Jun-13-22 A Ivanov vs M Taleb, 2003 
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| geeker: Took a while to find this, since no sac or mate seems available. 27. R:c8+ wins the Black Queen, though. |
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May-05-22 Stein vs Petrosian, 1961
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| geeker: I saw 26. Bxe6 quickly, but didn't realize it was so crushing and was surprised by the immediate resignation. |
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May-03-22 Euwe vs E Palmer, 1919
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| geeker: "Rather amazing that a world champ would miss it on the prior move. Maybe this was a simul?" Euwe was about 18 years old (not sure of the date of the game) at the time. Doubt it was a simul. |
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May-02-22 J J O'Hanlon vs B Goulding Brown, 1914
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| geeker: It's Monday...First candidate move: how can I put the Queen en prise and win? Mirabile dictu, 25. Qh7+! |
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Apr-15-22 Westerinen vs Hebden, 1988
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| geeker: Agreed, I'd have played 15. g4 and was surprised to see a different game continuation. |
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Apr-02-22 J Whitehead vs B Zueger, 1977
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| geeker: I saw the first 2 moves, but no clear win. Probably would have played them OTB because of the resulting initiative. |
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Jan-11-22 A Ozsvath vs G Kluger, 1962
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| geeker: I agree that 32...Ne4+ is marginally better. But the Exchange up ending with 3 connected passers (after 32...Nb1+) is an easy win. |
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Dec-28-21 S P Sethuraman vs N Guliyev, 2019
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| geeker: I thought about the Queen sac, but was not confident about it so the Rook sac was the first candidate I examined. Quickly saw the mate, so forgot about the Q sac idea! Pity. |
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Sep-17-21 Hodgson vs A D Martin, 1992
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| geeker: Considering that White had just sac'd a Knight on f7, this was really a spectacular combination! Granted, Black's position after 15...h6 was fugly and begging for destruction. |
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Aug-23-21 N Davies vs G Crawley, 1984
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| geeker: Count me as *another* who went for 29...Rxf2+. First candidate move, it worked so I stopped there. Should have followed the chess cliche "When you see a good move, look for a better one"... |
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