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Jun-16-08
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| Richard Taylor: <Benzol> How to beat Peter Stuart! Actually your move 3... Bb4 wasn't so bad but after 4 e5 better not to take on c3
as you thus activate his B on c1 (it is good to leave the B there until he forces and exchange and retreat which is a part of the subtlety of the Nimzo. But here is a game where Black wins with your 3 ... Bb4!? ( !! ) Actually 3 ...Bb4 looks o.k. to me but I haven't evaluated it with a computer if that is possible... The ending you played was very interesting and looked = to me until
you advanced your e pawn I think...but I am not so good on endings - a bit rusty. The game:
N Petersen vs J Wilsbeck, 2001 |
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Jun-17-08
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| Benzol: <Richard> I think that leaving my Bishop at b3 and letting my King shuffle between e6 and d6 would have allowed me to keep the balance. It seems difficult for White to break in in that case. |
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Jun-19-08
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| vonKrolock: Hello, <Benzol> :) - I read around that You were searching for some contact with people interested in Chess sets - I'm also with Gareth Williams "Master Pieces" - quite impressive... I'm not a collector, but would like to, so to say, identify at least one set - later I can post some details, maybe there's some group or expert that can recognize a style or even a trademark (not some precious item, but the person that could help me in this search here is no longer in our company, so to say...) |
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Jun-19-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> Game Collection: New York 1927 is already looking great, and will no doubt be fabulous once it's finished. I'm currently working on Berlin 1887, but right now it's slow going because a number of games are not only missing from the database, but they are mislabeled as well. <sneaky pete> has already done extensive work on tracking down incorrect game scores and mislabeled information for the games. |
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Jun-19-08
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| Benzol: Game Collection: New York 1927 is now ready for general inspection. I hope you enjoy it. |
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Jun-19-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> As I thought, the collection looks fabulous. Just when one might think every historically important tournament is collected in the database it seems like half a dozen to a dozen more make themselves known. Excellent work on the introduction especially! |
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Jun-20-08
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| Benzol: <Hello, <Benzol> :) - I read around that You were searching for some contact with people interested in Chess sets - I'm also with Gareth Williams "Master Pieces" - quite impressive... I'm not a collector, but would like to, so to say, identify at least one set - later I can post some details, maybe there's some group or expert that can recognize a style or even a trademark (not some precious item, but the person that could help me in this search here is no longer in our company, so to say...)> <vonKrolock> It's been awhile since posted that question about chess sets. If you can post some details, great. Your message is a little bit cryptic. Who is the person that is no longer with us?
Anyway cheers mate.
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Jun-20-08
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| vonKrolock: Well, I had no intention of being cryptic ... maybe I was a bit laconic, yes - Just a memory - Here lived a collector of Chess sets and books, he died some years ago - Maybe he could recognize easily a Chess set for me - Well, a samovar or a violin can tell it`s own history by some incription - like `St. Petersburg 1896, by N.`, or so... but this Chess set - a family souvenir, has no such a way to tell it`s origin - Just a regular wooden set, and here in South there`s a tradition of craftsmanship made of wood... But the fine design, the perfect proportions - I really never saw a set from here with these features, and nothing in Gareth Williams books or in photos on-line - The solution would be to submit a description and a photo of the pieces in formation to some expert that could explain it`s origin... But as it`s not some precious item - more like that Philidor`s set - with marks of intense use - well, in the end it`s just a common set inspired by Staunton`s patterns, even somewhat simplified, and my curiosity, incomprehensible... |
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Jun-20-08
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| vonKrolock: <Benzol, suenteus po 147, etc> Keep the good work with the collections of classic games, they`re invaluable ps - winter is starting today - Be sure of taking shelter properly... |
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Jun-28-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> I just finished another important historical tournament for you to look at: Game Collection: Teplitz-Schönau 1922 <sneaky pete> cam through in the biggest way possible, so my next two projects are going to be Berlin 1928 and Karlsbad 1929. Hopefully they will be done by the end of next week. And away we go! :) |
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Jun-29-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> It's quite a documented collection, so there are bound to be errors. I hope you have time to give it a once over in the next week or so: Game Collection: Berlin 1928 This one took a lot out of me, despite the low number of games. <chessgames.com> finally uploaded a bunch of tournament games I resubmitted so I will be tending those in the next week or so. I might not get to Karlsbad 1929 until next weekend. |
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Jun-29-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> While not necessarily a historically strong tournament, it is one that is historically significant: Game Collection: Amsterdam IBM 1976 I hope you enjoy it! |
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Jul-07-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> A more recent tournament, but significant nonetheless. I was able to finish after <chessgames.com> uploaded the missing games: Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1989 |
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Jul-07-08
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| percyblakeney: <Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1989> Nice, that was a truly amazing tournament for Kasparov. Beating strong GMs in 24, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31 moves... I especially like this game: Piket vs Kasparov, 1989 |
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Jul-08-08
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| Benzol: <suenteus po 147> <percyblakeney> Kasparov's dominance in that event was Lasker-like and the sort of performance you want to see from the World Champion. Bravo! |
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Jul-11-08
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| Archives: <<Benzol> You are most welcome! The best part for me is that despite the ground we have covered there is a lot more to go! One thing we should do is inquire to <Archives> if he would be willing to let us post his Rubinstein tournament collections on The List: archives' Game Collections> Ooooh what list?
and of course you are welcome to use my collections for whatever purposes you want. |
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Jul-11-08
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| Benzol: <Archives> <Ooooh what list?> Thanks for letting me add your Rubinstein tournaments to the list in my profile. Along with <RonB52734>'s collection it's a sort of archive ( no pun intended ) for many historical tournaments. Scroll up if you missed it earlier. As you're a Rubinstein fan I can't help but ask if you have the two books by Donaldson & Minev? |
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Jul-15-08
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| Archives: I purchased the 2nd edition of the first volume of D&M;'s book, "The Uncrowned King." However, I just recently moved to America and forgot to take it with me :( I've actually been meaning to get it sent over to me, as I am teaching my wife how to play chess, and use Rubinstein's games to teach her key concepts of the game, so having that book with me would be helpful. Anyhoo, Chess is cool. I wish I was better at it. But I am content to be a patzer for life. The history of chess is very interesting, I am particularly interested in chess of the early 20th century. Fascinating period. You live in New Zealand right? I lived there my entire life (Chch) until about 4 months ago. I miss fish and chips, pies and V. But at least they still play chess over here :)
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Jul-17-08
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| Benzol: <Archives> <You live in New Zealand right? I lived there my entire life (Chch) until about 4 months ago.> Yes I'm in Auckland and it sounds like you won't being seeing Christchurch again for some time to come. Hope you don't get too homesick. I gather that you still have some family here. I possess both vol 1 editions of the D & M Rubinstein books. I'm tempted to buy the 2nd edition of the first one but I'm unsure if the improvements would make it worthwhile. Glad your wife enjoys learning about the game. Cheers.
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Jul-23-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> Finally done! Please enjoy: Game Collection: Karlsbad 1929 |
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Aug-05-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol: <suenteus po 147> Peter you have something like 29! collections of Wijk aan Zee tournaments. With an average of approximately 90 - 100 games per collection that something close to 3000 games! I'm completely blown into the weeds. I sincerely hope you didn't have to upload all of those.
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Well, I didn't upload the missing games individually ;) In most cases at least 20 or more games were missing from each edition of Wijk aan Zee, so I sent the complete PGN for each tournament to help complete them in the database. Finishing the collections, however, is a whole other story. If you think that's a lot, just wait until all the Wijk aan Zee are completed. There's decades of Beverwijk tournaments to upload and collect later! :) |
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Aug-10-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> Another Soviet Championship for the list: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1957 |
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Aug-24-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> Another historical tournament for your enjoyment: Game Collection: Semmering 1926 |
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Aug-25-08
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| suenteus po 147: <Benzol> Yet another historical tournament, this time a win for Bogoljubov: Game Collection: Bad Pistyan 1922 Surprisingly I couldn't find much information about it, so it looks a little flimsy intro-wise. I think I'm done with the '20s for now. Maybe I'll go earlier for the next one. |
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Sep-01-08
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| ganstaman: <Benzol> I'm glad you found your answers to the pgn/fen question. I knew I had seen the tag before, but knew nothing of the details, so I couldn't have answered any of your questions past the one I did. I hop you understand, then, that I won't really be of any help if you have any problems and look for more clarification. Good luck! |
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e7 would appear to be forced and after 39.
xd5 he's two bishops down.
