underdoggum has kibitzed 27 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jan-02-08 Loyd vs S Rosenthal, 1867    underdoggum: Sam Rosenthal, some of you might recall, was the central inspiration for David Shenk's "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess," as Rosenthal was something of an immediate relative      Dec-26-07 Spassky vs Larsen, 1970    underdoggum: wait, why not 14.Bxd8? there be a bishop fork      Dec-09-07 Carlsen vs Kamsky, 2007    underdoggum: my money's on kamsky      Dec-02-07 A Thomas vs Aitken, 1939    underdoggum: after 54. Bxd6, black's b-pawn will definitely queen      Nov-02-07 Alekhine vs L Asztalos, 1927    underdoggum: apparently, chessgames.com recycles puzzles =/      Nov-02-07 T Rantanen vs V Johansson, 2007    underdoggum: my guess is that black doesn't want Rxe6 followed up by the rook keeping the king on the 8th rank and stopping use of black's h8 rook      Oct-18-07 Chigorin vs Gunsberg, 1890    underdoggum: wait, i meant 10. Bxf7+ -- after the black bishop relatively pins white      Oct-06-07 Dodge vs J R Houghteling, 1904    underdoggum: this game is crazy. the final position has every black knight and bishop protecting each other!      Oct-04-07 M Cardinali vs Zsofia Polgar, 1989    underdoggum: what if 30. Qe7 ...Qxe7 31.Nxe7+ ...Kg7 instead? then after white takes the bishop, black can do Rf7 and have an effective pin once his b8 rook moves to f8 is that a stable pin?      Sep-28-07 The World vs G Timmerman, 2007    underdoggum: why on earth did so many vote for Qa3? it puts the queen on a terrible diagonal; it neglects the importance of development in openings; is it trying to prepare for a fianchetto? if so, the bishop would rather not be on that diagonal because of the opposition of the other king's ...

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