gawain Member since Feb-04-04 · Last seen Jun-30-25 no bio

gawain has kibitzed 1514 times to chessgames   [more...]

Apr-23-24 C Li vs X Bu, 2009    gawain: I solved this very quickly--only after I realized that it is Black to move.      Mar-25-24 Anand vs Ponomariov, 2002    gawain: I broke through on this one when I understood that the win did not have to be a mate but might be only a big win of material.      Mar-18-24 G Machate vs L Rellstab, 1947    gawain: Geometrically much like an epaulet mate. Very nice.      Feb-27-24 T Gharamian vs A Istratescu, 2015   gawain: Elementary      Jan-31-24 A Yusupov vs L Adasiak, 2005   gawain: If after 21 Ngxf7 Black creates an escape square with the pawn move 21...g5 he can stave off the mate until move 33. It's hopeless, but the mating net is surprisingly hard to close.      Jan-23-24 J Sarkar vs Brunello, 2019    gawain: Nor mine. What an arduous king hunt!      Jan-08-24 S Mareco vs Nakamura, 2017    gawain: Black gets stabbed in the back (rank).      Jan-02-24 A Aleksandrov vs D Reinderman, 1992    gawain: There weren't very many moves to try.      Nov-27-23 Yagupov vs D Lam, 2019    gawain: I found this one very easy, as advertised. I enjoy mates like this one, delivered by a pawn.      Nov-21-23 A Kuzmin vs T Vakhidov, 1987    gawain: That's it? I could have looked all day and still be looking. Usually "easy" wins are more conclusive than this. But this is a GM game after all. Easy for them. Meanwhile, points to me for at least seeing the forks.

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