Apr-07-25 Velimirovic vs Kholmov, 1975
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| UnsoundHero: I'm surprised no one else has commented on this game yet. It's full of tactics, fireworks, and strategy. Black should play 19...Bf6. White seems to steal the game after 19...Qxg6. |
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Dec-06-24 Velimirovic vs O Seuss, 1964
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| UnsoundHero: 11...Ne8 is a dubious move, allowing Velimirovic a terrific initiative and attacking formation that he loves. Moves like Ne8, Nd8, Ne1, Nd1, hardly ever work out. |
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Dec-02-24 Velimirovic vs S Nikolic, 1963 
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| UnsoundHero: Black should play it out. After 57 Qh2+ Kg6 58 Nxf8+ Kxf7 59 Qxc2 Re5 60 Qxc1 Kxf8, would make White work to win queen vs rook. |
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Oct-21-24 Azmaiparashvili vs Kholmov, 1982
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| UnsoundHero: It's surprising that Black agreed to a draw when he is -2.35. |
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Aug-29-22 J Polgar vs Short, 1996
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| UnsoundHero: The endgame, where White has to sacrifice the rook for Black's g-pawn, should be drawn. |
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Jun-13-22 A Ivanov vs M Rohde, 1989
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| UnsoundHero: At the 1989 US Invitational Championship, when this game was over, Jack Peters was annotating the game to a full room of spectators. Jack was perplexed at 13...Nxb4, sacrificing a piece just to recapture a pawn. Then, Rohde entered the room, and was adamant that his sacrifice ... |
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May-09-22 J Polgar vs A Grosar, 1991
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| UnsoundHero: The end of the game doesn't make sense. Did Black lose on time? Black could have simply played 50...hxg4+, leaving White with insufficient mating material. A draw is the proper result. If Black was trying to win with 50...h4, the h pawn is the wrong color of its bishop. |
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May-08-22 J Polgar vs A Wagner-Michel, 1990
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| UnsoundHero: Instead of 18...Qd7, Black should at least try 18...Qxe7 19 Qxd5+ Qe6 20 Qxa8+ Rf8 21 Qxa7 Bb6 22 Qxa6? Bxd4+ 23 Nxd4 Qxa6. But instead of 22 Qxa6, simply 22 Qb7 Rb8 23 Rae1 Qd6 24 Qe7 frees the WQ. |
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May-15-18 R McGuire vs D Edelman, 1987
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| UnsoundHero: The white bishop doesn't belong on b1. Oh, well. You live and learn. |
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Sep-01-14 Gulko vs I Ivanov, 1987
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| UnsoundHero: Black's attack isn't quite sound. Instead of 21 Bd3, which allows the brilliant 21...Rxf2, White should simply play 21 Bf3, attacking the Qe7 & Bb7. Black must sacrifice the queen, but doesn't get enough for it. Boris Spassky was a guest commentator at the 1987 American Open in ... |
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