Sep-08-09 L D'Costa vs J L Hammer, 2009 
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| cschoenberger: <lostgalaxy: Why 9.f3? Why not simply recapture the pawn> 9.N5xe4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Qd4 attacking both e4 and a1 seems to be good for Black |
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Sep-08-08 Topalov vs Radjabov, 2008
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| cschoenberger: Topalov is wearing a pink tie and he made his first move now (11:36). |
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Sep-05-08 Topalov vs Anand, 2008
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| cschoenberger: Carlsen (White) plays Radjabov (Black) and it's a Dragon! |
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Feb-21-08 B Dikarev vs R Pelts, 1964
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| cschoenberger: With the Nalimov tablebases we can nowadays check any endgame with six or less pieces. This is what the endgame tables say about todays puzzle: 106.Qe5 Draw
106.Qe8 Mate in #11
106.Qa8 Mate in #10
106.Qxb1 Mate in #9
all other moves mate in #4 or less
Possible ... |
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Nov-30-07 J Bick vs A Inigo, 2007
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| cschoenberger: Nice sac 13.Bxa6! wins at least a pawn - if you want to see what happens after 13...Ra8!? then look at this game: Kramnik vs Anand, 2007 World Blitz Cup 2007 |
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Nov-30-07 Ponomariov vs H Wang, 2007
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| cschoenberger: Nice game, following in the footsteps of Kramnik vs Anand, 2007 World Blitz Cup 2007 |
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Oct-06-06 Geller vs J Pribyl, 1984
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| cschoenberger: What an amazing game! To answer 20... h6 with 21.Bg5! is just outrageous and brilliant (this would be a good puzzle, too). After 24... Bc8 there seem to be several winning moves. I also went for 25.Be7 which will gain material. But it won’t allow White to promote c7, e.g. ... |
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Sep-28-06 B Kouatly vs Tseshkovsky, 1988
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| cschoenberger: <mrjoshherman> After 20... Qg5+ 21.Kb1 Re1? 22.RxR Qd2 White has a mating attack with 23.Qh7+ |
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Kibitzing
