somethingstrong has kibitzed 29 times to chessgames   [more...]

Nov-08-05 Ponomariov vs X Bu, 2005    somethingstrong: <DanRoss53> your continuation with black looks fine, but after 33...Qxa4, white has counterplay with 34. hxg6.      Oct-20-05 Ragozin vs Panov, 1940    somethingstrong: <The beginner> Silman's book was my first, and it was recommended. I read it several times over and found some of the basic principles worthwhile, but there were many flaws in his position evaluations. Not to get into a huge debate, but if i had to pick a place to ...      Aug-29-05 Speelman vs L Day, 2005   somethingstrong: <AgentRgent> I agree; Black started his whole problem with 15..cxd5, isolating the pawn. 16..Ne4 threatens nothing and allows White to start turning the screws.      Aug-29-05 Andras Adorjan    somethingstrong: 1. a 2. a 3. a 4. 1750-1850 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. b 9. a (good players punish sacs that aren't at least somewhat clear) 10. b      Jun-07-05 V Green vs Paulsen, 1862    somethingstrong: I never liked 1. e4 followed by 2. d3. It completely lacks aggression.      Mar-16-05 Karpov Poikovsky (2005)    somethingstrong: Anyone know the time controls of this tournament? Thanks in advance.      May-26-04 Kibitzer's Café    somethingstrong: Well, Nigel Short's obsession with blitz chess recently has shown it's ill effects in tournament chess. He's currently 2.5/7 in the Bosnia GM tournament.      May-24-04 Bronstein vs J Szily, 1949    somethingstrong: Interestingly, even some GMs don't know the castle rule...even though b1 and b8 are attacked by the black queen and white queen respectively, both sides can still legally castle queenside. I believe it was Korchnoi who had this issue in a Candidates match v. Karpov      May-24-04 S Volkov vs B Grachev, 2002   somethingstrong: White generates a nice threat with the Black king in still in the middle after the Black queen gets greedy with 8...Qxg2. White easily evens the material and has excellent endgame technique with the B pair v. B & N with pawns on opposite wings. Almost always favorable ...      May-12-04 Matulovic vs Fischer, 1970    somethingstrong: after 27. c4?, Black's endgame technique is exemplary. I vote for changing the name of the Sicilian Najdorf to the Sicilian Fischer variation after watching him dominate these lines so often.

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