User Profile: AgentRgent

AgentRgent
Member since Sep-30-02

I've been playing for many years, but only seriously for about 9. I prefer positional play and some of my favorite players are Reti, Petrosian, Smyslov, Karpov, Larsen, Vaganian and The Master: Aron Nimzowitsch.

My favorite active player is Vladimir Kramnik.

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   AgentRgent has kibitzed 4708 times to chessgames [more...]

   Nov-19-09 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2009

AgentRgent: <Atking: Why not 29.Be6> Nice find, but after <29...QxQ 30.fxQ> 30...Ba5 looks better; although white still likely holds.

   Nov-17-09 Battle of the Brains 3, 2009
   Nov-13-09 Tal Memorial (2009)

AgentRgent: <Rolfo: True. Kramnik would have made it if he held against Anand in Mexico and following rematch> He did "hold" Anand in Mexico, although admittedly not in the Championship match.

   Nov-11-09 Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009

AgentRgent: Hopefully g4 is as effective now as earlier, wish I could stay to see the finish... Go Kramnik!!

   Nov-11-09 Carlsen vs Anand, 2009

AgentRgent: <Chessgames> If they draw, could we have Kramnik-Ponomariov?

   Nov-10-09 Gelfand vs Kramnik, 2009

AgentRgent: <meth0dSNK> Just because many great chess players were obnoxious jerks, doesn't mean that if you're an obnoxious jerk you're a great chess player... Why don't you dial down your non-chess comments and just let your knowledge of chess do the talking, OK?

   Sep-29-09 Kenneth Rogoff

AgentRgent: <Keith Dow: One tortures humans and the other tortures ideas!> Hmm it's a tough call which is which...

   Sep-26-09 Short vs Efimenko, 2009

AgentRgent: Oddly enough, I had exactly the same position after 48. Ra4 (albeit with colors reversed), occur in a game of mine just a couple of days ago.

   Aug-26-09 Kasparov-Kramnik World Championship Match (2000)

AgentRgent: <shach matov: Unfortunately you do not understand the concept of honor.> I think it is you who does not understand. Before the match both Kasparov and Kramnik stated that a rematch clause would be wrong and that ANY challenger should be determined by some form of qualifier.

   Aug-26-09 Vasily Smyslov

AgentRgent: <VaselineTopLove: Why didn't they invite Smyslov to the Zurich congregation? Was he considered too old or too weak a player or is he not in good health?> I don't think it's that he's too weak. Last I heard he was still a very strong player even for his age. This probably ...

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Feb-15-07		shr0pshire: <AgentRgent> There is none on my part either. :) I was miffed that the draw wasn't accepted in a friendly game. Instead it seems like some people were out for blood which is too bad.

Feb-20-07		AgentRgent: <shr0pshire: Instead it seems like some people were out for blood which is too bad.> Honestly most people just felt there was no sense accepting until your team proved the draw, since we had 0 chance of losing. I'm afraid it was your comment about the draw that stirred up most of the ire. No matter though, all in all you and your team played an excellent game and took excellent advantage of our team's over-reliance on Rybka.

Feb-28-07		refutor: <agentrgent> just started up a correspondence game (as black) and unleashed 1.g4 Nf6!? 2.g5 Ng8?! will let you know how it turns out

Feb-28-07		AgentRgent: <refutor: <agentrgent> just started up a correspondence game (as black) and unleashed 1.g4 Nf6!? 2.g5 Ng8?! will let you know how it turns out> Bravo! Is it on Gameknot? I'd be interested in following it...

Feb-28-07		refutor: queenalice ;)

Mar-05-07		suenteus po 147: <AgentRgent> Would you be interested in filling a spot on GameKnot for a chessgames.com kibitzers-only invitational tournament?: http://gameknot.com/mt.pl?id=20338 Please drop a post in my chessforum if you're interested.

Jun-19-07		chessamateur: [Event "Chessgames.com April 2007 Invitational"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=713..."] [Date "2007.04.05-2007.06.18"] [Round "-"] [White "b00e00n00"] [Black "agentrgent"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1354"] [BlackElo "1593"] [TimeControl "7d+3d<10d"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 bxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 d6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Nd7 16. Re8+ Bf8 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nxd6 Rxe8 19. Nxe8 Bxd5 20. Ne5 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qd2 Qf5 23. h3 Bxa2 24. Nd7 Bg7 25. Be3 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Qxb2 27. Qa5 h6 28. Bxc5 Be6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Nf8+ Bxf8 31. Qxf8 Qe5+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Be3 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 g5 35. h4 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 Despite a fair amount of piece exchanging I still felt this was an interesting game. The game had some lively middle and endgame variations. However in the final position the agreement to a draw was quite logical. I agree with you, I don't see a way for black to avoid trading Queens either because of the mate threats. In addition, the reduction of the kingside pawns to two and two eliminates any hope of a win for Black in the opposite colored bishop endgame. Good luck in the rest of the tournament. click for larger view

Jun-19-07		AgentRgent: <chessamateur: Good luck in the rest of the tournament. > Luck has no place at the chessboard. ;-)

Jun-19-07		AgentRgent: After a closer look it seems to me that 24...Be7!? may have been my last chance to retain an advantage. I don't have any good engines so i'll leave more definitive analysis to others.

Jun-24-07		chessamateur: <AgentRgent> A quick analysis by CM10 agrees, Be7 is the last chance for an advantage. I'll have to look at the game some more when I get a chance.

Jun-26-07		AgentRgent: Yeah it looks like 24...Bg7 loses the advantage because 26...Qxb2 is forced to prevent Qb8+ and after 27. Qa5 the back rank threats force the loss of the c pawn. Honestly though I don't see a clear win after 24...Be7 either.

Feb-08-08		suenteus po 147: <AgentRgent> Thanks for the great game. Can't say I look forward to our rematch, since you show a bit of Nimzowitsch's creativity and more than a bit of Petrosian's precision in the endgame. Perhaps I will have to play a bit more like Tal!

Feb-08-08		AgentRgent: <suenteus po 147> Thanks to you as well. I was surprised you resisted transposing to a more conventional Sicilian when I gave you the opportunity. As I'm not really a Sicilian player by nature, I thought you might have been able to press your 1st move advantage a bit more. Though I stand by my maxim... "I consider the Sicilian to be a refutation of 1. e4 on positional grounds." As for my endgame, I am rather proud of my play, although it was the middlegame tactical sequence that I feel won me the game.. That's probably the best I'm capable of at my current skill level, and it made a huge difference in the game. Additionally, I really have found my endgame skills have improved a great deal analyzing a lot of Kramnik's games. I look forward to an exciting rematch.

Feb-09-08		A.G. Argent: <AgentRgent> Sir, I feel the need to inform you that the similarities between our user names is extremely coincidental and that I was in no way, shape or form trying to exploit, plagarize, rip-off or imitate. This is an alias e-mail address I've had for years. I see that you have been a member a great deal longer than I and even though I've been playing chess most of my life, I'm a ChessGames rookie, relatively speaking, and defer to your seniority and thousands of posts. I write this now because I just recently saw a post of yours for the first time and went to your forum and thought "uh-oh, maybe better clarify a bit" because the names are so similar but........could be you hadn't even noticed my periodic nosings about. In any event, sorry. I doubt the accidental likeness would lead to any confusion anyway. I ain't got the analytical prowess you do, I'm just a chess junkie in a cardboard box who, within this site, likes to watch, listen, admire, marvel and pipe up once in a while with my cheap two cents. Again, sorry. ( And if you ain't a "sir" but a "maam", again with the uh-oh.)

Feb-10-08		AgentRgent: <A.G. Argent> No worries, I don't think people will really confuse the two names. Especially since a great many people think my name is AgentREgent anyway! ;-)

Nov-28-08		keypusher: By the way, I just finished my last game from the April 2007 GN tournament, and noticed you wound up with 15 points out of 20. Congratulations on a great performance!

Dec-28-08		chancho: A little late I know, but Happy Holidays AgentRgent.

Jan-09-09		AgentRgent: I just had a neat position come up in a blitz game... Not terribly difficult but I felt good that I found it quickly. click for larger view Black to move.

Jan-18-09		AnalyzeThis: Well, my friend AgentRgent, you prefer positional play, I prefer tactical. I was intrigued by your position, and suppose that you enjoyed playing the move ....Rd2+. However, among the other winning methods available, I find ...Ba3 to be the most amusing and interesting. For example, 1...Ba3 2. Qxh8 Qb5+ has a sense of justice about it, with the queen having vacated control over b5. click for larger view

Feb-10-09		AgentRgent: Another interesting position from a blitz game: click for larger view White to move (with just over a minute on the clock)...

Feb-11-09		Ziggurat: rb6+?

Feb-11-09		AgentRgent: Yep, Rb6+ is the move. My opponent, perhaps taken aback by the move, as well as time trouble of his own, let me finish the game with a nice flair.. 1. Rb6+ Kg5 (Kf5 holds out longer) 2. h4+ Kg4 3. Bd1! click for larger view

Jun-23-09		Thrajin: <AgentRgent>, as you may know, we've recently put together a team, on gameknot, that consists solely of chessgames.com members. Your name came up in a recent conversation I had with Brankat, and we both agree you'd be a strong member of our team, should you agree to join. We've put together a solid team, with people like <brankat>, <blacksburg>, <warmasterkron>, <ganstaman>, <ketchuplover>, and <nakosonorense>. If you want to join, go here: http://gameknot.com/team.pl?id=1374 and click the join team link to sign up. Then I'll accept your request to join and that's all there is to it. James (a.k.a. thrajin)

Jun-24-09		brankat: Welcome to the Team!

Jul-10-09		jessicafischerqueen: <AgentRgent> Well that was a truly beautiful game <GM Kramnik> played yesterday. He left no doubt- no doubt whatsoever. Seemingly out of nowhere he brought down <Carlsen's> position = an ensuing king hunt and mating net in which <Carlsen> would have had to give up his Queen for a Rook and a minor piece in order to prevent it. I have spent several hours this morning with my chess engine already trying to figure out the complexities of the Middle game to the Finish. Ok then thanks for your patience. Impossible not to be thrilled by <GM Kramnik's> play in this case.

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