schizoidman has kibitzed 48 times to chessgames   [more...]

May-25-24 M Basman vs A Balshan, 1980   schizoidman: The mating combination was there starting on move 31. Black almost forced him to find it.      May-14-24 M Golubev vs R Rabiega, 1993    schizoidman: Doesn't 28. Re6 also work? It threatens 29. Qh8++. Black can delay the mate with Rf6 by one move. Only the queen sac for the Bishop stops the quick mate.      Apr-19-23 Tal vs Benko, 1959   schizoidman: AlicesKnight, it is mate in two if the queen interposes too. Since now the Queen is pinned, 2.Qf7++      Oct-24-22 R Vera vs G Garcia, 1992    schizoidman: I considered the 1.Ng8+ as well but considered 2.Bxg7+ followed by 3.Kxc2 with two Knights, a Bishop, and a Rook for the Queen.      Dec-04-20 M Hennigan vs R Berzinsh, 2009    schizoidman: The knight sacrifice ties white in knots trying to keep it. He would have been better off giving it back with Nxb7 maybe?      Sep-14-20 Adianto vs A Yusupov, 1983    schizoidman: 31.Bg2?? such a blunder from a GM. 31.Qxg3 and black gets his piece back and the game continues.      Jun-02-20 A Montalvo vs D Laylo, 2010   schizoidman: <wordfunph> White has pawns hanging on c4, f3 and g4. He cannot save them all. He chose to save his c-pawn (bishop guards it). But 20.Nd4 looks better at first glance since it guards the c and f pawns and attacks black's e-pawn. Now if black takes the g-pawn, 21.Kg3 d5 ...      Jun-01-20 Motylev vs D Laylo, 2005   schizoidman: <al wazir> I ran a computer analysis of the position and after 62.a7 black responds with Nxa7 63.Bxa7 d3 and white must sacrifice his white square bishop when the d-pawn queens. According to the engine, white's best is 61.Be5 d3 62.Bc3 Na7 63.Bd2 Rb1 64.Kc4 Ra1 with ...      May-05-20 I Zenyuk vs S Foisor, 2009   schizoidman: 45. ...Ng4 and it is mate next move.      Feb-05-20 K Petzold vs Dreev, 2008   schizoidman: Why does white sac his knight for 2 pawns on move 19? Black's pawn center is menacing, but the sac seems unnecessarily desperate to me.

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