Clement Fraud Member since Nov-24-16 · Last seen Jun-16-25 I live in the United Kingdom; my own playing strength (as ELO gradings might measure it) is roughly between 1500 & 1600; my favorite players are Veselin Topalov, Anatoly Karpov and Viswanathan Anand.

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Jun-03-25 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025    Clement Fraud: Many thanks for your analysis - Sally Simpson: I myself hadn't a clue why Black did not capture the Knight (a seemingly free piece) on move 14 ?????      May-28-25 So vs Aronian, 2025   Clement Fraud: 5... Bb4 isn't very well covered by theory. This is where - after 5... Bg4 - that White still has the option of Bf1-d3 followed by Ng1-e2!? I've no doubt that Aronian would have excellent lines of play prepared versus this option... but I'd still love to see Aronian's new ...      May-16-25 So vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025    Clement Fraud: Vladimir Kramnik seemed to be one of the "few" (one of the very few grandmasters who could play against the Benko Gambit) Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003      May-05-25 Movsesian vs Adams, 2009   Clement Fraud: I've arrived at the conclusion that 13... h6?! was 'too slow' (and the point at which the Black position becomes inferior). 13... Bxc4 (alternatively), and whichever way White recaptures, 14... Rd7 (planning to shuffle the King to c8, followed by Rhd8)!?      Apr-26-25 Short vs Kamsky, 1994   Clement Fraud: <17...f5! It's a lot like the Zaitsev variation.> I reckon that the position achieved by Kamsky, in this game, is much better than the Zaitsev variation: this is because of the better placing of Black's dark square Bishop (on the a7-g1 diagonal). The big question posed ...      Mar-19-25 S Homa vs McShane, 2015    Clement Fraud: I'd never seen this game before. Following a brief analysis, I find myself wondering if 16.Rxf3 was the *wrong* *recapture* ; and that the unorthodox looking 16.gxf3 could have offered White more resistance (!?) The idea of recapturing with the Pawn is to transfer a White Pawn      Mar-12-25 A Suleymanli vs E Vorobiov, 2025   Clement Fraud: This game is similar to a 1991 encounter... between Daniel King and Matthew Sadler D King vs Sadler, 1991 I feel certain that White is better in this line of play - following the retreat of his Bishop (6.Bf1). Tigran Petrosian could probably have obtained better prospects from      Mar-05-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs Wei Yi, 2025    Clement Fraud: Following 21.Rfc1 , 21... d3 appears overwhelming      Feb-10-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs A Sarana, 2025    Clement Fraud: The White Knight on h4 looked hopeless ~ until the piece magically came to life (beginning with 24.Nf5!). From my own perspective (of moderate playing strength), 21... Nb5 looks bad. Black really had no other option than 21... Kh8 IMHO      Dec-09-24 Lautier vs V Zorman, 1985    Clement Fraud: <Everett> 4.Qc2 introduces the possibility of Pawn e2-e4. A game between Nigel Short and Anatoly Kapov demonstrates this possibility Short vs Karpov, 1997      Dec-08-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024)     Dec-08-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024    Dec-05-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024     Oct-14-24 Niemann vs Dominguez Perez, 2024     Apr-29-24 T Pfeifer vs J Polgar, 1988    Apr-07-24 Caruana vs D Gukesh, 2024     Mar-09-24 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1993    Feb-23-24 D Deshmukh vs D Dardha, 2024     Dec-28-23 V Fedoseev vs Carlsen, 2023     Dec-09-23 M A Tabatabaei vs Vitiugov, 2023    Dec-08-23 M Bartel vs M A Tabatabaei, 2023    Dec-05-23 Adams vs M Bartel, 2023     Dec-04-23 M Bartel vs McShane, 2023    Nov-28-23 Niemann vs I Sokolov, 2023     Nov-21-23 N Salimova vs O Kiolbasa, 2023     Oct-30-23 Mamedyarov vs A Rosell, 2023    Oct-17-23 A Tang vs Caruana, 2023    Oct-11-23 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1981     Oct-07-23 Rapport vs Carlsen, 2023     Sep-30-23 T Fodor Jr vs Adams, 2018    Sep-29-23 Ivanchuk vs Lautier, 1992    Apr-16-23 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001     Mar-28-23 P Maghsoodloo vs Carlsen, 2023     Mar-11-23 Tal vs V Akopian, 1992    Feb-06-23 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2023     Jan-24-23 A Erigaisi vs Rapport, 2023     Jan-16-23 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2023     Dec-11-22 Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973     Nov-26-22 Timman vs Short, 1995     Nov-17-22 Ponomariov vs Radjabov, 2003    Nov-14-22 Adams vs G Sargissian, 2022     Nov-11-22 Kramnik vs A Zude, 1995    Nov-07-22 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2022     Nov-05-22 Topalov vs Shirov, 2004    Nov-01-22 Topalov vs Anand, 2010     Oct-28-22 Botvinnik vs Taimanov, 1953     Oct-28-22 Caruana vs Aronian, 2022     Oct-19-22 Vachier-Lagrave vs E Can, 2022    Oct-15-22 Keene vs Tal, 1973    Oct-05-22 K Vo vs Q Guo, 2016    Sep-06-22 Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022     Aug-19-22 Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022    Jul-27-22 Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004     Jul-22-22 M Illescas vs Kramnik, 1993    Jul-19-22 Rapport vs Radjabov, 2022     Jun-28-22 Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi, 2022     Jun-07-22 Anand vs Carlsen, 2022     May-12-22 Ponomariov vs Huebner, 2000     May-06-22 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018     Apr-11-22 Nakamura vs Grischuk, 2018     Apr-09-22 Adams vs Kramnik, 2004    Apr-01-22 Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997     Mar-24-22 A Predke vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022     Mar-24-22 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018     Mar-23-22 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2016    Mar-23-22 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2012    Mar-17-22 Rapport vs D Andreikin, 2022     Mar-14-22 Rapport vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022    Mar-12-22 Karjakin vs Ivanchuk, 2008     Mar-10-22 Karpov vs A Yusupov, 1989    Mar-09-22 A Yusupov vs Hodgson, 1993    Mar-07-22 M Rivas Pastor vs Karpov, 1994     Feb-12-22 Nakamura vs Rapport, 2022     Feb-11-22 A Esipenko vs Nakamura, 2022    Feb-04-22 Short vs M L Chapman, 1983     Jan-29-22 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2022     Jan-27-22 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2022     Jan-26-22 Karjakin vs Rapport, 2022     Jan-24-22 J van Foreest vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022     Jan-22-22 Giri vs Dubov, 2022     Jan-21-22 A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2022    Jan-21-22 D Dardha vs J B Bjerre, 2022     Jan-21-22 Mamedyarov vs Duda, 2022     Jan-20-22 Karjakin vs Giri, 2022     Jan-15-22 Tata Steel Masters (2022)     Dec-27-21 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974     Dec-27-21 Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1961     Dec-25-21 Karjakin vs Mamedyarov, 2021     Dec-20-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021     Dec-18-21 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2021     Dec-10-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021     Dec-07-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021     Dec-06-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021     Dec-03-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021     Dec-01-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021     Nov-30-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021     Nov-29-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021     Nov-27-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021     Nov-26-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021     Nov-25-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021)     Nov-18-21 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992     Nov-16-21 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018    Nov-05-21 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018     Jun-28-21 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018    Jun-15-21 Caruana vs Mamedyarov, 2021     May-09-21 Giri vs Kramnik, 2016    Apr-21-21 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021     Apr-16-21 Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2020    Mar-31-21 Anand vs Topalov, 2010    Feb-17-21 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990     Feb-16-21 W Hartston vs Miles, 1973     Feb-13-21 Timoshenko vs M Mrva, 1994    Feb-13-21 Timman vs Karpov, 1988     Feb-08-21 D Anton Guijarro vs Giri, 2021    Feb-04-21 T Brookfield vs I Hakki, 2008    Feb-03-21 Wojtaszek vs Caruana, 2021     Jan-29-21 A Esipenko vs D Anton Guijarro, 2021    Jan-29-21 A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2021     Jan-20-21 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005     Jan-15-21 B Perenyi vs I Marasescu, 1985    Jan-12-21 Shirov vs Van Wely, 2007    Jan-10-21 G Milos vs J Polgar, 1996    Dec-11-20 Anand vs Keymer, 2019    Dec-04-20 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971     Dec-04-20 Hort vs J Polgar, 1987    Dec-01-20 C Andersson vs S Palsson, 2009    Jul-07-20 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000     Jul-02-20 Karpov vs J Polgar, 1998     Jun-27-20 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2017    May-18-20 Adams vs Hydra, 2005    May-03-20 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003     Apr-19-20 Tata Steel Masters (2019)     Mar-22-20 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2019    Mar-22-20 Vachier-Lagrave vs Grischuk, 2020     Feb-28-20 Short vs Karpov, 1997    Feb-17-20 A Zatonskih vs B Marinello, 2010    Feb-13-20 Kasparov vs Larsen, 1982     Feb-10-20 Kasparov vs Timman, 1991     Jan-28-20 R Praggnanandhaa vs Topalov, 2020     Jan-26-20 So vs Carlsen, 2020     Jan-16-20 de Firmian vs I Sokolov, 1996    Jan-05-20 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2018     Jan-03-20 Karjakin vs T L Petrosian, 2005     Dec-25-19 Kasparov vs Timman, 1989     Dec-14-19 Shirov vs Aronian, 2006     Dec-12-19 Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001    Dec-03-19 Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019     Nov-29-19 Karjakin vs Anand, 2019    Nov-15-19 K Mesropov vs Kramnik, 1991    Oct-13-19 Shirov vs Caruana, 2019     Oct-05-19 Miles vs Timman, 1981     Sep-29-19 Karpov vs Geller, 1983    Sep-24-19 D Maric vs Kupreichik, 1994    Sep-23-19 Andersson vs Short, 1988     Sep-22-19 Radjabov vs Kramnik, 2019    Sep-22-19 Duda vs Kramnik, 2019    Sep-19-19 Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994     Sep-14-19 Anand vs Adams, 1994    Aug-26-19 Shankland vs Carlsen, 2019     Mar-31-19 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2018     Mar-14-19 C Lutz vs Kramnik, 1996    Mar-01-19 Adams vs Kramnik, 2013    Feb-02-19 Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981     Jan-18-19 Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2019     Dec-25-18 Short vs Karjakin, 2018    Nov-22-18 G Jones vs Aronian, 2018    Nov-21-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018     Nov-19-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018     Nov-17-18 Mamedyarov vs Kramnik, 2018    Nov-15-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018     Nov-15-18 L Lee vs P Dempsey, 1999    Nov-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018     Nov-12-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018     Nov-11-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018     Nov-09-18 Topalov vs Timman, 1996    Nov-08-18 Fischer vs Tal, 1961     Nov-08-18 Kramnik vs Adams, 2017    Nov-03-18 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006     Nov-01-18 Kramnik vs Caruana, 2018     Oct-13-18 Tal vs Andersson, 1983     Sep-19-18 Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2018     Aug-21-18 J Hvenekilde vs O I Fystro, 2012     Jul-16-18 Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2006    Jul-15-18 Kramnik vs Nisipeanu, 2018     Jun-28-18 Kramnik vs Grischuk, 2014     Jun-20-18 Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1991    Jun-19-18 Kramnik vs J Piket, 2001    Jun-15-18 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2018     Jun-02-18 Caruana vs Karjakin, 2018     May-18-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018    Apr-20-18 Carlsen vs Navara, 2018     Apr-15-18 Kasparov vs Short, 1993     Apr-13-18 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018     Apr-07-18 Caruana vs Y Hou, 2018     Mar-04-18 A Speijer vs F Englund, 1913     Feb-22-18 Anand vs K Georgiev, 1997    Jan-21-18 Giri vs Mamedyarov, 2018     Jan-14-18 Caruana vs G Jones, 2018     Jan-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018     Jan-08-18 Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005     Jan-02-18 Keres vs M Feigin, 1937     Dec-30-17 Fischer vs Stein, 1967     Dec-25-17 J Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000     Dec-21-17 Ivanchuk vs So, 2015 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vs Carlsen, 2017     May-28-17 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2017     May-20-17 Kasparov vs Short, 1993     May-20-17 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987     Apr-01-17 Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975)     Mar-28-17 Topalov vs J Polgar, 2008    Feb-21-17 P Shaw vs Adams, 2016    Feb-15-17 Topalov vs J Polgar, 2007    Jan-21-17 Topalov vs Caruana, 2016    Jan-17-17 Spassky vs Fischer, 1960     Jan-15-17 So vs Carlsen, 2017     Jan-12-17 J Cobb vs Adams, 2002     Jan-07-17 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000     Jan-03-17 Rilton Cup (2016/17)     Jan-01-17 Karpov vs Klovans, 1971     Dec-29-16 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985     Dec-29-16 Topalov vs Anand, 2005     Dec-28-16 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2004     Dec-27-16 Nakamura vs Topalov, 2013    Dec-19-16 London Chess Classic (2016)     Dec-18-16 Aronian vs Topalov, 2016     Dec-18-16 Topalov vs Anand, 2016     Dec-17-16 Topalov vs So, 2016     Dec-16-16 Adams vs Topalov, 2016     Dec-13-16 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2016     Dec-12-16 Topalov vs Nakamura, 2016     Dec-11-16 Topalov vs Caruana, 2016

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