Aug-21-09 A Beliavsky vs Gulko, 1990 
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| penguin496: I like 24. h4 |
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Jul-09-09 A Vajda vs Alekhine, 1927
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| penguin496: 65. h5 was the mistake.
65. Ng2 wins. The idea being that white needs to keep at least one pawn on the same color square as those controlled by the black bishop. This ending is analyzed by Euwe in "A Guide to Chess Endings." |
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May-31-09 Polerio vs G da Cutri, 1590
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| penguin496: I ran the end position on my computer chess program and white won. |
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May-07-09 A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931
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| penguin496: I think 34...Bc5 also wins.
For example 34...Bc5 36 Rxc2 Rc4+ 37 Rfc2(forced) Rc3 and black wins a pawn plus the exchange back. Am
I missing something?
Of course 34...Rc4 wins easier. |
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Apr-16-09 Sax vs Tseshkovsky, 1975
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| penguin496: Excellent puzzle today for learning rook and pawn vs. rook endgame. |
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Apr-10-09 Nisipeanu vs T Oral, 2004
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| penguin496: It seems to me that in the last two puzzles the first move was clear from pure positional considerations. Here moving the pawn to open the line for the bishop and yesterday sacrificing the exchange so the bishop can take the pawn on f7. |
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Apr-09-09 G Szabo vs S Zawadzki, 2004
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| penguin496: I thought the theme for the week was leaving greek gifts? |
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Dec-06-08 Team White vs Team Black, 2008
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penguin496:  I vote for Bird's defense. |
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Nov-09-08 A Nickel vs The World, 2008
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| penguin496: Game Text: Start Position 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Bg5
Variation: 17....Ne5 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 20. Nxd6+ Bxd6 ... |
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Oct-17-08 Dionyseus chessforum
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| penguin496: Is there analysis of 14. Qf2?
This is seems strongest to me.
Immediate threat with the idea of advancing the f pawn. |
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