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Hercdon
Member since May-11-19
I’m just an old fogie that likes to look at the odd chess puzzle or game in his spare time. It reminds me that I’m a player of limited ability so no use playing a real game! I was at my Chess best in high school when I managed to become top board of my school team. Then other priorities took hold etc and my precipitous decline in chess skills followed that of pitching phenom Steve Blass. The last sentence hints at my Pittsburgh - area past but I currently live in southeastern Michigan

   Hercdon has kibitzed 282 times to chessgames   [less...]
   Jul-09-25 E Vegh vs J Polgar, 1989
 
Hercdon: Should this puzzle have started at move 26?
 
   Jul-07-25 E Book vs B Rasmusson, 1934 (replies)
 
Hercdon: I got the first few moves, but not the whole sequence to mate, so mebbe half credit
 
   Jul-05-25 D H Fernandez vs J Jackson, 2014
 
Hercdon: I meant 34. Qd8+ also works
 
   Jul-05-25 E Sedina vs S Tqeshelashvili, 2003 (replies)
 
Hercdon: Beautiful finish, Qc7 being a bolt from the blue
 
   Jul-01-25 H Matthey vs Uhlmann, 1983 (replies)
 
Hercdon: Another embarrassment of riches. Nxh3 is also very winning
 
   Jun-30-25 R Bar vs S Kagan, 1996 (replies)
 
Hercdon: Should start after White�s 39th move. Or would that be too hard for a Monday?
 
   Jun-24-25 Caruana vs Firouzja, 2024
 
Hercdon: Nice lil miniature
 
   Jun-23-25 V Grguric vs B Thelen, 1930
 
Hercdon: A very thick mating net
 
   Jun-09-25 A Sherzer vs N Petrov, 1988 (replies)
 
Hercdon: May not be best according to SF but just about everything works
 
   Jun-08-25 K Rusev vs D Mastrovasilis, 1997 (replies)
 
Hercdon: Had 19. � d4 instinctively but not sure why. Yay instincts!
 
   Jun-07-25 Z Vecsey vs K Treybal, 1931
   Jun-03-25 C Harmon vs W J Donaldson, 1983 (replies)
   Jun-02-25 P Johner vs W M Gattie, 1906 (replies)
   May-27-25 C Holt vs Naroditsky, 2018
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   May-26-25 Shirov vs Jansa, 1991 (replies)
   May-20-25 B Zuckerman vs R Hartoch, 1968
   May-19-25 A Predke vs V Pavlov, 2009
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   May-06-25 A Neumann vs D Przepiorka, 1904
   May-03-25 N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965
   Apr-26-25 B Savchenko vs V Belov, 2006
   Apr-20-25 Pavlov vs Suetin, 1953
   Apr-08-25 Bagirov vs Savon, 1995 (replies)
   Mar-22-25 M Richter vs B Socko, 2006
   Mar-16-25 S del Rio de Angelis vs B Olape, 2004
   Mar-16-25 Belgorod GMA-qual (1989)
   Mar-10-25 Lupulescu vs G Timoscenko, 2004
   Mar-09-25 J O Fries-Nielsen vs C Hansen, 1981
   Mar-03-25 Csom vs R Fuchs, 1968 (replies)
   Mar-02-25 Saemisch vs O Menzinger, 1953
   Feb-26-25 Unzicker vs M Czerniak, 1954 (replies)
   Feb-23-25 K Kulaots vs M Roiz, 2012
   Feb-03-25 Junior Selection Tournament (1983)
   Feb-03-25 Salov vs Minasian, 1983 (replies)
   Jan-27-25 E Can vs A H Sahin, 2002 (replies)
   Jan-13-25 Goldin vs I Efimov, 1982 (replies)
   Jan-01-25 Morozevich vs Tkachiev, 2001 (replies)
   Dec-17-24 Y Hernandez Guerrero vs T T Hoang, 2008
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   Nov-02-24 G Jones vs F Urkedal, 2014 (replies)
   Oct-23-24 R Urbina vs F Chinchilla, 2003 (replies)
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   Sep-30-24 J Rodgaard vs P Kiriakov, 2003 (replies)
   Sep-24-24 E Schiendorfer vs S Ilic, 2012 (replies)
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   Aug-26-24 H Tikkanen vs D Semcesen, 2002 (replies)
   Aug-19-24 B Thipsay vs P K Wells, 1999 (replies)
   Jul-21-24 Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2008
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   Jun-17-24 A Donegan vs L Schmitt, 1926 (replies)
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   May-27-24 A Summerscale vs P Roberts, 2009
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   Jul-26-23 A Sokolov vs D Michiels, 1981 (replies)
   Jul-25-23 W Spoelman vs E Agrest, 2017 (replies)
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   Jul-19-23 Lvov Zonal playoff (1990)
   Jul-19-23 Azmaiparashvili vs Shirov, 1990 (replies)
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   Jul-13-23 P Lukacs vs G Agzamov, 1984 (replies)
   Jul-10-23 Bronstein vs Geller, 1961 (replies)
   Jul-03-23 Ponomariov vs Grischuk, 1994 (replies)
   Jun-26-23 Fischer vs J Kelley, 1964 (replies)
   Jun-25-23 Stefan Brzozka
   Jun-25-23 T Ghitescu vs S Brzozka, 1963 (replies)
   Jun-19-23 Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2022 (replies)
   Jun-16-23 Forintos vs V Tomovic, 1957 (replies)
   Jun-15-23 Stefan Simeonov
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   Jun-06-23 Rubinstein vs A Mund, 1906 (replies)
   Jun-05-23 Alapin vs S von Freymann, 1912 (replies)
   May-29-23 Botvinnik vs Kotov, 1946 (replies)
   May-23-23 A Phillips vs G Abrahams, 1955 (replies)
   May-22-23 F Duz-Khotimirsky vs NN, 1910 (replies)
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   May-17-23 Sakaev vs A Lastin, 2005 (replies)
   May-15-23 Kholmov vs J Klavins, 1955 (replies)
   May-08-23 Baklan vs J Aagaard, 1998 (replies)
   May-01-23 G Kjartansson vs Pichot, 2017 (replies)
   Apr-24-23 S Duron Godoy vs V Garcia Castro, 2004 (replies)
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   Apr-18-23 Van Wely vs G Jones, 2009 (replies)
   Apr-17-23 Panov vs Lilienthal, 1945 (replies)
   Apr-07-23 Saemisch vs L Schmitt, 1946
   Jan-16-23 O Ulvestad vs R Toran, 1962 (replies)
   Jan-11-23 Noteboom vs F Igel, 1931 (replies)
   Jan-10-23 G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007 (replies)
   Jan-05-23 V Popov vs N Riumin, 1929 (replies)
   Dec-26-22 Golombek vs W Fairhurst, 1934 (replies)
   Dec-14-22 G Andruet vs Spassky, 1988 (replies)
   Dec-10-22 P Passerotti vs G Andruet, 1984
   Dec-03-22 P Ravn vs Portisch, 1957
   Nov-26-22 J Tompa vs J Cuibus, 1973 (replies)
   Nov-24-22 Lutikov vs B Gurgenidze, 1957 (replies)
   Nov-20-22 Ivanchuk vs L Bruzon Batista, 2005 (replies)
   Nov-14-22 J Dobias vs J Schulz Sr, 1933 (replies)
   Nov-11-22 Svidler vs A Volokitin, 2006
   Nov-07-22 Chandler vs C Ionescu, 1980 (replies)
   Nov-01-22 N Ziane vs J Bell, 1996 (replies)
   Oct-31-22 G Schwartzman vs H A Gretarsson, 1992 (replies)
   Oct-24-22 R Vera vs G Garcia, 1992 (replies)
   Oct-23-22 Tartakower vs P Meitner, 1909 (replies)
   Oct-17-22 K Shanava vs I Cheparinov, 1995 (replies)
   Oct-13-22 H Koller vs C Di Caro, 2004 (replies)
   Sep-30-22 D Arutinian vs D Doric, 2006 (replies)
   Sep-29-22 J Augustin vs Suba, 1977 (replies)
   Sep-26-22 A Powers vs A Dake, 1937 (replies)
   Sep-23-22 Taimanov vs Kaidanov, 1988 (replies)
   Sep-18-22 N Mitkov vs Rublevsky, 2000 (replies)
   Sep-13-22 Tal vs NN, 1973 (replies)
   Sep-08-22 Sasikiran vs V Saravanan, 2000 (replies)
   Sep-06-22 Timman vs J Piket, 2000 (replies)
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   Aug-30-22 R Klabis vs N Pert, 2011 (replies)
   Aug-28-22 D Madsen vs R Djurhuus, 2000 (replies)
   Aug-24-22 M Rychagov vs Z Lanka, 1992 (replies)
   Aug-22-22 Giri vs V Gashimov, 2012 (replies)
   Aug-22-22 NN vs F Rhine, 2019 (replies)
   Aug-08-22 W Springe vs H Gebhard, 1927 (replies)
   Jul-30-22 Y Hou vs Movsesian, 2011 (replies)
   Jul-26-22 Forintos vs L Prelovszky, 1967 (replies)
   Jul-23-22 B Grachev vs Y Zinchenko, 2010 (replies)
   Jul-12-22 Nunn vs Chandler, 1985 (replies)
   Jul-06-22 D Kryakvin vs Evgeni Kuligin, 2008 (replies)
   Jul-03-22 E Gausel vs S Briem, 1996 (replies)
   Jun-26-22 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2009)
   Jun-02-22 V Lilov vs B Rzayev, 2009 (replies)
   May-28-22 R Pogorelov vs D H Campora, 2007 (replies)
   May-26-22 Letelier vs Pilnik, 1959
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   Apr-30-22 M Lagarde vs P Michalik, 2018 (replies)
   Apr-29-22 N Huschenbeth vs K Bischoff, 2018 (replies)
   Apr-20-22 Mamedyarov vs Kuzubov, 2017 (replies)
   Apr-15-22 Westerinen vs M Hebden, 1988 (replies)
   Apr-12-22 M Shapir (Porat) vs B Lengyel, 2008 (replies)
   Apr-07-22 V Karpman vs A Frolov, 1990 (replies)
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   Apr-04-22 E Ubiennykh vs O Girya, 2012 (replies)
   Mar-26-22 B Korpa vs T Meszaros, 2018 (replies)
   Mar-22-22 O Adu vs A Kim, 2008 (replies)
   Mar-19-22 H Mueller vs Sauke, 1934 (replies)
   Mar-02-22 E Agrest vs Bacrot, 2001 (replies)
   Feb-28-22 V Glotov vs Antoshin, 1952 (replies)
   Feb-21-22 Z Tomazini vs G Ardelean, 2013 (replies)
   Feb-20-22 A S Rasmussen vs H Tikkanen, 1999
   Feb-20-22 H Hecht vs H Schaufelberger, 1973
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   Jan-31-22 C Ionescu vs A Murariu, 2001 (replies)
   Jan-29-22 A Gupta vs P Iniyan, 2018 (replies)
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   Dec-25-21 G Orlov vs Glek, 1987 (replies)
   Dec-15-21 Carlsen vs A Lapenna, 2002 (replies)
   Nov-30-21 Chiburdanidze vs Goldin, 1989 (replies)
   Nov-25-21 E Prandstetter vs Ftacnik, 1986 (replies)
   Nov-24-21 A Kogan vs D Paunovic, 2010 (replies)
   Nov-23-21 H Munoz Sotomayor vs R Gonzalez, 1998 (replies)
   Nov-15-21 A Kogan vs J Stocek, 1997 (replies)
   Sep-14-21 J Frenklakh vs E Schiller, 1994 (replies)
   Aug-31-21 Kryvoruchko vs I Cheparinov, 2009 (replies)
   Aug-18-21 G Miralles vs J Fedorowicz, 1992 (replies)
   Aug-11-21 Jan Plachetka
   Aug-01-21 Emile Rompteau
   Aug-01-21 E Rompteau vs K E Engel, 1965 (replies)
   Jul-10-21 Ruslan Shcherbakov
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   May-31-21 Le Quang Liem vs E Hansen, 2018 (replies)
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   May-17-21 D J Ledger vs P K Wells, 2001 (replies)
   May-09-21 T Oyunbaatar vs I Chahrani, 2008 (replies)
   Apr-27-21 Neil McDonald
   Apr-26-21 N Mitkov vs B Kurajica, 2002 (replies)
   Apr-21-21 Kharlov vs R Paramos, 1993 (replies)
   Apr-17-21 Khalifman vs Dreev, 1998 (replies)
   Feb-13-21 A Sznapik vs O Foisor, 1982 (replies)
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   Dec-28-20 F Lukez vs M Hebden, 1989 (replies)
   Dec-22-20 T K Ozgur vs J M Miciano, 2018 (replies)
   Dec-19-20 Tkachiev vs W N Watson, 1993 (replies)
   Dec-14-20 T Luther vs O Touzane, 1994 (replies)
   Oct-24-20 K Moutousis vs Dvoirys, 1993 (replies)
   Aug-16-20 D Norwood vs Gelfand, 1987 (replies)
   Jul-25-20 J Piket vs Smirin, 1993 (replies)
   Jul-18-20 Serper vs I Sokolov, 1996 (replies)
   Jul-11-20 D J Young vs P Krzyzanowski, 2018 (replies)
   Jun-30-20 H Pfleger vs G Mazzoni, 1966 (replies)
   Jun-21-20 Gipslis vs Csom, 1973 (replies)
   Jun-14-20 Nils Grandelius (replies)
   Jun-13-20 D Svetushkin vs Predojevic, 2008 (replies)
   Oct-03-19 M Michailov vs D Carlo, 2009 (replies)
   Sep-26-19 A Grosar vs S Polgar, 1991 (replies)
   Sep-22-19 K Georgiev vs Dlugy, 1983 (replies)
   Sep-15-19 R H Steinmeyer vs H Berliner, 1959 (replies)
   Aug-25-19 Anand vs Bareev, 2004 (replies)
   Aug-18-19 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1991 (replies)
   Aug-11-19 Kasimdzhanov vs I Cheparinov, 2009 (replies)
   Aug-03-19 Kasparov vs G Hjorth, 1980 (replies)
   Jul-08-19 A Franck vs Portisch, 1958
   Jul-04-19 L Babujian vs A Deviatkin, 2009 (replies)
   Jul-02-19 P Ricardi vs J Arnason, 1984 (replies)
   Jun-29-19 Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2008 (replies)
   Jun-09-19 Kotronias vs Van Wely, 1993 (replies)
   Jun-04-19 Delarochette vs J Negro, 1983 (replies)
   May-18-19 G Kuzmin vs A Choudhary, 1984 (replies)
   May-13-19 Timman vs Short, 1990 (replies)
   May-12-19 Short vs Andersson, 1980
   May-12-19 Yakovich vs G Giorgadze, 1996 (replies)
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