MagicPete has kibitzed 21 times to chessgames   [more...]

Dec-31-05 Russian Championship Superfinal (2005)    MagicPete: I think you have to be inactive for a whole year. IIRC that was the reason Judit Polgar was removed from the list a while ago.      Dec-16-05 Aronian vs Ponomariov, 2005    MagicPete: Unbelievable play by Pono. Didn't think he could make it.      Dec-15-05 World Cup (2005)    MagicPete: <EmperorAtahualpa> Looks like the relayer made a mistake and didn't know how to take it back, so decided to make some moves to get the correct position. The real moves are probably 44. Qxg8+ Ka7 45. Qg5 Qxd4, then continuing with Qxa5+ as in the pgn.      Sep-26-05 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)    MagicPete: <DutchDunce: Polgar A mystery: how can someone with such an attacking, no-holds-barred style, have such a high drawing percentage?> Drawing percentages of the participants: 1. Leko 55,84% 2. Anand 48,89% 3. Svidler 48,87% 4. Topalov 43,75% 5. Adams 42,87% 6. ...      Aug-23-05 Susan Polgar    MagicPete: What I like in Fischerandom is that it allows everyone to present their own ideas freely, knowing that the other player has to refute them OTB. The opening stage can be quite interesting, as the players try to figure out the best ways to activate their pieces. Sometimes things can      Aug-17-05 Alekhine vs Keres, 1942    MagicPete: <, followed by 9...Bf6.> If he takes the knight, Bf6 traps the rook in the corner.      Aug-13-05 Fischerandom Chess    MagicPete: <martis27: in Chess960 there is 960 different initial positions (including classical position), in Fischerandom there is 959 positions - without classical one.> No. The classical starting position is not removed in Fischerandom.      Jul-18-05 Arkadij Naiditsch    MagicPete: Digging up negative things about someone's past when he's doing well today says far more about one's character than cheating and then admitting it. Congrats to Naiditsch for a well-deserved victory.      Jul-11-05 Adams vs Van Wely, 2005    MagicPete: PlayChess audience's expert analysis as Van Wely explains his game against Adams (see picture in Chessbase's report): "who is the lady?" "his wife/girlfriend?" LOL.      Jul-10-05 Dortmund Sparkassen (2005)    MagicPete: [Event "Dortmund 2005"] [Site "?"] [Date "2005/7/8"] [Round "Round3"] [White "Adams"] [Black "van Wely"] [Result "0-1"] [Board "a.gqbq"] [Input "DGT4542"] [Owner "Chessgate"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. ...

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