Oct-06-19 Lobron vs J Ye, 1984
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| Smothered Mate: <QueensideCastler>
However, after 92. Bxg4 , it was _Black's_ turn, not _White's_ turn. After 92. Bxg4 black gets mated in 41
according to the Lomonosov tablebases. |
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Apr-17-19 T Malhotra vs T C O'Neill, 2009 
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| Smothered Mate: I too got Ra8+ instead of Rc2+.
My engine indicates that Ra8+ mates one move faster than Rc2+. |
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Apr-05-19 E Goudriaan vs S Grover, 2012
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| Smothered Mate:
My engine (Stockfish) suggests that 20. Qe4 draws.
( [+0.00] at d=34 ) |
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Sep-25-18 A Shamis-Pavlov vs Tseitlin, 1967
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| Smothered Mate: <Delboy>
Now, at 43 ply, my Stockfish indicates that 29. ... Re3 would
mate in 9, whereas 29. ... Qxh3 would just mate in 10. |
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May-26-18 Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2016
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| Smothered Mate:
After seeing Eyal's comment, I put moves
43 to 33 in that order through my Stockfish.
It did not find anything better for white than [+0.00] . I now have it running a deep analysis of
43. ... Qe3+ , which ... |
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Apr-22-18 J Yu vs S Foisor, 2018
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| Smothered Mate: <FSR>
According to the Lomonosov tablebases:
No.
53. ... Rb1 and 53. ... Rb4 draw.
Everything else gets mated in less than 40. |
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Nov-28-17 N Ninov vs C Adrian, 2016
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| Smothered Mate: <groog>
After 20. Ne7+ , my Stockfish gives the continuation 20. ... Kc7 21. Nd5+ Kb8 22. Nxf6 Rxf6
23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kc7 25. Rd2 , with an eval of [+1.21] .
(From ... |
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May-18-17 W Tiefenbach vs G Wiesgickl, 1996
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| Smothered Mate:
Bear in mind that it was _black_ who broke a repetition: The position 2 ply before the middle of turn number 31 is the
same as the position 2 ply after the middle of turn number 31. |
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May-15-17 A Mikhalchishin vs D Pavasovic, 1999
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| Smothered Mate: After the variation 17. ... Bxa2 18. Bd3 , at 25-ply, my Stockfish wants to play the quite surprising 18. ... a5 ; evaluating it as [-0.76] whereas its next-best eval is [-0.17] . |
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Feb-05-17 Spassky vs J Penrose, 1969
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| Smothered Mate: : < Marmot PFL >
44. ... Kh7 45. Qxb4 Qc7 and my Stockfish is giving [+0.00] .
Black threatens Qc2+ and Qf4, the latter
of which then threatens Nxe4 and Nxg4.
If 44. ... Kh7 in fact ... |
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