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Jun-11-20 C Polk vs M Sana, 2016    Pballa: White was doing quite well until 27. Na5. Had he played Nc5 or Ne3, he would maintain a winning edge. The move that was played allowed for black to find a very nice attack to swing the game. Also, as Mariano mentioned in a previous comment, white missed a clear edge in the opening on      May-07-20 Suetin vs F Schuh, 1990    Pballa: The game is even when it ends. Perhaps black ran out of time or saw ghosts.      Mar-13-20 Kasparov vs Timman, 1999    Pballa: 49. Nf5 loses to 49. ..Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Bd2 with mate to follow in a few moves. The move Kasparov missed was 49. Rb8! which forces a perpetual, i.e. 49. ..Rxb8 50. g6 Rb7 51. Qxe5+ Rg7 52. Qb8+ Rg8 53. Qe5+ repeating.      Sep-05-18 A Winding vs S Sorensen, 1874    Pballa: Weird game, several inaccuracies. White's 16th move makes no sense (16. cxd4 is clearly winning), however Black's 15th move also makes no sense. Perhaps black meant to play 15. ..Rxg4 (which is logical) and made the wrong notation in correspondence? In turn, White realized the error ...      Jul-15-18 Patrick A Ballard   Pballa: I didn't see your comment until now, Mariano. Thank you!      Apr-12-18 K Galia vs C Kottnauer, 1947   Pballa: <thejack>After 24. ..Rd3 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ white is winning. 24. ..e4 blocks that diagonal.      Jul-25-17 Otto vs Von der Lasa, 1839    Pballa: [DIAGRAM] I get the feeling white wasn't enjoying his 2 pawn edge here.      Jun-27-17 Korchnoi vs Simagin, 1960    Pballa: <Moszkowski012273>23. Nd2 g3 24. fxg3 Qxe3+      Apr-19-17 E Bone vs L Dubeck, 1971    Pballa: I'm nitpicking here, but black missed a cleaner finish. 19. ..hxg5++ 20. Kxg5 Qa5+ 21. Kf4 e5+ 22. Bxe5 (22. Ke3 Ng4#) dxe5+ 23. Kg5 Qd8#.      Apr-05-17 T Hillarp Persson vs H Grooten, 2007    Pballa: White's 22nd move was a clear error. Black is toast after 22. Bc4. That said, black's 22nd move was a very nice find. White still holds an edge with correct play, but it's not easy to find. A better puzzle would be white's 27th move. Finding 27. Bxe6+ followed by 28. Rxd6+ is more ...      Mar-20-17 Grischuk vs Wojtaszek, 2016    Mar-15-17 G Aradhya vs Carlsen, 2017     Mar-15-17 A Lastin vs Milov, 2003    Sep-14-16 P J Sowray vs R Pert, 2005     Mar-22-16 Anand vs Svidler, 2016     Nov-30-15 Koltanowski vs M Hofferbert, 1947     Jun-11-15 H Vonthron vs M Greeff, 2008     Apr-28-15 G Mahia vs Quinteros, 1980     Apr-10-15 J H Blake vs G A Hooke, 1891     Feb-26-15 Deac vs D Howell, 2015     Feb-26-15 O Gonen vs D Drori, 2015     Feb-23-15 Andersson vs Kengis, 1992     Feb-09-15 Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2015     Feb-09-15 A Kuebler vs Henning Larsen, 1984     Jan-09-15 Polgar vs Karpov, 2003     Jan-07-15 C Haussernot vs L Webb, 2015     Dec-29-14 de Firmian vs Plaskett, 1985    Dec-19-14 J Rousselle vs D Huang, 2012    Oct-10-14 Van Wely vs Kindermann, 1994     Jul-31-14 E Torre vs Timman, 1982     May-21-14 E Magerramov vs V Malaniuk, 1989     Feb-25-14 Suetin vs Uhlmann, 1996     Feb-25-14 Myagmarsuren vs G Daskalov, 1971     Jan-03-14 J Lechtynsky vs K Blaha, 1985     Oct-16-13 M Gagunashvili vs G Souleidis, 2003     Jul-30-13 James Rousselle     Jun-06-13 Shaked vs A B Carlin, 1993     Apr-23-13 P Ballard vs J Rousselle, 2012    Apr-05-13 Marshall vs Spielmann, 1925    Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)     Mar-29-13 Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2013     Mar-16-13 P Ostermeyer vs Huebner, 1978     Mar-01-13 Janowski vs Marshall, 1916     Feb-21-13 Yudasin vs Mikhalchishin, 1983     Dec-03-12 L Mate vs I Makai, 1997

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