Catenaccio has kibitzed 18 times to chessgames   [more...]

Apr-03-09 O Zigura vs P Martinez, 2001   Catenaccio: How about 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxh3 and black is a pawn up. The rest would have been a piece of cake for Martinez, the master of chess problems.      Apr-10-08 M Rohde vs I Rogers, 1982    Catenaccio: I restarted playing the chessgames-puzzles since I desperately need tactical training. So I decided to play them against Fritz with an half hour each. That helps to eliminate the whole "did I actually see this move when I started?" question and the time pressure is not a bad ...      Sep-29-06 Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match (2006)    Catenaccio: If they do not finish this match, I would consider the WC-title vacant and to be picked up in the next WC-tournament. I even would strongly consider excluding them both from that tournament.      Apr-28-06 R Mamedov vs D Shengelia, 2001    Catenaccio: I solved my first friday: either I am getting better or Chessgames is still making up for the tough start of the week      Apr-09-06 Kamsky vs P Wolff, 1991    Catenaccio: Sorry, forget my comment earlier, I played it without noticing the pawn on b2! A whole different game!      Apr-04-06 Delchev vs B Chatalbashev, 2001    Catenaccio: <dzechiel: An interesting problem. Not only is it the best move, it's the only move to avoid a draw> exactly, black has to defend the pawn, so there is just one move. I think this would even be too easy for Mondays, since you are forced to find the solution by the logic of ...      Mar-30-06 S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005    Catenaccio: <durnstein: Best for Black, I think, is: 18 ...... Qd8 19 Qh6 Bf6 20 Bxf6 Qxf6 21 QxQ g7xf6 22 Rxf7> correct me if I'm wrong 19. Rxe7! Qxe7 20. Qh6 Qf6 21. Bxf6 and mate in one      Mar-21-06 Najdorf vs Stahlberg, 1941    Catenaccio: I have to this as failed for me, I did see everything but sacking the black rook on move is definitly wrong. I didn't even see the Knight being threatend.      Mar-20-06 Z Almasi vs A David, 2005    Catenaccio: <Anyone has ideas about how many ELOs each day is worth? I'd say mondays are worth 1200...> I am acutally testing it together with a friend by trying each day and evaluating it with ELO. If we win, our ELO raises, if we loose, the day becomes a better rating. I started with      Mar-07-06 Polugaevsky vs Gulko, 1975    Catenaccio: <How to classify this problem? I would say it would come under the heading of, "destroying the defender," but maybe some might not agree with this.> I would classify it as "How to win a rook", since the best way to continue for black would be, as far as I can see: 28. ... ...

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