Abaduba has kibitzed 176 times to chessgames   [less...]

Jul-16-09 L Karlsson vs Balashov, 1983   Abaduba: <TheTamale> Black is totally tied up and can barely do anything without losing material. Since only the Black King and pawns can safely move, White can invade at their convenience.      May-20-09 Korchnoi vs V Chekhover, 1955    Abaduba: <WhiteRook48> After a set of Rooks gets traded, White is up an exchange and the Black King is too far away from their Queenside pawns. The endgame is easily won, especially for a player of Korchnoi's technique. For example, 51. …Rg6 52. Rxg6+ Bxg6 53. Kg4 b5 54. Rc6 ...      Apr-18-09 Psakhis vs Kasparov, 1990    Abaduba: <RiverBeast> The name "Great Snake" refers to the fact that white is essentially playing the Sicilian Dragon with colors reversed. Since there's no chance for Black to choose the super-sharp lines like the Yugoslav Attack, it's a dragon that doesn't breathe fire – in other      Feb-16-09 Kamsky vs Kramnik, 2006   Abaduba: <Snaeulf> Black draws against 51. Rf5 not with …Ra6+ but with 51. …Ra7! in order to drive back the White King with …Rg7+. If 52. g4, then 52. …Rg7+ 53. Kh4 Rh7+ 54. Kg5 Ra7!, preparing to cut off the White King along the 3rd rank as in Philidor's Draw. If White ...      Feb-05-09 R Cardoso vs Fischer, 1957    Abaduba: <ounos>, <graynid> The threat at move 31 was not only 32. Nf6+ but also 32. Bxh7+ (32. …Kxh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Rg2 #, or, if the f8-Rook has moved, 36. f6 will follow, mating.) and especially 32. Qg4/h5. …Kg8 and …h6 answer the first two threats but ...      Feb-04-09 M Athar Ansari vs J Perona, 2001    Abaduba: It's a pun off the title of the catchy but annoying song from one-hit-wonder band The Knack called "My Sharona."      Jul-04-08 Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005    Abaduba: <kewlmodie> If 32…Nf8, then White plays 33. Rd7! first, and now Black is helpless against 34. Bc4 (and he can always throw in Qxf6+, Qf7+ if he wishes), e.g. …Rc8 35. Bc4 Rxc4 36. Rd8      May-17-08 M Kolnik vs Schurr, 1940   Abaduba: Oh, 12. …Ke7 13. Bg5#. Thanks Elxiddicus.      May-17-08 Taimanov vs Kaidanov, 1988    Abaduba: To echo <blackjacki2>'s question, why not 10. Bxc6? GoHabsGo's "answer" does not make any sense at all. I thought there might be something with …Ba6 and keeping the king in the center, but d3 lets White castle after all. I honestly can't see any reason not to take a free ...      May-13-08 I Cheparinov vs Navara, 2007    Abaduba: <dehanne> 35. Ra2 saves the Rook at the expense of mate, but the position is already hopeless. If 35. ♕xg7, then 35. … ♘g7, which stops the checks and threatens mate by 36. … ♖a2+ 37. ♔c1 (37. ♔e1 ♗g3+ 38. ♔d1 ♖a1#) ...      Feb-12-08 F Riemann vs Koeltsch / Pfeiffer / Roesner, 1873     Jan-29-08 G Kuzmin vs E Torre, 1981     Nov-19-07 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2007     Oct-27-07 Tartakower vs L Prins, 1936     Oct-11-07 R Nezhmetdinov vs Lusikal, 1951     Sep-25-07 World Championship Tournament (2007)     Sep-09-07 Petrosian vs Larsen, 1968     Dec-10-06 A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2002     May-02-06 A Markov vs P Vinogradov, 1916     Apr-26-06 Ivanchuk vs A Berescu, 2006     Mar-04-06 Radjabov vs Leko, 2006     Dec-07-05 Znosko-Borovsky vs W Luce, 1902     Dec-05-05 Z Peng vs A van Weersel, 2005     Nov-30-05 De Villette vs Maubuisson, 1680     Oct-19-05 Taimanov vs Ivkov, 1962     Oct-18-05 P Lagowski vs I Khairullin, 2005     Oct-05-05 Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2004     Sep-12-05 Tal vs Uhlmann, 1963     Sep-12-05 Karpov vs J Polgar, 2000     May-12-05 Karpov vs Andersson, 1969  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Kosteniuk, 1996     Jan-22-05 Bird vs Anderssen, 1873     Jan-22-05 Bird vs Lasker, 1892     Jan-22-05 Corus Group A (2005)     Jan-21-05 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2005     Jan-20-05 Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858     Jan-20-05 Svidler vs Ponomariov, 2005     Jan-20-05 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (B76)     Jan-20-05 T Barendse vs T Lanchava, 2004     Jan-19-05 S Noorda vs Timman, 1964     Jan-19-05 Rustam Kasimdzhanov     Jan-18-05 Koltanowski vs Duchamp, 1929     Jan-18-05 Morozevich vs Korchnoi, 2004     Jan-18-05 Van Wely vs J Polgar, 2005     Jan-18-05 Eduard Nemeth     Jan-17-05 Corus Tournament: Group C (2005)     Jan-17-05 Leko vs Svidler, 2005     Jan-16-05 Plachetka vs Tal, 1970     Jan-15-05 I Sokolov vs Leko, 2005

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