User Profile: sfm

sfm
Member since Mar-25-05 · Last seen May-21-13

I was born in Denmark in 1960. From I was 16 to 23 chess was my life, nothing else mattered. Young people with total dedication will learn. So did I. My rating grew to about 2200, and the performance rating in my last participation in the Danish team tournament was 2365. Then, in 1983, I decided to drop the game completely. Chess had become too dominating, too absorbing. Should a man really allow himself to devote so much of his life to chess, a game so limited in itself?
After a hard thinking I said "no", and never participated in another tournament.
But I miss the drama and the excitement, something I never found to the same extent elsewhere. Also, the great feeling of excellence did not return. Finally, there were the many friends you got.

Chess is still a minor addiction, which I fight. No chess software on my PC and online play-chess sites are firewalled.

sfm has kibitzed 1339 times to chessgames [more...]

May-18-13 Staunton vs Von Der Lasa, 1853

sfm: <Irada: After 25. f4, Qh3 26. Qh5, Black has the surprise shot 26. ...Nf3+! 27. Bxf3, Rg8+ 28. Bg4, Qxh5 and Black emerges with a queen for a rook.> Neat! Still, 26.-,Rg8+ is a faster win.

May-13-13 Chigorin vs Davydow, 1874

sfm: Ah, they don't play chess like that any more! A brilliant game, White Muzio-saccing and black trying to get foothold. I don't think 6.-,Qf6 is the best, maybe 6.-,d5. White so cleaverly keeps the attack alive with 15.g4! and 17.h4! and Black does not seem to have any choice but to ...

May-02-13 Pospisil vs Keller, 1984

sfm: <cocker: Why ever didn't Black take the knight on move 20 or 21?> That is IMHO a very good question, and wonder why all the solution-posters usually don't find it interesting to comment on things like this as well. 19.Sxf5!!,exN is of course answered with 20.Nd5 and Black needs ...

May-01-13 V Tukmakov vs Schussler, 1983

sfm: <BishopofBlunder: the continuation after black plays 25...Kg7?> How about 26.Bxf7,Rxf7 27.Ng5 There's a check on h7 to deal with, and it is not that easy, like 27.-,Rh8 28.NxR, with the d7-knight hanging or 27.-,Kf8 28.Qg6 and I think White wins. Couldn't see anything ...

Apr-30-13 Varlam Vepkhvishvili

sfm: These names are not real, but taken from a Russian alcohol test.

Apr-30-13 V Vepkhvishvili vs K Shavgulidze, 1983

sfm: <Phony Benoni> Good luck with your eye operation! I for one will look forward to the return of your quality comments.

Apr-29-13 Nigel Short

sfm: <Andrijadj: Excuse me for any possible insults, but only a complete ignorant can possibly compare Margaret Thatcher and Nazi regime in Germany.> And only one who read posts very superficially could think that anyone did.

Apr-24-13 Letelier vs Fischer, 1960

sfm: "It seems that leading contemporary chess experts are increasingly agreed there are severe deficiencies are being found all the time in Fischer's play" So he was not a perfect chess player? I am so disappointed. :-( But hey! Then he must have been the "least deficient player in his ...

Apr-07-13 Zhao Jun vs Zhou Jianchao, 2012

sfm: <Alphastar: The puzzle is difficult because it involves a few quiet moves that seemingly do very little.> Right! Larsen was once asked about how far he could see ahead in chess games (a common question from people with home-player level). Larsen said: "Precise calculations ...

Mar-23-13 M Reinert vs Z Siklosi, 1986

sfm: Not 19.-,Bxg3? 20.Rf3, threatening both on f7 and g3. But after 19.-,d5! Black stops that option, with tempo.

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