crankydoodle has kibitzed 17 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jun-23-05 E Schiller vs M Arne, 1995    crankydoodle: <Eric Schiller> Mazal tov. This is one of the best games I've ever seen. I may be an amateur, but I know a great game when I see one.      Jun-23-05 Adams - Hydra Match (2005)    crankydoodle: The main reason why I love to play chess is because you are able to understand your opponent. Whenever I go over to my friend's house and play a couple g30's, there are a variety of ideas flowing across the board, with you and your opponent understanding each other's ideas and ...      Jun-23-05 Korchnoi vs Vaganian, 1989    crankydoodle: <Kangaroo> Thanks.      Jun-10-05 Sax vs I Farago, 1973    crankydoodle: After studying a lot of positions, you kind of get the feeling for which move to look at first. I caught on to the 27...Rxh2+ pretty quickly, but the entire variation takes some time. In any case, Black has a nice mating net after the move, so I kind of cheated and went with ...      Jun-03-05 O Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002    crankydoodle: In a vain effort to try and save them from more humility, maybe it was just a very, very long day. (It probably got even longer after this little gem, though...)      May-25-05 Nakamura vs A Beliavsky, 2005    crankydoodle: <refutor> my bad:-) <Joshua> if 37. Rg8+ Kxg8 38. Ne7+, then ...Kf8 39. Nxc8 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ wins a piece. Good insight, though.      May-23-05 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) (C85)    crankydoodle: k thankz      Mar-13-05 F Deacon vs Morphy, 1859    crankydoodle: The day when Morphy becomes this pawn-centric is Armageddon.      Feb-04-05 Kibitzer's Café    crankydoodle: <Franz the Stampede> There is one book that I would strongly suggest to be brought to your attention, which is Larry Kaufman's "The Chess Advantage in Black and White", and is basically themed around making advantages in the opening. To quote my chess coach, "It got da ...      Oct-19-04 Kramnik vs Leko, 2004    crankydoodle: lol count how many times Kramnik moves his rook.

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