh3 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8 e3      Jun-17-23 E Szabados vs Reshevsky, 1950   tinnderbox: This game was adjourned three times, after five, four and four hours respectively. Though it wasn't resumed in a fourth session this means it still lasted all of 13 hours. Chess was hard work in those days!      Jun-17-23 Najdorf vs Stahlberg, 1950   tinnderbox: BTW, the game was adjourned after 40 moves and five hours of play. And again after 82 moves and nine hours of play. The last 18 moves may have taken another two hours (the rate of play beyond 40 was 16 moves in an hour). So this game probably lasted around 11 hours!      Jun-17-23 J Foltys vs Rossolimo, 1950   tinnderbox: In the tournament book Prins rather pedantically claims that this is mostly theory. He adds just a few remarks, two of which are from games he played himself. Blinded by his own 'science' he totally misses that black actually could have won by 11... d5! 12. Bxd5 Nb4. And now if ...      Jun-17-23 J H Donner vs Pirc, 1950   tinnderbox: In the tournament book Prins criticizes 26 Bxc4, but that is nonsense. It's the move before where Donner misses his chance. 25. gxf6! and now 25... gxf6 26. Nxe5! fxe5 27. Rb5 with a strong attack or 25... Nxf6 26. Rh4 and white is much better. In the game (after 26... Qxc4) ...      Jun-16-23 Stahlberg vs Golombek, 1950   tinnderbox: In the tournament book Lodewijk Prins mentions 24... Qf6 as a simple win for black, but that is nonsense. Although Qf6 is much better than Bxd5, it is just a draw. After 25. Bc3 black is fortunate to have 25... Nf3+ and now all lines hold for black: 26. gxf3 Qxg5+; 26. Kh1 Nxg5; ...      Jun-11-23 Rossolimo vs T van Scheltinga, 1950   tinnderbox: Yes, the brilliancy prize, but not really justified, in my opinion. For starters, 40. Be3 would simply be winning. Nc3 is now simply refuted by Bg5! So 40. Bb8 throws away the advantage. But ok, it was move 40 - time trouble, likely. As mentioned already, 44... Ne4 was quite ...

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