nezhmet has kibitzed 177 times to chessgames   [less...]

Aug-13-22 Smyslov vs Evans, 1952    nezhmet: So it turns out the 23. Nf5 "shot" was really a blank shot and black simply got confused when he blundered with 26...Bxd4? (he can still hold that, but it is not easy). If he found the right way on move 26 only black can think about winning.      Jul-16-22 Fischer vs Matulovic, 1970   nezhmet: Fischer's play was complete bluff, 15...Nf2+ 16. Ke2 Nxh1 17. d4 f6! ends the game quickly. It was crazy of Matulovic to avoid this obvious fork.      Jul-02-22 N Littlewood vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1963    nezhmet: Take away black's a- and b-pawns and the finale could have been 1...Ng4+!! 2. hxg4 Qxg2+! 3. Kxg2 stalemate 1/2      Mar-15-22 Smyslov vs Panov, 1943   nezhmet: The full expression is hors de concours which literally means outside of the competition (i.e. not eligible for honors).      Aug-02-21 Ermenkov vs M Wilder, 1980   nezhmet: Looks like a bluff - white had the simple 21. Rxe4! and if 21…Qf5 then 22. Qe2! wins. Ermenkov must have missed that.      Jun-12-21 T Rondio vs G Gorges, 1990   nezhmet: In the game, engines don't think much of 27. Re7 which would be met by 27...Qf6!, for example 28. Re6 Qg5 and the queenside pawns roll.      Apr-29-21 Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911    nezhmet: Update! Paul Littlewood has found 38...Bxa2! 39. Rh8 b3 40. h5 Ra1 41. Rc8!! (what a move!) and now 41...b2 42.Rxc6+ Ka5 43.Bc4! Rg1+ 44.Kxg1 b1=Q+ 45.Kh2 Qe1 46.Kg2 and white should convert. Of course 38...Rxa2 should have been tried. So Vukovic was correct in the overall result ...      Mar-20-21 V Frias Pablaza vs Gligoric, 1980    nezhmet: In addition, 1. Qd4 is a second win. For example, 1. Qd4 Qe2 2. b6 Qc2 3. Qb4! b2 4. b7 b1=Q 5. b8=Q with check! and 1-0.      Feb-23-21 Rubinstein vs Levenfish, 1911    nezhmet: In the translated Levenfish autobiography, "Soviet Outcast", he awards 16...Nxb2 a "??" quite rightly and points out black is thrown entirely back after white's simple response that occurred in the game. Instead, Levenfish points out the simple 16...b4! 17. Na4 Bd7! and opines that ...      Feb-13-21 C van den Berg vs J H Donner, 1965    nezhmet: 12...Qc5 13. Nb3 is easily winning for white. Earlier the terrible move 9...Rb8?? could have been punished immediately by 10. e5! and white is much better. One amusing example: 10. e5! dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Nh5 13.Ndb5! and white wins.      Feb-02-21 Karpov vs Portisch, 1982    Jan-19-21 Kavalek vs Andersson, 1978     Jan-19-21 Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962     Jan-17-21 A Mengarini vs R Ervin, 1971    Jan-17-21 M Diesen vs L Day, 1977    Jan-17-21 R Ervin vs L Christiansen, 1977     Jan-13-21 Reshevsky vs Lombardy, 1956    Jan-13-21 Reshevsky vs Lombardy, 1969    Jan-03-21 Larsen vs Portisch, 1966    Jan-03-21 M Wilder vs Larsen, 1988    Sep-27-20 Janowski vs Lasker, 1912    Jul-13-20 I A Horowitz vs Kavalek, 1972     May-17-20 Fischer vs Portisch, 1962     May-16-20 Geller vs Portisch, 1969    May-09-20 Gligoric vs Portisch, 1974    May-09-20 Gligoric vs Portisch, 1964    May-08-20 Gligoric vs Pachman, 1958    Apr-11-20 Bronstein vs Larsen, 1964     Apr-09-20 Smyslov vs Stein, 1964    Feb-14-20 Spassky vs Timman, 1978     Jan-21-19 Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1975     Oct-24-16 Tal vs Larsen, 1965     Jul-21-15 M Kobalia vs S Lu, 2015    Sep-22-12 Marshall vs Lasker, 1907     Feb-26-12 Reti vs Tartakower, 1910     Sep-02-11 Bacrot vs Robson, 2011     Jul-05-11 Giri vs R Swinkels, 2011     Jul-05-11 Smeets vs Giri, 2011     Jul-05-11 Giri vs Spoelman, 2011     Jul-05-11 R Janssen vs Giri, 2011     Jul-04-11 V Laznicka vs Morozevich, 2006     Jul-04-11 V Laznicka vs Negi, 2011     Jun-23-11 Tal vs I Bilek, 1964     May-22-11 Anand vs Lautier, 1997     Feb-08-11 R Pernet vs C Costello, 1982     Dec-22-10 Nepomniachtchi vs Svidler, 2010     Nov-18-10 E Rojahn vs I Johannsson, 1958    Nov-15-10 Grischuk vs Nakamura, 2010     Oct-20-10 M Ginsburg vs Larsen, 1974     Oct-20-10 M Ginsburg vs O Iwu, 2008    Jul-09-10 B Wall vs Swaim, 1976    Jul-06-10 M Ginsburg vs E Tate, 2008    Apr-06-10 Bird vs Lasker, 1892     Jan-27-10 M Ginsburg vs R K Delaune, 1982    Jan-27-10 C Li vs Robson, 2010     Jan-09-10 Beliavsky vs Nakamura, 2009     Dec-10-09 McShane vs Kramnik, 2009     Oct-11-09 Fischer vs C Munoz, 1960     Sep-07-09 Short vs Korchnoi, 1980     Aug-29-09 Ljubojevic vs Alburt, 1985     Jul-24-09 O Zaikov vs M Ginsburg, 2008    May-26-09 Magnus Lindgren vs P Berkell, 1985    Feb-24-09 Radjabov vs Grischuk, 2009     Oct-19-08 K Rogoff vs Smejkal, 1976     Sep-25-08 M Piriyev vs J L Hammer, 2007    Jul-12-08 Gelfand vs K Lerner, 1987     Jul-09-08 D Weir vs J Messenger, 1951     Jul-06-08 M Ginsburg vs Shulman, 2008     Jul-04-08 Carlsen vs H Strand, 2008     Jun-21-08 M Vesel vs P Kovacic, 1996    Jun-21-08 S Carrilho vs Y Tanaka, 1992    Jun-03-08 K Smith vs Mecking, 1972     Jun-03-08 K Arkell vs M Ginsburg, 2008    Apr-16-08 Z von Balla vs K Opocensky, 1922     Apr-10-08 Dzindzichashvili vs A Nikitin, 1966     Mar-18-08 Nicholas Nip     Jul-21-07 E Sevillano vs S Erenburg, 2007    Jun-29-07 E Lubarsky vs L Christiansen, 1982     Mar-19-07 M Ginsburg vs P Ponomarev, 2006    Mar-18-07 M Mitkov vs M Ginsburg, 1989    Feb-19-07 M Ginsburg vs D Gurevich, 2002    Feb-13-07 M Ginsburg vs Blatny, 2001    Feb-13-07 Alburt vs M Ginsburg, 1980    Feb-04-07 R C Balinas vs M Ginsburg, 1979    Feb-04-07 Alburt vs M Ginsburg, 1984    Feb-04-07 A Lein vs M Ginsburg, 1980    Feb-04-07 M Ginsburg vs Rajkovic, 1980    Feb-03-07 P Wolff vs J Curdo, 1982     Feb-03-07 M Wilder vs A Lein, 1981     Feb-02-07 M Ginsburg vs R Ignacio, 2001    Feb-02-07 Yermolinsky vs M Ginsburg, 2003    Feb-02-07 M Ginsburg vs I Zenyuk, 2003    Feb-02-07 S Fink vs M Ginsburg, 2001    Feb-02-07 M Ginsburg vs R Rowley, 2001    Feb-02-07 J Becerra Rivero vs M Ginsburg, 2001    Feb-02-07 M Ginsburg vs M Ritter, 1990     Feb-02-07 R Henley vs M Ginsburg, 1980    Feb-02-07 L Moss vs M Ginsburg, 2003    Feb-02-07 M Ginsburg vs J Johnson, 2002    Feb-02-07 M Ginsburg vs A Fishbein, 1990     Feb-02-07 V Frias Pablaza vs M Ginsburg, 1985     Jan-25-07 M Ginsburg vs Benjamin, 1989    Jan-20-07 Mikhalevski vs M Ginsburg, 2005    Jan-20-07 Petrechenko vs A Ginsburg, 1995    Jan-20-07 M Ginsburg vs Sherzer, 1992    Jan-20-07 I Ibragimov vs M Ginsburg, 2004    Dec-11-06 J Grefe vs M 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   May-09-06 M Ginsburg vs V West, 2006    May-08-06 de Firmian vs M Ginsburg, 1989    May-08-06 M Ginsburg vs G Lambert, 1978     May-08-06 Shamkovich vs M Ginsburg, 1978    May-05-06 J Shahade vs M Ginsburg, 2003     May-05-06 Spassky vs M Ginsburg, 1984    May-01-06 Polgar vs M Ginsburg, 1988     May-01-06 K A Stancil vs M Ginsburg, 2004    Apr-12-06 M Ginsburg vs L Christiansen, 2006    Apr-12-06 M Ginsburg vs J Sarkar, 2006    Apr-12-06 M Ginsburg vs Yudasin, 2003     Apr-12-06 M Ginsburg vs B Kreiman, 2003     Apr-12-06 Geller vs M Ginsburg, 1990    Apr-12-06 B Lugo vs M Ginsburg, 2006     Nov-21-05 Benjamin vs M Ginsburg, 1981

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