Nov-04-23 T Kuybokarov vs Mohan Kushagra, 2023 
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| senojes: 11... Nxf2, 12. Bxf2 f6 is the Dilworth Variation of the Ruy Lopez or Spanish. Black sacrifices B & N for R & p and a strong attack. Chess Opening Explorer says that Black wins 38.7% compared with White's 30.3%. But that could be because Black chooses this variation and White may be |
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Oct-17-23 H Peng vs T Kuybokarov, 2023
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| senojes: White's 7.dxc5 could be the losing move! He foregoes the space advantage from 7.d5, evidently in the hope of exchanging Qs, and increasing his drawing chances? White's 9.Be3 to counter Black's grip on d4, seems a bad move, blocking White's e-pawn's from contesting the centre. But ... |
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Dec-28-21 E Contedini vs Euwe, 1960
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| senojes: Andrew Soltis on pages 9-10:of his "The Art of Defense in Chess" (1980) gives this game as an example of defence by voluntary retreating to reorganise one's forces. Euwe may be the most underrated world champion. But he won the title from no less than Alekhine in 1935, 15 1/2 - 14 ... |
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Oct-25-21 Portisch vs Taimanov, 1959
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| senojes: Sorry, that should have been "has 9. PKR3 (i.e. h3) ..." |
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Feb-07-18 Y Neishtadt vs Kotov, 1956
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| senojes: I am coaching at my club using Kotov's excellent "Play Like a Grandmaster" and this game is on pages 84-85. Except that the book spells Neishtadt as Neyshtadt. Houdini rates Black's 25... Rb4 as weak [-0.18] compared to 25... d5 [-1.20] . The reason is that better than White's ... |
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Jun-27-17 Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1931
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| senojes: This game is in Kotov's "Play Like a Grandmaster" (1978), pages 44-46. I am using that book for coaching our Chess Club members. >At that time a game ends in a draw not when position repeated 3 times but when moves repeated 3 times. It is now that the *position* has to be about ... |
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Sep-21-15 von Scheve vs Teichmann, 1907
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| senojes: I am an ~1800 rated player who has been playing chess at the club level on and off since the 1960s. I have recently bought Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move By Move" (1998) and had decided to play through the games in the book on my smartphone's Chess for Android app when away from my ... |
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Jul-07-14 Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901
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| senojes: Corzo having 2 wins to Capablanca's 0, in this first to 4 wins match, Capablanca resolved to from now on open with 1. d4 instead 1. e4 with the aim of obtaining games that were more suited to his positional style and less suited to Corzo's tactical style. Corzo responds with 1...f5, |
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Jul-07-14 J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901
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| senojes: Up to 8...d5 this game followed W.F. Eno v S. Lloyd (the problem composer), New York, 1894, when Eno played 9. Bxf4 and won. So both players were presumably following current opening theory. Corzo's 9. exd5 may be his own improvement sprung on the 13 year-old Capablanca. If so, ... |
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Jul-05-14 J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901
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| senojes: This game was played on Capablanca's 13th birthday! According to Houdini Capablanca was doing fine against his 28 year-old Cuban champion opponent Juan Corzo, as Black in the tricky Evans' Gambit, when the inexperienced Capablanca played the natural but bad 12... Nge7 which was ... |
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