Jun-14-12 J Aijala vs T Leppamaki, 1968 
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mendoza2909: Infohunter...<Why the underpromotion to a Rook?>
Because it just doesn't matter, the only legal move for black is to take the piece. It's not worth thinking about. |
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Jul-16-09 Fischer vs B Larsen, 1970 
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mendoza2909: <HeMateMe: In M60MG Ficher makes a comment on one game, "...I had to keep playing to see if I was actually losing the piece..."
Does anyone know if this is the particular game cited by Fischer?>
No, that book only has games from 1967 and before I think. The game you are ... |
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Apr-11-09 P Morten vs B Rider, 2003 
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mendoza2909: Of course the knight can go to c6 or f5 as well, I meant that 16.Ne6 was the only move that made any sense whatsoever. I reckon that most people would see this move after 2 or 3 minutes thought, and play it out of desperation. If you're losing, why not introduce some ... |
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Dec-14-08 Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848 
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mendoza2909: I always play this line in the KG its fun! Seems to me tho that 4... Bc4 is a beginners move, he sees he can threaten mate in 1 and so plays it straight away. Bit odd for one of the best in the world at the time. |
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Nov-30-06 The World vs A Nickel, 2006 
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mendoza2909: Does qg5 not allow rc2? Surely it cant be good to hand over the second rank like that. Why not play r1f2 first? |
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