jakc has kibitzed 7 times to chessgames

Apr-14-24 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2024    jakc: what an odd game. After 31 moves, Caruna has all his pieces on the back row and the Q Rook hasn't (and won't) move. And the K Knight jumps around a lot and to the D5 square three times before being exchanged back on F6. I'm sure this makes sense to good players but just reminds me of ...      May-13-23 Giri vs Ding Liren, 2023    jakc: So Anish got tired of seeing the Ruy in the WC?      Feb-10-23 Capablanca vs O C Brett, 1909   jakc: And Oscar goes for the swindle! I'm careless enough I might have fallen for it but Capa can count.      Nov-26-14 Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1911    jakc: <notyetagm> Certainly it is not forced mate, because black could play 30. ..Qxg7 31. Re8+ Qf8 32. Rxf8+ Kg7, which is of course also hopeless, but still mate isn't anytime soon. Actually, that is still a forced mate. As chancho points out, the rook is lost after K-g7. black is ...      Nov-22-14 Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909   jakc: Capa seems to have learned his lesson on this opening, employing it a couple of times as black in 1928, to great success      Nov-05-14 Alatortsev vs Capablanca, 1935    jakc: "After 22 Rb2, it looks pretty much even." Why not 22 . . . Rc1+? If 23 Kh2 then Qc7+ 24 g3 then Qb7 (aiming at Qh1#) If 25 f3 Qxfe+, 25 Rg2 (blocking the check) and either Rc2 attacking the pinned rook or Qf1, aiming at h1# Trading rooks (23 RxR RxR+) leads to the same ...      Oct-12-14 A Voyna vs S Kramer, 2000   jakc: tazztazz: "Black can draw by repetition by playing 28...Rg2* then when white move to h1 29...Rg3 threatening Rh3 mate. and so white goes Kh2 so a draw with repetition. Any attempt by white to stop this loses material." After ...Rg3, doesn't Bg5 stop the check? If ...BxB, then ...

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