Dec-23-09 Santa Claus 
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| bachus: Dear Santa,
I wish I were a child again... if it's not possible, at least teach me how to feel, think and act like a child... |
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Jan-28-09 Short vs P Velikov, 1987
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| bachus: If 28..Kf7, then 29.Nd8+! is mate in 4. |
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Jan-13-09 A Bannik vs Tal, 1954
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| bachus: 29..Qd1 should win a piece leaving black an exchange up and white cramped. Or not? |
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Jul-11-08 The World vs G Timmerman, 2007
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| bachus: <Domdaniel: Tablebases aren't a lot of use: they'll give cast-iron wins, but not always the quickest route.> <firebrandx: Huh? Tablebases do in fact show you the fastest possible route with best play from both sides.> I understood from reading the first post probably what |
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Feb-20-08 Shulman vs S T Ansell, 2002
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| bachus: <wouldpusher> If given the position at move 54, I would move 54.Nc5+ and probably still win.... that is, until I saw the combination |
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Jan-22-08 Saemisch vs Gruenfeld, 1929
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| bachus: <al wazir>: <I can't help feeling that white could have finished this sooner. For example, 29. Rxg5...> Perhaps because of 29...f5 which would win the exchange for 2 pawns but most of all would allow the black queen to infiltrate through g5 and c1 with counterplay |
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Nov-30-07 Nisipeanu vs J Zhao, 2007
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| bachus: Incredible endgame... As far as I understand, white must prevent the black king from reaching the a8 square, but I'm not sure black didn't make any mistake... perhaps 108...Kg8 was the mistake? I can't believe black played the endgame perfectly and still lost. |
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Oct-05-07 P Simacek vs Nisipeanu, 2007
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| bachus: hi <nuwanda>, thanks for pointing this, i believe you're right, 47.Kd3 Kf4 48.Rxe2 is a draw which means 46..Ke5 was not played |
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Jun-26-07 E Diemer vs D Schulte, 1950
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| bachus: I believe resigning was premature. After Ke8, white doesn't have anything conclusive, perhaps a draw if black is not careful, but black should remain with at least the bishop for 2 extra white pawns. |
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Kibitzing
