Oct-30-09 48th World Junior Championship (2009) 
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GBKnight: <Howell looks cooked after 17 f6>
The coverage seems to be blocked after 17 f6 in Vachier-Lagrave - Howell. Surely it is not that bad that he has resigned? Has anybody seen any further moves?
Thanks
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| | Aug-14-09 Nigel Short
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GBKnight: Is it really within the rules to make those sort of comments to a journalist during a game?
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| | Aug-07-09 British Championship (2009)
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GBKnight: Another very interesting championship, with Howell a worthy winner with 9/11. However, Williams and Hebden shared 2nd place with 8.5/11, which would have been good enough for 1st place in many previous years. This was a great result for Williams, who beat Hebden, Jones, and Gordon,
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| | Apr-16-09 4th FIDE Grand Prix (2009)
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GBKnight: What a superb grind from Aronian!
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| | Mar-01-09 French, Tarrasch (C03)
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GBKnight: 3Nd2 against the French tends to limit black's options to unbalance the game. He can either play 3...Nf6, which tends to give white chances for an edge after 4e5, or play 3...c5, which was Kamsky's choice against Topalov recently, and which often leads to an IQP position for black,
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| | Feb-23-09 Topalov-Kamsky Match (2009)
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GBKnight: <Jim Bartle : Kamsky just collapsed after Nb4; Topalov didn't do anything special. Am I right?> That would be my assessment as well. Can't blame him for taking the pawn, but this type of game is hardly one we will look back on as world championship level, should it prove to ...
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| | Dec-29-08 Topalov vs Short, 1996
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GBKnight: Well, with black doubling rooks on the e-file white needed the king to add protection on the e-file. Specifically, without Kf1 white would not have been able to play 37 Bd3 to free his position
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| | Dec-29-08 Vladimir Kramnik
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GBKnight: What is the big deal? Karpov at his peak was a better player than Kramnik at his peak. I don't think that is in doubt. Should Kramnik somehow be ashamed of that? Of course Karpov was likely to have a higher win percentage or whatever. That is no reason to berate Kramnik. Get some ...
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| | Dec-20-08 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2008)
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GBKnight: Credit to Topalov for an efficient clean-up, but I have to say Svidler's play looked decidedly poor - he played b3, then recaptured on b3 with the knight, leaving a backward c-pawn, which Topalov captured a few moves later. If 11 Ra2 was the best he could do then white's position ...
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| | Nov-19-08 Ivanchuk vs Naiditsch, 2008
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GBKnight: An epic game, some might say torture. It seems black defended well, and there was a danger white might overpress in trying to win. Black's 58..Ra8 and 59..Rxa6 was well timed.
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