razetime has kibitzed 40 times to chessgames   [more...]

Feb-22-17 Mecking vs Hort, 1970    razetime: White had a slight edge over black at move 37, but the blunder made the win easier. 37..Qxa4? lost the game clearly. Sometimes snatching pawns may cause serious problems. Although Mecking scored 12.5/23, he was unable to qualify for the world championships due to losses against ...      Feb-22-17 Kasimdzhanov vs Ponomariov, 2007    razetime: I agree with <OhioChessFan>. Rxa7 is the best move. Other variations are slow wins or equal. But Ra1 is inaccurate. better was the game continuation e6 where you get your rook back, with a nice and open king.      Feb-21-17 Alekhine vs L M Hines, 1929   razetime: 18.. Nd6? Was the calamity. Black's weak back rank is exploited by the world champion with 19. Qc7! and the rest is mostly forced. Suddenly, many of black's pieces are forced onto each other, and Alekhine ends the game with two whole passed pawns, to win the game.      Feb-20-17 Lahno vs Kosteniuk, 2007    razetime: Bxg7 Rxg7 Removing the bishop for queen check. Rest is easy: Qb8+ Kf7 Rxg7+ And the king is helplessly thrown into Kf6 Qe5# Rd8 loses material and loses the game for black. Giving way to Qe8 and a few exchanges makes white two whole rooks up.      Feb-20-17 Svidler vs Carlsen, 2006    razetime: Beautifully done game by Svidler. Rxe7!! was beautiful. A move that caused the utter destruction of Carlsen.      Jan-24-17 M Ruderfer vs Stein, 1972    razetime: The position was really hard to hold, but equal at 19. Rhe1. But Rg7?? allowed the beautiful Qxd6+!, and gave black a perfect time to resign.      Jan-20-17 Wei Yi vs A Giri, 2017   razetime: Very interesting game, which underlined the style of both players.      Jan-15-17 D Andreikin vs V Forsberg, 2016    razetime: I found 25. c5! bxc5 26.Qa5+ Kd7 27. Qb5 Rc6 28. Ra3 Rc8 But miscalculated on 30. a4? Oh well.      Jan-14-17 A Maric vs Chiburdanidze, 1993   razetime: Excellent pun, and The problem was Rb7?? Which ruined black's prospects of an at least drawn endgame.      Jan-14-17 Nakamura vs Le Quang Liem, 2015    razetime: I thought so much, yet could not find the "quiet" move d5!! which frees the passed pawn on b4 and wins the game. The final position is absolutely unwinnable. And this is a rapid game! Hikaru probably did all this in 5 minutes!

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