Apr-08-12 Nisipeanu vs Ivanchuk, 1999 
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| jmuller: Hey Al :-)
13...Bd6
14. c4 Qh5
15. c5 Qxh2+!
16. Kf1 Bf4!
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Jul-24-08 Kharlov vs Ivanchuk, 2005
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| jmuller: <Jul-24-08
Premium Chessgames Member dzechiel: White to move (56?). White is up a pawn. "Medium."> BTW, I'd like to chip in my work of thanks for your daily analysis, dzechiel. It's a big help! :-) |
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Jul-12-08 Gelfand vs K Lerner, 1987
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| jmuller: <Jul-12-08 mpl: The point of 44.Rg4...> Thanks, mpl. I understand the position, now. :-)
I've enjoyed endgame week this week. :-) |
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Jul-10-08 Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881
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| jmuller: > Apr-16-08 fenno: I believe Blackburne was waiting the opponent's error that actually happened, when he moved 23. In *The Art of the Checkmate*, Renaud and Kahn comment as follows on Blackburne's 23rd move: "Preventing 23...Bf4 and also preparing 24.Bf6.[algebraic notation ... |
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Jun-27-08 Blackburne vs NN, 1863
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| jmuller: >> Kenkaku: Wow, talk about an attack, and played blindfold too. In a *simultaneous* blindfold exhibition, according to Renaud and Kahn in *The Art of the Checkmate*. It's more than I can imagine! |
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Jun-27-08 Albin vs O Bernstein, 1904
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| jmuller: >> ajk68: 13. Qa4
>> Is this where white goes wrong?
Yes. In *The Art of the Checkmate*, Renaud and Kahn write of 13.Qa4, "The player with an inferior development should never attack. Bernstein is about to remind his worthy opponent of this principle." |
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Jun-27-08 O Bernstein vs J Metger, 1907
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| jmuller: [DIAGRAM] 20. White to play and win. :-)
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Apr-21-08 R Pert vs C Ward, 2005
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| jmuller: Whether one continues to play after the blunder depends, I think, on the context. I play email chess with a few opponents whom I get to know pretty well. I'd definitely play this one a little further, apologizing to my opponent for my blunder but explaining that I was going to try ... |
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Mar-13-08 E Schiller vs V Nambiar, 2001
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| jmuller: Why didn't Nambiar take the pawn with 12...dxe5? Was 12...Bb5 a blunder? |
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Jul-25-07 V Vukovic vs A Vajda, 1925
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| jmuller: Yes, in his wonderful *The Art of Attack In Chess*, Vukovic analyzes the sequence, beginning with the (to my mind) equally great 14.h4. (First algebraic edition, 1998, pp. 166-167) |
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Jul-26-06 Topalov vs Morozevich, 2002
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Jun-12-06 I Cosma vs Velimirovic, 2002
Jun-09-06 Eliskases vs M Eisinger, 1939
Jun-05-06 A Schwarz vs W Paulsen, 1880
May-24-06 Smyslov vs Flohr, 1949
May-15-06 S Short vs N Ahern, 2005
May-10-06 G Michelakis vs Kotronias, 1996
Apr-21-06 Z Ilincic vs Matulovic, 2002
Apr-20-06 C Ward vs D Fortune, 1999
Apr-19-06 G J Wood vs Najdorf, 1946
Apr-11-06 Nakamura vs S Muhammad, 2004
Mar-31-06 Vladimirov vs A V Kharitonov, 1977
Jan-13-06 Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1928
Jan-06-06 Topalov vs Bareev, 2002
Jul-12-05 K Spraggett vs J Berry, 1976
Jun-20-05 E Tate vs R Mandl, 1987
Jun-13-05 R Meijer vs Euwe, 1923
Jun-09-05 O Barda vs J Foltys, 1951
Jun-06-05 Gufeld vs Tal, 1954
Apr-26-05 G Altan-Och vs I Karim, 2004
Apr-26-05 J Tarjan vs R Rodriguez, 1979
Jan-22-05 A Lein vs Alburt, 1983
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