Dickens has kibitzed 22 times to chessgames   [more...]

Oct-20-03 Vladimir Kramnik    Dickens: /////That match was an oversight, it was not on chessgames at the time of my research. Nowdays a players' rapid, blindfold and blitz is just included in his record like it was normal.      Oct-20-03 Boris Spassky    Dickens: The big question for me is: If they did not agree to the draws, why did Keres say they did afterwards and defend there actions?      Sep-29-03 Mikhail Tal    Dickens: 10. Mikhail Tal Style: Called the "magician of Riga" Tal was the finest ever exponent of attacking chess. A highly imaginative tactician, he played with an all out sacrificial style creating immense complications that he reveled in. Tal was an attacking genius, a superb ...      Sep-29-03 Mikhail Botvinnik    Dickens: 9. Mikhail Botvinnik Style: The first product of the Soviet school, a disciplined and insightful player who remained at the top for decades. Ascended to the chess throne in 1948, no non-Soviet was to win again until 1972. Botvinnik could play clear positions well but was unafraid      Sep-29-03 Viswanathan Anand    Dickens: 7. Viswanathan Anand Style: Superb tactical player with super-fast sight of the board. He finds complex tactical ideas in seconds. He makes moves very quickly, plays confidently, and calculates like a machine. He plays aggressive and attacking chess, but is also a solid ...      Sep-29-03 Emanuel Lasker    Dickens: 6. Emmanuel Lasker Style: Reuben Fine said, "In Lasker, I see, above all, the supreme tactical genius." Lasker also had a reputation as a defensive risk-taker. Lasker was a supreme fighter a characteristic that allowed him to turn many lost games into victories. He was equally at      Sep-29-03 Anatoly Karpov    Dickens: 5. Anatoly Karpov Style: Karpov played highly positional chess. He consistently improved his position by moves that show extraordinary positional understanding. He played without taking many risks, and without making many mistakes. He waited for his opponents to make the ...      Sep-29-03 Alexander Alekhine    Dickens: 4. Alexander Alekhine Style: Imaginative tactician and attacker, a true chess genius in his originality of thought. His ideas were rich with complexity. "His attacks came suddenly, like destructive thunderstorms that erupted from a clear blue sky" (Kasparov). He studied the ...      Sep-29-03 Jose Raul Capablanca    Dickens: 3. Jose Capablanca Style: Nicknamed the "Chess Machine" because of the systematic and seemingly simple method by which he bested his opponents. Capablanca was a natural player who is considered the epitome of the "Pure Positional" player. He preferred clarity of position, as well      Sep-29-03 Bobby Fischer    Dickens: 2. Bobby Fischer Style: A uniquely superb master strategist who was not afraid of complications. Fischer was a specialist in certain openings that he knew better than anyone else. A fighting spirit second to none, refused draws and played to win every game. Pandolfini called ...

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