Rat1960 has kibitzed 21 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jul-30-21 Karjakin vs Shankland, 2021   Rat1960: Not 11. ... Qa5 but 11. ... 0-0 as black has Nd5 in the toolbox since Bg7 is not hanging      Jan-25-21 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021    Rat1960: I guess 14. e6 Bxe6 15. f5 looks pretty lively when the open files, king in the middle but for three pawns is exciting stuff. 15. ... Bxf 16. 0-0 Qc5+ 17. Kh1      Apr-06-20 S Tsolakidou vs Dehankar Mrudul, 2019    Rat1960: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1 Nf6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 Rg8 11. Bxh7 Bxf3 12. Bxg8 Bxe2 13. Rxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 Bd6 15. Kf2 Ba6 16. g3 Qe7 17. Qg7 Kd7 18. Bh6 Rxg8 19. Qxg8 Qf6+ 20. Ke1 Qf1+ 21. Kd2 Qf2+ 22. Kd1 Bd3 23. Qg4 Qxb2 24. Qf3 ...      Jan-19-20 Caruana vs Anand, 2020    Rat1960: 37. Nf6 was stronger      Jan-13-20 Firouzja vs V Artemiev, 2020    Rat1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Um... This is a good review of the game.      Jan-13-20 Caruana vs Yu Yangyi, 2020    Rat1960: 21. ... Qc6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Qe5 21. ... Qc6 22. f5 Bd7 23. c4 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Neither of which look good for black to me. So I don't think it was so much compensation as drawing chances if you look at the game at say 26. Think the Rd6 and f5 hitting g6 is where white starts to ...      Sep-17-18 Sznapik vs P Ljangov, 1976   Rat1960: 23. ... BxNc3 24. RxRf7+ QxRf7 25. QxQf7+ KxQf7 26. bxBc3 Rd2 27. Rg1 Rxc2 28. a3 Rxc3 +++ 28. ... Kc6 ?!      Aug-10-18 Vachier-Lagrave vs M Khusenkhojaev, 2017   Rat1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFB... Ben Finegold discussing this game.      Apr-20-18 Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914    Rat1960: The what if line for some reason is always left short: 18. .. dxe3 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. Rh4 h6 21. Rxh6+ gxh6 22. Nd5+ Kh7 23. Nxc7 most leave it here but the what if really has to consider the back row mate and trapped knight e2 24. Re1 Rad8 25. f3 a6 26. Be5 Rd7 27. Rxe2 Rc8 28. ...      Mar-03-17 H Platz vs J Szily, 1952   Rat1960: At move 17. white is interested in Bd3 and Qh6. So white does not offer the rook but goes with the pawn on f6. I do not get 15. ... Nd5 over 15. ... Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Qd4 Nfd7

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