Ron Member since Mar-29-03 · Last seen Jul-08-25 "Everyone thought that the encounter of the two chess players was accidental." --From the story "An Examination of the Works of Herbert Quain" by Jorge Luis Borges Also, I have a blog devoted to chess: http://chessaficionado.blogspot.com/

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Jul-05-25 Petrosian vs R Nicevski, 1970   Ron: In 1952/53, the editors of Shakhmaty v SSSR decided on this definition of a combination: A combination is a forced sequence of moves which uses tactical means and exploits specific peculiarities of the position to achieve a certain goal. Petrosian's combination starts with 32. g5! and ...      Jul-05-25 Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974)    Ron: My conjecture: The Soviet authorities knew Korchnoi's propensities in 1974 (we are taking about the Soviet govt after all), and perhaps feared that a Korchnoi-Fischer championship match would give Korchnoi the opportunity to defect. Korchnoi did indeed defect two years later. ...      Jul-03-25 Kibitzer's Café    Ron: [DIAGRAM] In the position above, it would be a mistake for White to play, seemingly winning material: Nxf5, for after Bxf5 QxF5, Black plays Nfe4! and the position favors Black. Stockfish gives the following possible continuations, all negative for White: -0.67 22.Qxe4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Qg6 ...      Jun-22-25 M Jovcic vs D Marjan, 1970   Ron: I came across this game from the random game feature. The position before White's 39th move would be an interesting puzzle, I think. 39 Bxf5! If Black takes the Bishop, White's pawn eventually queens (the Black King is outside the Berger square) 1) +6.83 (33 ply) 39.Bxf5 Nc4 40. Bd3 ...      Jun-22-25 Ivanchuk vs Robson, 2025   Ron: After Black's 57th move, chess games.com's engine gives this: 1) +2.34 (40 ply) 58.b4 Rf7 59. a4 c6 60. Re5 Ka6 61. Re6 Kb7 62. Rd6 Rf4 63. Rd7+ Kc8 64. Re7 Rf5 65. Kb2 b5 66. Kb3 Rh5 67. Re4 Rd5 68. Rg4 Kd8 69. Rg8+ Kc7 70. Rg7+ Kb6 71. a5+ Ka6 72. Kb2 Rd6 73. Rh7 Rg6 74. Rc7 Rd6 75. ...      Jun-02-25 Raymond Keene   Ron: Hello GM Keene. I recently played a game against a computer which started 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 and then I played 4. a3. Afterwards, I was looking for similar games and came across yours: Keene vs K Ashby, 1962 I'm interested in your comments on the game and circumstances.      Jun-02-25 Keene vs K Ashby, 1962   Ron: I recently played a game against a computer which started 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 and I too played 4. a3, with a good result.      Jun-01-25 L'Ami vs N Grandelius, 2025   Ron: After Black's 28th move, the evaluation for White shoots up: 1) +1.51 (30 ply) 29.f5 Kd7 30. Rf1 exf5+ 31. Nxf5 g6 32. Nh6 Rf8 33. Nxf7 Ke7 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Rd1+ Ke7 36. Nd6 h4 37. gxh4 Rh8 38. h5 Rxh5 39. Nc8+ Ke8 40. Nxa7 Rh4+ 41. Kf3 Rh3+ 42. Kg4 Rxa3 43. Nc6 Ne6 44. Rd6 Kf7 45. Rd7+ ...      May-25-25 Ivanchuk vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025    Ron: Elegant end-game play by Ivanchuk. Note that after 39. Rc7!, if Black plays 39. .. RxR, then 40. Nd5 forking the King and rook and Black will be down in material. GM Karsten Müller writes about the end-game and I would be interested in his analysis here.      May-11-25 Adams vs P K Wells, 2024   Ron: Very interesting game by GM Adams, played last year. Note the position after 22.Qxf4.

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