Apr-23-25 Mason vs Chigorin, 1889 
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| NM JRousselle: I'm not a fan of 3 Bb8. If Black had played the simple 4... e6, he would have recovered his pawn, had better center control and the bishop pair. |
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Feb-10-25 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1934
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| NM JRousselle: 51... Rc4 followed by Rh4 would have saved Bogo a lot of trouble. |
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Jan-16-25 Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958
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| NM JRousselle: My idea was a5 followed by a4. The "fish" says this is about -5.5. The text is about -6.5. In either case, Black is easily winning. |
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Nov-26-24 C Erickson vs D Barkuloo, 1915
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| NM JRousselle: 18.f4 shouldn't lose, but opening up the long diagonal to Black's unopposed light squared bishop like that is asking for trouble. Stockfish 17 gives 18.b3 Bb7 19.f3 as +1. White's a pawn up for very little. After 18.f4? Bb7 White's advantage plummets to +0.1. I LOVE this ... |
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Oct-10-24 Rubinstein vs Flamberg, 1906
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| NM JRousselle: 53 b5 certainly looks like the correct path forward. |
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Sep-18-24 Flamberg vs S Levitsky, 1914
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| NM JRousselle: It was amazing how quickly Black's game went downhill. I was looking at the position after 27 Qb1. My 1st thought was that Black should trade queens and play f5. The "fish" says that was the best path forward. |
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Aug-31-24 P Trifunovic vs Pirc, 1948
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| NM JRousselle: What is so memorable about this game? |
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Aug-27-24 A Golovkina vs A Vasilyev, 2017
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| NM JRousselle: Is the score correct? I would think White's final move should be Qa3. |
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Aug-25-24 A J Goldsby vs R Holt, 1993
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| NM JRousselle: Nice game, Master AJ. |
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Aug-24-24 Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1902
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| NM JRousselle: Marshall played a great opening. If he had simply continued development with 12... Nf6, he would have had a lead in development and more space--with the Black pieces, no less. |
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