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Nov-29-04
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| acirce: Steinitz vs McCutcheon, 1885 |
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| Nov-29-04 |
| Chuckles: I vote for the <Hippopotamus Defence>. I once played a game against a hippo - the animal was a very weak player, and was lucky to escape with a draw. |
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| Nov-29-04 |
| error: <acirce> Thanks! I was searching for MAcCutcheon!! |
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Nov-29-04
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| keypusher: :-) <Chuckles> I hope your opponent wasn't the same hippo later drowned by Tal. |
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| Nov-29-04 |
| Skylark: <Poohavez> I don't know why you don 4. b4 with a question mark; it is certainly not a dubious move. The Evan's gambit gives white such a strong initiative that black tends to sack material just to escape mating threats. eg Me vs IM
e4 e5
Nf3 Nc6
Bc4 Bc5
b4 Bxb4
c3 Ba5
d4 exd4
O-O dxc3
Qb3 Qe7
Ng5 Nh6
Nxc3 Bxc3
Qxc3 f6
h4 fxg5
Bxg5 Qf8
f4 Nf7
e5 Nxg5
hxg5 Qc5+
Kh1 Qd4
Rc1 Qxc3
Rxc3 d6
e6 Rf8
f5 g6
f6 Ne7
Rh3 h5
f7+ Kd8
Rf6 a6
Re3 b5
Bb3 Rb8
Rh3 Rb6
g4 hxg4
Rh6 Rc6
Kg1 Rc3
Rh8 [ ... Rxh8
f8=Q+ Rxf8
Rxf8#]
... Nf5 (He had to try something, though this loses just as fast. :P)
Rxf8+ Ke7
Re8#
This is the only time I've ever beaten an IM; with the Evan's Gambit. It definitely does not deserve a question mark; if anything, and exclamation mark. :D |
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| Nov-29-04 |
| Skylark: Note the semicolon BTW, that means the only time I've ever beaten an IM was using the Evan's Gambit. They should make an "Edit Kibitz" button, or something. :( |
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Dec-20-04
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| patzer2: After 15.  xd8+!?  xd8 16.  xf7!, White's pseudo-sacrifice on f7, with accurate and sharp play, appears to win for White. However, Black should have put up more resistance with 16...f6!?. 16...f6!?
[16...Bxf7?? 17. Bxf7+ Nxf7 18. Qe6+ Qe7 19. Qe7#; 16...Nxf7+ 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Qe6+ Qe7 19. Qxe7#; 16...Qh4?? 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Qe6+ Qe7 19. Qxe7#] 16...f6! 17. a5+ c6 18. d6+  d7 19. xb7  xf3 20. d2 xg2+ 21. xg2 hb8 22. f3 xb7 23. d1+ c7 24. d6+ xd6 25. xd6 xd6 26. b4+ c5 27. b3 e7 28. b5 c7 29. g5 c8 30. d5 b8 31. d6+ ec7 32. xe5 + - and White seems to have just enough for a winning advantage. |
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Dec-20-04
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| patzer2: Perhaps 15...Kxd8!? would have been Black's best response to White's sacrifice.
After 15...Kxd8!? 16. Nxf7+ Nxf7 17. Be6 Qb8 18. Bxf7 Bxf7 19. Qxf7 c5 20. Qxg7 Re8 21. Nd2 Qc7 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Nc4 Kc7 24. Ne3 Kb8 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. c4 Re6 White has an advantage, but Black has practical defensive chances in an unbalanced position |
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Jan-07-05
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| Knight13: No naval wars, please.
Aahhh. The problem is the f7 pawn. Good attacks. |
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| Jan-12-05 |
| bishopmate: Skylark--what's you FIDE rating?, you seem an awsome player |
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| Jan-29-05 |
| offramp: <skylark> That is a good game! Very funny the way you let the queens come off. Your score is not too good (18.Rac1) - so here is a pgn-friendly version: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3 8.Qb3 Qe7 9.Ng5 Nh6 10.Nxc3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 f6 12.h4 fxg5 13.Bxg5 Qf8 14.f4 Nf7 15.e5 Nxg5 16.hxg5 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Qd4 18.Rac1 Qxc3 19.Rxc3 d6 20.e6 Rf8 21.f5 g6 22.f6 Ne7 23.Rh3 h5 24.f7+ Kd8 25.Rf6 a6 26.Re3 b5 27.Bb3 Rb8 28.Rh3 Rb6 29.g4 hxg4 30.Rh6 Rc6 31.Kg1 Rc3 32.Rh8 Nf5 33.Rxf8+ Ke7 34.Re8# You should really copy it here and put in a pgn header: We want names! |
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| Apr-11-05 |
| Abaduba: <error> If being an amateur means that you're bad, than someone should run and tell Max Euwe and Robert Huebner quickly! I personally can't think of any more famous opening named after a weaker player than <tpstar's> suggestion of Ruy Lopez de Segura. No offense to Ruy, of course, since his book was a major milestone in chess history. |
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| Feb-03-06 |
| McCool: Nice Finish.
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| Apr-09-06 |
| chaarl: <cu8sfan>
<An Englishman> Who do you think was the weakest chess player to have a major opening named after him? "Interesting thought. How about Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky or Ernst Falkbeer who both have variations in the King's Gambit."
Just saw your comment on who was the weakest player to have an opening named after him, it may interest you to know that Kieseritsky was the world number 1 for 23 months, between 1849 and 1851, hardly amongst the weakest of players. The illusion of weakness probably stems from his 2 most famous games being losses, (the immortal & the evergreen). |
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| Nov-05-06 |
| RookFile: This is a very good game. MacDonnell got crushed, but it's not like he was making stupid pawn moves like Morphy's opponents sometimes did. Captain Evans played quite incisively here. |
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Mar-27-07
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| al wazir: Wouldn't black have made a better defense with 16...Qf6 ? After 17. Nxh8 O-O-O, black wins the in the corner. If 17. Nd6+!? cxd6 18. Qb5+ Ke7, I don't see any way for white to finish. |
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Mar-28-07
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| sneaky pete: A bit of analysis starting with 16... Qf6 17.Qa4+ c6 18.Nd6+ Kd7 19.Nxb7 .. was posted by <patzer2> a few posts up and a few years ago. I am not convinced by the sequel he gives, I don't really like the position for either side. If 15... Kxd8 (another <patzer2> suggestion) white can play 16.Ne6+ .. with a quick win: 16... fxe6 17.Bxe6 Qb8 18.Qd5+ Ke8 19.Qd7# or 17... Bf7 18.Qd1+ ..; 16... Ke8 17.Nxg7+ ..; 16... Kd7 17.Bb5+ c6 18.Qd5+ Ke8 19.Nxg7#. |
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| Dec-07-07 |
| PADutchImprover: There's something fun to watch in the old habit of playing until you're mated! |
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| Dec-07-07 |
| PADutchImprover: Opening the d file is important. |
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Feb-12-08
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| wolfmaster: Great game, great pun. |
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| Feb-12-08 |
| sambo: <And then there's the Benoni, not named after anybody, but the fellow to christened it was a very unnotable player named Aaron Reinganum who staved off depression by consuming his time studying this defense. He named it Ben Oni, Hebrew for "Child of my Tears."> Is this true? That's incredible! I always assumed it was an old Italian master, or at least a small town somewhere where the opening was popular. |
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| Apr-12-08 |
| stupidiot21: captain evans tore him up |
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| Aug-12-08 |
| JoergWalter: Many articles on the Evans mention a game between the harbours of Milford and Dunmore from 1824 as the stem game for the Evans. Does anybody have this game? Thx |
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| Aug-17-08 |
| JoergWalter: Ok, you can stop your researches - there is no such game Milford vs. Dunmore from 1824 as mentioned in the Wikipedia article on the Evans gambit. Lesson learnt: be cautious with "historical" notes - they are sometimes only "hysterical" notes and even in articles of self proclaimed experts you'll find a lot of balony. |
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Sep-12-08
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| just a kid: Mcdonnell had some ways to escape,but he didn't and I lve how Evans totally makes sure he doesn't get another chance.I am working on the evans gambit as white. |
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