phileasfogg Member since Aug-03-14 · Last seen May-13-25 no bio

phileasfogg has kibitzed 17 times to chessgames   [more...]

Aug-24-24 Ed. Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912   phileasfogg: In the introduction to Renaud and Kahn's book, "The Art of Checkmate" p. 8, the moves given for this game are the same as given here on Chessgames.com.      Mar-15-24 R Osterman vs Karpov, 1975   phileasfogg: <4Bishops: 45. Bd1 Rc1 So again, what is Black's response to... 46. BxP check Kf8 47. Rxc1 Nc1 White still has the aggressive advantage.> After 47. Bc2 Qe1+ 48. Qg1 Qxg1 49. Kxg1 Bb6+ wins the rook.      Dec-16-23 Tal vs Koblents, 1957    phileasfogg: Why not 21...Ng6? The knight would stop the check on h8, attack the f4 Bishop which is pinned to the Queen, forcing a trade. Then white has to either trade Queens, or the Queen will be forced off of the h file What am I missing? (No engine consulted).      Jan-19-23 D Guigonis vs D Tyomkin, 1997    phileasfogg: Why was this a draw? 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ wins the knight. or 44... Kh7 45. Qxf7+ Kh8 46. Qf6+ wins the knight. Maybe a time scramble?      Jan-12-23 Golombek vs P Puig Pulido, 1962   phileasfogg: Golombek uses this game as an illustration of what happens when you don't stick to a clear plan. He annotates the game in his introduction to Keres and Kotov's classic book, "The Art of the Middlegame".      Dec-31-22 Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1920    phileasfogg: <Brenin> So let me introduce to you, the one and only Polish pride, And Sergeant Rubinstein's longterm checkmate plan... What would you think if I.....      Dec-31-21 Anand vs K Ninov, 1987   phileasfogg: Hinchliffe, this is Game 2 in Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess, and Anand says that black should take on g4 anyways. In the line he gives, both sides castle queenside, and white ends up somewhat better.      Dec-31-21 A A Webster vs Lautier, 1988   phileasfogg: In the 34. Kh3 line, white can hold off a lttle longer if he plays 36...Qxg5, but he still gets mated. 33...Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 Bg5+ 36. Qxg5 hxg5+ 37. Kh5 g6+ 38. Kxg5 Ne6+ 39. Kg4 Qf5+ 40. Kh4 Qh5# .      Aug-29-21 Bologan vs S Arkhipov, 1995   phileasfogg: 26. Rd1-e1 wins the bishop, and white goes into the endgame with a bishop for a pawn and some weak pawns to attack.      Jul-28-21 A Rico Gonzalez vs Najdorf, 1948   phileasfogg: This game is the first game in the introduction of Daniel King's book "Winning with the Najdorf". It states that this is the first time Miguel Najdorf used this eponymous variation himself. The opponent's name is given a Antonio Rico, and the date is given as 1949, but it's the ...

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