Aug-15-08 E Berg vs Rozentalis, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: Fascinating game, for several reasons.
First: The pretty final move 38.Qe5! I did immediately see the mate 38. ... Bxe5 39.Bxe5#, but it took me a while to realize what was wrong with 38. ... Nxa1 until I saw the killer 39.Qb8+. Good combination material for Tu/We. ...
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| | Aug-05-08 Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 
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The Long Diagonal: Yep, das Auto. The designer of the logo must have been a keen chess player and a Capablanca fan. Actually, I was slightly surprised to see that nobody had made this joke/pun before, but maybe it's because it's a bit too obvious.
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| | Jun-23-08 Gunnar Andreyevich Uusi
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The Long Diagonal: <Isn't Uusi the short form for Uusikaupunki ?> Not really. The short form locals use is Uki.
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| | Jun-17-08 Nisipeanu vs Shirov, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: Despite some inaccuracies here, I can't stop admiring how good chess GMs can play in super sharp positions like this. Especially Nisipeanu has been defending very well, finding unexpected resources. As white, I would probably have given up hope somewhere around move 24 and
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| | Apr-29-08 V Olexa vs Ujtelky, 1948
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The Long Diagonal: I saw 25. ... Rd2, 26.Qf3, but thought erroneously that 26. ... Rxc2 would be the best for black now. I spent almost half an hour thinking, so I agree with most kibitzers this was a very hard Tuesday. But even if 26.Qf3 Rf2, wouldn't instead 27.Qxf2 Bxe4+, 28.Kg1 Bxc2 be a
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| | Apr-27-08 Morphy vs A Meek, 1857
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The Long Diagonal: heuristic: <It's quite interesting that Meek resigns after _his_ move. He saw that the move's result was a forced mate in three.> It's more likely that Meek did not resign himself but Morphy declared a mate in three. Back in those days, it was allowed to win games by
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| | Mar-28-08 Shumov vs Kolisch, 1862
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The Long Diagonal: <MaxxLange:
The Russians say "a patzer forgets the ranks", right? This is a notorious blind spot that many players have. I know I have lost horribly due to this before. I have heard the theory that, since so much of our attention in chess is centered on advancing ...
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| | Feb-19-08 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1991
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The Long Diagonal: Seeing this game was a déjà vu for me... I suddenly remembered that at the age of 14 (I had got intererested in chess half a year earlier or so), I was planning to play this game through with my father since it was published on the chess column of a local newspaper. ...
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| | Feb-17-08 Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: <ILoveCrazyhouse: i predict
1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 nc3 nf6 4 nxe5
the halloween gambit is sound. wait for 32 man tablebase to see.> No need to wait that long, the tablebase of 31 pieces will be enough. And 30, if we dare to assume that 4. ... Nxe5 is the best answer
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| | Feb-04-08 M Dutreeuw vs O Salmensuu, 2001
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The Long Diagonal: 30. ... Rxe4! is a nice little combo, would make a good Tuesday puzzle. Not a difficult one when you know there is something - and what else could it be? - but easy to miss OTB. I expect Salmensuu already saw it all when playing 28. ... Ne3!
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