Jul-08-25 G Atwood vs Cotter, 1795 
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| FM David H. Levin: In playing 27. f4, White might have intended to answer 27...Rxg3 by 28. Rg1. [DIAGRAM] Unfortunately, Black would have 28...Nf3+, which would force 29. Qxf3 Rxf3, resulting in White's being down a rook for too few pawns. |
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Jul-08-25 J Robeille vs S Stewart, 2023
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| FM David H. Levin: The crosstable at < https://www.iccf.com/event?id=101950 > does not indicate
that White exceeded the time limit. Being that the 2022 crosstable at < https://www.iccf.com/event?id=97682 > and the 2024 crosstable at
< https://www.iccf.com/event?id=105650 ... |
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Jul-07-25 Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
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| FM David H. Levin: <<Stolzenberg>: Why not 29. ... a4?> [DIAGRAM] I agree: why not saddle White with a second potential queenside target? The game might go <29...a4 30. b4 Re3 31. Rhf5 Rf8> (I suspect that Black rejected 29...a4 because his king could now be confined to the |
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Jul-06-25 Keene vs Stein, 1968
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| FM David H. Levin: On the defensive try 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 (suggested in a 2004 kibitz), Fritz gives 33...Qg5! [DIAGRAM] as winning for Black, with one possible continuation's being 34. Qe2 Ne3+ 35. Kh2 c5! (To prevent a White rook's coming to c7 after Black's next move.) ... |
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Jul-06-25 B Assaubayeva vs D Aitmukhanova, 2024
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| FM David H. Levin: <<jnpope>: Is this result correct?> As would be expected based on the final position, White won, according to the board 1.5 information at < https://chess-results.com/tnr982314... >. |
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Jul-06-25 Hastings (1967/68)
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| FM David H. Levin: If the pairings would have had the four ultimate winners of this tournament facing only each other in the last three rounds, then meaningful collusion among them would seem feasible. But given that Stein's last game against one of the co-winners was in round 6 and gave him |
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Jul-06-25 T Xiao vs Z Zhang, 2025
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| FM David H. Levin: <<HeMateMe>: Black resigned here. The threat of doubled rooks on the g file?> That looks strong. After doubling, the threat would be Rg8... followed by Bh5+... (intending ...Qxh5; Qxf8#). To thwart this, Black probably needs to prepare to bring his rook to the ... |
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Jul-05-25 D Gukesh vs Firouzja, 2025
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| FM David H. Levin: Black might have preferred 21...dxc5, intending 22. Qxd7 Bd4!, [DIAGRAM] with Black's gaining material after 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 or 23. Qxd8 Bxe3+ followed by recapturing the queen. White could answer 21...dxc5 by 22. Qc1, with compensation, but this still seems ... |
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Jul-05-25 So vs Giri, 2025
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| FM David H. Levin: I was wondering what would be wrong with 23...Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Rxb3, [DIAGRAM] intending 25. Qxb3 Qxf3 26. Qd1 Nh4 27. Qxf3 Nxf3+, followed by 28...Nxe1 and 29...Bxa4. Then I realized that White would have the intermediate move 25. Nh5! to deflect Black's queen to where she ... |
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Jul-05-25 Saemisch vs J Balogh, 1930
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| FM David H. Levin: I've just submitted a correction slip to address the aforementioned issue. |
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