May-05-13 V Buenermann vs K Mokry, 1998 
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cadwallon: I went for <M.Hassan>'s line but I think I can now see why it doesn't work, as after <60.........Nxb3
61.Rxb3 Kxa4
62.Rb1 b3
63.Ra1+ Kb4
64.Rxa6 Kc3>
white has
65.Rxd6 b2
66.Rb6 Kc2
67.Nd7 b1=Q
68.Rxb1 Kxb1
69.Nxc6
and black has won the exchange
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| | Jan-27-13 Tradewise Gibraltar (2013)
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cadwallon: <perfidious> My comment seems to have riled you. Be assured that it was never my intention to <mock> or <bash> Kamsky or Ivanchuk (who are indeed very strong players), just to report what had happened, as it seemed it might be of interest.
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| | Jan-20-13 Yifan Hou vs Carlsen, 2013
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cadwallon: <<200 rating points is a huge gap> Closer to 300 actually (in live ratings it's 2868 - 2602).> Yes - is this the biggest rating gap in group A in Tata / Corus history?
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| | Mar-11-12 28th Cappelle-la-Grande (2012)
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cadwallon: Christian Bauer finished a point off the lead. Not bad, though, when you consider he didn't bothering showing up until round 3.
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| | Jan-29-12 Sasikiran vs Yifan Hou, 2012
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cadwallon: Ah, I see. Thanks.
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| | Sep-28-11 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 2011
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cadwallon: <Watson made a lot of stats and concludes that the score is around 50/50%.>
Chessgames endgame explorer concludes that QN has a slight (but I suspect statistically signifcant) edge. But OTOH if QB has an extra pawn, QB dominates.
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| | Sep-04-11 A Moiseenko vs Navara, 2011
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cadwallon: The draw is at move 123, isn't it?
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| | May-19-11 10th Asian Individual Championships (2011)
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cadwallon: HeMateMe, take a look at the ratings of her opponents. She's had a stinker.
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| | May-05-11 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2011
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cadwallon: Kamsky's best strategy may be to switch to Russian nationality, even if only for the duration of the match. Which, if he does that, may not actually be that long.
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| | Apr-08-11 K Haznedaroglu vs J Isaev, 2010
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cadwallon: <Patriot: <<ChessPieceFace>: <Patriot> I went for 20...Rd5 too, with the same aim as you. As you say, white could always play 21.Qg1, but then what? 21...Qh1 22.Qxh1 Rxh1#, right?>
Yes if white played 22.Qxh1 that would be a major mistake. So perhaps 22.Ne4 to
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