Apr-11-25 Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 
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| sfm: Wonderful!! The eternal battle of being the one to make the 'next to the last blunder'. Black, with 24.-,g5!, makes 15 winning moves in succession, then one losing, last move within the first time control. In his book about the last Karpov-Korchnoi match, Larsen once said 'They are ... |
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Apr-05-25 Euwe vs D Przepiorka, 1928
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| sfm: 29.-,f5
is a bold move, ups the stakes. |
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Feb-14-25 D Gavrilescu vs J Gallasch, 2024
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| sfm: Funny that Stockfish on 29.Qe7 blunders:
1) -1.23 (27 ply) 29...Qd7 30. Qa3 Qd6 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Qc1 Kd7 33. c4 Rc8 34. Qb1 Rc5 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Re4 Qf6 37. Re2 Re5 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Re1 Qf6 40. Qd1 Kc6 41. Qxh5 Rc2 42. Rf1 b5 43. Qh7 Rc4 44. Qh8 Kb6 45. Qa8 Kxa6 46. Qxd5 Rxh4 Didn't ... |
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Jan-27-25 I Polgar vs B Toth, 1972
Dec-08-24 N A Legky vs D Fingerov, 2005
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| sfm: Nice combi.
But actually it is 26.QxB??
While 26.g4! is totally winning, as Mel Gibson gives. Also Stockfish tells me that, but Stockfish has no understanding for the elegance in 26.QxB(!!) |
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Oct-23-24 Smirnov vs S Polgar, 1981
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| sfm: <Honza Cervenka: 31.Qb4 was a grave mistake. The only chance of white to stay in the game was 31.Rxe7!...> Right, and so, SF tells us that exactly for allowing this, Blacks previous move 30.-,Rh8?? was a major mistake, throwing away all the advantage. Correct was 30.-,Re8, (-2.62 ... |
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Sep-30-24 J Rodgaard vs P Kiriakov, 2003
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| sfm: After 19.-,Qe5, White should play 20.e3, with equal game.
Instead came 20.cxd5??,Qxe2, allowing effective primitivities on the a7-g1 diagonal. Instead of just resigning (or 'surviving' with 26.h3) , Rødgaard chooses the elegant suicide with 26.dxe(!), so the spectators can learn ... |
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Sep-12-24 M A Maurizzi vs S Beukema, 2024
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| sfm: <Can anyone explain why black didn’t play 20... Kh8? ...> Well, the engine does not help answering that, as 20... Kh8 is by far the best move.
And it does seem plausible, just move the king and pick up the exchange. In the good old days I recall the dreaded afterwards question ... |
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Sep-03-24 Dufresne vs Harrwitz, 1847
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| sfm: <sfm: What a lousy pun!>
Hmm, accepting that 'Dusfresne' was in fact German, this shows the problems with pun very well.
https://www.howtopronounce.com/germ...
However, KIRKO could maybe excuse himself with ignorance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljV...
This is much ... |
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Aug-10-24 A Sznapik vs Balashov, 1990
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| sfm: Lovely ending.
66.-,h8Q an 67.-,a8Q clears the 7th row for black queen, and 68.-,Qd7+ now mates. |
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