franksp has kibitzed 70 times to chessgames   [less...]

Jun-18-15 S Collins vs D Haessel, 2011    franksp: Your solution looks good to me, Jindraz. 29 Qd4 Nf6 (Not 29...Ne5 30 Qxe5 Heavy piece to 7th rank 31 Qe8+ mating on the back rank) 30 Qf6 Rd7 (Must be that rook. Otherwise 31 Qxd8+ etc.)31 Qxg7+ Rxg7 32 Re7 Rc3 (32...R(c)g8 33 Nf7#) 33 Re8+ mating. Am I missing something?      Jun-17-15 Boleslavsky vs Euwe, 1946   franksp: Black mates or wins both Queen and Rook. 42 K-h2 R-f2+ 43 K-g3 R-f3+ 44 K moves Rxh3#.      Aug-28-12 Alfred Flatow    franksp: Fred's father, Kurt, was a good chess player. I joined Ashfield Chess Club shortly after I had learned the game. I asked the club president who was the best player in the club. He pointed out Kurt Flatow. So I challenged Kurt to a game of chess. He beat me. I played many games ...      Feb-24-12 Capablanca vs J Rosenthal, 1909    franksp: I feel I have found a treasure. I have two Capablanca game collections - one by Golembek and the other by Chernev. This game is in neither collection. Rosenthal seems to see he is losing and so sets up a pretty checkmate for Capablanca by 20...Nh5. If 20...N elsewhere, then 21.Be2 ...      Feb-24-12 S Slipak vs F Braga, 1998    franksp: My idea was 29.Rxf6 gf 30.Qxd5 Kh8 31.Bh6 (threat 32.Bg7+ Kg8 33.N checks winning the Queen) Rg8 32.Bg7+ Rxg7 33.Qxa8+ Rg8 34.Qxg8+ Kxg8 35.Rb8+ etc. Is there a counter to that?      Jan-24-12 Edit Krizsan-Bilek    franksp: Is Edith Bilek related to Istvan Bilek?      Jan-24-12 Paul Morphy    franksp: So many strong contemporary masters Morphy never played against - Steinitz, Blackburne, Chigorin, Zukertort, Mason, MacKenzie, Weiss, Winawer. What a shame.      Jan-06-12 Duras vs H Wolf, 1907    franksp: 36.Rxc6 starts a nice combination. 36...Rxc6 37.Q-d4 threatens 38.Q-d8 mating. The only defenses to that without giving up material are 37...Q-f6 (already covered) and 37...K-g8. Then 38.Q-d8+ K-f7 39.Q-d7+ K-f8 If 39...K-g8 40.Q-e8# If 39...K-f6 40.Qxc6+ winning. After 39...K-f8, ...      Dec-25-11 L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978    franksp: At move 38 White has a mate in 4. 38.Q-g5+ K-e6 39.R-h6+ f6 40.Rxf6+ ef 41.Qxf6#      Jan-07-11 R Vera vs G Lebredo Zaragoitia, 1982    franksp: Nice variations from move 26. If 26...f6, 27.Qh6 wins at least a rook If 26...Kd6, 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qf6 and, after Black moves the rook or protects it with the queen, 29.e7 or ef wins queen or rook or the pawn queens at f8.      Nov-12-10 Korneev vs R O Perez Garcia, 2000     Nov-11-10 D Howell vs N Giffard, 2009     Sep-24-10 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974     Sep-24-10 K Berg vs G Jacoby, 2007     Sep-14-10 Letelier vs Fischer, 1960     Jul-01-10 H Wang vs So, 2007     Jul-01-10 Mackenzie vs G W Medley, 1862    Jul-01-10 Lutikov vs L M Kovacs, 1969    Jun-14-10 Wang Zili     Jun-14-10 E Ghaem Maghami vs Karpov, 2009     Jun-14-10 Shirov vs Van Wely, 2003     Jun-12-10 Golombek vs R Krogius, 1935    Jun-12-10 Tarrasch vs A Schottlaender, 1879     Jun-12-10 A Cheron vs Gruenfeld, 1927     Jun-07-10 Nepomniachtchi vs J Zhou, 2009     May-28-10 W Hook vs J Meyer, 1979     Aug-03-07 W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946     Mar-15-07 Piket vs Kramnik, 1999     Feb-08-07 A Reggio vs H Fahrni, 1905     Jan-07-07 Fedorov vs N Miezis, 2000     Dec-01-06 Rellstab vs Ahues, 1930     Nov-10-06 Sjestov vs Krovatkin, 1997     Oct-28-06 Susan Lalic     Oct-14-06 Vladimir Kramnik     Oct-12-06 Terrey Ian Shaw     Sep-11-06 A Bartsch vs H Meyer, 1949     Sep-08-06 A Haik vs S Skembris, 1981     Aug-09-06 Karlis Ozols     Aug-08-06 Chernev vs M L Hanauer, 1938     Aug-04-06 Susan Polgar     Mar-28-06 V Hruby vs Zukertort, 1882     Mar-02-06 S Khodzhibekov vs Korchnoi, 1956     Mar-02-06 Grischuk vs Fressinet, 2000     Mar-01-06 J Dobrusky vs J Holzwarth, 1873    Feb-11-06 Smyslov vs J Rubinetti, 1970     Feb-03-06 Gligoric vs Hort, 1963     Jan-02-06 A Thorgrimsdottir vs M Stefanidi, 2003     Dec-07-05 Fischer vs Bolbochan, 1962     Dec-03-05 A Sznapik vs Balashov, 1990     Nov-06-05 Dzindzichashvili vs Tukmakov, 1971     Oct-19-05 Sveshnikov vs R Shcherbakov, 1991     Oct-08-05 P N Troitsky vs Ragozin, 1938     Sep-12-05 Glicksteen vs E Lawrence, 1971     Sep-12-05 Raymond Keene     Sep-11-05 J M Boey vs Estrin, 1972     Sep-09-05 Portisch vs B Berger, 1964     Sep-02-05 S F St Jermain Steadman vs Ed. Lasker, 1913     Aug-22-05 G Borisenko vs Simagin, 1955     Feb-12-05 Yates vs H E Atkins, 1922     Feb-12-05 A Dueckstein vs Fischer, 1959     Feb-06-05 Karl Walbrodt     Jan-06-05 Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922     Dec-28-04 Andersson vs T D van Scheltinga, 1970

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