GrandMaesterPycelle has kibitzed 78 times to chessgames   [less...]

Nov-25-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024    GrandMaesterPycelle: <Mathematicar: This match is a joke. World's #5 and #23 cannot play for the crown of Steinitz> Ah, yes, perhaps they should do what Steinitz and Zukertort did and wait for Carlsen to die.      Jan-30-20 Topalov vs P L Basso, 2020    GrandMaesterPycelle: the fact that black could have maintained equality with some more precise play cannot possibly translate to Topalov escaping with an undeserved win.      Jan-21-20 Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560    GrandMaesterPycelle: I read an article (on chess.com I think) explaining that f6 was an important defence before the rules regarding how the queen moves changed. This is why Damiano devoted time to it and probably the point of such example-games from Greco - to demonstrate why it is a poor ...      Nov-06-19 Nakamura vs Topalov, 2019    GrandMaesterPycelle: black has already played pretty poorly, but 19.c4 and 20. b5 are truly patzer-like - Topalov is attacking on the kingside and Nakamura decides to block the rest of the board to assist the opponent.      Sep-16-19 Nisipeanu vs Nakamura, 2019    GrandMaesterPycelle: Nisipeanu had not prepared this, according to both what he said and his use of time during the game. It was Nakamura who was playing instantly every move up to e5. I think e5 made sense if he had first played c3 (don't remember why) and possibly in a line after Qa5, so ...      Sep-23-18 Achilleas Mitsakos   GrandMaesterPycelle: Achilleas Mitsakos passed away on September 16, 2018      Apr-20-18 Morphy vs T Barnes, 1859    GrandMaesterPycelle: <Eusopp: Hi, Can anyone tell me if this variation is correct: 29. bxa4 Nxe1 30.Kf1> After Nxg2 Kxg2, the material is equal and you have 5 isolated pawns. So no, not the greatest idea.      Jan-07-18 Gligoric vs Taimanov, 1970    GrandMaesterPycelle: <When Taimanov first visited the USA he did not know the English word <piano> and he referred to it as <big-pela you bang him white teeth he happy you bang him black teeth he sad.> Everyone knew what he meant> Nice story, though it collapses around ...      Dec-18-17 I Marini vs C J Bet, 1972    GrandMaesterPycelle: How do you play 26...Rexf3?? in a correspondence game?      Dec-02-17 A Konstantinopolsky vs J Banas, 1983    GrandMaesterPycelle: Is he, though? Pretty much all he seems to do is endlessly whine about puns with a remarkably unjustified fury, like some sort of dark chess Don Quixote de la Patzer. So I get "known", but respect should probably be a little pricier.      Nov-25-17 FIDE Grand Prix Mallorca (2017)     Oct-03-17 James Tarjan     Sep-25-17 Isle of Man Masters (2017)     Sep-25-17 J Tarjan vs Kramnik, 2017     Sep-16-17 O Seuss vs H Hurme, 1969     Jun-16-17 Topalov vs Kasparov, 1994     Jan-31-17 B Ider vs Y Hou, 2017     Nov-20-16 Kryvoruchko vs E Romanov, 2015     Nov-12-16 Topalov vs Caruana, 2016     Oct-24-16 J Polgar vs J Costa, 1987     Oct-03-16 A Bisguier vs Miles, 1973     Sep-04-16 S Tsolakidou vs Y Shvayger, 2016     Jul-19-16 M Bartel vs Nepomniachtchi, 2015     Jun-10-16 Bronstein vs Miles, 1975     Jun-08-16 Bogdan Lalic     May-05-16 Burn vs Alekhine, 1911     Apr-11-16 Giulio Cesare Polerio     Jan-30-16 Anand vs A Demuth, 2016     Jan-24-16 Taubenhaus vs Schlechter, 1903    Jan-12-16 W Henneberger vs A Nimzowitsch, 1931     Dec-20-15 B Firat vs Y Hou, 2015    Dec-02-15 S Halkias vs Timman, 2006    Nov-23-15 Stavroula Tsolakidou     Nov-07-15 So vs Ding Liren, 2015     Oct-06-15 M Zumsande vs Timman, 2015    Jun-20-15 Veselin Topalov     Apr-25-15 R Mamedov vs Caruana, 2015    Jan-01-15 Zarcula vs Calugaru, 1965    Dec-13-14 E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948     Dec-07-14 T Ernst vs F Hellers, 1986     Dec-03-14 Giri vs N Grandelius, 2014     Nov-26-14 N Grandelius vs K Nuri, 2014    Nov-08-14 G Castaneda vs Jobava, 1998     Oct-23-14 Anton Ritzen    Oct-19-14 H Ni vs Le Quang Liem, 2012     Sep-01-14 Topalov vs Caruana, 2014     Aug-22-14 Kiss vs Tibor, 1973     Aug-11-14 Garry Kasparov     May-27-14 Topalov vs Sasikiran, 2000     May-26-14 Jobava vs Q Ma, 2012     Apr-30-14 L Hazai vs Sax, 1971     Apr-27-14 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2014     Apr-24-14 M Subaric vs P Trifunovic, 1946     Dec-21-13 Chigorin vs Salwe, 1906    Nov-03-13 Karpov vs Topalov, 1994     Nov-01-13 Cap D'Agde (2013)     Nov-01-13 B Vladimirov vs Simagin, 1963     Oct-28-13 N Maisuradze vs Karpov, 2013     Oct-05-13 J N Sugden vs Keene, 1963     Oct-05-13 Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2013     Sep-27-13 M Bartel vs T Markowski, 2012     Sep-25-13 Robatsch vs T van Scheltinga, 1963     Sep-21-13 Keene vs M Basman, 1963     Sep-19-13 Kholmov vs Tal, 1963     Sep-11-13 Azmaiparashvili vs Kramnik, 1992     Sep-03-13 Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892     Aug-18-13 Shirov vs V Malaniuk, 1989     Aug-03-13 A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914     Jul-31-13 Spassky vs J Marsalek, 1960     Jul-26-13 Gheorghiu vs S Momo, 1962     Jul-17-13 Topalov vs Morozevich, 2013     Jul-12-13 Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961     Jul-10-13 A Lukin vs T Khasanov, 1983     Jul-04-13 Reshevsky vs Gligoric, 1952

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