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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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   Clement Fraud has kibitzed 320 times to chessgames   [less...]
   Jun-03-25 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025 (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
Clement Fraud: Following 21.Rfc1 , 21... d3 appears overwhelming
 
   Feb-10-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs A Sarana, 2025 (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
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) (replies)
   Dec-08-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024
   Dec-05-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024 (replies)
   Oct-14-24 Niemann vs Dominguez Perez, 2024 (replies)
   Apr-29-24 T Pfeifer vs J Polgar, 1988
   Apr-07-24 Caruana vs D Gukesh, 2024 (replies)
   Mar-09-24 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1993
   Feb-23-24 D Deshmukh vs D Dardha, 2024 (replies)
   Dec-28-23 V Fedoseev vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   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 (replies)
   Dec-04-23 M Bartel vs McShane, 2023
   Nov-28-23 Niemann vs I Sokolov, 2023 (replies)
   Nov-21-23 N Salimova vs O Kiolbasa, 2023 (replies)
   Oct-30-23 Mamedyarov vs A Rosell, 2023
   Oct-17-23 A Tang vs Caruana, 2023
   Oct-11-23 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1981 (replies)
   Oct-07-23 Rapport vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   Sep-30-23 T Fodor Jr vs Adams, 2018
   Sep-29-23 Ivanchuk vs Lautier, 1992
   Apr-16-23 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001 (replies)
   Mar-28-23 P Maghsoodloo vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   Mar-11-23 Tal vs V Akopian, 1992
   Feb-06-23 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2023 (replies)
   Jan-24-23 A Erigaisi vs Rapport, 2023 (replies)
   Jan-16-23 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2023 (replies)
   Dec-11-22 Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973 (replies)
   Nov-26-22 Timman vs Short, 1995 (replies)
   Nov-17-22 Ponomariov vs Radjabov, 2003
   Nov-14-22 Adams vs G Sargissian, 2022 (replies)
   Nov-11-22 Kramnik vs A Zude, 1995
   Nov-07-22 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2022 (replies)
   Nov-05-22 Topalov vs Shirov, 2004
   Nov-01-22 Topalov vs Anand, 2010 (replies)
   Oct-28-22 Botvinnik vs Taimanov, 1953 (replies)
   Oct-28-22 Caruana vs Aronian, 2022 (replies)
   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 (replies)
   Aug-19-22 Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022
   Jul-27-22 Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004 (replies)
   Jul-22-22 M Illescas vs Kramnik, 1993
   Jul-19-22 Rapport vs Radjabov, 2022 (replies)
   Jun-28-22 Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi, 2022 (replies)
   Jun-07-22 Anand vs Carlsen, 2022 (replies)
   May-12-22 Ponomariov vs Huebner, 2000 (replies)
   May-06-22 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 (replies)
   Apr-11-22 Nakamura vs Grischuk, 2018 (replies)
   Apr-09-22 Adams vs Kramnik, 2004
   Apr-01-22 Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997 (replies)
   Mar-24-22 A Predke vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022 (replies)
   Mar-24-22 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Mar-23-22 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2016
   Mar-23-22 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2012
   Mar-17-22 Rapport vs D Andreikin, 2022 (replies)
   Mar-14-22 Rapport vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022
   Mar-12-22 Karjakin vs Ivanchuk, 2008 (replies)
   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 (replies)
   Feb-12-22 Nakamura vs Rapport, 2022 (replies)
   Feb-11-22 A Esipenko vs Nakamura, 2022
   Feb-04-22 Short vs M L Chapman, 1983 (replies)
   Jan-29-22 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-27-22 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-26-22 Karjakin vs Rapport, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-24-22 J van Foreest vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-22-22 Giri vs Dubov, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-21-22 A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2022
   Jan-21-22 D Dardha vs J B Bjerre, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-21-22 Mamedyarov vs Duda, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-20-22 Karjakin vs Giri, 2022 (replies)
   Jan-15-22 Tata Steel Masters (2022) (replies)
   Dec-27-21 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 (replies)
   Dec-27-21 Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1961 (replies)
   Dec-25-21 Karjakin vs Mamedyarov, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-20-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-18-21 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-10-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-07-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-06-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-03-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 (replies)
   Dec-01-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-30-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-29-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-27-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-26-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Nov-25-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021) (replies)
   Nov-18-21 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992 (replies)
   Nov-16-21 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
   Nov-05-21 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018 (replies)
   Jun-28-21 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018
   Jun-15-21 Caruana vs Mamedyarov, 2021 (replies)
   May-09-21 Giri vs Kramnik, 2016
   Apr-21-21 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021 (replies)
   Apr-16-21 Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2020
   Mar-31-21 Anand vs Topalov, 2010
   Feb-17-21 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990 (replies)
   Feb-16-21 W Hartston vs Miles, 1973 (replies)
   Feb-13-21 Timoshenko vs M Mrva, 1994
   Feb-13-21 Timman vs Karpov, 1988 (replies)
   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 (replies)
   Jan-29-21 A Esipenko vs D Anton Guijarro, 2021
   Jan-29-21 A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2021 (replies)
   Jan-20-21 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005 (replies)
   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 (replies)
   Dec-04-20 Hort vs J Polgar, 1987
   Dec-01-20 C Andersson vs S Palsson, 2009
   Jul-07-20 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 (replies)
   Jul-02-20 Karpov vs J Polgar, 1998 (replies)
   Jun-27-20 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2017
   May-18-20 Adams vs Hydra, 2005
   May-03-20 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003 (replies)
   Apr-19-20 Tata Steel Masters (2019) (replies)
   Mar-22-20 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2019
   Mar-22-20 Vachier-Lagrave vs Grischuk, 2020 (replies)
   Feb-28-20 Short vs Karpov, 1997
   Feb-17-20 A Zatonskih vs B Marinello, 2010
   Feb-13-20 Kasparov vs Larsen, 1982 (replies)
   Feb-10-20 Kasparov vs Timman, 1991 (replies)
   Jan-28-20 R Praggnanandhaa vs Topalov, 2020 (replies)
   Jan-26-20 So vs Carlsen, 2020 (replies)
   Jan-16-20 de Firmian vs I Sokolov, 1996
   Jan-05-20 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Jan-03-20 Karjakin vs T L Petrosian, 2005 (replies)
   Dec-25-19 Kasparov vs Timman, 1989 (replies)
   Dec-14-19 Shirov vs Aronian, 2006 (replies)
   Dec-12-19 Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001
   Dec-03-19 Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 (replies)
   Nov-29-19 Karjakin vs Anand, 2019
   Nov-15-19 K Mesropov vs Kramnik, 1991
   Oct-13-19 Shirov vs Caruana, 2019 (replies)
   Oct-05-19 Miles vs Timman, 1981 (replies)
   Sep-29-19 Karpov vs Geller, 1983
   Sep-24-19 D Maric vs Kupreichik, 1994
   Sep-23-19 Andersson vs Short, 1988 (replies)
   Sep-22-19 Radjabov vs Kramnik, 2019
   Sep-22-19 Duda vs Kramnik, 2019
   Sep-19-19 Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 (replies)
   Sep-14-19 Anand vs Adams, 1994
   Aug-26-19 Shankland vs Carlsen, 2019 (replies)
   Mar-31-19 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2018 (replies)
   Mar-14-19 C Lutz vs Kramnik, 1996
   Mar-01-19 Adams vs Kramnik, 2013
   Feb-02-19 Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981 (replies)
   Jan-18-19 Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2019 (replies)
   Dec-25-18 Short vs Karjakin, 2018
   Nov-22-18 G Jones vs Aronian, 2018
   Nov-21-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-19-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-17-18 Mamedyarov vs Kramnik, 2018
   Nov-15-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-15-18 L Lee vs P Dempsey, 1999
   Nov-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-12-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-11-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 (replies)
   Nov-09-18 Topalov vs Timman, 1996
   Nov-08-18 Fischer vs Tal, 1961 (replies)
   Nov-08-18 Kramnik vs Adams, 2017
   Nov-03-18 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006 (replies)
   Nov-01-18 Kramnik vs Caruana, 2018 (replies)
   Oct-13-18 Tal vs Andersson, 1983 (replies)
   Sep-19-18 Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2018 (replies)
   Aug-21-18 J Hvenekilde vs O I Fystro, 2012 (replies)
   Jul-16-18 Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2006
   Jul-15-18 Kramnik vs Nisipeanu, 2018 (replies)
   Jun-28-18 Kramnik vs Grischuk, 2014 (replies)
   Jun-20-18 Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1991
   Jun-19-18 Kramnik vs J Piket, 2001
   Jun-15-18 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2018 (replies)
   Jun-02-18 Caruana vs Karjakin, 2018 (replies)
   May-18-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018
   Apr-20-18 Carlsen vs Navara, 2018 (replies)
   Apr-15-18 Kasparov vs Short, 1993 (replies)
   Apr-13-18 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018 (replies)
   Apr-07-18 Caruana vs Y Hou, 2018 (replies)
   Mar-04-18 A Speijer vs F Englund, 1913 (replies)
   Feb-22-18 Anand vs K Georgiev, 1997
   Jan-21-18 Giri vs Mamedyarov, 2018 (replies)
   Jan-14-18 Caruana vs G Jones, 2018 (replies)
   Jan-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 (replies)
   Jan-08-18 Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005 (replies)
   Jan-02-18 Keres vs M Feigin, 1937 (replies)
   Dec-30-17 Fischer vs Stein, 1967 (replies)
   Dec-25-17 J Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000 (replies)
   Dec-21-17 Ivanchuk vs So, 2015
   Dec-19-17 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 (replies)
   Dec-16-17 Short vs Karpov, 1992 (replies)
   Dec-11-17 Anand vs So, 2017 (replies)
   Dec-10-17 Karjakin vs Caruana, 2017 (replies)
   Dec-07-17 Adams vs Nakamura, 2017
   Dec-05-17 Carlsen vs Anand, 2017 (replies)
   Nov-24-17 J Hector vs C Hartman, 1996
   Nov-11-17 Timman vs Short, 1993
   Nov-11-17 Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 (replies)
   Oct-10-17 A Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1988 (replies)
   Sep-30-17 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2017 (replies)
   Sep-29-17 M J Tempone vs J Perez Cascella, 2001
   Sep-26-17 J Tarjan vs Kramnik, 2017 (replies)
   Sep-23-17 Caruana vs Kramnik, 2017 (replies)
   Sep-23-17 W Schmidt vs J Lewi, 1968 (replies)
   Sep-22-17 V Fedoseev vs D Bocharov, 2016 (replies)
   Sep-20-17 So vs Ding Liren, 2017
   Sep-15-17 F Vallejo Pons vs So, 2017 (replies)
   Sep-12-17 Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 2017 (replies)
   Sep-12-17 Carlsen vs X Bu, 2017 (replies)
   Sep-09-17 Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996 (replies)
   Aug-25-17 Timman vs Nunn, 1975
   Aug-07-17 J Houska vs P Shaw, 2017
   Jul-21-17 Nisipeanu vs Kramnik, 2017
   Jun-21-17 C Chaplin vs Reshevsky, 1923 (replies)
   Jun-18-17 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2017 (replies)
   May-28-17 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2017 (replies)
   May-20-17 Kasparov vs Short, 1993 (replies)
   May-20-17 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987 (replies)
   Apr-01-17 Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975) (replies)
   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 (replies)
   Jan-15-17 So vs Carlsen, 2017 (replies)
   Jan-12-17 J Cobb vs Adams, 2002 (replies)
   Jan-07-17 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 (replies)
   Jan-03-17 Rilton Cup (2016/17) (replies)
   Jan-01-17 Karpov vs Klovans, 1971 (replies)
   Dec-29-16 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 (replies)
   Dec-29-16 Topalov vs Anand, 2005 (replies)
   Dec-28-16 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2004 (replies)
   Dec-27-16 Nakamura vs Topalov, 2013
   Dec-19-16 London Chess Classic (2016) (replies)
   Dec-18-16 Aronian vs Topalov, 2016 (replies)
   Dec-18-16 Topalov vs Anand, 2016 (replies)
   Dec-17-16 Topalov vs So, 2016 (replies)
   Dec-16-16 Adams vs Topalov, 2016 (replies)
   Dec-13-16 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2016 (replies)
   Dec-12-16 Topalov vs Nakamura, 2016 (replies)
   Dec-11-16 Topalov vs Caruana, 2016 (replies)
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