Rastus has kibitzed 6 times to chessgames

Mar-08-06 A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1903    Rastus: Isn't 28. Be5 stronger than Rh6? Threatens rook checks at c1 and c7. Also, after the rook at d1 moves to c1 the rooks can connect on the 7th rank, no?      Feb-12-06 Tarrasch vs Ph Gutmann / Hahn / Kuerschner / R, 1895    Rastus: First two moves easy, after that intuition says there MUST be a winning attack. There's a precariously placed king, the queen and bishop own the light squares in the vicinity, a passed black pawn is on e3 and will be protected by the e8 rook when the e6 bishop moves, plus there's the      Feb-11-06 Smyslov vs J Rubinetti, 1970    Rastus: I thought that 41. Rxh7 was winning with a forced mate but, as usual, I hallucinated an incorrect continuation. So I consulted Chess Tiger and discovered that ... 44. a1Q saves black, as discussed. So, even if I had found Smyslov's variation (fat chance!) I still would have been ...      Feb-10-06 L Evans vs Uhlmann, 1971    Rastus: I saw immediately that both 36. Qxd6 and 36. Qxg5 would be very bad moves! 36...Qf2 is interesting If 36...Qf2, white can play 37. Bf6. If black's queen takes the bishop white will safely recapture with his queen, as the black bishop will still be pinned to the king by the rook on ...      Feb-09-06 Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975    Rastus: Where is Sam Sloan when you need him?

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