| Oct-01-08 |
A Nickel vs The World, 2008
jepflast: Has this line received any attention: <10...b5 11. g4 b4> ? 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 d5 really opens up our game.
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B67 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Odd Lie
technical draw: Worse of all I made a mistake and I'm not heading for 5,000 I'm heading for 6,000. I'm skipping down right now.
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| Oct-01-08 |
A Skipworth vs Owen, 1868
ravel5184: Oh, my god, how did I just do that??
Read my post in my forum.
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B00 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)
peddagunnu: Nice interview! Hope Vishy backups his database frequently and has good physical and network security. We wouldn't want something like the stolen laptop incident that derailed Radjabov in Linares 2008, to happen at WCC '08.
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| Oct-01-08 |
Jan Hein Donner
Tessie Tura: I think the exact quote can be found in one of the essays in "The King:Chess Pieces," which I glanced through once but didn't buy, a mistake. I remember Donner as saying flatly that Fischer was mad as a hatter or words to that effect,
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| Oct-01-08 |
Kenneth Rogoff
Jim Bartle: True, that's where I learn creative uses of words like "spade" and phrases like "magic Negro."
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| Oct-01-08 |
Kasparov vs A Aleksandrov, 2002
Poisonpawns: 29..a4? Alexandrov blundered away the draw i think,just bc8 looks like it holds.Also I think 23.Rxb6 destroying those pawns on the queenside should be played first then e4.Nice king walk by Kasparov at the end!
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D38 |
| Oct-01-08 |
H Evans vs Bisguier, 1959
Jason Frost: Took around 20 seconds but still seems a bit difficult for Wednesday. 26. Qa3+ Qe7 27. Bc6 and black can't take the rook do to the pin.
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C42 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Robert Huebner
Petrosianic: That's true, although there was some incentive there. The US and Soviet Championships were also Zonal tournaments, so anybody with any hopes for the world title had to play in them.
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| Oct-01-08 |
Hans Arild Runde
rogge: frogbert, looking forward to the new implementations on the live ratings list (in due time). Take care!
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| Oct-01-08 |
Alekhine vs Hromadka, 1942
ToTheDeath: 39...Bb7! 40.Qc3 Ne5 41. a6 (forced) Nf3+ 42.Kf1 Nh2+ with a draw.
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C79 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Eugenio Torre
timhortons: <KARPOV2985> I bet eugene torre well bring to his grave any personal information he know about bobby fischer. A gain i repeat he could write abook about bobby, si kasparov nga sa my great predescessor talk facts about bobby when ...
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| Oct-01-08 |
Viswanathan Anand
rogge: <Petrosianic: And if the breathing is through his mouth, he has a cold.> LOL! That's funny :)
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| Oct-01-08 |
Wesley So
StevenUS: <timhortons> you are perfectly correct. Two minds are better than one in many ways. If you have read the full interview, you very well know why Annand cannot reveal Carlsen's name. We can also see how computers have change the game
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| Oct-01-08 |
F Bethge vs Legal, 1930
TheTamale: Please disregard last comment; I have no idea what I was thinking.
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C21 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Philipp Hirschfeld
Agent Bouncy: Does anyone know where to find the scores of the Hirschfeld-Suhle match games?
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| Oct-01-08 |
Gata Kamsky
Davolni: a little bit off-topic...
I thought Danailov was a GM...
I guess I was wrong...
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| Oct-01-08 |
T Nyback vs Holzke, 2008
karik: The score must be wrong. Probably 40. -Qa1 instead of Qa4.
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D86 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1920
notyetagm: Just a *stupendous* game by Rubinstein.
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D63 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958
CharlesSullivan: <Alphastar> Your analysis is very provocative -- after White's 29th move in the "b2) 26.Kd2!" variation this critical position is reached after White's 29.Bxg7:
[DIAGRAM]
Although you give 29...Kxg7 30.Kc3 and assign White
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A54 |
| Oct-01-08 |
A Ushenina vs Kosteniuk, 2008
hpavlo: OK. I am really quite tired of this by now, but I won't stop reminding everyone who keeps making this mistake that, as one of the players is Ukrainian, the pun is inappropriate...
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E34 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Katalymov vs V Litvinov, 1971
playground player: Katalymov was one of the pioneers of this opening. I'd like to see more examples of his use of it.
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A00 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Carsten Hansen
whiteshark: <hedgefonds> Hoho, it took really a movment before I saw teh connexion. :D
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| Oct-01-08 |
Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1927
norcist: hmmm several people have questioned blacks whole opening system...however, after 7...Bd6!? (fighting whites idea of controlling the e5 square) isn't black fully equal??
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A06 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Topalov vs Nisipeanu, 2007
Poisonpawns: Topalov didn't even have to take this to an endgame:His missed some clear tactical shots.
32 N4f5! Qd7 33 Bxg7+ Nxg7 34 Qf6 Rg8 35 Rad1 White should win quickly. 36 Ng3! Nxg3 37 fxg3!Rf1 38 Qe4
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D20 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Magnus Carlsen
Jim Bartle: In Monty Python wasn't it usually a giant foot?
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| Oct-01-08 |
Fine vs H Evans, 1944
Phony Benoni: I believe that, around this time, Fine was experimenting with playing blindfold rapid transit (10 seconds a move without sight of the board). Could this have been one such game?
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D52 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 (E40)
Alphastar: <aw1988: Hi there, you theory hounds and chess enthusiasts. The petty aw is here to beg you for an answer to a confused question. e3 - aka the Rubinstein variation - is meant to avoid doubled pawns by Bd3 and Nge2. Is it necessarily ...
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E40 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Anzer: Seems like this guy gets slammed hard by positional players.
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| Oct-01-08 |
Alekhine vs Hromadka, 1922
ToTheDeath: Excellent use of the initiative to prevent castling after 11...Qa7?
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D15 |
| Oct-01-08 |
N Nip vs M Askin, 2008
Alphastar: <mcaskin: I'm famous! My actual strength is ~1700 (on playchess); this was my first tournament since the early 90s when I was 10.> This was the only game (of you) in the tournament?
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C18 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Robert James Fischer
ketchuplover: 60 games algebraic is out now.
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| Oct-01-08 |
P Trifunovic vs Tartakower, 1950
Zenoglio: Why did they agreed on a draw by move 8? The position seems even to me!
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B07 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Popert vs Cochrane, 1842
tpstar: Popert's games are interesting - typically short and flashy, featuring basic tactics - yet he racked up several wins over Staunton, so he was no pushover. Here I think he resigned too early; after 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rad1 White has decent ...
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C53 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Movsesian vs Sutovsky, 2002
zev22407: 29)..Qxa2!! a move out of space!
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B90 |
| Oct-01-08 |
A Zapata vs Anand, 1988
stardust762: Anand should avoid this opening novelty in the WCC.
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C42 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931
sergeidave: O.O Amazing...
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A03 |
| Oct-01-08 |
A Crawley vs G Bady, 2008
Jesspatrick: The shot that Black missed would make a great Wednesday puzzle. 22...Qh1+ is correct. After 23.Kh2 Rxf2+ Black wins in all variations. 24.Kxf2 Qh2+ wins White's Queen. 24.Kd3 Qe4+ 25.Rxe4 dxe4+ and White can resign. Instead, Black ...
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A06 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Hanna Marie Klek
alexmagnus: Hm, I see she is not (yet?) registered for the World Youth Championship (the only registered German player of her age group so far is My Linh Tran). I wonder if Hanna Marie plays there...
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| Oct-01-08 |
Kibitzer's Café
technical draw: Pete Rose, scientist, gambler and greatest player not in the Hall of Fame: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience...
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| Oct-01-08 |
Anderssen vs Hirschfeld, 1860
ShadowRider: Nice finish. If 25. KxN, Rf3# and if 25. King moves anywhere else, then 25 ..., N(f4)xd5 and white is down three pawns.
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C39 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996
Woody Wood Pusher: < ToTheDeath: Karpov hypnotized Kamsky with his audacious king walk. Rather than accept a draw White lurches forward and gets squashed by a simple combination. 27.Qh7 g5! is quite nice for Black, but this was no reason to ...
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C43 |
| Oct-01-08 |
I Hausner vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1983
kevin86: To add to the movie story:Zsuzsa won a flower in a contest at school. When she handed the flower to her dad,a few petals fell off. To allow her to believe he "fixed it",the dad put the petals in the waistband of his pants. When the dad ...
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E76 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Tal vs Panno, 1958
chancho: The way Tal navigates the material imbalances to forge the win, is the stuff that makes the royal game such a delight.
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C92 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Nigel Short
Ezzy: <Nigel Short: Because otherwise my children would be washing car windscreens.> Yes, you don't want them having to put up with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W02...
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| Oct-01-08 |
Mikhail Botvinnik
capanegra: This is a lovely puzzle composed by Botvinnik in 1939. White to play and win.
[DIAGRAM]
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| Oct-01-08 |
Mayet vs Hirschfeld, 1861
Whitehat1963: Beautiful ending combination by the Player of the Day, beginning with the Thursdayish puzzle after 10. O-O.
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C38 |
| Oct-01-08 |
S Kindermann vs Psakhis, 1989
whiteshark: I thought I have done some analysis on this. Maybe I'm getting clumsy?
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C18 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Anand vs Kramnik, 1999
PhilFeeley: Another black win by Kramnik! Sure, it was blindfold, but nice to see. Watch out in Bonn, Vishy!
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B56 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Anand vs Kramnik, 1996
PhilFeeley: Wow! A black win by Kramnik. No "drawnik" here!
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B62 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Henry D Evans
AnalyzeThis: Wow! This guy was a strong player! Two wins over Rueben Fine!
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| Oct-01-08 |
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1955
faulenzer: Maybe after 28. ...  xa8 or 28. ...  xa8, White can play 29.
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A05 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Raymond Keene
you vs yourself: <mahmoudkubba: Hello Mr. Kene, about ur comment: <<most difficult american opponent-kavalek easiest-tarjan other books -the age heresy about the ageing brain-genius-mental world records-mind sports in general-and i have ...
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| Oct-01-08 |
R Byrne vs Kotov, 1954
whiteshark: Maybe if you start with the break-up move <41...b5> it's not that boring @ all.
[DIAGRAM] I think I've seen other Kotov games with a similar structure of 8 blocked pawns.
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E29 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Ni Hua vs D Jakovenko, 2008
Ladolcevita: Humor,the invention of modern time and the legacy of european novel.....
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C53 |
| Oct-01-08 |
A J Goldsby vs J Jurjevich, 2007
mateifl: 17... Bf3 seems to me a big mistake. Bf5 for ex. would have been better, in my opinion, I would even dare to say that Black has the advantage.
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D35 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Novotelnov vs Geller, 1956
Xeroxx: 9. b3 was the Novotelnov in this game
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E42 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Sveshnikov vs Psakhis, 1987
whiteshark: 16...Nc2 was a mistake. 16...0-0 looks quite reasonable. In the final position White's threats were 26.Bxh6 and 26.Rg6, targeting  e6:
[DIAGRAM]
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C02 |
| Oct-01-08 |
P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik, 1945
plang: 7 Bb5 is almost never played nowadays in the Rauzer variation. Yudasin resurrected it in his key win against Shirov in the 1993 Biel Interzonal that was instrumental in helping Yudasin qualify for the candidate matches. Botvinnik was ...
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B62 |
| Oct-01-08 |
R Blau vs A Ammann, 1993
Xeroxx: Is there any book on the Dubois Reti Defense?
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C44 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Levon Aronian
pinoymaster77: GM Aronian zoomed to top 10 in FIDE list, more success!
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| Oct-01-08 |
Arturo Pomar-Salamanca
whiteshark: So what is the case in point now?
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| Oct-01-08 |
R Byrne vs S Bouaziz, 1967
jerseybob: After consulting Golombek in the 1968 BCM, let me correct myself: Bouaziz was actually the last-minute replacement for Oscar Panno, another South American no-show as well as Bolbochan. This was done to keep an even number of players and
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B87 |
| Oct-01-08 |
R Byrne vs Larry Evans, 1965
Xeroxx: This game deserves to be famous or something!? Ó__Ô
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B97 |
| Oct-01-08 |
A Lukin vs Karpov, 1967
whiteshark: <16.Nxe5> should be given thermodynamically favouritism. [DIAGRAM]
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E31 |
| Oct-01-08 |
H Evans vs I A Horowitz, 1956
Strongest Force: I am shocked that Horowitz played this badly. He was a strong IM and a big part of american chessic folklore. From this game, it seems he wasn't knowledgable about KID theory; for example, 11...Nf8 looked especially passive: ...
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E69 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Hirschfeld vs Anderssen, 1860
Honza Cervenka: 10...Nf6 started black's troubles, 12...Ne4 was a blunder, though 12...Ng4 13.Qf3 Nc6 14.Bb5 doesn't look comfortably for black as well. 20.Nef3 deserved preference instead of 20.Qxa7 as then black got himself back into the game ...
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C38 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Kosteniuk vs C P Gouw, 2000
Ladolcevita: relatively for the most part,a successful combination is established by opponet's mistake........lets imagine together,what if the person sitting there is a higer rated grandmaster,i doubt whether Kosteniuk would succeed checkating in
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C00 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Anand vs Kamsky, 1994
Ladolcevita: from the appearance of the game,i think we can say Kamsky gets a huge invisible potential advantage by skillfully shaping its pawn chains at bothsides.
Look at anand's queen side,the bottom pawn is a dangerous weakness;while at his ...
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B01 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Charles Clarke
whiteshark: <The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.> -- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Oct-01-08 |
Tal vs K Klaman, 1957
drukenknight: I think it is also featured as a one move problem in one of Fred Reinfeld's beginner books on chess.
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B61 |
| Oct-01-08 |
S Klausen vs Alekhine, 1935
Honza Cervenka: <Calli> Thanks. I have thought that it was played in a simul with clocks but I was not sure which colour had Alekhine here and white's play resembled Alekhine's aggressive style so much that I was in doubt a bit for a while ...
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A47 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Vladimir Kramnik
chancho: The real scarface:
http://www.dhahranbritish.com/Histo...
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| Oct-01-08 |
Parimarjan Negi
PhilFeeley: Negi lost today:
[Event "Commonwealth Chess Championship 2008"]
[Site "Nagpur"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "R5"]
[White "Saha, Suvrajit"]
[Black "Parimarjan, Negi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2367"]
[WhiteTitle ...
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| Oct-01-08 |
R Nevanlinna vs A Bandza, 2005
whiteshark: Position after <30... Nfxg5>: [DIAGRAM] Find the best move!
(6181!)
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B00 |
| Oct-01-08 |
James Bourne
chancho: He was Bourne to play chess!
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| Oct-01-08 |
Hillar Karner
whiteshark: From the youtube video (start at 0m:40s), Nevanlinna-Karner: [DIAGRAM]
<1...d2 2.Ra5 d1Q 3.Bxd1 Bxd1 4.Ke3=> (tablebase draw) <4... Bc2 5.Rc5 Bd3 6.Rd5 Bf1 7.Ra5 Bg2 8.Kf2 Bh1 9.Ke3> (karner is doing some sipping now and ...
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| Oct-01-08 |
Kasparov vs Kiril Georgiev, 1988
DoubleCheck: 78. Qb4 is the winning move
black is forced to play Ka7 in which queen is mating on b7
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A29 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Kasparov vs G Milos, 2002
Poisonpawns: I must return to say after further observation that there seems to be a better alternative for black with 25..Qxc6.Instead of allowing his pawns to be shattered,i think the game is equal after the queen gets chased somewhat.Also ...
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D35 |
| Oct-01-08 |
NN
Xeroxx: <ravel5184: <Xeroxx> = <xeroxmachine>?> 8____8_88888_88888
_8__8__8_____88___
__88___88888___88_
__88___8________88
__88___88888_88888
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| Oct-01-08 |
Alekhine vs Prils/Blaut, 1923
Xeroxx: Hahah look at that combonotion! ó_ò
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C77 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Alekhine vs LeCount FJ, 1923
Xeroxx: White successfully prevented blacks counterattack opportunities.
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C68 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Minic vs K Honfi, 1966
Manic: <whitebeach> After 24.Rxb5 Qd7 can't white play 25.Qe2 ?
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C81 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Alekhine vs Verlinsky, 1918
Xeroxx: Haha woo! Da checkmate :__D
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C68 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000
Ulhumbrus: On 15 Bxe6 Rc7 one variation is 16 Ne5 Qxd4 17 Nb5 piling on the pressure
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E53 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Karpov vs Kavalek, 1974
Woody Wood Pusher: Total zugzwang!
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A30 |
| Oct-01-08 |
H Evans vs J Willhammer, 1953
derekchessgames: 24.Rxf7+ Ke8 25.Qxh8+. If Black King moves up, he loses a Rook. If 25..Qf8, then 26.Rg8 and Black Queen is lost for a rook
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D00 |
| Oct-01-08 |
Leonard William Barden
Red October: i liked his columns
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| Oct-01-08 |
Popert vs Staunton, 1840
InspiredByMorphy: Whites endgame advantage due to blacks pawn structure is not immediately apparent in the final position but a draw would have been a wise choice to accept. Sure black plays 38. ...Rxc3 but white then plays 39.Rf6! and the f pawn ...
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B33 |
| Oct-01-08 |
I Yesilada vs E Ekin, 2005
fullhouse: I dont think this is sound because it's not so bad for black after 6.. g6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 Nxc2+
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C50 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Keres vs Smyslov, 1939
morphynoman2: 26...Qxe3+ 27.Kh2 Nf6 28.Rxf6 Kxf6 29.Qf1+ Ke7!= 30. Qf7 Kd6 31. Qxb7 Rf8! 32. Qxa6 Rf4 33. Nf3 Rg4 and the best for white is a perpetual check.
Analysis by Fritz 11
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D55 |
| Sep-30-08 |
V Prosviriakov vs Alburt, 1991
Phony Benoni: I wonder if Black thought that 12...Ng8 would just be a temporary inconvenience.
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A43 |
| Sep-30-08 |
M Helin vs J Hickman, 2008
DoubleCheck: Why didnt black play 29...Rxe1?
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A00 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Capablanca vs Yates, 1930
Calli: I would eliminate the NY 1924 game because Euwe was not there. He played at London 1922, of course. Young Euwe also played in the "C" section at Hastings 1919, finishing 4-5th behind the forgotten W H Kirk .
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D66 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Kramnik vs Svidler, 2004
Whitehat1963: Easily the longest draw between these two draw masters. I get the feeling someone missed a win. Who? Where? How?
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D85 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Hikaru Nakamura
blueofnoon: Congrats Nakamura for getting to 2700 for the first time! Of course this is because Montreal was not counted this time, but he has 3 months to cover it. But needless to say, compared with Radjabov or Carlsen, he still has a lot to ...
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| Sep-30-08 |
Fischer vs K Warner, 1955
AnalyzeThis: If he's still alive, he would be around 70 years old now.
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B58 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Savon vs Polugaevsky, 1971
4tmac: Keres gives 20. ... BxN! equalizing & 27. ...Nc4! as better for black (time trouble) Well played game.
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B84 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Keene vs Hartston, 1968
jerseybob: Great game by Keene, but not sure I like black's play in moves 8-10. Is trading that bishop really worth all the effort? And afterward black's game just seems so sterile.
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A05 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Leinier Dominguez-Perez
chancho: http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/1...
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| Sep-30-08 |
Tartakower vs Najdorf, 1948
jokerman: Qa5 is a move to remember, afther the exchange, Nxe4 is a strong move, pushing the white queen to a passive square. afther that weakening whites pawns with Nxc3 bxc3 Maybe 13...b5 is stronger. the move queen c7: hittng the c4 bishop and ...
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B21 |
| Sep-30-08 |
M Sebag vs V Popov, 2006
beenthere240: Remarkable how white invades-threatens to invade the h file 3 times, with the third time being the charm. After 18 Nfg the game is pretty much over.
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C05 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Marie Sebag
sisyphus: Marie up four points to 2533 in October, after going +1 at the North Urals Cup.
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| Sep-30-08 |
Seirawan vs M Vukic, 1979
ToTheDeath: 19...g5 was a real stinker. Nicely played by Seirawan.
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A26 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Karpov vs Anand, 1991
Brown: In the database here, Karpov has played this line (D45) as white 54 times, against the best players, in simuls, rapids, etc. His record is a staggering 27 wins, 26 draws and 1 loss. Including this game, Karpov is +2 -1 =6 vs Anand in this ...
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D45 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Mednis vs Smyslov, 1975
Brown: <PawnAmbush>
21.Nd5 has white capturing his own queen. Did you mean on move 20 or 22 for Nd5? Anyway, the Fianchetto Defense in the Ruy is yet another variation Smyslov put his inimitable stamp on. Here is a nice sequence from ...
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C60 |
| Sep-30-08 |
M Cebalo vs Keene, 1967
ray keene: belated response-i think i only played cebalo once and its the same game
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A40 |
| Sep-30-08 |
R Durkin vs Graf-Stevenson, 1955
Resignation Trap: 1.Na3 is either called the Durkin Attack (after the player of the White pieces here), or the Sodium Attack (Na is the symbol for Sodium). Durkin frequently started his games with 1.Na3, with mixed results. However, if you were to
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A00 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Lutikov vs Karpov, 1972
Resignation Trap: Under the "Event" column, it reads <Moscow 5'>, which, I believe, means that this was a 5-minute game.
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A46 |
| Sep-30-08 |
E Najer vs Negi, 2008
vkwow: yes, this was the armageddon game, but I think the game is incomplete.
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B96 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Anatoli Karpov
timhortons: <ravel> i read that link, what nick name did she gave to nakamura?
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| Sep-30-08 |
C Clarke vs D Whitworth, 2004
IT4L1CO: "Clarke Can't"?
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C44 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990
Jimfromprovidence: The antidote to 59 f4 was 59…Ke6, keeping white from winning a second pawn. [DIAGRAM] Now, if 60 fxe5, 60...Nc4 attacks the bishop and wins back the pawn.
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C45 |
| Sep-30-08 |
M Brooks vs B Wall, 1973
IT4L1CO: maybe it's not the same Brooks!
B Wall vs B Brooks, 1973
same year, same place, same surname...
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B20 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Popert vs Staunton, 1840
GrahamClayton: The game score is incomplete according to the "Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games: Volume 1 - 1485-1866", edited by David levy and Kevin O'Connell, OUP, 1981
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B21 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Dzindzichashvili vs M Brooks, 1981
Petrosianic: <parmetd> <lol this game is pretty funny. Roman must have been ...
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E67 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Kasparov vs Anand, 1991
0817: what about 17.Na3 ?
A) 17...Rfd8:
A1) 18.Bg2 Rd1!
A2) 18.f3 Rxd5 19.fxg4 Rd4 looks unclear to me.
A3) 18.Bxb7 Rab8 19.f3 Rxb7 20.fxg4 Rd4 looks better for black compared to line (A2) above. B) 17...Rad8:
B1) 18.f3 Rxd5 19.fxg4 Rd4 looks
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C43 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Ulf Andersson
GBKnight: <Tripler> Well, if you write a book of Anderssons best games I would buy it. Can't help on the publishing side though. Have you tried floating the idea to Mr Keene? He has a page here and fequently contributes.
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| Sep-30-08 |
Ulf Andersson vs A Lawson, 2008
GBKnight: If I played Andersson I would not get out of the opening alive. The only chess heroes I ever got to play were Jim Plaskett and Mark Hebden!
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D55 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997
CanteurX: "play like fisher"
similarity to
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
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C93 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Short vs Karpov, 1992
acirce: Not everything went smoothly for Short in 1992.
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/... Apart from the Karpov match, which of course was quite enough, he didn't really achieve much.
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B63 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Karpov vs Dorfman, 1976
The Bycote: Graham Burgess analyzes this game in "The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games." He analyzes 28...Bd8!? as follows:
29.e6 fxe6 30.d7+ (30.Rxe6+?! Kd7 31.Qf5 Qxg5 32.Re7+ Kc6!) 30...Kxd7 31.Qb7+ Ke8 32.Qc6+ Kf8 33.Qd6+ Kg7 ...
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B81 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Alekhine vs I Koenig, 1922
ToTheDeath: The price for neglecting the center is high.
13...f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5! is still very dangerous for Black.
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A50 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Li Chao
PetShopB: Yep, his rating is now 2622 - over 2600 for the first time. Fide have done their rating list early ..He has also earned some points in the russia match. It will interesting to see how many games he gets to play as a reserve in the ...
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| Sep-30-08 |
Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Cactus: <MaxxLange> Good point. But what used to happen in all my Najdorf games (I played 6.Be3) was that I'd develop my queenside pieces, castle, and maybe even start to develop, and then just when I was ready to attack, I realise that I ...
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B90 |
| Sep-30-08 |
S Estremera Panos vs P Sogues Tena, 2001
estebansponton: why not ...Bxh6????
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E91 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Sutovsky vs Carlsen, 2003
notyetagm: White to play: 39 ?
[DIAGRAM] 39  c8xb7! 1-0
[DIAGRAM] A *perfect* example of the tactical theme <KNIGHTS HATE ROOK PAWNS>: White promotes the a-pawn after 39 ...
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B04 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Dzindzichashvili vs Browne, 1982
Chessdreamer: The game score and result are wrong. POS after 20..b5: [DIAGRAM] The correct score Dzindzichashvili vs Browne, 1982 : 21.f5 exf5 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.Qxf5 Qxf5 24.Rxf5 Kf7 25.g4 Rd8 26.Bc3 Re6 27.Kg2 Rxe1 28.Bxe1 g6 29.Rf3 c4 30.dxc4 bxc4
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B20 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Euwe vs Denker, 1946
micartouse: These two should be commended for their deeply original play in this encounter.
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E40 |
| Sep-30-08 |
D Godden vs W Howard, 2000
Mulyahnto: Three choices of mate: Rh5#, Bg5# and Bg7#
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C47 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Adams vs Adorjan, 1992
MarvinTsai: I always wonder about this kind of games: why so easily exchange rook for a bishop? It's an immediate material loss.
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A45 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Alekhine vs Flohr, 1931
tommy boy: 28.e5!! what a move!
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D26 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Boleslavsky vs Tal, 1957
maxi: It seems you are right.
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C97 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Botvinnik-Smyslov World Championship Return Match (1957)
Whitehat1963: In four of the five short "grandmaster" draws in this match, Botvinnik played white. I can only guess he was tired and needed a break and that Smyslov was happy to oblige. Are there other explanations?
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| Sep-30-08 |
E Torre vs Miles, 1981
Sularus: why is this a notable game?
nakakainsulto naman kung dahil lamang si miles ito kaya sya notable.
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E15 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Harikrishna vs K Miton, 2008
euripides: <Andrew> I'm not sure but maybe White can win with the queen sac <29...Nc4> 30.Nxd5 Nxd2 31.Nf6+ Kc8 32.Nxe8 e.g. 32... Rg8 33.Nf6 Rh8 34.Rg1 Nf3 (...Qh2 35.Ree1) 35.Ng8 Qd7 36.e8=Q+ Qxe8 38.Rxe8 Kd7 39.Nf6+.
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D31 |
| Sep-30-08 |
S Williams vs V Laznicka, 2008
Miacat: 22 Bxg7 doesn't appear to work. Can someone explain White's thinking behind the move?
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D15 |
| Sep-30-08 |
N Murshed vs Wojtkiewicz, 1999
waustad: Did he lose on time? Black is certainly better, but resignation seems a little premature.
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A42 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Nazi Paikidze
petrisor: Congruations for European Championship!Good luck!See you:*:)
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| Sep-30-08 |
J Curdo vs A Zapata, 1996
chancho: Viva Zapata.
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B42 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Nino Kirov Ivanov
stanleys: It's true - GM Kirov has died on 25 September 2008 http://www.chessbgnet.org/news.php?... (in Bulgarian)
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| Sep-30-08 |
Smyslov vs Euwe, 1948
whiteshark: What a copycat. ROFL
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C81 |
| Sep-30-08 |
William Windom
offramp: The name Windom has another televisual chess connection: ex-FBI agent Windom Earle played a game of chess 'with human pieces' in the series Twin Peaks.
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| Sep-30-08 |
Mikhail Tal
lonelyboy14344: tal is one of my most favorite! there are now 3 types of sacrifices: correct ones, tal's sac of course and now MINE.
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| Sep-30-08 |
R Durkin vs G Fuster, 1957
neverfallen: Durkin plays high quality games. I think his performance is 2950 in this game. This and many others of his games are interesting (He's aggressive, attacks as soon as possible and doesnt play for a draw like many GMs nowadays)
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A00 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Boleslavsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1957
whiteshark: Would you have resigned here?
[DIAGRAM] (That's the difference... :D)
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C76 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Boleslavsky vs Suetin, 1957
whiteshark: Boleslavsky's only defeat with white in 1957. Maybe a bit premature to resign here:
[DIAGRAM]
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A56 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Modern Defense, Averbakh System (A42)
ravel5184: OOTD 2008.09.30
Modern Defense, Averbakh System
1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
Votava vs F Jenni, 2001
Game Collection: Opening of the day - notable games
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A42 |
| Sep-30-08 |
W Adams vs R Durkin, 1941
refutor: since the game was in 1941 i'm guessing he had neither
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C24 |
| Sep-30-08 |
J Soo Hoo vs B Bekhtur, 2004
whiteshark: Black mixed e- and c-pawn at his first move. He never recovered from this slip.
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C41 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Deep Thought (Computer)
whiteshark: http://cectic.com/comics/001.png :D
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| Sep-30-08 |
Ricardo Calvo
whiteshark: Quote of the Day:
<The greatest weapon of our enemies is that people will tire of fighting them. <<<<<>>>>>> --- Ricardo Calvo
... you've lost already before
... fear is a bad adviser
... ...
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| Sep-30-08 |
Mark Paragua
shintaro go: Tentative lineups for RP Men's and Women's team:
GM MARK PARAGUA (2526)
IM ROLANDO NOLTE (2489)
IM JULIO CATALINO SADORRA (2431)
IM CHITO GARMA I
IM LEONARDO CARLOS
Womens Team
SHERILY CUA
CRISTINE ROSE MARIANO
...
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| Sep-30-08 |
George Hatfeild Gossip
GrahamClayton: The 1885 Australian championship was a match between Gossip and Frederick Esling. After playing in the Melbourne Chess Club handicap tournament in May, Gossip wrote in the "Australasian" chess column, dated 6th June:
"The results of
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| Sep-30-08 |
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982
Woody Wood Pusher: Don't repeat lines against the World Champion without an improvement, especially if that World Champion is Karpov!
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D55 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Anand vs Morozevich, 2008
Poisonpawns: Also if 23..gxh6 24.Qg4+ Bg7 25.Qf5 Nf6
26.Nh5! is the other win.
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C92 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Macieja vs Karpov, 2003
Woody Wood Pusher: 13..Nd3+! what a great move, but we need to remember that it was 11..Nb4! that was the important theoretical novelty which set it up. The position after 11.Ba3 was considered favourable for white until this novelty, and the ...
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C45 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Blackburne vs Chamier, 1885
GrahamClayton: Blackburne spent the first 5 months of 1885 touring Australia, giving simultaneous, blindfold simultaneous and exhibition games in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. He gave this opinion of the strength of Australian chess: "Taken as a
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C40 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Russell vs Blackburne, 1885
GrahamClayton: Blackburne spent the first 5 months of 1885 touring Australia, giving simultaneous, blindfold simultaneous and exhibition games in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. He gave this opinion of the strength of Australian chess: "Taken as a
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C39 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Blackburne vs J Mann, 1885
GrahamClayton: Blackburne spent the first 5 months of 1885 touring Australia, giving simultaneous, blindfold simultaneous and exhibition games in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. He gave this opinion of the strength of Australian chess: "Taken as a
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C21 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Blackburne vs Lush, 1885
GrahamClayton: Blackburne spent the first 5 months of 1885 touring Australia, giving simultaneous, blindfold simultaneous and exhibition games in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. He gave this opinion of the strength of Australian chess: "Taken as a
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B01 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Blackburne vs J G Witton, 1885
GrahamClayton: This game was played during a blindfold simultaneous exhibition on the 8th of January 1885. Blackburne scored +5, -0, =3. Blackburne spent the first 5 months of 1885 touring Australia, giving simultaneous, blindfold simultaneous and
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C44 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Patrick Wolff
Strongest Force: Sorry for mis-spelling your name, Patrick!
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| Sep-30-08 |
John Wisker
GrahamClayton: In 1877 Wisker gave a blindfold simul in Sydney, scoring +2, -4, en route to Brisbane. After moving to Melbourne in 1880, Wisker lost a match to Andrew Burns (+0, -3, =4). He then played Frederick Esling in a match where the winner ...
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| Sep-30-08 |
Gunnar Gundersen
GrahamClayton: Gundersen was raised in Melbourne, where his Norwegian father was the Scandinavian consul. Gundersen started to play chess at his first year of study at Melbourne University in 1902. He would eventually become Professor of ...
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| Sep-30-08 |
A H Faul
GrahamClayton: Source: John van Manen "The Records of Australian Chess - Tournament and Match Tables - Volume II". Modbury Heights, 1987
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| Sep-30-08 |
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928
GrahamClayton: Source: John van Manen "The Records of Australian Chess - Tournament and Match Tables - Volume II". Modbury Heights, 1987
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C02 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Sicilian (B20)
MaxxLange: actually, players only 200 points below you will be able to force draws sometimes. Refusal to admit that is called "playing for the loss" <Maxx: it actually looks survivable after:...> is that engine analysis, or your analysis? ...
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B20 |
| Sep-30-08 |
C Lip vs N Mills, 2001
GeauxCool: This.
"Let Palin be Palin"
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09... "Let Olive be Olive"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little...
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C43 |
| Sep-30-08 |
P Kuchta vs K Honfi, 1956
GaleWings: Why did he resign?
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D86 |
| Sep-30-08 |
K Rybenko vs Kosteniuk, 1996
Whitehat1963: As I was saying, time for a rematch between these two. The full 24-game match. Yes, in bikinis! Imagine the, ahem, exposure: http://images.google.com/imgres?img...
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C44 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Pentala Harikrishna
samsal27: <I dont think Spice Cup will be rated in Oct list.> Spice Cup will be rated in January. Hari next plays in the Mindgames starting in Beijing on October 3.
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| Sep-30-08 |
Spassky vs Fischer, 1960
jovack: fischer got locked in
in an interview, he claimed "he pushed too hard for the win", and now that I see this, I have to agree with that
i think fischer was better at the start, and slowly put himself in a worse and worse position i guess ...
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C39 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Edinburgh Chess Club vs London Chess Club, 1824
jovack: i enjoyed that.
both teams fought hard and refused to simplify too early it's too bad early resigns are the flavour of modern chess. i have to disagree with wolfmaster, there's nothing wrong with longer games
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C44 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Dronavalli Harika
samsal27: <yalie> <World Champion - India
World Rapid Chess Champion - India
World Junior Chess Champion - India
World Junior Girls Chess Champion - India > World Under 8 Girls Champion -India
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| Sep-30-08 |
Paulino Frydman
JointheArmy: <zooter> I'd like to see some clips of that on youtube.
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| Sep-30-08 |
Flohr vs Vidmar, 1936
norcist: <sanyas>
Good question. Flohr hits Vidmar with the IQP pawn characteristic of many lines of the tarrasch. However, after 13...Bg4 black seems to retain good drawing chances, thought white is better thanks to his superior minor ...
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D62 |
| Sep-30-08 |
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982
anonymous131: Thank you for pointing this out to me. XD
In just 5 words you make a fool out of my 3 paragraphs. Thanks again.
(I thought I was going crazy)
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