tstavernman has kibitzed 11 times to chessgames   [more...]

Aug-04-18 Shirov vs Korchnoi, 2003    tstavernman: Sosonko quotes Korchnoi in his 2018 book Evil-Doer: "And against Shirov? He made a move, (27. Kh2) the position was approximately equal. Then he grabbed his head and ran off. I fell right for it like a child and lost a piece. What a trick - in the style of the old masters." So I      Sep-03-16 Karpov vs A Zaitsev, 1970    tstavernman: Leonard Barden pointed out the win in his latest chess column: "Anatoly Karpov v Alexander Zaitsev, Kuibyshev 1970. This bizarre position with the white king out on the open mid-board was actually used for political propaganda in the years when Bobby Fischer had resigned his ...      May-01-15 Janowski vs O Chajes, 1916    tstavernman: This game is annotated in David Sands online Washington Times chess column of April 28, 2015: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news... Also the Mikenas-Kashdan game is now on chessgames.com : V Mikenas vs Kashdan, 1931 . Unfortunate for Mikenas that he missed the winning and ...      Nov-02-14 Karpov vs B Kurajica, 1994    tstavernman: I would not really describe this game as a masterpiece. It is however a fine example of how Karpov often continued playing in lost positions and ended up getting the point in the end. 47...Nd7?? Kurajica lost the thread and missed the win. Here's what Barden said in his Evening ...      Mar-29-13 Fine vs A Reynolds, 1937   tstavernman: Leonard Barden says of Reynolds: Reynolds was a Birmingham expert who defeated Reuben Fine, then a world top six grandmaster, in 1937. He discovered a new move in a key Slav Defence (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6) line, which is still named the Reynolds variation. Then came World War Two. ...      Mar-02-13 Short vs Y Wang, 2012   tstavernman: Leonard Barden's comment on this game in his online London Evening Standard chess puzzle column: Nigel Short v Wang Yue, Karpov tournament, Poikovsky 2012. Friday's puzzle showed Short's fine start to the tournament in the Siberian oil town, but after that his results went ...      Mar-02-13 Gelfand vs S Williams, 2012    tstavernman: Leonard Barden's commented on this game in his online London Evening Standard Puzzle Column: Boris Gelfand v Simon Williams, Shahmat64 v Jutes of Kent, European team championship, Eilat 2012. World title challenger Gelfand was a heavy favourite for this game. His team were the ...      May-16-10 Bronstein vs Gligoric, 1967    tstavernman: In his book "The Chess of Gligoric" David N.L. Levy quotes Gligoric (who cooperated with the book's publication): "I came to play Bronstein. He is a very good friend of mine. A round earlier he made a short draw with Smyslov with White. Then he played me with White, and he tried      Jun-04-07 Fischer vs Szabo, 1958    tstavernman: According to Kavalek's article of June 04, 2007 ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy... ), Fischer missed the winning continuation 16.Nh4! Qf6 17.Ne4! Qxh4 18.Bg5, trapping the black queen.      May-19-07 Sosonko vs Timman, 1983    tstavernman: According to Barden's online chess column ( http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/s... ) in the Guardian of 2007May19: "Timman lost, but that night he had a dream in which his subconscious found a saving resource. How does Black escape?" Timman later found the drawing line in a ...

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