Agferna has kibitzed 73 times to chessgames   [more...]

Dec-24-22 Morphy vs Maurian, 1863   Agferna: Engine will give you one or more 20-move variations, but is not going to tell you the crux and rationale. The reason 34. a4!! is so good, is that when white launches into the Rg7+ and Nf8 mating net, with the a-pawn on a2, once the black e-rook checks on e1, the black a-rook can ...      Dec-22-22 M Wyvill vs Lowenthal, 1856    Agferna: Interesting fight to control center. White missed 16. a4! winning the black knight. Then he missed 26. Rf3!      Dec-09-22 Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez    Agferna: Minor detail, but I once overheard in Novi Sad somebody from the Cuban delegation, on Guillermito’s recent tragic death, as we all affectionately knew him. The accident occurred not in Havana, but on the road back to Havana near Cienfuegos. This was very sad and we all miss him.      Nov-12-22 David Zilberstein    Agferna: I doubt the last 7 games, six of which are the USA cadet championship in 1995, are from IM Zilberstein born in Russia in 1941. Just guessing LOL.      Oct-23-22 G Schwartzman vs D Komarov, 1994    Agferna: Perplexing resignation. Just when Black gets a chance with Nf7+?? he resigns. Actually after that move the Black King makes it to the safety of the king side. The g2 threat causes White a defensive tempo which dooms the f7 knight resulting in roughly equal balance by both sides. ...      Aug-19-22 N Jasnogrodsky vs J Hanham, 1896   Agferna: 43 Qg7+ would have been a nice one.      Jul-27-22 Antonio Fernandez   Agferna: Many of these games aren’t mine. Las Palmas 1975, not mine. The Sitges 1988 game not mine. The New York 1991 game, don’t think so. New York 1992 games yes, but games after 1992 not mine. I’ll work with editors to clean this all up, add some good games, and of course my bio. ...      Jul-27-22 E Fernandez Aguado vs Granda Zuniga, 1988   Agferna: Correct, not Antonio. Enrique had 28. Bf6! winning. Cheers      Jul-23-22 S Rubanraut vs K Commons, 1976   Agferna: Black was ahead but ended up over committing all pieces to the attack and none to the defense of his king. With 45.Qe8+ white would have started a series of intimate checks leading to mate, for instance Kh7 g6+ Kh6 Qh8+ Kg6 h5+ Kg5 Qg7+ Kh5 and the killer Rf5+ and mate next. Cheers      Jul-14-22 Spassky vs Tal, 1959    Agferna: Snatching victory from Tal’s powerful jaws clamping down!

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