May-25-24 M Basman vs A Balshan, 1980
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| schizoidman: The mating combination was there starting on move 31. Black almost forced him to find it. |
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May-14-24 M Golubev vs R Rabiega, 1993 
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| schizoidman: Doesn't 28. Re6 also work? It threatens 29. Qh8++. Black can delay the mate with Rf6 by one move. Only the queen sac for the Bishop stops the quick mate. |
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Apr-19-23 Tal vs Benko, 1959
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| schizoidman: AlicesKnight, it is mate in two if the queen interposes too. Since now the Queen is pinned, 2.Qf7++ |
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Oct-24-22 R Vera vs G Garcia, 1992
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| schizoidman: I considered the 1.Ng8+ as well but considered 2.Bxg7+ followed by 3.Kxc2 with two Knights, a Bishop, and a Rook for the Queen. |
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Dec-04-20 M Hennigan vs R Berzinsh, 2009
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| schizoidman: The knight sacrifice ties white in knots trying to keep it. He would have been better off giving it back with Nxb7 maybe? |
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Sep-14-20 Adianto vs A Yusupov, 1983
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| schizoidman: 31.Bg2?? such a blunder from a GM. 31.Qxg3 and black gets his piece back and the game continues. |
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Jun-02-20 A Montalvo vs D Laylo, 2010
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| schizoidman: <wordfunph> White has pawns hanging on c4, f3 and g4. He cannot save them all. He chose to save his c-pawn (bishop guards it). But 20.Nd4 looks better at first glance since it guards the c and f pawns and attacks black's e-pawn. Now if black takes the g-pawn, 21.Kg3 d5 ... |
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Jun-01-20 Motylev vs D Laylo, 2005
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| schizoidman: <al wazir> I ran a computer analysis of the position and after 62.a7 black responds with Nxa7 63.Bxa7 d3 and white must sacrifice his white square bishop when the d-pawn queens.
According to the engine, white's best is 61.Be5 d3 62.Bc3 Na7 63.Bd2 Rb1 64.Kc4 Ra1 with ... |
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May-05-20 I Zenyuk vs S Foisor, 2009
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| schizoidman: 45. ...Ng4 and it is mate next move. |
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Feb-05-20 K Petzold vs Dreev, 2008
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| schizoidman: Why does white sac his knight for 2 pawns on move 19? Black's pawn center is menacing, but the sac seems unnecessarily desperate to me. |
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May-15-18 Kasparov vs A Beliavsky, 1983
Feb-02-17 Tiviakov vs J Norgaard, 2007
Aug-23-15 G Stoltz vs Pilnik, 1952
Feb-22-07 Shulman vs The World, 2007
Feb-02-07 B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925
Nov-26-06 The World vs A Nickel, 2006
Sep-13-06 R Pasik vs C Tsai, 2001
Sep-09-06 A Haik vs S Skembris, 1981
Apr-05-06 L Bruzon Batista vs Dominguez Perez, 2004
Jan-06-06 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2005
Nov-21-05 Svidler vs Topalov, 2005
Nov-04-05 N Andrews vs A Aleksandrov, 1999
Oct-03-05 K Urban vs Krasenkow, 2001
Nov-14-04 Benjamin vs Z Kozul, 1997
Sep-13-04 A Kaspersky vs I Mazel, 1925
Aug-23-04 D Rowe vs J Grech, 2002
Apr-04-04 E Grobe vs A Johnsson, 1986
Mar-19-04 Nunn vs C Pritchett, 1986
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