Damenlaeuferbauer has kibitzed 258 times to chessgames   [more...]

Oct-06-21 Chen Zou vs Sengupta, 2019    Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the unknown [at least to me] young Chinese IM finally found the mate in 6 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 36.Rxh6+!, gxh6 (36.-,Qh7 37.Rxh7+,Kxh7 [37.-,Kg8 38.Rgxg7#] 38.Qg6+,Kg8/Kh8 39.Qxg7#; 36.-,Kg8 37.Qe6+,Rf7 [37.-,Kf8 38.Rh8#] 38.Qxc8+,Rf8 ...      Sep-26-21 Stalin vs Jeschow, 1926    Damenlaeuferbauer: Two criminals played a game of chess against each other, nothing more. It is NOT important, if this game is good, mediocre, or bad. Let us simply remember their MILLIONS of victims in the East European countries and Russia. As a German citizen, I would write exactly the ...      Sep-20-21 E Schiller vs T Redman, 1975    Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, my then 20 years young old friend Eric finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice queen sacrifice 33.Qxc8+!,Qxc8 34.Rb6#. "How young we were, how we believed in ourselves!" (GM Eduard Gufeld). Unfortunately, during his whole life Eric drank too ...      Sep-13-21 A Sandrin vs W Shipman, 1946    Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the strong American IM Walter Shipman finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice knight sacrifice 48.-,Qf2+! 49.Kxh3 (49.Kh1,Qf1/Qg1#) 49.-,Qf3#. It is always a pleasure to see when black wins with my old love from the first half of the 80s, the ...      Aug-26-21 Keres vs W Winter, 1935    Damenlaeuferbauer: According to GM Reuben Fine, "The World's Greatest Chess Games", 1976, p. 213, this was the game, which made Paul "the Second" Keres world-famous. Together with Akiba Rubinstein, David Bronstein, Viktor Korchnoi, and Vassily Ivanchuk he was the strongest player, who never ...      Aug-25-21 Kramnik vs Anand, 1989   Damenlaeuferbauer: This was the beginning of everything. It is very easy to blame them for their (short) draw, but the contribution of both to chess and the games they played were/are greater than life.      Aug-23-21 N Davies vs G Crawley, 1984    Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the unknown (at least to me) English IM Gavin Crawley finally found the mate in 3 moves with the nice exchange sacrifice 29.-,Rxe1++! 30.Kf2 (30.Kxe1,Qe2#) 30.-,Qe2+ 31.Kg3,Ng2#. He shows us an excellent way how to play the Reti / King's Indian Attack      Aug-10-21 Panno vs Spassky, 1955    Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the very strong Argentine GM and junior world champion Oscar Panno finally found the mate in 4 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 32.Rh8+!,Kxh8 33.Qxe5+,Qf6 (33.-,Kg8 34.Qg7#) 34.Qxf6+,Kg8 35.Qg7#.      Aug-09-21 M Roiz vs T Warakomski, 2005    Damenlaeuferbauer: The Russian-born, but now Israeli GM Michael Roiz could have forced a mate in 2 moves with the very nice queen sacrifice 37.Qe7+!,Nxe7 38.Bg7#. My compatriot, the 2nd world champion Dr Emanuel Lasker (1868 - 1941), once said: "When you see a good move, wait - look for a ...      Jul-29-21 Shankland vs Karjakin, 2021    Damenlaeuferbauer: When I watched this game yesterday online, I was deeply impressed, how concentrated and focused Samuel Shankland was. He worked really hard at the board to beat the best defender in the world. Good luck for today and the rest of the tournament, Sam!

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