GlennOliver has kibitzed 279 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jul-08-20 L McLaren vs A Ismail, 2017    GlennOliver: Welcome back online, Chessgames. You have been greatly missed.      Jun-20-20 L Day vs Bisguier, 1979    GlennOliver: To answer the question from <Jesuitic Calvinist> all those years ago, I think that 54. Na2 yields a draw quite quickly e.g. 54. Na2 Nb6 55. Kd6 a3 56. b5 f5 57. Ke5 Nc4+ 58. Kf4 Kc2 59. Nb4+ Kb3 60. Nd3 a2 61. Nc1+ Ka3 62. Nxa2 Kxa2 63. Kxf5 Kb3 64. Kg5 Kb4 65. Kg4 Kxb5      Jun-17-20 C Crouch vs J Ambroz, 1991    GlennOliver: Excellent analysis, TheaN      Jun-12-20 F Vallejo Pons vs R Knaak, 2003    GlennOliver: 56. Kc4 (!) and not 56. Kc3 (?) which subsequently yields a tempo and thus loses.      May-26-20 Mamedyarov vs A Tasan, 2002    GlennOliver: "<Brenin> The winning combination actually started with the sacrifice 41 Bxg6+" Agreed. Four of White's moves in that sequence - 41 Bxg6+ 42 Rc7+ 44 Re7+ 45 Qc1+ - would have made a worthy puzzle in their own right. Exceptional play by Mamedyarov to calculate the ...      May-24-20 M Vachier-Lagrave vs A Firouzja, 2020   GlennOliver: This endgame calculation from both players would grace any game at classical time limits, never mind a blitz game. Quite exceptional.      Apr-18-20 Reshevsky vs J Sunye Neto, 1977    GlennOliver: Superb end-game play from Reshevsky. So obvious with the benefit of hindsight, but so hard to see 12 or so moves earlier when Reshevsky initiated the sequence.      Mar-16-20 Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969    GlennOliver: The same moves in reverse order - 23. Nc6# Qc6 24. Qd4 - give White a clear win, but not as quickly and elegantly as the puzzle solution.      Feb-26-20 M Yilmaz vs Javokhir Sindarov, 2020    GlennOliver: The mating finish is so obvious when one has had silicon work it out but so tricky (at least for my minimal chess abilities, without that guidance) not to make a mistaken move over the board.      Feb-23-20 R Rapport vs D Rogic, 2010    GlennOliver: Brilliantly intuitive attack from Rapport.

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