Jgamazo has kibitzed 50 times to chessgames   [more...]

Oct-22-21 Bird vs Morphy, 1858    Jgamazo: So it took a stockfish computer in 2018 rated like 3600 to draw Morphy playing black in 1858. Smart guy.      Aug-22-15 Carlsen vs Adams, 2007   Jgamazo: 63. ...Kd4 64.c5 Ke3 65.c6 Kf2 66.c7 Kxg2 the last pawn the King can take 67.c8=Q the Queen protects the h pawn 67. ...h5 to prevent Qg4# 68.b5 g4 69.hxg4 h4 black has past pawn but white will sac the Queen and has two past pawns to Queen again      Aug-21-15 Carlsen vs Shirov, 2007    Jgamazo: The black knight has no moves that will alter the 26.Nf6# after 26. ...Qxf6 the black Queen lives and the black King dies 27.Qh7#mate      Mar-12-10 Kasparov vs Bareev, 2001    Jgamazo: The only drawing line that black has would be a white blunder : 44. ... Kc6 45.Kc4 Kd6 46.Kb5 Kd5 47.Kxa5 c4 ( forced or 48.Kb5 ) 48.bxc4+ Kxc4 49.a4? this would keep the White King pinned to the a file while the Black king keeps the oposition on the c file. White should win in all ...      Dec-21-09 J Becerra Rivero vs M Lee, 2009   Jgamazo: 36. ... Qa6 37.d6 Qb6+ 38.Rdf2 Bxe4 39.Qf6 Nf3+ 40.Kg2 Nf6+ 41.Kg3 Qe3+ 42.Rf3 Qxh6 was worth a try for Black but 43.d7! wins the exchange.      Jun-11-09 Stein vs V Tarasov, 1961    Jgamazo: DANIEL KING @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/200... Says 23. Nc6! Once again the obvious threat is 2 Bxd5. If 23 ... Bxc6 24 Rxc6 Qxc6 (if 24 ... Qb4, attacking the e1-rook, 25 Rd1 Ne7 26 a3 Qxb2 27 Rc2 traps the black queen; 26 ... Qa4 doesn't save the queen either after 27 ...      Jun-02-09 R Nezhmetdinov vs Bronstein, 1959    Jgamazo: IF 37. ... Re8? 38.Qe6+! and now : a) 39. ... Ng8 40.Rxg8+ Qxg8 [40. ...Ke7 41.Rxe8+ and the Queen falls ] 41.Qf6+ Qf7 42.Rh8#mate b) 39. ... Kf8 39.Rh8+ Ke7 40.Rxe8+ Nxe8 41.Rh7+ now anywhere the king goes f8 or d8 he loses the Queen. If the knight goes to g7 then Rxg7+ and then      May-27-09 H H Reinhard vs O Dravnieks, 1990    Jgamazo: I agree. I don't see why white resigned. Either your move or 19.Nf3 Re7 fighting to control the e file then 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.fxe5+ should give white a slight edge      May-27-09 Blackburne vs Schlechter, 1894    Jgamazo: Perhaps 16. ... c5 was better. 17.b5 axb5 18.cxb5 c4 19.Bxc4 Rxa4 20.Bb3 Rxe4+ and black can battle for the d file. If the bishop retreats 19.Bc2 Ba5 20.0-0 Bxc3 the c3 pawn falls, a4 is now a target. An attack can be conceived on the g file with the rooks and the Knight on f4, the ...      May-13-09 M Schroeder vs Capablanca, 1916    Jgamazo: The finish here is 20.Qc2 Nxc4+ 21.Bxc4 Qf4# If 14.00 Ng4 15.g3 h5 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxh5 Bh3 21.Re1 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qxh5 24.Nd2 Kf8 25.Qf2 Re8 26.Re1 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Rxe1+! 28.Qxe1 Qg2# Food for thought.

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