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I now have a "Game of The Month" feature. This will be ONLY available here, on {or from} this web page. I am going to LIGHTLY (ha!) analyze a recent GM Game. The emphasis will be on a game that was played recently, and at least ONE of the participants will have to have been a recognized FIDE GM. "TWIC" will probably be the source for this venture.

March 18th, 2004. From now on, I will only list the current game, and the game from the previous month. But don't worry! I almost never throw stuff away. I have created an "Game Of the Month," ARCHIVES Page. On that page I will store all the 'old' games. (& links)

December, 2004: I have decided to greatly reduce this feature. [Read why.]

June, 2009: ALL Geo-Cities sites will be discontinued ... probably around the end of the summer. Therefore, my GOTM site has moved.

      - Game # 36   (September, 2006)    Two "Super GM's" (both are rated 2700+),
     square off in this game from the Spanish Team Championship. (Many of the world's
     best players compete in this event ... all playing for various teams.) A sharp - and a
     theoretically important game in the Semi-Slav ... ... ... are the result, in the end, Black
     succumbs to White's sustained assault. Good analysis, and lots of interesting and
     informative links, so do not miss this game!
      - Game # 37   (October, 2006) You haven't seen Topalov get defeated in too many
     games the last few years, but here he was solidly beaten. Who managed to defeat the
     the former World Champ ... and who was the masked man who pulled off this feat?
     This is a carefully annotated game ... and one that took a long time to complete.

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(There was no games from November, 2006 until March, 2007. My wife has been repeatedly ill, and I also had a depressingly large number of computer problems and crashes.)

      - Game # 38    (March, 2007)    From the Morelia/Linares tournament ...
      this game - where Black wins - shows what my readers have often requested.
      ("Show me a game where Black wins once in a while.") It is annotated, and there
      and there are plenty of links. It also dovetails nicely with the October column.
      - Game # 39     (April, 2007)    Here is a variation of the Torre Attack, an opening
      that many readers have requested that I cover. Its a nice game - it was almost a
      miniature - where White gets an attack down the half-open h-file. The GM who plays
      White is not afraid of sacking a little material, and there are 16 diagrams, so you
      can probably follow this one, even if you do not have a board handy. Enjoy!
      - Game # 40    (May, 2007)    One of the world's youngest GM's continues to improve
      ... AND impress! Here he defeats a solid 2600+ GM in a "must-win" situation ... and
      winds up grabbing clear first place in this tournament. (Cat. XII) A nice game - with links.

If you have seen an interesting game, that has been played recently, please bring it to my attention. Remember, I have to be able to verify this game in TWIC or ChessBase BEFORE I will even consider trying to annotate it!! (Page created August, 2003.)

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