AvidChessMan has kibitzed 59 times to chessgames   [less...]

Feb-21-21 Mecking vs S Mareco, 2011    AvidChessMan: Spotted it in seconds. Not a Sunday puzzle in my opinion.      Jan-21-21 A Donchenko vs Caruana, 2021    AvidChessMan: After 16. ...exd5 it was obvious how this game was to proceed. Blacks a thru d pawns attack!      Jul-12-18 N Eliet vs Rozentalis, 2016    AvidChessMan: I saw black's last move, 18...Rf6, first. White's d/e/f pawns closed off white's position, while black had multiple pressure points on the white king. Then I figured black's opening salvo had to be a check: 13...Bh2.      Nov-23-16 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016    AvidChessMan: 23.Ra6 pinned the b6 bishop, preventing it from moving to c7.      May-25-16 H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923    AvidChessMan: <Samagonka: .. My motto is: don't panic!> Is this on the cover of the Hitchhikers Guide to Chess? It seems that black was unprepared for the white king's daring trek.      May-17-16 Ftacnik vs Nunn, 1986    AvidChessMan: I can't explain why, but I really liked 31. Nef4 ef4 32. Nf4. I could not see past that. And, I could not see any better options for white. The only reason I can think for 33. Rf2 (which I agree is not a sharp move) is to protect the b pawn and prevent the f4 knight from a ...      May-17-16 H Heinicke vs P A Seitz, 1934    AvidChessMan: I liked 12.d6 right from the start, due to the double threat. The other possible moves are not as sharp. I was surprised by black's quick resignation though.      May-12-16 E Liu vs S Homa, 2007    AvidChessMan: Yes, 27 Rd8+ wins the queen, but she was pinned to the diagonal anyway. Why not gobble up a pawn and give your rook access to Rg4+? This forces black to make the exchange.      May-11-16 Landa vs Vocaturo, 2010    AvidChessMan: 34...Bg1 was a bad move, followed by a good move 35.Qd1. At first, I did not see this. If 35...Bxh2, then 36. Qe1 traps the bishop and the following Qf2 will yield a bishop for two pawns exchange.      May-10-16 R A James vs G Wall, 2006    AvidChessMan: The only reason I can see for 12. Na3, is to cover the bishop at c4 and neutralize the black bishop at e6. 12. Nc3 would have freed up the b4 square to the black knight. Instead of 17.Rde1, I like 17.b3 and then Kb2.      May-09-16 N Krogius vs Korchnoi, 1967    Apr-19-16 M Tseitlin vs A Mikhalevski, 1996     Apr-14-16 Y Hou vs E Tairova, 2006     Apr-01-16 Anand vs Aronian, 2016     Feb-19-16 Kramnik vs Short, 1995     Feb-18-16 I Nicolas Zapata vs G Hermes, 2014     Jan-27-16 M Mchedlishvili vs R Sangma, 2014     Jan-26-16 S Ernst vs A Belezky, 2014     Jan-21-16 K Klaman vs A Chistiakov, 1949     Jan-08-16 J L Hammer vs Krasenkow, 2014     Jan-05-16 C Aravindh vs Carlsen, 2015     Jan-04-16 O Reeh vs C Mann, 2008     Dec-22-15 N Croad vs J G Pettersen, 2014     Dec-21-15 T Hillarp Persson vs A Smith, 2008     Nov-10-15 A Bullen vs J Fathallah, 2014     Oct-02-15 J Polgar vs Bareev, 2007     Jul-10-15 A Smith vs N Grandelius, 2014     Jun-16-15 J Aabling-Thomsen vs J van der Meer, 2005     Jun-10-15 S Neubronner vs So, 2005     Jun-04-15 R Vera vs M Leon Hoyos, 2011     May-06-15 J Augustin vs J Vesely, 1965     Apr-25-15 Negi vs G Munkhgal, 2014     Apr-13-15 Miles vs J Franco Jimenez, 1994     Mar-11-15 A Escobar Forero vs D Nederveld, 2005     Mar-09-15 L Lalla vs V A Martin, 2005     Mar-06-15 Ivanchuk vs Ganguly, 2014     Mar-01-15 V Ciocaltea vs A Lombard, 1972     Feb-25-15 F Bohatirchuk vs V Nenarokov, 1924     Feb-21-15 Alekhine vs Colle, 1925     Feb-20-15 J Grefe vs A Karklins, 1973     Feb-11-15 D Howell vs M Meinhardt, 2007     Dec-24-14 L Binet Tapaszto vs M Colon Romero, 1964     Dec-10-14 Anand vs Shirov, 2000     Dec-09-14 C Lange vs D Hess, 1994     Nov-18-14 E Heyken vs S Dave, 2001     Nov-13-14 Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2001     Oct-30-14 A Rodriguez Vila vs G Kanefsck, 2007     Oct-09-14 J Szily vs Wloch, 1943     Sep-25-14 R Figares vs K McDonald, 1996     Sep-17-14 T Heinemann vs G Meins, 2004     Sep-08-14 D Daniels vs G Yzhow, 2014     Aug-04-14 D Daniuszewski vs A Tschepurnoff, 1909     Jul-28-14 Euwe vs Colle, 1924     Feb-12-14 Karpov vs Lutikov, 1979     Jan-16-14 G Abrahams vs W H Watts, 1936     Jan-07-14 Naiditsch vs Khenkin, 2013     Dec-23-13 Adams vs Svidler, 2013    Dec-23-13 O Lemmers vs McShane, 2010

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