Delboy has kibitzed 873 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jul-03-25 A Drvota vs J Tompa, 1977   Delboy: 27. ... makes a good puzzle position, involving a beautiful double rook sacrifice      Jul-01-25 Uhlmann vs K Heinrich, 1953   Delboy: 18. Bc4 is a very cute finish. Very unusual place to trap a queen      Jun-20-25 F Igel vs E Glass, 1932    Delboy: Surely white's move 19 was Nc4, as the currently recorded sequence 19. Ne4 Qc5 seems nonsensical. With 19. Nc4 black not only faces the ultimately played Qd8+ threat, but also Ba3, which would explain 19. ... Qc5      Jun-18-25 Leighton Allen    Delboy: I'm not sure how the "Player of the Day" is picked these days, but isn't this a category reserved for masters? Or is there some insider joke that someone could perhaps explain      May-13-25 Gligoric vs E Nievergelt, 1959    Delboy: I have not seen any post pointing out the beautiful finish if black tries to stop the mate with 29. ... Kf8 30. Rxc6 Re5 31. Rc8+ Re8. It is 32. Rdd8!      May-12-25 Lucas te Velde   Delboy: Only three games in the database, two of them wins against International Masters. Another name for the long list of 'might have beens'      Apr-25-25 Chindin vs V Komliakov, 1987   Delboy: The chess equivalent of experiencing a hole-in-one in golf: 16 ... Rh1+!      Apr-14-25 A Blank vs R Sielaff, 1992   Delboy: The player of the day here gave a very nice demonstration of why the bishop on g4 was poisoned      Apr-08-25 E Brondum vs G Iskov, 1972   Delboy: A fun game for fans of these type of positions. If 13. Kxg2 then 13. ... Rxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 15. Kh1 g3 16. Qe2 g2+ 17. Kh2 g1=Q++18. kh3 Qg3#      Mar-30-25 J Kapu vs L Sapi, 1964   Delboy: White was clearly not expecting the very clever 36. ... dxe2!

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