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Mar-13-09 Tarrasch vs Steinitz, 1898    chopbox: Well, my own conjecture a couple posts ago (that perhaps Tarrasch moved 26. Rf1 because he was concerned with 27. ...Bf6) is pretty clearly wrong too (as 28. Bc5+ pretty much blows that out of the water). So is <mike1> right then that Tarrasch didn't need 26. Rf1?      Feb-27-09 Tarrasch vs D Baird, 1898   chopbox: <YetAnotherAmateur: No, 30. ... Bd5 doesn't help in the least. (assuming game line up until 30. e6) 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (forced) 32. Qxf7#> Thanks for your quick and spot-on reply.      Jan-10-09 C Bauer vs Bologan, 2001    chopbox: I didn't get it because I couldn't see how Black could profit after 30.Kh3 (instead of 30.Kh1). It looked to me the best Black could do was draw by repetition. Even 30...f4, 31.Rg1 fxe3 32.Bxe4 looked like a draw, but I had ignored 32...Rf4, which seems to do in White. Too far ahead      Dec-10-08 G Bastrikov vs Shamkovich, 1958    chopbox: <Eggman: Black would be up material (R+2P vs 2N), and then goes on to discuss why White nevertheless has the edge. The point of the book is to discuss unusual material imbalances (e.g. Q vs N+N+B), and the contexts that affect the evaluations of such situations.> That would be      Dec-02-08 N Battulga vs F Firman Syah, 2008    chopbox: Interesting game. Pretty moves all through it that are worth seeing and puzzling over. It looks to me like White missed a real big opportunity by playing 39.Rxc4 instead of 39.Nxc4.      Dec-01-08 Timman vs Short, 1990    chopbox: My solution was 26. Qxf5. Not as pretty; more like a club over the head instead of a thrust through the ribs, but still effective, I think.      Oct-23-08 Antoshin vs B Rabar, 1964    chopbox: Rabar could have played 21...fxe6 instead, which still loses, after 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. g5+ Kg7 24. Rf1 . But to my mind, though I suppose some might categorize this line as "fighting chess", I like that Rabar resigned here, ...      Oct-14-08 E Schallopp vs Blackburne, 1886    chopbox: Well I can't see anything the matter with 29...Re2 with threats all over the place. What am I missing?      Sep-23-08 D Rombaldoni vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2008    chopbox: <JG27Pyth: I think this line 25...h5 26 Qg4!? Qc4 27.Rg1 Nd5 28. Rxh5 Nxf6 29.exf6 Qe2 holds for black.> Best comment of the day! Thank you.      Sep-19-08 Eliskases vs L Laurine, 1935    chopbox: dzechiel: "But that allows 25 Nd6+ which wins [the] exchange with 26 Nxe8 or the entire bishop with 26 Rxe7+." If 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. Rxd7+ Ke6 and Black though worse is not hopelessly lost, is he? Instead of 25. Nd6+, the simpler 25. Rxd7 wins a knight and is threatening more.      Sep-02-08 S Williams vs M Hebden, 2006     Jul-31-08 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1994     Jul-06-08 Anand vs Robatsch, 1992     Jul-05-08 Ribli vs Lobron, 1992     Jun-11-08 V Iordachescu vs Karpov, 2007     May-21-08 H Runde vs Morten Jensen, 2003     May-20-08 Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865     Jan-18-08 Uhlmann vs T Paehtz Sr, 1974     Jun-13-05 R Meijer vs Euwe, 1923     Feb-19-05 O Bernstein vs Kotov, 1946     Feb-18-05 T Weinberger vs F Street, 1976     Feb-06-05 Tal vs K Klaman, 1957     Jan-29-05 M Dandridge vs B Kreiman, 1993     Jan-15-05 A Alavkin vs V Diu, 2002     Dec-16-04 S Halkias vs J Pribyl, 2000     Dec-10-04 Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929

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