alligator Member since Jul-30-06 I am a college teacher- math, logic, critical thinking & philosophy. Also a chess coach in Tampa Bay, Florida. To help my students I invented a puzzle game- Mentagy- which is becoming a popular brain game for all ages. Find out more atwww.PocketChessCoach.net

alligator has kibitzed 16 times to chessgames   [more...]

May-28-23 Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1862    alligator: According to ChessBase Steinitz played 19�, Rxe5+ and Blackburne resigned. This makes sense since the main point of 18�, Qg5 was to take away the only remaining escape square d2, placing White�s King in a mating net. My guess is that one can justify Blackburne�s Bxh7+ as ...      Dec-01-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016    alligator: I believe the negative comments about Carlsen's Queen sacrifice miss the significance of this game, especially within the context of the entire match. Magnus needed only a draw to retain his World Championship title. Yet he chose to risk it all by playing for a win. The Queen ...      Nov-26-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016    alligator: My prediction- Carlsen begins with 1. Nf3!      Mar-19-13 N Grandelius vs A Pourramezanali, 2010    alligator: I always heard this mate called 'The Rolling Rooks.' Even coached a chess team with that name.      Aug-08-12 J Emms vs P K Wells, 1989    alligator: Morfishine. Re: Your comment that "Check all checks" is old advice. I tell my students this but don't know who first said it. Does anyone know its origens? When I was young the old timers at the Franklin Chess Club in Phila used to say "Always check, it may be mate" :-)      Jan-22-12 Petrosian vs Y Estrin, 1968    alligator: CG This game should be in GUESS THE MOVE.      Nov-20-11 Hodgson vs S Agdestein, 1986    alligator: Several posts talk about the problem of finding Ne5 in a 'real' game when nobody is telling you to look for a winning move. Do GM's have a special gift that gives them an intuitive nudge about chess positions that are ripe for decisive combinations? Another explanation is that the      Oct-10-11 Kasparov vs Short, 2011    alligator: On move 36 I thought White could have increased pressure with 36.Rc1. Shredder uses the idea, but with 36. Rc4 exploiting Black's vulnerable King and weak pawns... 36Rc4 (37 Rxc5 & Qxe6+ & Nf7+) Rf8 37 Ne4 Qf5 38.Qc7 Nxe4 4.Rxe4 Qc5+ 5.Qxc5 bxc5 6.Rxe6 etc.   But does ...      Oct-05-11 Ruger vs H Gebhard, 1915    alligator: In his notes to Game #5 Ruger vs Gebhard, 1915 in Logical Chess, Move by Move, Chernev gives the following amusing variation. If on move 6 Black plays the passive Bb6 (instead of 6..., Bb4+) 6..., Bb6 7 d5 Nb8 (for 7.., Ne7 see my kibitz below) 8e5 Ng8 9 0-0 Ne7 10 d6 Ng6 11 Ng5 ...      Oct-05-11 Y Estrin vs Libov, 1945   alligator: Sorry! I should have said Black plays 7.., Nb8 on move 7 (instead of 7 Ne7). Then the variation by Chernev that I just posted makes sense. 7.d5 Nb8 8e5 Now ( instead of 8..., Ne4), 8..., Ng8. 9 0-0 Ne7 10 d6 Ng6 11 Ng5 0-0 12 Qh5 h6 13 Qxg6 hxg5 14 Bxg5 Qe8 15 Bf6 1-0

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