Apr-04-13 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
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Anderssen59: With his move 35.....,Qc5 the wily Kasparov threatened: 36.....,Rxf2!!. 37.Qxf2 Be3 and "Game Over", but Karpov rose to the occasion - as he did so many times before in his glorious career - and proved that, as far as defensive prowess is concerned, he is second to none in the ... |
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Mar-19-13 Svidler vs Radjabov, 2013 
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Anderssen59: The finish is really beautiful: 55.....,Rd2. 56 Nb5!! h2. 57 Kb6!! Rd8. 58 Nc7+ Kb8. 59 Na6+ mates. |
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Mar-15-13 Capablanca vs Gilg, 1929 
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Anderssen59: Capa's mating plan is lovely: 38.....,Qxd4+ 39.Kh2 Qd7 40. Qg8!! Rc8 41 Bxe8 Rxe8 42.Qxg7+ Kd8 43 Rd1!! Kc8 (.....,Qxd1. Qc7 mate) 44.Rc1+ Kd8 45.Qxf6+ Re7 46 Qf8+ Qe8 47 Qf4 Rb7 48.Bh4+ Kd7 49 Qd2+ mating next move. |
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Mar-09-13 Polgar vs K Hulak, 1989 
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Anderssen59: Black is compelled to give up his queen to avoid the following carnage: 23.....,Qd2. 24 Qf5 f6 25 Rxg7+!! (25.Qh7+ also mates) Nxg7. 26 Qh7+ Kf7 27 Rxf6+ Ke8. 28 Qg6+ Kd8 29 Rxd6+ Ke7. 30 Rd7+!! forces mate. |
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Mar-05-13 Huebner vs Portisch, 1981 
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Anderssen59: Allowing: 46. .....,Nf4 was a horrible mistake. Hubner should have played: 46.Qxb3. |
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Mar-05-13 Fischer vs S Schweber, 1962 
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Anderssen59: Schweber must have been happy not to see the following finish: 43. dxe6 Rxf7 44.exf7 Ne7 45.Qg8+!! Rxg8 46.fxg8=Q+ Nxg8 47. Rxg8 mate!! |
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Mar-05-13 G J Wood vs Yanofsky, 1946
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Anderssen59: White missed the win: 25. Bg5 Rf-c8. 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27 Bf6 mating. |
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Mar-05-13 Boleslavsky vs L Steiner, 1948 
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Anderssen59: Faster is 30. Rf1+ Kg8 (.....,Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32.Rf3 Qxe5 33. Rh3+ mates) 31. Qe7 Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Nf6 mate. |
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Feb-20-13 Alekhine vs Yates, 1926 
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Anderssen59: A lovely finish is: .....,Kxh7 (Of course .....,Rxh7. 64.Qxf6+ mates) 64.Rxf6+ Kg8. 65 Rg6+ Kh7 (.....,Kf8. 66.Qh8+ Ke7 67.Re6+ Kd8. 68 Qxe8 mate) 66.Rg4+!! (Faster than the beautiful: 66.Rg7++ Kh6. 67.Qf6+!! Rxf6 68 Rh7 mate) Kh6. 67.Rh4 mate. |
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Feb-18-13 Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908 
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Anderssen59: There is nothing to be done: 28. ...,Kf7 (.....,Nxe6. 29 Qxe6+ mates) 29 Re7+ Kg8. 30 Qd8+ Rxd8. 31.Rxd8 mate. |
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Feb-18-13 Maroczy vs Janowski, 1896
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