Nov-21-09 Judit Polgar
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plang: Polgar has always had trouble with Kramnik - 0-10 in classical chess.
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| | Nov-21-09 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960
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plang: Tal had played 6 N1e2 in games 5,7 and 9. The disadvantage of 7..Bd6 was that after 9 Nf4 Black has to exchange his dark-squared bishop as after 9..Bh7 10 Ngh5 is awkward to meet. Geller had played the pawn sacrifice 11 h5..Bh7 12 Qe2 in his draw against Bagirov at the 1960 Soviet ...
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| | Nov-20-09 Piket vs M Gurevich, 1989
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plang: 12..Qe7 was an improvement that makes the variation questionable foe White. McDonald after 15..f4!: " Given one more move White would have expelled the knight from d4 with 16 e3. Then, having defeated or prevented a Black attack at its inception, he could have gone methodically about ...
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| | Nov-18-09 Svidler vs Timman, 1998
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plang: Played in the 13th (last) round; this game was instrumental in Russia finishing first one point ahead of the USA. 13..Nh4 was new; Almasi had played 13..bg4 in game 1 of his first round match with Peng at the 1997 WC tournament at Groningen (game was drawn). 14 Re1?! allowed Black to ...
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| | Nov-17-09 A Galliamova-Ivanchuk vs Rublevsky, 1998
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plang: Rublevsky had introduced 11..Bd6 in this topical line of the Queens Gambit Accepted in his loss to Pelletier at Lucerne 1997. Pelletier had played 12 Re1. 13 a3 was first played by Dreev vs Rublevsky in a speed game at the Presidents Cup at Elista 1998. Bad would have been 15 ...
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| | Nov-14-09 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2009 
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plang: <lost in space: 26...f5 => I don't see how this position can be =
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| | Nov-14-09 Kasparov vs Timman, 1998
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plang: Game 1 of the six game match that was supposed to be a warm-up for the Kasparov - Shirov championship match. However, at the pre-match press conference on September 7 it was announced that the WC match had been cancelled. 7..e6 is a line that favored by Miles that allows Black to ...
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| | Nov-13-09 Carlsen vs Ponomariov, 2009
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plang: <HeMateMe: Carlsen is now one point out of first place? Lets see, he has to win with black, and Kramnik has to lose, for there to be a tie for first...> In this case Ivanchuk would win outright. Carlsen has no path to first.
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| | Nov-13-09 Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960
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plang: <Tal himself never made excuses of his health, he maintained that Botvinnik played better than him in the return match> Most competitors, unlike many fans, are good sportsman who appreciate the competition. They give their best effort and if it is not goos enough they ...
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| | Nov-12-09 Tal Memorial (2009)
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plang: <people dont seem to not understand Kasparov IS NOT carlsens second in tournaments or in matches!!!.> Being a second or a coach are both valuable functions but maybe people are overestimating the impact. Carlsen is still making all the moves.
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