Frankly has kibitzed 77 times to chessgames   [less...]

Apr-07-09 J Mieses vs Breyer, 1914    Frankly: What seemed simpler, and also appears to win as well, was ...Rd2 33. Rc2 (forced); Rxc2+ and then Kxc2 (lest rook for queen) and then Qxc3+, after which mate too. Anything wrong with that?      Mar-05-09 Steinitz vs Schlechter, 1898    Frankly: Is there any difference between Rd6 Qe6 and Rf6 Qe6? If not, then I'm content. If there is, please explain why Rf6 works but Rd6 not.      Mar-03-09 Kolisch vs S F Loyd, 1867    Frankly: This was definitely much easier than yesterday. But who would, in an important game, not have spent at least 10 minutes just making sure there was no escape from Rf3 before throwing away the Queen?      Feb-25-09 Mason vs Teichmann, 1894    Frankly: My line started ...Qd3 24. Bd1 or Bb3. Thereafter in all continuations I could see, Black gained an advantage, but I was sure this could not be what was intended by the puzzle as 'the solution' merely because Qd3 looks pretty because BxQ would be daft.      Jan-21-09 Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987    Frankly: I seldom brag about 'nanoseconds' (mainly because it's daft, and also, to be honest, because seldom true for me). But this was true nanosecond stuff, for two reasons: the Queen sac on f7 looked like a puzzle solution, was in fact crying out to be a puzzle solution, and the forced ...      Oct-03-08 Forintos vs V Tomovic, 1957    Frankly: Yeah, ok, guys, *blush*, better to work it out properly first than to post the question too precipitately! Apologies for 37 Bxg6      Sep-29-08 A Planinc vs K Hulak, 1977    Frankly: As often in these puzzles, I am left wondering whether White actually played 55.Rxe1, or whether it was just included in the score (official or Chessgames.com version) to complete the mate. 1977 is a bit late for the gentleman's method of allowing the opponent to play out his pretty      Sep-16-08 Leko vs Radjabov, 2006    Frankly: The wild goose chase with Kh5 or Kf5 ate up 30 minutes of my time, and then I even tried things like Qa8, which also does not work, and gave up. For some reason, I discarded the Nf6 line after not really pursuing it even a tenth as zealously as the Rxh7 lines. I suppose it's got ...      Sep-10-08 Petrosian vs A Matanovic, 1959    Frankly: Well, it seems I should feel okay about it. I settled on Nb6, although I did not 'see' the whole (unforced) line played in the game. Nb6 appeared to give the best advantage of all moves. Nice exercise for "find the best move for White", since it's not all bash, boom, bang. But, as I      Sep-09-08 I Rogers vs R Kuijf, 1989    Frankly: I must say, I prefer all continuations in the Nxf6 line for White. Black either gets mated, or loses lots of material, or ends up looking very bad, whereas the game continuation, yes with a pretty temporary Queen sac, gives White the exchange in a depleted game that might well end ...      Aug-08-08 Geller vs Keres, 1973     Jul-21-08 Iverhov vs Ilianako, 1957     Jul-16-08 W N Watson vs P Thipsay, 1985     Jun-03-08 J Perlis vs Vidmar, 1907     Apr-24-08 Ponomariov vs Tomashevsky, 2007     Apr-07-08 Albin vs O Bernstein, 1904     Mar-28-08 Polugaevsky vs Averbakh, 1961     Mar-30-06 S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005     Mar-17-06 Korchnoi vs E Paoli, 1965     Mar-02-06 S Khodzhibekov vs Korchnoi, 1956     Feb-16-06 Dreev vs Sveshnikov, 1998     Feb-16-06 J Sena vs T Palmer, 1990     Feb-02-06 Adams vs S Agdestein, 1994     Jan-12-06 Larsen vs E Nievergelt, 1954     Jan-07-06 Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992     Jan-06-06 Topalov vs Bareev, 2002     Jan-03-06 Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923     Jan-01-06 Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935     Dec-30-05 Motylev vs Bareev, 2005     Dec-23-05 Bareev vs S Volkov, 2005    Dec-21-05 Bacrot vs Fressinet, 2002     Dec-21-05 Pachman vs G Gunnarsson, 1967     Dec-20-05 E Nemeth vs Chess Tiger, 2001     Dec-20-05 Gelfand vs Dreev, 1993     Dec-20-05 Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939     Dec-19-05 Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1926     Dec-16-05 A Moiseenko vs Potkin, 2003     Dec-16-05 Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1899     Dec-12-05 Tseitlin vs E Dizdarevic, 1999     Dec-12-05 Sakaev vs Kamsky, 2005    Dec-12-05 Van Wely vs F Vallejo Pons, 2005    Dec-08-05 C Hartlaub vs Testa, 1912     Dec-07-05 Panno vs J M Aitken, 1958     Dec-02-05 G Minchev vs K Kolev, 1991     Nov-28-05 Gelfand vs W Kobese, 2005     Nov-27-05 Velimirovic vs J Fridjonsson, 1974     Nov-23-05 Szabo vs K Langeweg, 1964     Nov-21-05 E Diemer vs Portz, 1948     Nov-17-05 Flohr vs D Rovner, 1950     Nov-16-05 Azmaiparashvili vs Shirov, 1990     Nov-14-05 Tarrasch vs A Mannheimer, 1880     Nov-13-05 A Planinc vs Lombardy, 1974     Nov-07-05 J Murey vs E Mortensen, 1982     Nov-05-05 Ragozin vs Veresov, 1945     Nov-04-05 Bronstein vs Geller, 1955     Oct-16-05 H Rossetto vs R Cardoso, 1958     Sep-20-05 N Popova vs T Zaitseva, 1974     Sep-02-05 E Walther vs Tal, 1959     Aug-31-05 Nunn vs J A Sutton, 1984     Aug-21-05 G Ravinsky vs G Ilivitsky, 1952     Aug-08-05 P Nikolic vs Timoshenko, 1990     Jun-27-05 Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968     Jun-20-05 E Tate vs R Mandl, 1987     Jun-18-05 K Erdeky vs Torre, 1924     Jun-05-05 R Reynolds vs Nunn, 1987     Jun-04-05 E Torre vs Unzicker, 1981     Jun-03-05 Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1986     Apr-02-05 P Jaracz vs Krasenkow, 2001

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