Dr. Siggy has kibitzed 329 times to chessgames   [less...]

Oct-20-24 Karpov vs Miles, 1980    Dr. Siggy: The main line of St. George Defence seems to be almost unplayable since a theoretical novelty at move 6 was introduced in the following Internet game: [Event "Aljubarrota Vs Castela ~ from sam_barroqueiro"] [Site " http://gameknot.com/ "] [Date "2019.10.10"] [Round "-"] [White ...      Aug-30-14 Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911    Dr. Siggy: According to Dr. Tarrasch, after 44. ... ♖xg3, "White's King comes up to the Queen's Bishop pawn via e4 and conducts it on to queen." I may be wrong but, after 44. ... ♖xg3 45. ♔e4 ♖c3 46. c5 a3 47. ♔d5, Black's game seems as good as lost...      Nov-30-12 Ruy Lopez, Open (C83)    Dr. Siggy: A demonstration of how to play against the Breslau variation of the Ruy Lopez, with a very beautiful finish: NN vs Tarrasch, 1915 .      Aug-30-12 Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911   Dr. Siggy: <master of defence>: After 15...exf4 16. Qxf4, Black's castling becomes too vulnerable, namely at f7 and h7. For instance: (1) 16...Qd7 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nxf7; (2) 16... Qd5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. N or Qxf7; (3) 16...Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Rf3 followed by Raf1.      Apr-20-12 Alekhine vs E Andersen, 1933    Dr. Siggy: Here's the position after 21... Nxc8: [DIAGRAM] From Reuben Fine, "Basic Chess Endings", New York 1941, pages 111-2: "Unlike a Bishop a Knight is at home in any Pawn structure, so that advantages of this type must be utilized immediately or they will dissipate into thin air. The ...      Apr-09-12 Spassky vs Chandler, 1987   Dr. Siggy: After 11... Nd5, it would be interesting to know why Spassky didn't play the very promising exchange sacrifice 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bh3 14. exd6! Bxf1 15. Kxf1! which would have left Chandler in serious trouble...      Apr-07-12 Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1944    Dr. Siggy: A closer examination of this game reveals that, from the very start, Botvinnik was completely outplayed by Lilienthal. What is more, after 39. Rc3 Botvinnik's position was as good as lost. The only reason why Lilienthal answered 39... e4 with the lamentable 40. fxe4 (instead of ...      Apr-01-12 Paulsen vs Tarrasch, 1888    Dr. Siggy: <bystander>: After 19. Kg2, Black would play 19... Qa6 and double his Rooks on the c-file with a strategically won game. Instead of 28... h6, Tarrasch himself would later recommend 28... Ra2, winning the a-pawn without danger as White's Rook couldn't break in along either ...      Mar-31-12 Ljubojevic vs Portisch, 1982    Dr. Siggy: Here's the position after White's 96th move: [DIAGRAM] Portisch draws this <♖ + ♗ vs ♖ endgame> using the so-called Cochrane Defense: 96... ♖e1! The <Cochrane Defense> works when (1) the defending Rook pins the Bishop to the King on one of the ...      Mar-16-12 J Piket vs J Arnason, 1990   Dr. Siggy: What a pity!... Piket emerges from a rather difficult opening with a very well earned advantage just to throw it away at the beginning of the middle game with 22. fxe6? fxe6 23. c5? (instead of increasing it with the beautiful 22. Nxe6! fxe6 23. f6!) and 26. Qh3?? (instead of ...      Mar-06-12 B Verlinsky vs Lasker, 1925     Mar-04-12 Vasiukov vs A Reshko, 1971    Feb-26-12 I Agrest vs O Gutmakher, 2008    Feb-23-12 D De Loughrey vs Bronstein, 1958    Feb-21-12 Keres vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1948     Feb-21-12 Smyslov vs Keres, 1941     Feb-11-12 Smyslov vs Stahlberg, 1952    Dec-30-11 O Bernstein vs Tarrasch, 1914    Dec-24-11 H Johner vs S Khan, 1932    Dec-23-11 H Vatter vs C Rietze, 2011    Oct-07-11 W Winter vs Tartakower, 1935    Jul-29-11 Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930     May-08-11 I Koenig vs Tarrasch, 1922    May-04-11 Spassky vs J A Gonzalez Rodriguez, 1986     Apr-20-11 Keres vs J M Ribeiro, 1960    Feb-16-11 Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981     Oct-24-10 Menchik vs Graf-Stevenson, 1934    Sep-02-10 Spassky vs Kasparov, 1988     Aug-24-10 M Mansour vs U Flanders, 2006    Aug-18-10 Lasker vs Showalter, 1896     Aug-15-10 Tarrasch vs Blackburne, 1914     Jul-08-10 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1969     Apr-22-10 J Pachow vs Y Zimmerman, 2001    Apr-17-10 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937     Mar-27-10 W Winter vs S Khan, 1931     Mar-27-10 J Nogueiras vs A Sokolov, 1988     Mar-15-10 E Canal vs Horvath, 1934     Mar-13-10 Flohr vs Capablanca, 1935     Feb-24-10 Alekhine vs Fuchs, 1940     Jan-05-10 Spassky vs S Polgar, 1988     Dec-05-09 M Karttunen vs V Rasik, 2003    Dec-01-09 Breyer vs Tarrasch, 1920     Dec-01-09 Maroczy vs J Mieses, 1903     Dec-01-09 Keres vs Eliskases, 1938     Dec-01-09 Keres vs Reshevsky, 1937    Aug-19-09 J Enevoldsen vs V Winz, 1935     Jul-17-09 Siegbert Tarrasch     May-05-09 A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914     Mar-16-09 Shamkovich vs E Schiller, 1984     Feb-02-09 Tartakower vs Lasker, 1936     Jan-17-09 A Nickel vs The World, 2008     Nov-16-08 E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920     Oct-20-08 B Richter vs Tarrasch, 1888     Sep-19-08 Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912     Aug-29-08 Alekhine vs V Mikenas, 1933     Aug-11-08 The World vs G Timmerman, 2007     Aug-05-08 Tarrasch vs Schwarzhaupt, 1884    Jul-06-08 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937     Jul-03-08 J Enevoldsen vs A Nimzowitsch, 1933     Jul-03-08 Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1995    Jun-26-08 twinlark chessforum     Jun-04-08 Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908     Apr-21-08 dalbertz chessforum     Mar-11-08 M Littleton vs A Drira, 1972     Mar-06-08 Sicilian, Closed (B24)     Feb-26-08 Alekhine vs Flohr, 1931     Feb-26-08 Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893     Feb-06-08 J Xie vs S Polgar, 1996    Jan-27-08 Flohr vs Levenfish, 1939     Jan-21-08 Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1931     Jan-19-08 Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971     Jan-17-08 Eric Schiller     Jan-17-08 A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1931     Jan-05-08 Waitaka chessforum     Jan-04-08 Motylev vs M Brodsky, 2001    Jan-04-08 Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948     Jan-02-08 Deep Breath chessforum     Jan-01-08 A Potapov vs D Kelgiorgis, 2000     Dec-25-07 A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1911     Dec-24-07 Tarrasch vs Walbrodt, 1898     Nov-30-07 Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936     Nov-28-07 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972     Nov-28-07 Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1912     Nov-25-07 Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934     Nov-20-07 Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933     Nov-16-07 Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1921     Nov-15-07 Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892     Nov-15-07 Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1905     Nov-14-07 Keres vs E Dyckhoff, 1935     Nov-12-07 Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907     Nov-03-07 Alekhine vs Marshall, 1925     Nov-02-07 Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1920     Oct-28-07 Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1912     Oct-28-07 Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925     Oct-27-07 Pillsbury vs J Mieses, 1900     Oct-24-07 Jacques Mieses     Sep-21-07 Tarrasch / allies vs Paulsen / allies, 1888     Sep-10-07 Willem Wallekers chessforum     Sep-10-07 Anderssen vs Paulsen, 1873     Sep-03-07 Tarrasch vs K Hollaender, 1892     Sep-03-07 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927     Sep-03-07 Tarrasch vs Swiderski, 1906     Sep-02-07 C Reilly vs M Tavel, 1980     Sep-02-07 Koltanowski vs A Dunkelblum, 1923     Sep-02-07 O Sarapu vs H Matthai, 1948     Sep-02-07 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970     Sep-01-07 D Arganian vs E Schiller, 1983    Aug-30-07 Alekhine vs A J Mesiroff, 1933     Aug-21-07 W Winter vs Bogoljubov, 1936     Aug-19-07 Tal vs Gligoric, 1978     Aug-19-07 Alekhine vs Yates, 1922     Aug-14-07 Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914     Aug-13-07 jessicafischerqueen chessforum     Aug-13-07 Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1920    Aug-12-07 F Schubert vs Schlechter, 1915     Aug-09-07 Eliskases vs Taimanov, 1952    Aug-09-07 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927     Jul-27-07 Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match (1927)     Jul-27-07 Lasker - Tarrasch World Championship Match (1908)     Jul-27-07 D H Hein vs E Schiller, 2000    Jul-27-07 B Izumikawa vs E Schiller, 1997    Jul-19-07 ganstaman chessforum     Jul-18-07 Botvinnik vs K Kholodkevich, 1927     Jul-17-07 J Foltys vs Keres, 1943     Jun-16-07 Yates vs O Naegeli, 1927     Jun-06-07 NN vs Tarrasch, 1915     Jun-02-07 Petrosian vs Lilienthal, 1957     Jun-02-07 Gipslis vs E Haag, 1964    Mar-23-07 Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923     Jan-06-07 Capablanca vs Tarrasch, 1914     Jan-04-07 Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914     Dec-30-06 Garry Kasparov     Dec-27-06 J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1916    Dec-25-06 Spassky vs Kasparov, 1982     Dec-24-06 Gulko vs J Kolbak, 1966    Dec-24-06 Fine vs I A Horowitz, 1939    Dec-23-06 B Rabar vs M Vukcevich, 1957    Dec-23-06 B Rabar vs F Blatny, 1959    Dec-23-06 Z Hlousek vs Smejkal, 1968    Dec-23-06 A Medina Garcia vs Alekhine, 1944     Dec-21-06 M Bely vs Lengyel, 1964     Dec-21-06 Bagirov vs S Khalilbeili, 1958     Dec-21-06 M Golmayo vs Tarrasch, 1927    Dec-20-06 Alekhine vs Kmoch, 1930     Dec-20-06 Spassky vs Karpov, 1986    Dec-19-06 Tarrasch vs J Davidson, 1926     Dec-19-06 Tarrasch vs A Selezniev, 1922    Dec-17-06 Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1912     Dec-17-06 Spassky vs Seirawan, 1985     Dec-17-06 Spassky vs Hjartarson, 1988     Dec-17-06 Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890     Dec-17-06 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927

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