rokirovka has kibitzed 3 times to chessgames

May-14-10 Timman vs Smyslov, 1979    rokirovka: The game is annotated in Kasparov's _My Great Predecessors_ series. One chance for White not mentioned by Kasparov is 36.Rg6. To me this is the natural reply to 35...h6: keep attacking the h-pawn with the rook. Kasparov notes that a move earlier 35...b4 36.Rxh7 Rb5 37.g4 favors ...      May-11-10 Kramnik vs Nunn, 1994    rokirovka: Seeing how the kingside collapsed after 30...fxe5, the obvious question is what about 30...dxe5? An example line I analyzed is 31.Ne4 Bxf2 32.Rxf2 Qd4 (trying to trade queens or at least have the queen help out in the defense) 33.Qe2 Nc5 (again trying to trade or defend) 34.Nd6 ...      Apr-01-09 Lilienthal vs Smyslov, 1946    rokirovka: In the final position, can't Smyslov still stop the e-pawn with 60...Bb2 61.e6 Bf6 ? If White then plays 62.Ne4+, Black has 62...Kf5 63.Nxf6 Kxe6! Take the pawn, not the knight! Then, whether or not White plays 64.Nxh7 Kf5 or retreats the knight, I don't see how he can save his ...

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