patzer2 Member since May-20-03 · Last seen May-01-13 A former class A player almost 20 years ago, I'm returning to chess as a hobby in retirement. Spending more time studying end games and middle games than openings now. I may try playing in tournaments again later, but for now I like the challenge of analyzing and trying to understand the subtlties of strong Master games.

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Apr-09-13 Kenneth Rogoff    patzer2: <AI> By the way, the recent statement in a speech by the newly elected leader Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal never to abandom claim to all of Israel's territory, never conceding "one inch," proves your claim <Hamas Charter calls for the destruction of Israel, but Hamas does ...      Apr-04-13 Xiu Deshun vs J Sriram, 2012    patzer2: The double attack 23...Qxh4!! forces 25. Nh3 Qxh3!, setting up a winning discovered attack with check on the g1 square for mate after 26. Bxh3 Nh2+ 27. Ke1 Rg1+ 28. Bf1 Rxf1#.      Apr-03-13 Tseshkovsky vs V Inkiov, 1983    patzer2: <newzild: <patzer2> <While 24. Re3! is best, also winning is the followup 24. f3 Nf6 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Rg8+ .> In your line, 24...Nf6 is not forced. Black can instead try 24...Bxf5 25. gxf5 Nxc3.> After 24. f3 your suggested improvement 24. f3 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Nxc3 ...      Mar-27-13 Tseshkovsky vs B Itkis, 1983    patzer2: After 45. Nxe6+ (stronger of course is the game continuation 45. Nxd5!), my play at <David2009>'s link against Crafty went 45...Kd7 46. Nxd4 Qxh5 47. Qg7+ Ke8 48. Qf6 Qf7 49. Qxf7+ with an easy win.      Mar-25-13 A Gasik vs P Priya, 2007    patzer2: The demolition 14...Nxf2!! wins a pawn with decisive advantage. After <14...Nxf2! 15. Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Nf3> This is forced, as worse is 16. Kxf2? Qh4+, [DIAGRAM] when play might continue 17. Kg2 (17. Ke2 Nxd4+ 18. Ke3 Bc5! 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Kd2 Nf3+ 22. Kc1 Qg5+ 23.      Mar-24-13 Kamsky vs Seirawan, 2012    patzer2: One point of the demolition 21. Bxh6!! gxh6 22. Rd7! is that if 22...Nxd7 [DIAGRAM] 23. Qd2! leads to mate after 23...Kh7 24. Ng4! [DIAGRAM] when play might continue 25...f5 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 [DIAGRAM] 27. Ne5#      Mar-19-13 N Grandelius vs A Pourramezanali, 2010    patzer2: This game is practically won by 18. g4!, after which the play is fairly clear and straight forward. However one possibility, 21...f6, [DIAGRAM] requires the precise response 22. Qg2! Bxe4 23. Rxe4 fxe5 24. Rg4 Qe7 25. Rg1 . ...      Mar-18-13 E Guo vs S Madhurima, 2011    patzer2: The possibility 38...Rg3! (instead of 38...Rf8?? 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Rh8#) might be worth exploring: <38. Kxf2 Rf8??> 38... Rg3! [DIAGRAM] If 39. Qh5 [DIAGRAM] Black mates after 39...Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Qc2+ 41. Bd2 Rg2+ ...      Mar-17-13 Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948    patzer2: Not too difficult for a Sunday. I qickly found both the decoy 13. Re8+! and the simpler win with 13. Qe2! . <13. Re8+!> A neat Decoy sham sacrifice. However, the ...      Mar-17-13 Ding Yixin vs Tan Zhongyi, 2012    patzer2: <James D. Flynn><Does anyone see a clear win after 30...Qf7?> Good find with 30...Qf7 as it puts up the most resistance here. For beating 30...Qf7 I like 31. Qxf7+ (31. Rd3! is the move Fritz 12 prefers and may be

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