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Oct-15-06		tpstar: P) Businessman's Opening (1. Nf3/2. d4/3. Bf4), Black chose 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Qa5+, good to avoid grabbing Pb2 & reviewed several continuations, 12. Qd2 Zwischenzug would have avoided losing a Pawn, instead 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ and Black was better, RRB vs RRB endgame where White walked into mate for 0-1. M) Sicilian Sveshnikov, 9. Bc4?! bad idea since Black wins a piece with 9 ... b5 & 10 ... b4, White got out of it with 9 ... 0-0 10. 0-0 b5 11. Bd5 and gave up Pawn (14. c7 Qxc7 15. Nd5), Black had potent battery against g2, White defended well but forgot about battery and got mated. P) Ruy Lopez 5. 0-0 Bc5!?, discussed Open vs Closed at length, Black lost a piece with 6. c3 Nxe4?! 7. d4 b5 8. Bc2 ed 9. cd Nxf2, missed threat against h7 and White won quickly. M) Sicilian Accelerated Dragon, Black missed 8 ... Qxb2 winning a piece, instead doubled c Pawns and Queens off, Black dropped Rh8 for nothing, White couldn't extricate the Bishop from the corner, eventually down piece and 0-1. P) Modern Defense 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3, even middlegame until Black won Pd5, White had isolated Pe4 but saved it, Black dropped exchange to Zwischenzug (35. Nxe8+) and White converted R vs N endgame. M) Blackmar-Diemer Gambit with 6 ... Bg4, sacrificed N for 2 Pawns, White trapped Queen with 20. Bg5 leading to 20 ... Bxf3 21. Bxf6 Bxh1 22. Bh4?! Bg2 23. Qe1: click for larger view 23 ... Rxh4! 24. Kxh4? h2 and Black won.

Oct-16-06		tpstar: K&P 9: 1) BSQ = Mieses vs C Moreau, 1903 click for larger view 2) BSQ = Saint Amant vs Staunton, 1843 click for larger view 3) BSQ = Maroczy vs Marshall, 1903 click for larger view 4) BSQ = Blackburne vs Max Weiss, 1889 click for larger view

Oct-16-06		tpstar: K&P 10: 1) Counting Stock Position click for larger view 2) Fortress click for larger view 3) Fortress click for larger view 4) Nunn, 1999 click for larger view

Oct-16-06		tpstar: K&P 11: 1) OPP = H Buckle vs Harrwitz, 1846 click for larger view 2) OPP = B Koch vs Ahues, 1928 click for larger view 3) OPP = Capablanca vs W P Shipley, 1924 click for larger view 4) OPP = D Cilia Vincenti vs Patrick Li Ying, 2004 click for larger view

Oct-16-06		tpstar: K&P 12: 1) OPP = Tarrasch vs K Hollander, 1892 click for larger view 2) OPP = Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848 click for larger view 3) OPP = J Carvajal vs J Leandro, 2001 click for larger view 4) OPP = Mnatsakanian vs Taimanov, 1957 click for larger view

Oct-20-06		tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 10/20/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4?! (6 ... d5) 7. Bxf7+! Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 d6 10. e6!? Qf6 11. Bd2 (11. Nbd2 Ne5) Ne5 12. Qh3 h6 13. Na3 g6 14. Ne4 Qxe6? (14 ... Qe7) click for larger view 15. Qxe6+ Bxe6 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Rae1 Kd7 18. Rxe5 Rae8 (18 ... b6) 19. Rxc5 Kd6 20. Bb4 Bd5? (20. Kd7) 21. Nb5+ Ke7 22. Rxd5+ Kf6 23. Rxd4 c6 24. Na3 Ke5 25. Rd7 Rb8 26. Bc3+ Ke6 27. Rfd1 b5 28. g4 b4 29. R1d6# 1-0. Tony-Michael (SJC 10/20/06): 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 dc 4. d5 Nb4?! (4 ... Na5 5. Qa4+ c6) 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxb4 cd 7. Qb5+ Qd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Ne5 Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. e4 f6 14. Ng4 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. exf5 Kf7 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. g4 b5 21. Bg2 Rhd8 22. Kc2 b4 23. Rhd1 b3+ 24. Kc3!? d4+ 25. Kxc4 Rac8+ 26. Kxb3 Rb8+ 27. Kc2 Rdc8+ 28. Kb1 dxe3 29. fe click for larger view 29 ... Rb3 (29 ... Rc3) 30. Ra3 Rcb8 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rd7 Rxe3 33. Ra7 Re2 (33 ... e4!?) 34. Bd5+ Ke8 35. Be6 Rxh2?? (35 ... Rd2) 36. Ra8+ 1-0.

Oct-20-06		tpstar: P) Sicilian O'Kelly, discussed 3. c4 with Maroczy Bind over 3. d4, 4. Bc4!? not recommended since Black got 4 ... d5 in with tempo, Black had IQP, White won Pd5 & traded Queens, disconnected with White up a Pawn. M) Nimzovich Defense 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6!?, Black played 4 ... Be6 & 5 ... Qd7 & 6 ... 0-0-0, White developed well & 0-0, good pin on Nc6, Black lost Pd5 but should have lost Bd7 (10. e6), traded Queens into Pawn-up endgame but Black miscalculated and lost a piece. Good technique on RB6P vs R4P ending.

Oct-21-06		tpstar: CROSS-PIN 4: 1) A Voltschok vs Roman Kreslavsky, 1970 click for larger view 2) NN vs Donisthorpe, 1980 click for larger view 3) Robatsch vs Jansa, 1974 click for larger view 4) Ribli vs Adorjan, 1983 click for larger view

Oct-21-06		tpstar: CROSS-PIN 5: 1) Kholmov vs Ebralidze, 1949 click for larger view 2) Alapin vs Alekhine, 1914 click for larger view 3) Tal vs Koblents, 1957 click for larger view 4) Stoltz vs Kotov, 1952 click for larger view

Oct-21-06		tpstar: CROSS-PIN 6: 1) Z Izoria vs F Volkmann, 2003 click for larger view 2) V Bergraser vs Weiner, 1973 click for larger view 3) Piket vs T Nalbandian, 1993 click for larger view 4) F Gygli vs Stahlberg, 1934 click for larger view

Oct-22-06		tpstar: P) Danish Gambit, discussed Chigorin Defense at length, Black lost Rook with 5 ... Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Qe7?? 7. Bxg7 Qxe4 8. Qe2 , White traded down but dropped Re8 so Black up Pawn, then up 2 Pawns and won BN vs BN ending. M) Ruy Lopez Cordel, 4. 0-0 d6, consider 5. d4 over 5. Nc3, White won Ph6 due to Nf6 (14. Bxh6!), Queens off, then White won second Pawn on d6, blundered Bishop due to pin on Rg1 so NK vs K, great chances to draw by liquidating Pawns, instead Black retained Pg7 and won. P) Evans Gambit, Black safe after 7. Re1 0-0, 10. Nxd4!? Qh4 won Pawn, 16 ... Bxh3! much quicker (Undefended Kingside) than 16 ... Ne5, won exchange and traded Queens for 0-1. M) Bishop's Opening 3. d3 Nf6 4. f4 Nc6, Black lost Pawn by omitting 6 ... d6, won Pe5 due to pin, 13 ... Re8 much better than 13 ... Nf6 14. Bg5, White dropped Bc4 & Ne4 for 0-1. P) QGD Slav, Black had IQP, consider ... Ne4 lines over game continuation, White won exchange due to skewer (Bc5/Qd6/Rf8) and quickly 1-0. M) Evans Gambit, up 2 Pawns out of the opening, good Knight play to win material, won exchange on f2, forced Queen trade for 0-1.

Oct-25-06		tpstar: CROSS-PIN 7: 1) Addison-Steinmeyer (New York, 1963) click for larger view 2) Poschauko-Chalosai (Graz, 1941) click for larger view 3) Post-Wolf (Ostend, 1906) click for larger view 4) Zek-Travinj (USSR, ?) click for larger view

Oct-25-06		tpstar: CROSS-PIN 8: 1) Timman vs Kasparov, 1991 click for larger view 2) Psakhis vs Geller, 1982 click for larger view 3) Dahl-Schulz (Corr. 1956) click for larger view 4) Brundtrup-Budrich (Berlin, 1954) click for larger view

Oct-27-06		tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 10/27/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 (6. d4) Nc5 7. Nxe5 (7. Bxc6) Nxe5 8. Rxe5+ Be7 9. c3 (9. Bb3 De Vere vs G B Fraser, 1867 ) Nxa4 10. Qxa4 0-0 11. Qe4?! (11. d4 Bf6 12. Re1) Bf6 12. Rh5 (12. Rc5 Re8 ) g6 13. Qg4 d5 14. Qg3 Re8 15. f3 Qe7 16. Na3 click for larger view 16 ... Qe1+ 17. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 18. Kf2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 gxh5 20. d4 Bd7 21. Kg3 (22. Nc2 & 23. Ne3) Re8 22. Rc2 Re1 23. Kf4 h6 24. Rf2? Bg5+ 25. Kg3 h4# 0-1. Michael-Tony (SJC 10/27/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 ed 6. cd Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. ed Nxd5 10. Qe2+ (10. Qb3 Nce7 11. 0-0 H Buckle vs Anderssen, 1851 ) Be6 11. Ne4 0-0 12. Neg5 (12. 0-0) Re8 13. 0-0 Nxd4! 14. Nxd4 Qxg5 15. Rfe1? (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rfe1) Nf4 16. Qe4 click for larger view 16 ... Nh3+ 0-1.

Oct-28-06		tpstar: P) Ruy Lopez Steinitz, 4. d4 ed 5. Nxd4 Bd7, lots of trades into RRN vs RRN endgame and later N5P vs N5P, missed chance to win a Pawn, instead Knights traded and Black won the K&P ending. M) Ponziani, discussed 4 ... d5 as quickest way to equalize, White sacrificed 17. Nxf7!? Kxf7, Black should have established blockade on e5, White had perpetual check but played on, eventually R6P vs RB3P which had chances for both sides but White resigned.

Oct-29-06		tpstar: P) QGA against computer, Black dropped Pawn early, 9. Bxe6 fxe6 would have created 4 Pawn islands, traded down into drawn R3P vs R2P ending and 1/2. M) QGD Slav, Black won 2 Pawns when White played inaccurately, later Black blundered a piece (23 ... Nb6?? 24. Rbxb6! axb6 25. Rxa8+) and White won easily. P) Sicilian Dragon, discussed Yugoslav Attack at length, 12. Nb5 to hit Pd6, Black should have played 12 ... Ne8 but erred with 12 ... Qe7? 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6, White won piece with pin on d file and 1-0. M) Bishop's Opening against computer, 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d4!? ed?! (3 ... Bxd4) 4. Kf1?! and computer missed 4. Bxf7+! Kxf7 5. Qh5+ & 6. Qxc5, White lost 2 pieces and 0-1. P) Sicilian Kan, 4 ... Qc7 5. Nc3 e6, discussed how 8. Nf3 retreat helps Black, Black won a Pawn but White had 2 Bishops and Black's King stuck in center, declined interesting exchange sacrifice (21. Rxe4!? Bxe4 22. Bh5+) which would have led to excellent play, traded into Pawn down BOOC ending, Black had Windmill on g2 for 0-1. M) Sicilian Najdorf against computer, 5 ... b5!? with no Knight moves yet, White won exchange from Discovery on g7 (13. Nc6! Nxc6 14. Bxg7), won piece skewering Ng8, won piece skewering Bb7, reviewed quickest KR vs K mate technique.

Nov-03-06		tpstar: Tony-Peter (SJC 11/3/06): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 g6 (4 ... Nf6 5. Nc3 g6) 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 e5!? 8. Ndb5 0-0 9. Be2 a6 10. Nd6 Qc7 11. 0-0 Rd8 12. Bg5 h6!? 13. Nd5! Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Qxd6 15. cxd5?? (15. Bh4 ) Nxd8 16. Rc1 f6!? (16 ... b5) 17. Rc3 Nf7 18. Qc2 Ng5?? (18 ... Qf8 19. Rc1 Nd6) 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qxc8+ Bf8 21. f3 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Qxb2 23. d6 Qd4 24. Bc4+ Kg7 25. Qxd7+ Kh8 click for larger view 26. h4 Qxc4 27. hxg5 Qc1+ 28. Rf1 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Bxd6!? (29 ... Qxd6) 30. gf Kg8? 31. Qg7# 1-0. Tony-Michael (SJC 11/3/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. 0-0 ed 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 b6!? (9 ... Be7 & 10 ... 0-0) 10. b3 0-0-0!? 11. a4 a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qc4 d5 14. Qa6+ Kb8 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Bf4 Ne8 (16 ... Bd6? 17. e5) 17. ed Rxd5 click for larger view 18. Qa7+ Kc8 19. Nxc7! Nxc7 20. Bxc7 1-0 (20 ... Qxc7? 21. Qa8+ & 22. Qxd5; 20 ... Rg5 21. Bg3)

Nov-03-06		tpstar: P) QP with 3. h3!? & 5. c3!?, Black had Tarrasch set-up, 8 ... e5 would have equalized instead of 8 ... c4!? locking the center, after 15. d5!? Black missed 15 ... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 Qxd5 winning a Pawn, instead Queens traded into RRBB vs RRBB, Black got Rd7 pinned on the d file, lost exchange and then lost piece to 25. Re8+ 1-0. M) Greco-Latvian Gambit, 3. ef!? e4 4. Nd4 Qf6 5. c3, P Ten_Hacken vs Nobbe, 1982 featuring Nc4, Black stood better until dropped piece (14 ... 0-0?? 15. Qxd7), traded down and set trap to win Black Queen, QBB vs RRB and White won exchange for 1-0.

Nov-10-06		tpstar: Peter-Tony (SJC 11/10/06): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. d4!? (8. c3 d6 9. h3 Schlechter vs Chigorin, 1907 ) ed 9. Nxd4?? (9. c3!?; 9. e5!?) Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd3 c4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Qc8 15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bg5 Bb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Red1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Rxd7 Rxc3 21. Re1 Bxc2 22. Ree7 (22. Rc1 Rd3) Ba4 23. Rc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Re1!? (25. h3) Re8 26. Rxe8+?! Bxe8 and Black won (0-1). Michael-Tony (SJC 11/10/06): 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Qf3? (10. Bxf6 Bxf6/gxf6 11. c3 Smyslov vs Sveshnikov, 1977 ) Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Qe4!? (12. Qd3) Bxg5 13. h4? (13. g3) Bf5 14. Qxf5 Nxf5 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. g3 Ke7 17. Bg2 h5 18. Bf3 h4 19. gh Nxh4 20. Be4 f5 21. Bd3 Nf3+ 22. Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1.

Nov-10-06		tpstar: P) Giuoco Pianissimo, Horwitz vs Harrwitz, 1846 , discussed delaying ... 0-0 until White castles, 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 decent, 9. 0-0-0!?, Black established Nd4, White blundered away piece by not recapturing, soon up 2 Pawns and 0-1. M) Saragossa Opening, J Benjamin vs Fedorowicz, 1988 , Black had outstanding development, White chose KIA set-up, key choice after 17. b5 and discussed how 17 ... Nb8 followed by 18 ... Nbd7 would be best given position, Black won a piece from pin on Nd2 and traded both sets of Rooks for 0-1.

Nov-12-06		tpstar: P) Modern Defense, discussed Austrian Attack instead of 4. c4 leading to a KID, even out of the opening but White won Pd6 & Pe5 outright, discussed ways to consolidate (21. Nc6, 22. a4) but 22. Qb2? lost a piece to 22 ... Ng4, still R4P vs RBP which should have drawn but White erred and 0-1. M) Giuoco Piano 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Be6, White established strong Nd5 and weakened Black's Kingside Pawns but both sides 0-0-0 into even game, White dropped piece from 23 ... Qe4 fork on Rh1 & Nd5, got exchange back with 25. Ng6, later 28. Qa5 Nc6? 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Qxb7# 1-0. P) Sicilian Kan, Black wrecked White's Queenside Pawns into level middlegame with Queens off, Black activated Rooks deep and won a Pawn, White played well to trade into equal RP endgame and 1/2. M) Modern Defense, reviewed Austrian Attack, interesting tactic involving Nf6 & Nbd7, White traded to win a Pawn and Black unexpectedly resigned. P) Colle, good development as Black, White missed 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qh4 h5 weakening the dark squares, promising exchange sacrifice 20. Rxf6!? won 2 Pawns and soon won Queen for QN vs RR and 1-0. M) Petrov with boring 5. Qe2, White won Pc7 (10. Nb5 0-0? 11. Nxc7), White soon won Pa7 and should have won exchange (17 ... Rfc8?! 18. Nxc8), nice Knight fork on d5 to win exchange anyway, ended suddenly when Black missed back rank tactic 31 ... Re8? (31 ... Nf8 32. Rdh1 Ng6) 32. Rdh1!: click for larger view

Nov-12-06		tpstar: ANASTASIA'S MATE 1: 1) P Roth vs G Rajna, 1975 click for larger view 2) Tarrasch vs B Richter, 1883 click for larger view 3) A Andersen vs A Hersvik, 2003 click for larger view 4) C Bayer vs Falkbeer, 1852 click for larger view

Nov-12-06		tpstar: ANASTASIA'S MATE 2: 1) J Nogueiras vs GM Todorovic, 2005 click for larger view 2) J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 click for larger view 3) Lasker vs Fortuijn, 1908 click for larger view 4) G Andruet vs Van der Wiel, 1985 click for larger view

Nov-12-06		tpstar: ANASTASIA'S MATE 3: 1) Alekhine vs Leonhardt, 1910 click for larger view 2) C Golmayo Zupide vs Loyd, 1867 click for larger view 3) Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929 click for larger view 4) Gilg-Henneberger (Zurich, 1941) click for larger view

Nov-12-06		tpstar: ANASTASIA'S MATE 4: 1) Marco-Salter (Chernovtsy, 1922) click for larger view 2) Chevaldonnet-Blanc (Val Thorens, 1977) click for larger view 3) Marwitz, 1961 click for larger view 4) van Herck, 1988 click for larger view

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