May-26-25 Taimanov vs Larsen, 1970 
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eyalbd: Nice video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reR... |
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Feb-07-25 Korchnoi vs Anand, 1990 
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eyalbd: This is not English opening but Sicilian. |
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Jun-06-24 Uzi Geller
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eyalbd: Uzi Geller (Kibbutz Givat Haim, Jan-27-1931 - Jun-02-2024) Senior national master.
Israeli chess champion 1971-72
Member of Israel's team in Siegen (1970) and Skopje (1972) chess Olympiads. R.I.P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzi_G... |
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Apr-10-24 Moscow (1967) 
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eyalbd: Video footage from this tournament:
https://youtu.be/qcKouHIVIvI |
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Jan-25-23 A Becker vs Euwe, 1928
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eyalbd: Black's 31st move was very nice! |
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Sep-04-22 E Solozhenkin vs J Schuil, 2000
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eyalbd: <chessgames.com> Nice puzzle before move 25 |
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Dec-10-21 Alekhine vs Eliskases, 1936
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eyalbd: Alekhine in his book My Best Games of Chess writes after 19. ♗g5! : <The main idea of this move is shown by the following short variation: 19... ♗xd4 20.
♗f5 ♖xe1+ 21. ♕xe1 ♕d6 22. ♕e8+ ♕f8 23. ♗xh7+ and wins the Queen; and ... |
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Jul-30-21 Boleslavsky vs Kotov, 1953
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eyalbd: Picture from this game here:
https://twitter.com/dgriffinchess/s... |
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Apr-11-21 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
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eyalbd: Even before 43...♖xa6 Black is not forced to play 42.. ♖a2 at all. SF says 42.. h4! followed by 43.. ♔g5 (or 42.. ♔g5 followed by h4) is winning. For example: 42..♔g5 43. a6 h4 44. ♗d5 ♖a2 45. ♗c4 ♖a3 with zugzwang |
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Mar-23-21 Korchnoi vs Sutovsky, 2005 
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eyalbd: From Emil Sutovsky FB post (link below, in Russian, translated by google translate) <Right after the end of the game, where I, in a position with a huge advantage, sacrificed a piece by eye, and ended up at a broken trough <"Do you think you are Tal? Even Tal did not sacrifice ... |
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