Dec-23-06 G A Thomas vs W Winter, 1927 
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| Gantastic: Rubenus: It goes something like
12. Ke1 Qf6
13. Rb1 Qf2+
14. Kd2 Qxf1+ or
14. Ke2 Qxf1 |
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Dec-20-06 Topalov vs Polgar, 2006
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| Gantastic: What a final position! Black's pieces are bolted down (Queen guarding against mate threats, rook and bishop with nowhere to go) while White threatens stuff like h6 and Qxf6. |
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Dec-06-06 R Grab vs G Hechl, 1997
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| Gantastic: I'll have to remember this way to enter the St. George. Nice win by black -- White's 8. Bg5 gave black the opportunity to gain the kingside space that frees up black in St. George-style openings. |
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Dec-02-06 A Schneider vs Dolmatov, 1983
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| Gantastic: No winning lines here -- so was this just white to play and draw? |
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Dec-01-06 I Papaioannou vs A Mastrovasilis, 1998
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| Gantastic: A computer used that Nc6 against me (Bringing me here). It doesn't look good, blocking the c pawn and providing a target for a white pawn on d5. In this game, at least, it served no purpose. White looks strong after 13.Nb8 and it's a bit surprising he didn't pull a win out of this |
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Apr-18-06 Tal vs Huebner, 1979
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| Gantastic: <United33: according to my anylisis and Fritz9, this puzzle have 2 answer with the same result (u will get 1 pawn). 20.Bf4 or 20.Rc4> Good to know that at least Rc4 is still winning. Vindication! |
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Apr-18-06 E J Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984
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| Gantastic: Black didn't take long to begin with the errors. 2. d5 is a must. See the Opening Explorer: White doesn't lose a game to any other response. Opening Explorer |
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Apr-18-06 E J Diemer vs Heinz, 1954
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| Gantastic: 12. Nxh5 looks suspect. Letting white capture at g6 with the fxg recapture is a much safer plan, even if it leaves black's e-pawn isolated. 8. b6 was a wasted tempo -- Black could have just as easily exchanged bishop for knight with 7... Bg4. 8. Ne5 is met with 8... Nbd7 |
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Apr-17-06 W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892
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| Gantastic: Recapture by either pawn leads to mate. Very pretty! |
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Apr-15-06 Tolush vs Antoshin, 1956
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| Gantastic: This was a meaty puzzle. A lot of themes to consider:
1. Unprotected BQ separated by the BN.
2. Potential mate at g2
3. Clearing e2 and e1 with Rxd3
among others.
Didn't put A and B together this week. |
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Oct-31-05 G Minchev vs A Petrov, 1994
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Apr-08-05 E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920
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