Aug-02-25 Gheorghiu vs Ujtumen, 1964
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mel gibson: I wasn't sure.
Stockfish 17 says:
14. Nf6+
(14. Nf6+ (1.Nf6+ Bxf6 2.exf6 Qc6 3.Ne5 Qb6 4.fxg7 Nxg7 5.Qf3 f6
6.Nd7 Bxd7 7.Rxd7 Rf7 8.Rxf7 Kxf7 9.Rd1 Re8 10.Rd7+ Re7 11.Qd5+ Qe6
12.Rxe7+ Kxe7 13.Qxc5+ Kd7 14.h3 b6 ) +3.55/45 518) score for White +3.55 depth 45. |
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Aug-01-25 Klovans vs Boleslavsky, 1964 
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mel gibson: I missed that solution.
Stockfish 17 says:
27. .. Bg2+
(27. .. Bg2+ (1. ... Bg2+ 2.Kxg2 Qg4+ 3.Kf1 Qh3+
4.Ke2 Re6+ 5.Qxe6 Qxe6+ 6.Kd1 Qd7+ 7.Nd2 Qh3 8.Re8+ Kh7 9.Re7 Kg6 10.Ke2
Qxh2 11.Nf1 Qh5+ 12.Ke1 Qf3 13.Re3 Qf6 14.a4 h5 ) +5.00/40 353) score for Black +5.00 depth 40. |
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Aug-01-25 I Onat vs N Gavrilakis, 1984 
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mel gibson: <(41...Ba6!!) is right there in the notes, folks.> Yes we know - did you get it right? |
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Jul-31-25 G Tringov vs V Urdinov, 1998 
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mel gibson: That was easy peasy -
even I got it straight away. LOL
Stockfish 17 says mate in 6:
27. Rxh7+
(27. Rxh7+ (1.Rxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1+ Kg8 3.Qh4 Kf8 4.Qh8+ Rg8
5.Qh6+ Rg7 6.Qxg7+) +M6/87 15) |
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Jul-30-25 A Beliavsky vs B Aizenberg, 2022 
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mel gibson: There is nothing there.
It looked like a draw to me.
Stockfish 17 says:
29. .. Raxf2+
(29. .. Raxf2+ (1. ... Raxf2+ 2.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 3.Qxf2 Qxb4 4.Qf6 Qf8 5.Qd4 Qe7 6.Qf4 Qe2+ 7.Kh3
Qe6+ 8.g4 Qxb3+ 9.Kh4 Qd5 10.Qb8+ Kf7 11.Qxb7+ Ke6 12.Qc8+ Ke5 13.Qc7+ Kd4
14.Qf4+ Qe4 ) ... |
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Jul-29-25 A Graf vs S Kiselev, 1988 
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mel gibson: < TheaN: Might not be long before I'm just going to ignore these altogether, as I see no point anymore. > Just treat it as an over the board game - not a puzzle.
What is the move you would make? |
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Jul-28-25 V Rauzer vs Ragozin, 1936 
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mel gibson: I didn't find that easy.
Stockfish 17 says:
26. Rxe5
(26. Rxe5 (1.Rxe5 Rxe5 2.Rf1 Qf5 3.Qxf5 Rexf5 4.Bxf5 b6 5.Bg6 Rxd5
6.Bf7+ Kf8 7.Bxd5+ Ke7 8.Kh2 Kd6 9.Bf3 g5 10.Kg3 Kc5 11.Kg4 Kd4 12.Bc3+ Kc4
13.Kh5 a5 14.Re1 Kd3 ) +12.06/42 728)
score for White +12.06 depth 42. |
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Jul-27-25 A Vitolinsh vs V Telman, 1967 
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mel gibson: I didn't see that.
Stockfish plays the same move but declines the Rook: 24. Rxe6
(24. Rxe6 (1.Rxe6 Kh7 2.Rxe7 Rxe7 3.Nxe7 Qd2 4.Qxd2 Rxd2 5.Rf2 Rd3 6.Kf1 Rd7 7.Nc6 Bh6 8.Rc2 Rd3
9.Ke2 Re3+ 10.Kf2 Kg7 11.g3 Kf8 12.Kg2 Re1 13.Re2 Rc1 14.e6 fxe6 ) +5.72/41 329) score for White ... |
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Jul-27-25 J Lewi vs J Adamski, 1969 
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mel gibson: I didn't see that.
I picked another line.
18. .. Nxe2+
Stockfish 17 follows the game line:
18. .. Qxc3
(18. .. Qxc3 (1. ... Qxc3 2.Bxc3 Nxe2+ 3.Kh1 Nxc3 4.Qb3 Nxb1 5.Qxb1 f3 6.Qb3 fxg2+ 7.Nxg2 Nf6
8.Ne3 Bd7 9.Kg1 h6 10.b5 Ra5 11.Qb4 Rxb5 12.Qd6 Bc6 13.Rc1 Nh7 14.Rxc6 bxc6 ... |
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Jul-26-25 J Bednarski vs H Lehmann, 1967 
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mel gibson: I agreed with Stockfish 17 - a different move:
15. .. Qb6+
(15. .. Qb6+ (1. ... Qb6+ 2.Qf2 Qxf2+ 3.Rxf2 Bd8 4.h4
Bb6 5.Kf1 Bxf2 6.Kxf2 b4 7.Nd5 Bxd5 8.exd5 Rc5 9.a3 Ra5 10.a4 Ke7 11.Rd1
Rc5 12.Ke1 g6 13.Rd3 Rg8 14.fxg6 fxg6 ) +3.94/44 560) score for Black +3.94 depth 44.
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