alexrawlings Member since Dec-10-04 · Last seen Jul-16-25 My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

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May-26-25 Alekhine vs I Pen, 1918    alexrawlings: Why didn’t black just trade queens with <19.. Qxc3>? He’s up an exchange so should have a winning endgame?      Apr-19-25 N Shukh vs V Fedoseev, 2011   alexrawlings: I don’t understand why white didn’t grab a pawn with 24 Bxf7… I can’t see any tactics nor can my chess app.      Jan-08-25 B Chesney vs K Kaufman, 1987   alexrawlings: I think black in this game was in fact Larry Kaufman, the GM… ? https://www.uschess.org/index.php/O...      Dec-28-24 L Moroni Jr vs McShane, 2024    alexrawlings: 17.. Rxe3 was an interesting move. Can anyone explain the thinking behind this move? Also, 39.. Nf3+ could make a good puzzle one day!      Oct-15-24 A Perez Garcia vs Granda Zuniga, 2016   alexrawlings: What a game! Granda Zuniga plays such entertaining chess. I wonder if <14.. Rxe3> was sound?      Oct-15-24 Granda Zuniga vs R Alarcon Bahamondez, 2016   alexrawlings: What a brilliant game! Could make a good later in the week puzzle with white to move after <22.. Nh8>.      Oct-02-24 S Vokhidov vs J Cori, 2015    alexrawlings: What a great game! I didn’t get this… seems quite unusual for Black not to castle in this type of Sicilian. Is that theory or sound?      Sep-12-24 M A Maurizzi vs S Beukema, 2024    alexrawlings: Can anyone explain why black didn’t play <20... Kh8>? It looks to me like that would have given black a winning advantage as white will end up losing the rook on a1. Or am I missing something?      Jul-19-24 A Kveinys vs Van Wely, 1994    alexrawlings: Could anybody explain the logic behind white’s moves <26 h4>, <28 h5>, and the king moves <29 Kg1> and <30 Kh2> please?      Jul-08-24 H Kues vs T Burg, 2012    alexrawlings: Can anyone explain why black plays <25.. Bc8> please? It seems an unnecessary move to me. Is it a waiting move? Or is there another logical reason to retreat the bishop to the back rank like this?

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