Vorph has kibitzed 12 times to chessgames   [more...]

Dec-12-09 P Ripoll vs S Khlusevich, 2000    Vorph: Same here.. I thought it was Led Zeppelin and was quite disappointed that google didn't find anything useful.      Jul-28-09 Anand vs Ponomariov, 2003    Vorph: 64... f4 65. Nh5 f3 66. Kb5 f2 67. Ng3 Kf4 68. Nf1 Kf3 69. a4 .. and now if Kg2 70. Nd2 and if Ke2 70. Nh2 and the black king has no way to stop the knight from taking the pawn. f1 and f3 are blocked and there's a fork waiting to happen if the king moves to g3/e3 (i.e. 69... Kg2 70. ...      Jul-06-09 Zuckerman vs Pomar Salamanca, 1968    Vorph: Black just takes on c4 threatening the same forcing mating sequence as before, i.e. ..Qxc4 23.Qxc4 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Rg1#      Mar-16-09 Wang Yue vs Topalov, 2009    Vorph: <xiko9> You're being made fun of, this is obviously a blunder by Wang Yue due to this being a blindfold game. I.e. the players do not see the board. It seems he simply forgot there was a black rook on d7 and thus believed his queen would be safe on c7. It might also have been a ...      Jan-28-09 de Firmian vs The World, 2002    Vorph: <Alphastar> Thanks for the explanation, I can see it now!      Dec-18-08 Santa Claus    Vorph: Dear Santa, Thanks in advance :-)      Nov-24-08 Shredder vs SOS, 2000   Vorph: 30..Qxf7 31. Bxg6+ Qxg6 32. Rxd7+ Kxh6 33. Qd2+ Qg5 34. Rd6+ Kh5 35. Qe2+ Kh4 36. Rh6+ Qxh6 37. Qg4++      Oct-08-08 Svidler vs K Maslak, 2008    Vorph: Is 6. Be2 known theory? There seems to be no immediate compensation for white in case of exd4.      Aug-18-08 Adams vs Van Wely, 2008    Vorph: Was there no way for van Wely to play on for a win?      Apr-05-07 R Byrne vs Balashov, 1971    Vorph: <maxi> Yes, it is, according to Dennis Monokroussos: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

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