Balmo has kibitzed 123 times to chessgames   [less...]

Dec-03-15 Spassky vs S Avtonomov, 1949    Balmo: Probably someone's already pointed this out but "qualifyers"?? Qualifiers! As to the puzzle, I also spent a whole looking for a way for black to decline the rook, especially the passive Qe8 which is tough to crack immediately. But white has a glorious position and should win easily ...      Nov-19-15 Adams vs O Renet, 1992    Balmo: I just can't see what's wrong with 10...Qxb2. Does anyone fancy helping me out? Thanks!      Oct-02-15 Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996    Balmo: For a moment I thought white had a miracle save available with 28. Qf8+, but alas! Black can recapture with the rook and white doesn't have time to take the free queen... Great game from Kramnik.      Sep-19-14 J Votava vs A Zatonskih, 2004    Balmo: Ah I see now that Black still had a little bit of work to do after winning back the queen. Also in my previous post I wrote Qxe3 instead of Qxd3.      Aug-18-14 M Schulz vs T Struening, 2004    Balmo: It's funny and a little bit sad how well everyone knows the openings these days. If I didn't know better, I'd say the first 8-10 moves of this game were played by a couple of GMs, or certainly experienced players. Then, around moves 11-12 or thereabouts, things suddenly start to get a      Aug-13-14 Judit Polgar    Balmo: The great Judit Polgar, retiring after 25 years at the top! An incredible, glittering career. Her aggressive-tactical style was a joy to watch. Her demolition of Mamedyarov in the Ruy Lopez a few years back was a fond memory, but of course her treatment of the Sicilian with White was ...      Jul-24-14 Vugar Gashimov    Balmo: The great Gashimov. One of my very favourite players, and a terrible loss to the chess world at just 27. If you haven't seen it, watch him outplay Azarov in the 2011 World Cup in Khanty Mansisk, the game must be somewhere here. Grande Gashimov!      Jun-27-14 L Christiansen vs J Campos Moreno, 1980    Balmo: All hail Larry Christiansen, King of the cheapos! Great tactical player.      Jun-16-14 World Rapid Championship (2014)    Balmo: This is the link I'm watching, it's pretty good. The commentator is obviously not English, but he has extremely strong chess ideas - he was guessing all of Carlsen's moves in his draw with Guseinev just now. http://dubai2014wrb.com/      Jun-10-14 Gyula Sax    Balmo: Actually - if I can just amend that PGN, I believe the final moves were 37...Ng4 38. g3 and black resigned.      Jun-09-14 Adams vs E Paehtz, 2012    May-04-14 A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014     Apr-26-14 Y Hou vs Y Yu, 2013     Apr-17-14 B Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957     Apr-14-14 Tal vs Reshevsky, 1964     Apr-02-14 Spassky vs Fischer, 1992     Mar-31-14 Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2013     Mar-24-14 P Troeger vs Tal, 1960     Mar-18-14 Vasyl Ivanchuk     Feb-09-14 N Dzagnidze vs Adams, 2013     Feb-07-14 Gibraltar Masters (2014)     Jan-21-14 Leinier Dominguez Perez     Jan-19-14 V Gashimov vs B Lalic, 2007     Dec-30-13 Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962     Dec-04-13 J Rudd vs S Williams, 2013     Nov-28-13 Marshall vs Capablanca, 1918     Nov-21-13 Tal vs Benko, 1959     Nov-17-13 Saric vs B Ivanov, 2012     Nov-17-13 J O Fries-Nielsen vs Svidler, 1992     Nov-14-13 H E Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922     Nov-12-13 D Zagorskis vs Sadler, 1998     Nov-08-13 M Leskiewicz vs E Kahn, 1999     Oct-28-13 Ponomariov vs Grischuk, 1994     Oct-23-13 Alekhine vs Menzel, 1923     Oct-05-13 Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1995     Sep-25-13 S Williams vs The World, 2013     Sep-22-13 D J Grant vs T Chapman, 2010     Sep-18-13 McShane vs T M Mok, 2010    Sep-10-13 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2013     Jun-12-13 Lindehn vs L Maczuski, 1863     Jun-01-13 Adams vs N Zhukova, 2012     May-24-13 Kasparov vs de Firmian, 1995    May-23-13 Karpov vs Csom, 1977     May-15-13 D Howell vs Buhmann, 2013     May-01-13 Adams vs Kramnik, 2013    Apr-28-13 Van Wely vs Topalov, 2006    Apr-24-13 de Firmian vs Chernin, 1990    Apr-23-13 Vachier-Lagrave vs K Grigoryan, 2012     Apr-13-13 Kasparov vs S Palatnik, 1978     Apr-10-13 Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926     Apr-09-13 S Williams vs T Rendle, 2010     Apr-08-13 M Ashley vs Shabalov, 1993     Mar-23-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)     Mar-19-13 N Grandelius vs A Pourramezanali, 2010     Mar-11-13 J Gallagher vs B Leib, 1989    Mar-09-13 Kudrin vs Waitzkin, 1995    Mar-07-13 Geller vs P Dubinin, 1947    Mar-07-13 Geller vs G Ilivitsky, 1947     Mar-01-13 Caruana vs Gelfand, 2013     Feb-27-13 Y Yu vs Giri, 2013    Feb-27-13 T Thorhallsson vs G Jones, 2013    Feb-17-13 Fridman vs Caruana, 2013     Feb-15-13 Tal vs Miles, 1981     Feb-14-13 R E Chavez Monterrosa vs G Mittelman, 2005     Feb-14-13 Sax vs Plaskett, 1986     Feb-14-13 Waitzkin vs C Hertan, 1989     Feb-11-13 Caruana vs Fridman, 2013     Feb-10-13 Adams vs Caruana, 2013     Feb-09-13 Naiditsch vs Adams, 2013    Jan-29-13 Nigel Short     Jan-26-13 Y Yu vs S Gordon, 2013     Jan-24-13 S Telljohann vs Adams, 2013     Jan-16-13 Geller vs Dreev, 1990     Jan-01-13 Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982     Dec-17-12 K Burger vs Zweiburg, 1964     Dec-11-12 Gelfand vs S Williams, 2012     Oct-23-12 Karpov vs Sax, 1983     Oct-20-12 Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999     Oct-05-12 Hodgson vs M Godena, 2000     Sep-15-12 McShane vs Kotronias, 2003     Jun-18-12 Tal Memorial (2012)     Jun-16-12 McShane vs Kramnik, 2012     May-14-12 R Gruenberg vs Kasparov, 1987    May-12-12 Nakamura vs Kaidanov, 2012     May-11-12 C Ward vs A Summerscale, 1996     May-01-12 Gavrikov vs Gelfand, 1995     Feb-02-12 Sasikiran vs Short, 2012     Sep-14-11 Ivanchuk vs Grischuk, 2011     Sep-07-11 Dominguez Perez vs Polgar, 2011     Jul-25-11 Morozevich vs Shirov, 2011

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