Sep-16-08 F Delay vs O Renet, 1988 
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| Mattheus: Help?!
I can see the obvious mating threat after 14. Nxb5, but I don't understand either white or black's 13th move. Why play 13.Bb5? I don't see an obvious way to trap Black's queen. 13. .. axb5 seems to be a blunder? It lets white place his horse on its most dangerous square ... |
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Jun-05-08 I Sokolov vs S Williams, 2006
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| Mattheus: Hi,
I'm a 'silent' member and a bit of a patzer. I contribute where I can, but mostly learn from the posts of others.
I learn a LOT from <dzechiel>'s posts every day on the chess problem. Thank you. |
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May-14-07 A Anastasian vs Tiviakov, 1999
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| Mattheus: I missed this one. Even though I saw Rh3, I got the order wrong and saw that Black could easily defend the h-pawn (if you try Rh3 before the sacrifice). I also settled on Re6 - though I knew that was probably not the answer to a Monday puzzle because the win is not immediate and ... |
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Mar-01-07 R Nezhmetdinov vs P Ermolin, 1946
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| Mattheus: So near yet so far. First move I looked at was 13Nf5 - but I thought white lost initiative after Qc5+ or Qd4+.
I mistakenly thought the mate was dependant on the bishop staying at H6 with the threat of mates from any one of Qd8#, Ne7# or even Bf7#(after Bc4).
Interestingly, Bc4 ... |
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Feb-28-07 Shulman vs The World, 2007
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| Mattheus: Brilliant! Thanks for implementing the 'jump to last move' on the sticky. |
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Sep-20-06 The World vs A Nickel, 2006
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| Mattheus: Whooa! Doesn't O-O put our king in the firing-line? Admittedly I am a Patzer, but castling Kingside at this stage raises the following concerns for me:-
1. Our KN is way over on the Queenside;
2. Black's Bishops appear to be on useful diagonals for a Kingside attack;
3. Black's ... |
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Aug-02-06 Morozevich vs Pelletier, 2006
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| Mattheus: I came up with: 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31.h4.. Black will then either battle to stop the h pawn promoting, alternatively, en passant loses the bishop. Obviously inferior to the played line - but wouldn't it win in the end? |
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Aug-02-06 A Muzychuk vs A Skripchenko, 2006
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| Mattheus: Whoops - my previous post refers to the Moro v Pelle game |
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Jul-20-06 O Balk vs R J Barnes, 1926
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| Mattheus: Whooooah! What is 'Boden's Mate' - cause I would NEVER have seen this otb unless it was a learned mating pattern (my normal analysis does not routinely involving sacrificing material on three successive moves!!!) |
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Jul-07-06 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003
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| Mattheus: Simple explanation for a novice? Why is the final position so crushing? Is there a forced mate or promotion of the a-pawn? |
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