Jun-17-13 Tal Memorial (2013) 
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moppa: Do you have any idea where i could follow the games live with an old smartphone? Chessdom is too heavy for my phone.
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| | Apr-06-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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moppa: What I hope is that Carlsen wins Anand and then we see some other youngster bringing his game to a new level - and if we don't see that, then I hope Kramnik keeps his form for a couple of years.
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| | Mar-18-13 Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2013
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moppa: Magnus' play reminds me of what I read from Jacob Aagaards book Excelling at Positional chess - here's the quote: "the choice of moves should not be made on an exact verdict of the final position, but on whether or not your position has improved or not". It might sound - as Aagaard ...
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| | Mar-02-13 Magnus Carlsen
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moppa: Certain kibitzers might find a fitting quote from this interview of Magnus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLp...
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| | Feb-25-13 Anand vs Gelfand, 2013
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moppa: It looks like Bxh3 is possible... Though hard to imagine that Vishy missed the possibility
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| | Feb-17-13 Naiditsch vs Anand, 2013
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moppa: <Pedro> I guess i kinda think that the f-pawn is not worth very much as it cant move.
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| | Feb-14-13 Caruana vs Anand, 2013
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moppa: Even if b4 falls, whites extra pawn is doubled and may not be enough to win by itself. I think White needs to win the pawn and keep the pressure on d6 in order to win. Or find some other way to annoy black. Just my 2 cents.
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| | Feb-07-13 GRENKE Chess Classic (2013)
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moppa: That's a good post, Zenagg.
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| | Feb-04-13 M Perez Candelario vs Saleh Salman, 2012
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moppa: Not as easy as normal monday - in many situations the king could crawl away with the "free" move.
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| | Jan-27-13 A Giri vs Carlsen, 2013
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moppa: Houdini suggests a rather interesting line: ...Qd8 with the idea of ...Qd3, ...Rfb7 and ...Nf4 sac, eventually regaining the piece by scewering the White bishops.
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