Calydon has kibitzed 11 times to chessgames   [more...]

Oct-19-22 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990    Calydon: Kasparov said this game could’ve been a masterpiece but it would have taken energy that he didn’t have.      Jul-06-22 E Canal vs Horvath, 1934    Calydon: A real gem. Black is dead lost after castling, but it really looks innocuous. My guess is that Black saw the loose pawn on d4 and thought castling long would put it in the sights of the rook. Also incredible, after 12. Kd2 Black's most stubborn defence is to avoid the second rook, ...      Jun-16-22 Vasiukov vs Tal, 1969   Calydon: Apparently Tal received a standing ovation after pulling off this swindle which annoyed Petrosian.      May-26-22 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016    Calydon: Not only did Carlsen miss a draw by 3-fold repetition, he missed a chance to potentially force a draw by the 50 move limit. On move 88 instead of Kb1 he should have played 88.Rb3+! Kc4 89.Re3 Qa2 and now even with best play Black is theoretically another 38 moves away from mate. The      May-24-22 Tal vs V Zemitis, 1958    Calydon: I am trying to find another game by Tal from this simul. I believe it took place in 1958 in Stuttgart vs ‘Arthur William’ but not Dake, I think. Not on chess games.com yet it seems.      May-20-22 Carlsen vs N Sedlak, 2004   Calydon: But not nearly as disappointing as 25. Ne6+. Carlsen upgrades his fork.      Mar-26-21 P Thoren vs T Engqvist, 1996   Calydon: Thanks to the anonymous hero who added this!      Mar-15-21 Per Thoren   Calydon: Here is another game that should be in the database. The mating combination starting with 30... Nxe7 by White is simply superb, and not trivial to find. His opponent was IM Thomas Engqvist who has many games in the db. My source is Alan Bester's excellent 'Bishops on the Attack' ...      Feb-08-21 G Umezinwa vs J Waitzkin, 1994   Calydon: This game was used by Waitzkin in his endgame course for the Chessmaster grandmaster edition software. At move 64 he asks if it's safe to trade into a king vs pawn endgame, and asks the user to calculate the result of the rook trade.      Aug-16-07 Bobby Fischer    Calydon: <sirGeoff: <Calydon> My suspicion is that this is a “Fischer, R”, not the “Fischer, R > I thought so too, but if you click under the name button, it brings the user to the profile of Robert James Fischer. I'm sure you're right, but stupid Chesslive.de!

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