Blitz Game of the Year!
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FM Kazim Gulamali (BOS) vs GM Larry Kaufman (BAL) 1-0
This game featured a relentlessly brutal attack... topped off by a wonderful 7-move mating combination. Can you calculate like Kazim?...
Check out the puzzle at Final Curtain Encore
Board 2, Week 10 (USCL Game of the Week!)
NM Ilya Krasik (BOS) vs NM Andrew Ryba (MAN) 1-0
Ilya came prepared for the Manhattan match and sprung this positional gem on his opponent. It ended with a nice 7-move mating combo.
If your into puzzles, check out... Let's Keep dancing
Board 4, Week 8
USCL - Krasik-Ryba
GM Alex Stripunsky (NJ) vs SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (BOS) 0-1
This game sparkles with innovation and combinative brilliance... Check out the piece sacrifice beginning with 23...Rag8
And try your hand at the puzzle... The Meaning of Life
Board 1, Week 7
USCL - Stipunsky-Sammour-Hasbun
SM William Fisher (PHI) vs FM Kazim Gulamali (BOS) 0-1
Played in Kazim's patented double-edged style. Check out this Positional/Attacking masterpiece... and especially the final position... White simply has no moves!
Board 2, Week 5
USCL - Fisher-Gulamali
SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (BOS) vs GM Julio Becerra (MIA) 1-0
Jorge's tribute to days-gone-by with a Ruy exchange, the old way, ala Emanuel Lasker. And he is rewarded in the endgame... Don't miss this beautiful Rook endgame.
Game analysis at... A Fish by any Other Name
Board 1, Week 2
See the whole game at...
USCL - Sammour-Hasbun - Becerra
