Nov-28-09 W So vs Kamsky, 2009 
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lentil: After 18 ... Raxe8, 19 Rd1 Nxc1 and ...ef, B seems to have a lot of play.
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| | Nov-10-09 Anand vs Leko, 2009
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lentil: If I had any idea what was happening, I would be at least an IM. Basic assessment, though: momentum is more important than mass. (Threats > material). I may spend a few years analyzing this one.
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| | Nov-09-09 J Berry vs Krisfinsson, 1980
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lentil: correspondence games often have such a different 'feel' from otb games...
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| | Nov-04-09 R Robson vs I Popov, 2009
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lentil: 15. Bf4-c7 followed by 17 Bc7-f4 seems like a real waste of time. Was there any point that I cannot perceive?
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| | Oct-22-09 A Planinc vs D Gliksman, 1968
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lentil: 48. Nf5!!, with all of the following king-shepherding checks. This would be a great wednesday puzzle.
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| | Oct-17-09 Korchnoi vs Tolush, 1958
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lentil: Amazing game! If I had been W, after 19. ... Qd8 I would have considered my game to be won, piece down or not, based on the development differential. Tolush does well to survive. 22. ... Nba6 deserves !!, but even after that, Black's solution to the problem of getting his pieces out ...
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| | Oct-16-09 Suttles vs E Guti, 1964
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lentil: Make your opponent uncomfortable by playing his own favorite opening against him. The risk is that he knows how to respond in a way that makes him (i.e., you) most uncomfortable. And that he knows all of the lines better than you do.
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| | Oct-10-09 S Atalik vs G Mohr, 2001
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lentil: Astonishingly great fight! I don't understand it, but...
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| | Oct-10-09 Salov vs Karpov, 1998
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lentil: No marks for me, except perhaps for charity. I am amused though. I did guess that B's previous move was ...Bf6 and did decide that 21. e5 was probably the move, taking advantage of the attack on the B/f6 to gain time to trade off the B/b7. No genius required. I also remembered LPDO, ...
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| | Oct-08-09 Carlsen vs D Jakovenko, 2009
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lentil: ...Nd6 ...Nc5 ...Ne4
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