Zugzwangovich has kibitzed 514 times to chessgames   [less...]

Sep-10-25 W Schmidt vs J Kostro, 1968   Zugzwangovich: This appears to be the first master-level game on record in which white plays 9.Rd3, apparently to avoid the doubling of his f-pawns, then plays 10.gxf3, accepting the doubling of his f-pawns.      Sep-10-25 Kasparov vs J O Fries-Nielsen, 1977    Zugzwangovich: <whithaw: This variation is well known, where white plays Rd3, then accepts doubled f-pawns. Fischer was a champion of this variation at one time.> FWIW, the only time Fischer reached the position after 9...Bxf3 (vs. Smyslov, Monte Carlo 1967), he played 10.Rxf3, not ...      Sep-08-25 Spassky vs Golombek, 1953   Zugzwangovich: Probably 25.Rb3 was better than 25.Rfd1 since it traps Black's wayward bishop.      Aug-31-25 Tal vs G Kasparian, 1956   Zugzwangovich: I found the reason for the claims made in the 2009-2011 posts: the earlier score had had Black's 60th as Qd4 and his 65th as Qxb4. Thus the white pawn on b4 was still there when it was Tal's turn to play his 63rd and he could have mated with Qa5 on that or the next move. I ...      Aug-29-25 Spassky vs N Krogius, 1967    Zugzwangovich: Was the win of that pawn alone enough to justify Krogius' immediate resignation? Isn't it said that "all rook endgames are drawn"?      Aug-03-25 Tal vs A Feuerstein, 1958   Zugzwangovich: The July 2025 issue of Chess life gives Arthur Feuerstein as the player with Black and the concluding moves 18...Kd8 19.g8=Q+ Kc7 20.Qxc8+ Kxc8 21.Bxd2, Black resigned. I have submitted a correction slip.      Aug-03-25 Arthur Feuerstein   Zugzwangovich: <perfidious> You hit the nail on the head in at least one sense. A profile of Feuerstein in the January 2012 Chess Life issue mentions that he joined the army in 1958, requested a stint in Europe, and was assigned to Munich.      Jun-04-25 Fischer vs Tal, 1959    Zugzwangovich: <beatgiant> Thank you. I really appreciate your help in enlightening this poor patzer.      May-04-25 Bagirov vs Spassky, 1961   Zugzwangovich: <beatgiant> Thanks again; that was fast! I had just played it through on the board and found that 45...Kg6 was correct. I was going to delete my previous post and post a new one with Ke6 changed to Kg6 but you beat me to it.      Apr-25-25 Spassky vs K Vinogradov, 1961   Zugzwangovich: It looks like Vinogradov overlooked that White's 32nd is check. 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