Aug-21-24 Flohr vs Z Vecsey, 1930
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| TheBish: This would be a much better puzzle with White to play on move 27. |
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Jun-01-24 C El Idrissi vs A Laaroussi, 2001
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| TheBish: The easiest win was 51. Bd6 Rxd7 52. Bf8+ Rg7 53. Nxe6, etc. |
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May-22-24 Benko vs A Foguelman, 1960 
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| TheBish: <Lloyd Gross: Also there's a quick mate 32.Rc7+ Kg6 33.h4 Qxb1 34.h5#> 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33. Ne5/Nf4#. Always check for double checks, they are powerful! In this case mate on the spot. No need for pawn moves here. |
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Mar-11-24 H Heinicke vs L Rellstab, 1935
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| TheBish: I had 25. Qc2, with the second choice of 25. Rd7, which matches the engine's choices. Maybe not the best puzzle, considering the number of winning moves (including the game continuation). |
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Mar-05-24 Westerinen vs B Lengyel, 1988
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| TheBish: White to play on move 22 was fairly easy. But White to play a move earlier makes for a much harder (and I think better) puzzle. 21. Nxh7! (setting up the ensuing bishop sacrifice) was brilliant and very instructive. Perhaps (21.?) will be a future Friday or Saturday puzzle? |
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Feb-18-24 Korchnoi vs M Roeder, 2000
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| TheBish: It's not every day you get to witness King Arthur being corrected by the Messiah! |
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Nov-18-23 V Bernadskiy vs Shimanov, 2014
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| TheBish: I foresaw the game continuation, but wouldn't have seen half of what Kevin Spraggett annotated. Thanks for the post <PhilFeeley>! |
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Jul-27-23 A Sokolov vs D Michiels, 1981
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| TheBish: <agb2002> Even quicker in your line A.2 is 29. Bg8+, leading to a direct mate (no spite checks). |
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May-05-23 T Tolnai vs Leko, 1992
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| TheBish: No! He was a GM as of 1990. |
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May-02-23 A Simutowe vs D Flores, 1998
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| TheBish: What Brenin said. 😄 |
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