Ned Merrill has kibitzed 16 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jan-08-22 Vladimir Petrov    Ned Merrill: Life in Eastern Europe mid-20th century was bad.      May-05-21 A Gara vs N Lakos, 1999    Ned Merrill: Nice pun - opposite colored bishops, Black's bishop distracted by pawns on opposite sides of the board.      May-01-21 W Kluxen vs Capablanca, 1911    Ned Merrill: Kluxen, not a klutz.      Apr-12-21 Edvins Kengis    Ned Merrill: Alekhine Defense players owe him thanks.      Mar-29-21 G Estevez Morales vs J Lechtynsky, 1973   Ned Merrill: That was a quick mating net.      Feb-21-21 Mecking vs S Mareco, 2011   Ned Merrill: It took me a minute before I remembered that I had seen this one someplace before - I remembered the trick was the bishops pinning the Black pawns down when trying to defend the king.      Feb-20-21 A Jerez Perez vs A Romero Holmes, 2001    Ned Merrill: Mate in 2.      Feb-18-21 Lutikov vs A Kapengut, 1978    Ned Merrill: 15.b4 sweet!      Feb-17-21 Rashid Nezhmetdinov    Ned Merrill: Please check Agadmator's excellent YouTube post covering Nez's only chance at the GM title and how he lost it in the 1964 in a game against Vladimir Antoshin. The mistaken move (31. Bb7 instead of 31.Ba8) haunted Nez for some time after. I learned something about Soviet chess ...      Feb-17-21 R Nezhmetdinov vs Antoshin, 1964    Ned Merrill: This was Nezhmetdinov's only chance for an GM norm and title, and he lost it with the move 31 Bb7 instead of Ba8, which was his only chance to win. Agadmator has an interesting discussion of Nez's predicament on his YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne_...

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