Ian McGarrett has kibitzed 41 times to chessgames   [more...]

May-09-22 R Teschner vs Portisch, 1969    Ian McGarrett: Qf2 - Ng3 - Qe1      Oct-29-21 Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1897   Ian McGarrett: I must have seen this combination before because the solution just sort of jumped out at me.      Jul-10-21 R Shcherbakov vs Jakovenko, 2001    Ian McGarrett: Uhmmm... Maybe White should check first, eh? Because Black can't interpose the queen without hanging the e-pawn and losing the rook on h8 (leaving White up a rook since he hasn't sacrificed a rook.) So... having checked the king back to b8, THEN White deflects the queen with ...      Jan-08-20 G Rechlis vs Korchnoi, 1986    Ian McGarrett: Qa3 doesn't need any silicon to refute. Black will play Qe2 threatening Qf3 then Bh3 then Qg2#      Sep-03-19 K Opocensky vs Hromadka, 1931    Ian McGarrett: The mating pattern is reminiscent of a problem composed by Kakovin in 1936.      Feb-10-19 K Commons vs P Peev, 1976    Ian McGarrett: After 27. Bxh6 if 27...Bxh6 then 28. Qf6+ Re7, 29. Rd1+ Ke8, 30. Qh8+ Bf8, 31. Qh5+      Feb-15-18 T Tolnai vs Z Gyimesi, 1993    Ian McGarrett: If after 35... Rxh3, White plays gxh3, some are suggesting Rb2+ but that fails to Kg3. The white king is running to h4. The correct line is 36... Qd2+, 37.Re2 (if the queen interposes on g2, black takes the pawn at f4 with mate to follow shortly, and if white plays Kg3, then ...      Jun-04-17 Kuzubov vs I Stathopoulos, 2017    Ian McGarrett: It's pretty obvious catlover meant 25...Kg7, but why would white play 28.Nd5+ when there is a pawn hanging on b5?      May-17-17 Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893    Ian McGarrett: If instead of 18... Kg6, Black plays Kh5 then 19.Rf5+ Bxf5, (the capture is forced since 19... Kg6 transposes to the game and 19... Kh4 is met with 20. Bg5+ Kh5, 21. Nf4++) 20.Ng3+ Kh4, 21.Bg5+ Kg4, 22.Be2+ followed by mate.      Dec-03-16 L B Hoyos Millan vs G Garcia, 1986    Ian McGarrett: <hcgflynn: How does black win after 17. Qd4?> After 17.Qd4, Be5 looks to be the move. It prevents the white king from escaping to c3 after the exchange of queens.

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