Jun-28-25 Plaskett vs A Yusupov, 1981
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| woldsmandriffield: Model example of endgame play by Yusupov, especially use of the King as an attacking piece. |
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Jun-18-24 Larsen vs J H Donner, 1980 
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| woldsmandriffield: 85..Kb6 would have held but Donner was short of time. |
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Mar-11-24 Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1928
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| woldsmandriffield: Bogoljubov seizes the initiative with 31..Rb8! 32 Bc1?! b5. He just falls short. 51..Rb1 doesn’t appear to win. [DIAGRAM] |
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Mar-11-24 Bogoljubov vs Euwe, 1928
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| woldsmandriffield: After an enterprising exchange sacrifice, Bogoljubov over-played his hand. [DIAGRAM] Simply 39..Rc8 is winning. |
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May-28-23 Karpov vs Parma, 1970
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| woldsmandriffield: Interesting and difficult game that illustrates Karpov’s strengths but also his weaknesses (all players have them!). White’s play is very logical (eg 12 b3!, 17 b4). But there is also a certain lack of incisiveness, most obviously the decision not to play 30 f5, the ... |
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Nov-20-22 Spassky vs Tal, 1971
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| woldsmandriffield: "It was the 17th round of the Alekhine Memorial. Six games were completed before the adjournment and they were all drawn. So, how come spectators kept hanging around the tournament hall, gathering around anyone who owned a pocket chess set, arguing and arguing to the end? ... |
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Sep-02-22 Lautier vs J Campos Moreno, 1992
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| woldsmandriffield: Contender for the worst "Guess the Move" game selection. |
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Jul-23-22 Portisch vs Simagin, 1963
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| woldsmandriffield: An interesting game. Simagin wins the opening and 17..g5! would have left Black on top. In the middle game, Portisch plays to retain the two Bishops and spurns a trade of Knights that would favour Black. [DIAGRAM] 24 Bc1!? Ne6 25 Ba2 Qe7 26 Qh3 Bg7 27 Bb1 Nfd4 28 Nc3 ... |
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Jun-26-22 G Jones vs Carlsen, 2007
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| woldsmandriffield: Black to play
[DIAGRAM] 51..Kd4! 0-1 |
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Aug-14-21 Flohr vs S Khan, 1932
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| woldsmandriffield: On Twitter, Douglas Griffin has drawn attention to the following anecdote by Genna Sosonko. "Flohr was holidaying in Abzkhazia and would occasionally be present as the young players analysed their games. He would do so silently, but would smile whenever one of them made an |
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