| May-14-10 | | SetNoEscapeOn: The opening chosen by Kamsky in this game gives the impression that he wasn't concerned with getting an opening advantage, he just wanted a position where he could outplay his opponent slowly. He's very, very strong in these types of technical positions. |
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| May-14-10 | | kingsindian2006: the engines like black after the little sac , but by move 19 for black i dont see any clear win unless you play like rybka for rest of the game . |
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| May-14-10 | | MaxxLange: Black seems to have promising compensation at move 19, and White has to make some Rybka moves too. He has a passed h-pawn, from his 3 pawns for a piece sac, centralized Rooks, Queen is on an OK square, centralized Knights, his King seems safe enough. The White pieces seem a bit disorganized and passive. |
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May-15-10
 | | HeMateMe: Very interesting endgame, I havent seen anything like this in the pros before. I have to say it takes large cojones to give up your whole pawn cover in GM chess. kamsky must have a 6th sense in how to defend these positions. |
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| May-15-10 | | MaxxLange: Qe2! and Qc4! pushed Black's Queen to the less aggressive square f5, and improved White's position |
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| May-15-10 | | MaxxLange: Black still had a scary-looking attack after that maneuver, I take back "less aggressive" |
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| May-15-10 | | Eyal: <Kamsky's 16.Nb3 was a clear error, and after 16...Ncxe4! 17.g4 (Maybe Kamsky had missed 17.Rxe4 Bd1!) 17...Bxg4 18.hxg4 Qxg4+ Black had a very dangerous attack. Kamsky's lucky moment came when Robson missed the fantastic 22...Nxf2!! 23.Bxf2 e4, when White would have to work very hard to survive Black's kingside attack. After missing this chance, Robson drifted a little, and Kamsky was able to prove that his piece was more significant than Black's three pawns, and the veteran ground out the win.> (http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/20...) Indeed, after 22...Nxf2 23.Bxf2 e4 White might not be able to survive at all; going over this with an engine, the main line seems to go 24.Re3 (a nice sideline is 24.Nd4 Bh2+! 25.Kxh2 Ng4+ 26.Kh3 [26.Kg3 Qxf2+ 27.Kxg4 Rd6] 26...Rxd4! 27.Qxd4 Ne5+ 28.Kh2 Nf3+ 29.Kg3 Qg6+ 30.Kh3 f5!) 24...Ng4 25.Qe2 Nxf2 26.Nd4 (26.Qxf2 Bh2+) 26...Nh3+ 27.Kh1 Qg4! and the K-side pawns start rolling, one way or another. |
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| May-15-10 | | wordfunph: Robson should have resigned on move 50..
go <DarkNolan>! |
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| May-15-10 | | Marmot PFL: Nobody ever says Kamsky was lucky though, only Nakamura, and that constantly. |
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| May-15-10 | | percyblakeney: <Nobody ever says Kamsky was lucky> Monokroussos just did... |
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May-15-10
 | | sbevan: Good game! |
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| May-15-10 | | James Bowman: @SetNoEscapeOn I agree that style so suites Kamsky, he just nibbles away at you with little inconsequential looking moves until he gets to an end game where he will likely win because he knows how too from there. Too bad we couldn't combine Nakamura's creativity and attacking prowse with Kamsky's middle game transitionend to the end game. I think the best thing that happened to Kasparov was Karpov as that helped the attacker understand positional chess all the more deeply. Kasparov like Fischer has the highest of endgame understanding. I was not initially a Kamsky fan but in his type of game much is to be learned for sure. |
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| May-15-10 | | dmjjmd2: is it me or should Ray hav drawn this? it seemed bg3 was a blunder? |
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| May-17-10 | | Stoned Knight: I can't believe kamsky once played for the world title. Here he is having problems with a child. |
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| May-17-10 | | Riverbeast: <Stoned Knight> What a ridiculous comment Kamsky showed world class technique in this game |
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| May-17-10 | | Jim Bartle: Looked to me like Kamsky handled it clinically. You can't judge how well or poorly someone played by the number of moves it takes to win. |
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| May-23-10 | | JoustingWindmills: Kamsky presents a professional and classy example. Strong, disciplined player. |
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| May-25-10 | | kingfu: Robson is an 1. e4 player. He is an expert in the Sicilian. If I am rated higher and play someone with this profile, I play away from my opponent's knowledge. The KIA is perfect for this scenario. I wish I could play chess as well as this "child." |
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Aug-08-10
 | | GrahamClayton: <HeHateMe>Very interesting endgame, I havent seen anything like this in the pros before. <HeHateMe>,
I agree. Robson can drawm if he exchanges his bishop for the White pawn, but Kamsky cleverly uses his knights to protect the pawn and eventually trap the bishop. |
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| Aug-08-10 | | DarthStapler: How does white win after 62... Ke6? |
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| Aug-08-10 | | DarthStapler: Nevermind, I saw it |
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| Sep-08-10 | | thegoodanarchist: Sure, Robson should have resigned earlier from an etiquette standpoint. However, I don't think anyone can fault him due to the fact that the theme of sacrificing the bishop for the pawn could secure the draw if White is not alert. |
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| Feb-11-11 | | ajile: <SetNoEscapeOn: The opening chosen by Kamsky in this game gives the impression that he wasn't concerned with getting an opening advantage, he just wanted a position where he could outplay his opponent slowly. He's very, very strong in these types of technical positions.> I agree. Kamsky likes solid openings that get him to the middlegame safely. |
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| Feb-11-11 | | sevenseaman: 17...Bxg4? Was it a miscalculation? |
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