Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Edward Scher (1907) Vs Samuel Englard (1826)

I blame the cruel problem of time pressure (with only 3 minutes left on my clock and my opponent whom already stopped annotating the game so as to be able to save time, whereas I was forced to waste precious time meticulously recording each move so as to be able to appreciate for my readers the full game as it was played) as the reason for my blundering with move 73.a4??. Instead I should have played the following winning variation:

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

NM Edward A Frumkin (2035) Vs Samuel Englard (1777)

It turns out that move 37.Rc1?? was a serious blunder. If Frumkin would have instead played 37.Qh2 then he is going to win my Knight on h3 according to Shredder.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Samuel Englard (1748) Vs Edward P Kopiecki (2058)

I ended up losing in a 3 pawn vs 4 pawn Rook endgame as Ed was able to achieve the Lucena position building that vital bridge to victory. In my analysis with Shredder I realized that move 60.Rxh5?? was the losing move of the game. Had I simply kept my King on the H file with 60.Kh3 it would have been a simple draw as any attempt to win my f2 pawn with Rg2 can be met by Rf4 threatening Black's e4 pawn.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Samuel Englard (1736) Vs NM Majur Juac (2180)

With an amazing sacrificial mating combination I lost to the African American Master. My blunder was move 26 when I played Qf3?. I should have played 26.Qd2! Bd4 27.e3