Jun-27-21 NN vs G Derrickson, 1860 
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| brainzugzwang: See, I said I was missing something. Although Black could shut out the Q at least temporarily after Qxa8 with Nd8. |
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Jun-22-21 F Holzke vs M Tan, 2006
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| brainzugzwang: If 31...Bf8, sure looks like <knight knight>'s suggested 32.Ng7 is a killer interference shot, better than the Q exchange and recapture of the Black B others have suggested. Qxh7 mate is threatened so 32...Bxg7 (and 32...Qxf6) are no good, and if either R takes on g7, ... |
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Nov-24-20 Dvoirys vs G Feher, 1991
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| brainzugzwang: For some reason, this patzer saw 24. Qg5 fairly quickly, deflecting the Black B from guarding h8 (and noticing the White N covering the king's possible escape squares after the rook checks) or simply bringing the Q into the attack. I saw what happens after 24...Bxg5; the trick |
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Sep-18-20 T Tolnai vs Klovans, 1991
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| brainzugzwang: <Brenin> <fporretto: If 34 ... Bxd5 then 35 Qxd5+ Kh7 (Kf8 36 Qxd6+ or Kh8 36 Re8+ lead to mate) 36 Nd2, and Black must lose a piece or the exchange by Rxd2.> I thought 34... Bxd5 was clearer but totally overlooked the Qxd5 in reply is check, giving White time to ... |
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Dec-04-19 Saemisch vs A Medina Garcia, 1943
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| brainzugzwang: Maybe Saemisch didn't take enough time in this game?
(Small joke for those familiar with his history) |
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Nov-30-19 Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016
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| brainzugzwang: I'm very confused at Move 67, kind of in line with the <tpstar> post above from 2 1/2 years ago. Why Kb2 for White, and even more, why doesn't Black reply Qxc4? Stockfish rates that position dead even, 0.00. |
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Nov-21-17 Ernst Gruenfeld
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| brainzugzwang: <Nosnibor: I read somewhere that he played in a tournament sometime towards the end of his life and lost every game mainly due to time pressure. In most of those games he overstepped the time limit.> I believe you're thinking of Fritz Saemisch instead. |
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Oct-18-17 Nikolai Gusev
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| brainzugzwang: Wow, pretty sketchy bio so far for someone who is still living after 95 years, and just 16 games listed, although those include wins over Ragozin and Polugaevsky (twice with Black). Hope someone can fill in more. But since no one else has jumped in, I'll say it -- Happy 95th ... |
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Sep-15-16 M Bluemich vs Alekhine, 1941
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| brainzugzwang: Why does White play 32.c4? Not that there was a good move to be made here, but he's losing the exchange anyway, so why give away the pawn for nothing? |
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Jun-22-16 Vidmar vs Tarrasch, 1906
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| brainzugzwang: <Benzol: This game popped up in Fred Reinfeld's "Chess Masters On Winning Chess" with the source of original annotation coming from "Deutsche Schachzeitung" in 1959.
Whites' position is devastating but 38...fxe4 39.♕g4 is not mate as stated.> I still have my copy ... |
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