halito27 Member since Jul-07-07 Just a hobbyist--about a strong Class A or weak Expert for now--still have dreams of achieving my master rating someday!

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Aug-01-21 Nunn vs A Pope, 1972    halito27: Blunder was unfortunate, but White's attack pretty much petered out before it. Once black gets the rook on g8 and knight f8, I don't see any way for white to press it. In fact, Black prob already has an edge, due to the active pieces and extra pawn. Not exactly sure where Nunn's ...      Jun-26-21 R Mamedov vs Areshchenko, 2007    halito27: Once again, <chrisowen> seems to have gotten it right. "lecture vindicate dazzle i vast japs maps jams buzzy waggy firk" is especially astute.      Jun-24-21 Svidler vs M Nedobora, 1994    halito27: <NBZ> I've been doing the same! A nice extra: you can then play out the position on the Analysis Board. Note to CG: I would still PREFER to have our engine fixed!      Jun-16-21 Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1981    halito27: Are you guys seriously discussing Route 66 without mentioning Nat King Cole? Like...seriously?!      May-31-21 T Oyunbaatar vs I Chahrani, 2008    halito27: For once, I agree with <chrisowen>.      May-26-21 I Ibragimov vs Brodsky, 1991    halito27: <agb2002> C.2) "55... Nxf5 56.Nf8+ Kg7 57.Ne6+ wins decisive material." This endgame is actually pretty hard to win: black's going to have four connected pawns in exchange for the rook. White should be better, but knight + rook vs. knight + 4 pawns is not an automatic win. ...      Apr-15-21 B Yildiz vs J Gokbulut, 2019    halito27: I get that the pun refers to April 15, the day US taxes are due, and the fact that most people "e-file" (electronically file) their tax returns. But there's nothing significant about the e-file in this game. It's just a game that happened to be played on April 15.      Apr-07-21 McShane vs Damljanovic, 2005    halito27: <iron maiden> Black could have played just about any other 32nd move and avoided mate. Taking the queen off the h4-d8 diagonal was a blunder.      Nov-11-20 Lutikov vs A Malevinsky, 1977   halito27: <TheaN> got it: after 34. Kxg3 Rxf3! (and not Rxh3) is the killer. It's trickier than it looks!      Nov-10-20 Van der Sterren vs V Malaniuk, 1987    halito27: <brulla> After 22. Qg4+ Kf8, how does white proceed? Any check on f5 is met with Bf6 followed by Qg6 and the black king escapes via e8. Remember, white has invested a bishop into this attack; once it's neutralized, black has the edge.

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