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Jun-23-20 I Rabinovich vs V Goglidze, 1939    SpamIAm: <Brenin>, in your second line after 19.Nxg7 Bxc4 20.Qxf6, 20...Bxf1? is a bit hasty. Instead 20...Qe7 seems to defend against the threats and black can now win the exchange with ...Bxf1 at his leisure.      Jun-18-20 Acs vs V Chuchelov, 2007    SpamIAm: Yikes, am I a fish. After 30.Kd1 Qb3+ 31.Kc1 Bxe1 32.Qxe1 Nxd3+ forking king and queen is even simpler. Methinks that white was quite correct to resign when he did.      Jun-08-20 D Byrne vs W Addison, 1969    SpamIAm: Correction- in my earlier post I misidentified white- it's Donald Byrne, Robert Byrne's younger brother. He and Addison were roughly the same strength chesswise.      May-26-20 Mamedyarov vs A Tasan, 2002    SpamIAm: <An Englishman>, 18...Bc6 would've lost a pawn to 19.Bxf7+! Kxf7 20.Qxd8 R(a8)xd8 21.Nxa5. Although after 21...Bf3 black has some compensation.      May-19-20 V Malaniuk vs Van der Sterren, 1983    SpamIAm: <zb2cr> Better yet, 35...c4 36. bxc4 Bxc4 37.Qb4+ winning a whole bishop.      May-15-20 Grant vs Tal, 1965    SpamIAm: <carpovius>, after your suggested 35.Qg3? black has better than 35...Be5?, namely both 35...Qxg3+ 36.Kxg3 Rxf1 and even better 35...Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qxg3.      May-04-20 Schiffers vs G Janny, 1898    SpamIAm: Schiffers was a respected master in his day and he plays 8.Kg3. Hmmm. o_O      May-01-20 I Sokolov vs S Williams, 2006    SpamIAm: <newzild>, in your line with 37...Qxb5 what about 38.Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ winning the rook?      Apr-30-20 Hecht vs L Espig, 1969    SpamIAm: The "retained image". From "Psychology in Chess" (1976) by Nikolai Krogius.      Apr-24-20 Khismatullin vs S Sjugirov, 2009    SpamIAm: <Brenin>, looks good. Sometimes first instincts are good. :)

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