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Ziryab
Member since Oct-05-07 · Last seen Jun-10-25
I introduced chess to Spain in the ninth century, and from there it spread to most of Europe.
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   Ziryab has kibitzed 266 times to chessgames   [less...]
   May-01-25 A Zaitsev vs Huebner, 1969
 
Ziryab: Tablebases give four options for Black at move 57 that draw. 57…Rb4, as Dvoretsky gives in <Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual> draws. Also drawing are 57…Ra5 and Rc5, both restraining White’s king. 57…Kf8 draws as well. Of course, 57…Kh8 loses immediately to 58.Rf7 or ...
 
   Apr-21-25 Dreev vs A Beliavsky, 1989
 
Ziryab: This ending came up in <Dvoretsky�s Endgame Manual> and so I spent some time this morning playing it against Stockfish.
 
   Apr-21-25 Lisitsin vs Lilienthal, 1938
 
Ziryab: Lilienthal missed some chances for a textbook draw. 70...Rc4+ followed by 71...Kc8 would have held. Also 70...Rd4 71.Kd6 Kc8 holds. After the erroneous 70...Ke8 71.Rg8+ Kf7 White faltered with 72.Rd8, allowing 72...Ke7=
 
   Apr-15-25 F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Capablanca, 1913
 
Ziryab: I spent a minute looking at 35.Bd3, then saw 35…Rxf1+ followed by 36…b1Q pinning the bishop whether on d3 or f1.
 
   Mar-12-25 V Kunin vs Ochsengoit, 1958
 
Ziryab: 9...exf3 10.Qxb4 Nf6 seems okay for Black.
 
   Feb-20-25 Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1911
 
Ziryab: 36.a4 does appear to lead to a queen ending that favors White, but Tarrasch must first see 12 moves deep to the rook exchange, then properly assess the queen ending. There is some comfort knowing that White cannot lose the queen ending, though. Practically, the active rook is usually
 
   Feb-20-25 Kashdan vs Alekhine, 1933
 
Ziryab: If 43.h4, Black can play 43…f4! This analysis appears in Thomas Engqvist, <300 Most Important Chess Positions> (2018).
 
   Feb-18-25 Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939
 
Ziryab: 27…Rb5 with the idea of Rg5 offers winning chances. Probably still drawn.
 
   Feb-16-25 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927
 
Ziryab: The position before White’s move 54 appears in Thomas Engqvist, <300 Most Important Chess Positions> (2018), except that Engqvist has both h-pawns on their starting squares. I spent the past 30 minutes playing it against Stockfish with multiple failures and take-backs. ...
 
   Feb-08-25 T Engqvist vs A Matros, 1999
 
Ziryab: Engqvist has three books with 300 in the title. His <Chess Lessons from a Champion Coach> also graces my shelves. When I read any of the four, I find them instructive and hence am spending time working through <300 Most Important Chess Positions> at five position per day,
 
   Feb-08-25 Z Lanka vs I Sokolov, 1999
   Jan-26-25 Smyslov vs K Langeweg, 1981
   Jan-26-25 Andersson vs Browne, 1985
   Jan-11-25 J Metger vs Paulsen, 1888 (replies)
   Jan-04-25 Karpov vs Taimanov, 1972
   Jan-03-25 Gulko vs Sadler, 1997
   Dec-31-24 Bologan vs A Frolov, 1991
   Dec-31-24 Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1926 (replies)
   Dec-28-24 C Horvath vs Brunello, 2012
   Dec-24-24 N Kopaev vs I Lipnitsky, 1948
   Dec-06-24 L Remenyuk vs Stein, 1959
   Oct-23-24 Greco vs NN, 1620
   Jun-03-24 Ljubojevic vs Gligoric, 1979
   Jun-02-24 V Ciocaltea vs E Mednis, 1973
   Jun-02-24 P Ostermeyer vs J Dueball, 1975
   May-17-24 Tal vs I Bilek, 1963
   May-15-24 A Gallant vs J Ivanov, 2012
   Apr-26-24 Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1929 (replies)
   Apr-25-24 V Kalashnikov vs Karpov, 1961
   Apr-09-24 Y Novikov vs Veresov, 1955
   Mar-25-24 Y Shaposhnikov vs G Bastrikov, 1954
   Mar-21-24 Korchnoi vs Botvinnik, 1960
   Mar-19-24 Y Ulianov vs Zubikov, 1956
   Mar-13-24 V Barsauskas vs A Cesnauskas, 1955
   Mar-11-24 P Leonhardt vs A Nimzowitsch, 1912
   Mar-04-24 W N Potter vs NN, 1870
   Mar-04-24 I Rabinovich vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925
   Mar-03-24 L van Vliet vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907 (replies)
   Feb-11-24 Y Karakhan vs E Kakabadze, 1957 (replies)
   Jan-31-24 L Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863
   Jan-31-24 Gufeld vs Klovans, 1956
   Jan-08-24 Ignas Zalys (replies)
   Jan-08-24 Miroshnichenko vs A Anokhin, 1957
   Jan-04-24 Peter Hugh Clarke
   Jan-04-24 Kolos vs G Anoshin, 1956
   Jan-01-24 A Sokolsky vs L Strugach, 1958
   Dec-30-23 Y Ulianov vs A I Konstantinov, 1956 (replies)
   Dec-21-23 Klovans vs A Pukudruva, 1955
   Dec-20-23 J Yuchtman vs A Roizman, 1957
   Dec-03-23 D Marotti vs L Del Vecchio, 1938 (replies)
   Nov-29-23 E Mulder vs F Parr, 1939
   Nov-29-23 H Ranneforth vs H E Dobell, 1903
   Nov-17-23 Bird vs F Riemann, 1883
   Nov-12-23 F Koehnlein vs Tartakower, 1910
   Nov-12-23 Spielmann vs J van den Bosch, 1935
   Nov-08-23 Janowski vs Marshall, 1912 (replies)
   Sep-28-23 M Soto Larrea vs J Brunner, 1932
   Sep-24-23 Rossolimo vs K Ojanen, 1949
   Sep-08-23 Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916
   Sep-05-23 Keres vs C H Alexander, 1937
   Jul-23-23 NN vs Greco, 1620
   Jul-08-23 D MacMurray vs J Platz, 1938
   Jul-05-23 Greco vs NN, 1623 (replies)
   Jun-23-23 Greco vs NN, 1620 (replies)
   Jun-03-23 E Adam vs M Seibold, 1938
   May-25-23 Richard Kujoth (replies)
   May-08-23 Barcza vs Tibor, 1939 (replies)
   Apr-22-23 J M Fuentes vs A Pomar, 1945
   Apr-18-23 F Deacon vs Remioulle, 1849
   Apr-17-23 M Bluemich vs C Ahues, 1929
   Apr-07-23 Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857 (replies)
   Mar-19-23 Maroczy vs S Jacoby, 1896 (replies)
   Mar-15-23 Klovans vs Y Estrin, 1953
   Mar-15-23 Semenenko vs A Perfiliev, 1947
   Mar-05-23 F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844 (replies)
   Feb-27-23 J Fargere vs A Dias, 2001
   Feb-27-23 N Ninov vs I Cheparinov, 2005
   Feb-24-23 Alekhine vs A West, 1923
   Feb-23-23 Erdos vs Lichtner, 1922 (replies)
   Feb-20-23 Martinsen vs Jensen, 1937 (replies)
   Feb-20-23 Oliveira vs Mendes, 1927
   Feb-20-23 McDonnell vs NN, 1830
   Feb-14-23 Albin vs W P Shipley, 1894
   Feb-14-23 Alekhine vs NN, 1911 (replies)
   Feb-09-23 E Adeler vs Choinatzky, 1936
   Feb-07-23 Reti vs Capablanca, 1928
   Jan-18-23 Tomashevsky vs M Chigaev, 2022
   Jan-17-23 Steinitz vs E Pilhal, 1860
   Jan-02-23 C W Hrissikopoulos vs R S Underwood, 1938
   Dec-29-22 B Kristjansson vs M Roberts, 1967
   Dec-08-22 Aronian vs A Esipenko, 2022
   Nov-27-22 Boucek vs Duras, 1902
   Nov-13-22 T Germann vs E K Wagenheim, 1897
   Nov-13-22 Margulies vs Lwow, 1949
   Oct-29-22 FSR chessforum (replies)
   Oct-06-22 W Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson, 1893 (replies)
   Oct-03-22 P Damiano vs NN, 1497 (replies)
   Oct-03-22 Greco vs NN, 1620
   Sep-30-22 I Abonyi vs Hromadka, 1908 (replies)
   Sep-17-22 A Pearsall vs White, 1935
   Aug-27-22 Piotrowski vs J Sokolow, 1971
   Aug-15-22 Gipslis vs Tal, 1955
   Aug-05-22 N Torosyan vs D Svetushkin, 2014
   Aug-05-22 V Faibisovich vs T Lomaia, 1969
   Aug-04-22 T Cipollini vs S Gubnitsky, 1977 (replies)
   Jul-29-22 T Gruber vs Euwe, 1921
   Jul-27-22 H Messing vs Forintos, 1968
   Jul-19-22 Nepomniachtchi vs Ivanchuk, 2013 (replies)
   Jul-19-22 Nepomniachtchi vs S Sjugirov, 2016
   Jul-16-22 L Day vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1978
   Jul-14-22 Fischer vs W Addison, 1970
   May-30-22 F Manca vs F Braga, 1992 (replies)
   May-25-22 Greco vs NN, 1620
   May-04-22 Saemisch vs Spielmann, 1922 (replies)
   Apr-28-22 M Hebden vs D A Wood, 1994
   Apr-27-22 Capablanca vs Yates, 1930 (replies)
   Mar-31-22 Domenico
   Mar-29-22 Alessandro Salvio
   Feb-26-22 Tal vs Timman, 1988
   Feb-18-22 G Stoltz vs Kashdan, 1928
   Feb-01-22 Flohr vs Petrosian, 1950
   Feb-01-22 Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1912 (replies)
   Jan-24-22 Raymond Keene (replies)
   Oct-26-21 Polerio vs NN, 1581
   Oct-24-21 Giulio Cesare Polerio
   Oct-24-21 Polerio vs Busnardo, 1590
   Oct-22-21 Greco vs NN, 1624
   Oct-22-21 Jean Defuse chessforum (replies)
   Oct-19-21 Krasenkow vs J L Hammer, 2016
   Oct-18-21 Greco vs NN, 1620 (replies)
   Oct-07-21 Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1905
   Sep-16-21 D Yuffa vs R R Laxman, 2019
   Sep-16-21 Ponomariov vs Bareev, 2005 (replies)
   Sep-04-21 L Prins vs Euwe, 1946
   May-25-21 Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906 (replies)
   Apr-28-21 Capablanca vs Rubinstein, 1928 (replies)
   Apr-03-21 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921
   Apr-01-21 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921 (replies)
   Mar-24-21 J Moller vs NN, 1898 (replies)
   Mar-11-21 C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1851 (replies)
   Mar-05-21 San Sebastian (1911) (replies)
   Feb-14-21 Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921 (replies)
   Feb-14-21 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921 (replies)
   Jan-05-21 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986 (replies)
   Dec-15-20 Rubinstein vs E Heilmann, 1905 (replies)
   Aug-28-20 Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843
   Aug-23-20 Botvinnik vs M Muchin, 1926 (replies)
   Aug-22-20 Botvinnik vs M Shebarshin, 1926 (replies)
   Jul-20-20 Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890
   Jul-16-20 Tarrasch vs Mendelson, 1879
   Jul-01-20 Polerio vs Lorenzo, 1580 (replies)
   Jul-01-20 Biographer Bistro (replies)
   Jun-25-20 B Winkelman vs G N Treysman, 1936 (replies)
   Jun-24-20 NN vs Greco, 1620 (replies)
   Jun-24-20 C Bloodgood vs K Amirjahed, 1959
   Jun-22-20 NN vs Greco, 1620
   Jun-19-20 Greco vs NN, 1620 (replies)
   Jun-18-20 Greco vs NN, 1620
   Jun-18-20 Edward Winter (replies)
   Jun-17-20 Gligoric vs R Hartoch, 1971 (replies)
   Jun-14-20 T Shumiakina vs M Litynska, 1997
   Jun-12-20 Gioachino Greco (replies)
   Jun-12-20 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2020 (replies)
   Jun-11-20 Greco vs NN, 1620
   Jun-11-20 Greco vs NN, 1620
   Jun-10-20 Greco vs NN, 1620
   Jun-09-20 NN vs Greco, 1620 (replies)
   Jul-05-19 H Gifford vs T C ter Haar, 1873
   Jun-30-19 Korchnoi vs D Keller, 1984
   Jun-30-19 Steinitz vs A G Sellman, 1885 (replies)
   Jun-28-19 Steinitz vs A Vazquez, 1888
   Jun-27-19 Dreev vs S Arkhipov, 1992
   Mar-30-19 Eliskases vs Gruenfeld, 1933 (replies)
   Mar-21-19 Greco vs NN, 1620 (replies)
   Feb-24-19 Morphy vs C Golmayo, 1864 (replies)
   Dec-30-18 McShane vs D Flores, 2018
   Dec-25-18 Breyer vs Z von Balla, 1912 (replies)
   Aug-21-18 H Silbermann vs Honich, 1930 (replies)
   Feb-09-17 A Sarana vs K Georgiev, 2015
   Feb-08-17 Seirawan vs Timman, 1990 (replies)
   Jan-26-17 Wemmers vs Paulsen, 1880
   Jun-28-16 Janosevic vs I Bilek, 1966 (replies)
   Jan-27-16 Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1966 (replies)
   Jan-15-16 A Konstantinopolsky vs Frank, 1935 (replies)
   Nov-17-15 J Arnason vs Petrosian, 1983
   Oct-31-15 Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1896 (replies)
   Apr-10-15 H Delaire vs NN, 1901
   Apr-05-15 S Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862 (replies)
   Apr-01-15 Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1862 (replies)
   Mar-18-15 V Gashimov vs Dominguez Perez, 2010
   Feb-27-15 A Botsari vs J Polgar, 2011
   Jan-08-15 Szen vs Anderssen, 1851 (replies)
   Jan-06-15 J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857 (replies)
   Dec-30-14 Adams vs Dreev, 1996
   Dec-29-14 Anderssen vs Staunton, 1851 (replies)
   Dec-17-14 Anderssen vs Staunton, 1851 (replies)
   Nov-13-14 I Sokolov vs Bologan, 2002 (replies)
   Nov-11-14 Aronian vs Adams, 2013
   Jun-11-14 Anderssen vs von der Lasa, 1851 (replies)
   Apr-08-14 Ragozin vs N Krylenko, 1926 (replies)
   Mar-16-14 J Cazenove vs NN, 1819
   Feb-19-14 Anderssen vs G Neumann, 1866 (replies)
   Feb-12-14 Teichmann vs Pillsbury, 1895 (replies)
   Feb-12-14 Maroczy vs Charousek, 1895
   Dec-20-13 Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1902 (replies)
   Aug-19-13 B Socko vs Lautier, 2001 (replies)
   Aug-08-13 D Sprenkle vs O Chernin, 1977
   Aug-08-13 F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981 (replies)
   Aug-02-13 Pillsbury vs Showalter, 1897 (replies)
   Aug-02-13 F Peralta vs D Flores, 2009
   Aug-01-13 J Esser vs R Loman, 1903
   Jul-28-13 Y Hou vs Hiba Omrani, 2004 (replies)
   Mar-16-12 Gypsy chessforum (replies)
   Oct-08-07 H Wolf vs Tarrasch, 1923 (replies)
   Oct-08-07 A Fritz vs J Minckwitz, 1880
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