Jul-16-25 H Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922
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| Chessmaletaja: Capablanca made several mistakes in that game. I think that there are two reasons why the commentators in their books and articles have not noticed these mistakes: 1) There were no chess engines or good chess engines available. 2) The personality cult of great chess players ... |
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Jul-02-25 H Weenink vs Reti, 1923
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| Chessmaletaja: [DIAGRAM] 30...♕xa4?? was a mistake.
Black has a winning position after 30...♖xc2+ |
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Jul-01-25 A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927
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| Chessmaletaja: I recommend Lakdawala's comments on this game. It is Game 28 in his book "The Caro-Kann - Move by move". He explains the strategic ideas. Concerning chess engines, Stockfish says now that after 16 g4?! ♘xe3 17 ♕xe3 h5 ⩱ White's only reasonable move was 18 ... |
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Dec-02-24 Lasker vs J W White, 1911
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| Chessmaletaja: <11 a3??> is a blunder. White should play 11 ♕c4+! to exchange the queens, with equality. Because White's king on the central file on the d1 and cannot castle. The game continues:
<11...♗xd2 12 ♗xd2> Here, <11...♖e8??> is a blunder. ... |
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Oct-12-24 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959 
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| Chessmaletaja: The position after <37 h8♕>: [DIAGRAM] Now, there are four queens on the board.
Black cannot give any troubling checks.
White cannot give a check without immediately exchanging one pair of queens.
Therefore, Black's king is not in immediate trouble. My chess ... |
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Oct-10-24 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
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| Chessmaletaja: In this game, both players made several inexact moves. For example, Fischer's <20 cxd4> gave the square e5 for Black's pieces. Better was 20 b4. Petrosian's <21...♔b8?!> was needless. Better was 21...c4!. At times, White had an edge; at times, Black had an ... |
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Oct-10-24 Fischer vs Keres, 1959
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| Chessmaletaja: <W Westerlund>: <"Practically all others had Jewish roots, just as his [Fischer's] own father, who he never knew, and his own mother who was, according to some sources, a communist."> And McCarthy committed suicide in the psychiatric hospital. According to some ... |
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Oct-09-24 Fischer vs Keres, 1959
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| Chessmaletaja: With the help of some chess engines, I have arrived at the following conclusions. The position after <15...0-0> was still equal: [DIAGRAM] White's move <16 bxc5?!> was inexact. It gave Black the square c5 and did it with a loss of tempo. The move <18 f4?!> ... |
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Oct-08-24 Fischer vs Benko, 1959
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| Chessmaletaja: The position after <31 ♕f4>: [DIAGRAM] My chess engines are saying that the position is absolutely equal. Benko made a mistake <31...♖a8? 32 ♖h1! ⩲> Then, Benko blundered <32...♖g8?? 33 a4!+-> Note that after <32...♖xa3 |
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Sep-01-24 Fischer vs Smyslov, 1959
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| Chessmaletaja: The position after 12...Kf7:
[DIAGRAM] White's light-squared bishop is altogether on the wrong place on b5. |
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