fian has kibitzed 99 times to chessgames   [more...]

Feb-03-10 Salov vs Short, 1989    fian: A couple of moves quicker would have been: 92. ♕d5+ ♔h7/h8 93. ♕h1+ ♔g8 94. ♕g1+ ♔h7 95. ♕xa7      Feb-02-10 Anand vs Gelfand, 2009    fian: Black is in a mating net around move 64. 64. ♖a8+ ♔h7 65. ♔f7 h1=♕ 66. ♘f6+ ♔h6 67. ♖a8#      Jan-06-09 Plaskett vs J Emms, 1986    fian: Quite similar to the finish in Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987      Oct-21-08 Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)    fian: I already posted this once before. It's worth repeating here just in case. Posted to Chessbase on Oct 9th. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... <Very kind. Let us start with some rote questions: how are you feeling, how is your health, are you in top fighting form? I had some ...      Oct-21-08 Viswanathan Anand    fian: Posted to Chessbase on Oct 9th. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... <Very kind. Let us start with some rote questions: how are you feeling, how is your health, are you in top fighting form? I had some health problems, two or three years ago, as you know. <But now I have ...      Mar-22-08 Amber Tournament (Blindfold) (2008)    fian: I wonder what would have happened if it ended up as King+Bishop+Knight vs King in Anand-Carsen blindfold. Would Anand win from an arbitrary starting position?      Mar-21-08 Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008)    fian: <Dr. F1> The page you point to is the ELO rankings. It has absolutely nothing to do with the pairings numbers (ie., the silk ties) picked by the players.      Mar-08-08 Morelia-Linares (2008)    fian: I think the idea that Anand coasted after Rd. 8 is incorrect. Just look at the Anand-Leko post-mortem from Rd. 12. Check the video from Europe Echecs here under the title "Anand-Leko analyse R12) http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... More than once in the video Anand and Leko say ...      Mar-22-07 16th Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2007)    fian: Anand missed an instant win with 46...Nf4. Now it's a little more work.      Mar-19-07 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2007    fian: The time control for this game was 25m+20s. At the end of the game, according to the official site, Anand had 13 mins left while Ivanchuk had 24. At one stage Chukky had as much as 29 mins on his clock!

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