Dec-28-16 Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895 
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antonioaguilar: Chernev's 1st or Second game in the Queen's Pawn chapter? |
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Dec-13-16 Novag vs Bobby, 1983
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antonioaguilar: Patzers... |
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Oct-26-16 Y Wen vs V Artemiev, 2016 
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antonioaguilar: This is a pretty interesting game, not because of the tactics but because of the position. After <13.Rxf7!!> White is winning in all lines. But, how did Black mess it up? Well, he didnt defend the b7 bishop. Instead of <9...Be7> a move like <9...Qc7> would ... |
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Oct-24-16 Spassky vs Portisch, 1982
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antonioaguilar: Dont push g4 when Black can answer with f5! Portisch perfectly shows why. It is interesting to see how Black can refute <14.g5> with many moves.
The line I like the most is <14.g5 e5 15.Bg2 d5!> |
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Oct-19-16 J Sajtar vs Bronstein, 1946
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antonioaguilar: I forgot to say that instead of <19...e4> Bronstein should have tried <19...f4> which seem to give him good endgame chances as White loses the bishop pair. (<20.Bd2? Nb2> 0-1) |
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Feb-04-16 Fischer vs Tal, 1961 
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antonioaguilar: What about at move 20, after Kb1, instead of playing the passive Ra6 Tal didn't played Qa5!!. I don't see a mate in 1 for white, and well, maybe white would defend with b3 opening his queen's diagonal, but Qa5 in my opinion is the best defense for black. "The best defense is ... |
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