| Dec-23-08 |
E Cekro vs L Patriarca, 2008
Check It Out: Oh boy, Luis took the bishop.
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A12 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911
Calli: Wilson is probably looking at the board position and guessing the circumstances too. I made a mistake earlier, its Moishe Lowcki not Levitsky. These names get me mixed up! Lowcki is known on CG as Moishe Leopoldowicz Lowtzky
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C50 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2008)
badest: <walker> It is amazing that Russia has not produced any new talents. You are seriously right in saying that there may not be a Russian in top 5 (I know you said top 10, but there will be a random Russian in the top 10 :) Kramnik, ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Wade vs C Hilton, 1962
WhiteRook48: came from opening of the day.
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C44 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Carreras vs J C Battle, 1898
WhiteRook48: Battle it out and all of battle's pieces died in the battle
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C26 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (D14)
Cactus: If you follow the main line to move 12, there isn't a single win for white or black. 78 draws. Amazing, really.
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D14 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alekhine vs Book, 1935
WhiteRook48: so boring old book moves can hold Alekhine into a draw.
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D23 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Lord
WhiteRook48: in the Lord loses game, the lord giveth.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparian vs Alatortsev, 1931
WhiteRook48: this guy's name sounds like Kasparov.
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D15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kibitzer's Café
Phony Benoni: <cu8sfan: A similar and fun game is to find the closest route from yourself to Anand, Kasparov etc.> <Jim Bartle: To make it challenging it has to be a win (or at least a draw) against each player on the list.> I can get ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Wesley So
balweg214: Here is the Format and the Playing Schedules:
The Championships will be played according to the Swiss System of 7 rounds.
Rate of play will be 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds increment for every move played.
Competition ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
E Inarkiev vs Akopian, 2005
WhiteRook48: a rare King vs King ending.
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B90 |
| Dec-23-08 |
G Welling vs A Berelovich, 2003
WhiteRook48: why is this a draw?
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D02 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Marjanovic vs Yusupov, 1982
WhiteRook48: Rxg7+!!!!!!!!!!!!
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C77 |
| Dec-23-08 |
V S Stevanovic vs A Dimitrijevic, 2003
WhiteRook48: why does that check lead to a draw?
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B02 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Robert Franz vs C Eliason, 1856
WhiteRook48: another game with no kibitzing
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B21 |
| Dec-23-08 |
L Lengyel vs C B Van den Berg, 1964
WhiteRook48: When I look at random games, they always seem to be games with no kibitzing. Is that because CG wants all of its pages to have kibitzing?
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A20 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Nickel vs The World, 2008
OhioChessFan: GetReti: <In my opinion, our mistake was as early as 2...Nc6, we volutarily let him stop us from playing a Najdorf and played our second best variation, better may have been a6. > I agree. However, in the beginning of the game,
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B67 |
| Dec-23-08 |
E Van der Raaf vs E Vladimirov, 1990
KingG: 10.Qg6+ or 10.dxe5 look better than the move played in the game. However, even after the 10.Ne2, if White had played Qg6+ at some point he would probably have been fine.
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B12 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Robert James Fischer
timhortons: are you guys selling that book here?!
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| Dec-23-08 |
Alexander Morozevich
WhiteRook48: Good luck in becoming champion
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| Dec-23-08 |
Hikaru Nakamura
timhortons: <strongestforce> its good you were able to have one. fritz 11 works well in dual core computer.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Santa Claus
Dmaster995: Dear Santa,
Pick me please!!!!!!
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| Dec-23-08 |
A King
WhiteRook48: What's with A King, A Prince, Bishop, and A Knight?
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| Dec-23-08 |
Wang Yue
frogbert: as has been pointed out elsewhere, wang yue's streak actually was 85 games, not 82. he managed to play 3 classical games (without losing) in the 6 final rounds of the chinese league. the 82 games only included the 7 games he played in ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
D Hustler
WhiteRook48: yeah...
I mean...
why...
do...
you...
post...
like...
this...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Heinrich Wolf
WhiteRook48: Wolf vs Duras was 168 moves!!! what a prodigy. I'm an expert at typing in the dark, too bad Wolf died at Hitler's hands.
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| Dec-23-08 |
?
WhiteRook48: Long live the ? page.
whiteshark - ILikeFruits = ?
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| Dec-23-08 |
Robert Short
WhiteRook48: Marshall vs Short... Short declined an unsound sacrifice... but we can't ask him why... he already died...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Marshall vs R Short, 1894
WhiteRook48: This is a ha ha ha ha ha ha ha game. So no joke with Frank Marshall?
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C51 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923
WhiteRook48: where was Rubinstein's mistake?
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D64 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ed Lasker vs Alekhine, 1908
WhiteRook48: how was Ed Lasker copying Alekhine? was he drinking alekwine?
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C41 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Odd Lie
WannaBe: Pres. Bush have given me a full pardon for my crime against the game of chess!! Wheeeeeeeeee!!
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| Dec-23-08 |
Albin Planinc
Xeroxx: Brilliant plaier he was.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Magnus Carlsen
Alexandru Z: <Rolfo: <From now on everyone will give his ultimate best against him just to prove that he is not a weaker player than the wonder boy. And here we will see how much he knows about competition.> For a long time players ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Kiril D Georgiev
Augalv: GM Kiril Georgiev will attack a Guiness chess record The chess record attempt will take place during the match Kamsky - Topalov in Sofia http://previews.chessdom.com/chess-...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Team White vs Team Black, 2006
WhiteRook48: What's the St George. This game has a bad pun.
TYPO: pin
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B00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Anthony Santasiere
WhiteRook48: oh, you mean JUMP yourself to the island of conclusions?
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| Dec-23-08 |
E Inarkiev vs I Cheparinov, 2008
Jimfromprovidence: <theodor> <thanks for answering. what about 29.g3!? I wish you a merry xmas and happy new...analysis!> OK. Here's the position after 28 Rf7 Nf5 29 g3.
[DIAGRAM] Black now plays 29... Re1+. Now, 30 Kg2 Ne3+ 31 Kh3
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B90 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparov vs Deep Junior, 2003
missing kasparov: Thanks for your thoughts Jesus Christ. Long time no see.
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D45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Boris Spassky
WhiteRook48: reportedly the Fischer-Spassky, 1992 was an illegal match, and FIDE went after Fischer because of this.
Fischer called the U S an evil, brutal dictatorship and moved to Asia. After the 9/11/2001, attacks on America, Fischer... ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Aron Nimzowitsch
AnalyzeThis: <So why is this book, even today, held in high regard AND still in print? > Because people buy it, put it on their bookshelves, and don't read it. When inquired about it, they say it's great.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Wang Yue vs I Cheparinov, 2008
Jake Erskine: Radjabov will have taken note of this game for round 11 http://elista2008.fide.com/tourview...
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E95 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Topalov vs Karpov, 2002
WhiteRook48: how could a great player like Topalov miss PxQ? Maybe he's becoming Spassky
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B17 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Lembit Oll
WhiteRook48: This Oll looks like "oil" to me.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Bronstein vs B Ratner, 1945
WhiteRook48: doubled pawns... usually happens, but not in this style... or am i wrong
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B10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Morozevich vs D Sermek, 1994
whiteshark: <blacksburg: 9...d4 doesn't hang material or anything, <but i think it's strategically suspect.>> Yes, you are very probably right. It's falling in with White's plans. And it renounces active counterplay on the queenside. A
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C00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Viswanathan Anand
yalie: here is an article by Barsky for chesspro.ru -
http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2008...
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| Dec-23-08 |
French (C10)
whiteshark: <patzer of patzers> What's the idea behind your <3...c6>?
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C10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1921
Atking: <frenchfan> I'm not sure that 12...Qa5 is that bad 13.Bxg6 Nxd4! 14.Kd1 Rg8 15.Bxf7+ KxBf7 16.Qh5+ Ke7 17.cxNd4 Rxg2 18.Ne2 Bd7! 19.Qf3 Rag8 20.Rg3 R2xRg3 21.fxRg3 Rf8 22.Nf4 Rf5 23.Qe3 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Qa3 is a note in a book of a ...
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C12 |
| Dec-23-08 |
R Gonzalez vs C Galofre, 2005
Autoreparaturwerkbau: Daring win against seemingly (rating-wise) much stronger opponent.
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B00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Poljak vs Khan, 1928
Xeroxx: There is a famous record by David Bowie called: Hunky Döry
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E10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Hans Duhm
WhiteRook48: these people are really duhm
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| Dec-23-08 |
Paulsen vs NN, 1859
WhiteRook48: hip king and enemy pawn.
King: Why am I dancing with this dumb pawn
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C45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Gideon Stahlberg
Domdaniel: Ståhlberg lost to the Irish international Eamon (or Edward) Keogh at an olympiad in the early 1960s - I've seen the game elsewhere, but it's not yet in the CG database. It's a key game from a "six degrees of chess separation" point of ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Teichmann vs A E Post, 1907
YoungEd: Post Toasties.
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C87 |
| Dec-23-08 |
NN vs Marshall, 1908
YoungEd: As usual, <TheTamale> amazes one and all with insight and astute historical research.
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A02 |
| Dec-23-08 |
R Laxman vs M Swati, 2008
Autoreparaturwerkbau: 16.? White to play; guess the move.
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D10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2001)
WhiteRook48: These knockouts are not good. You only know first prize, not the ratings of all the players.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Bisguier vs Bronstein, 1955
Fourpointo: The only game in the database with the American Attack. This should be the game of the day on July 4th or something.
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A82 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Zsuzsa Polgar vs Geller, 1992
WhiteRook48: Or, something similar:
1. e4 e5 2. f4.
White: "This is the king's gambit."
Black: "How can that be the king's gambit. You're not giving up the King. Okay, everyone, this is the king's gambit."
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5
White: ...
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D37 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparov vs The World, 1999
WhiteRook48: duh, since Kasparov is missing
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B52 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Viktor Korchnoi
TheaN: Ah Jim, chess admirers like us don't need something like that, right? >_> <_<...
Ok make sure they pick one worthwhile...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974
WhiteRook48: ...Qxg5?? is a bad novelty. How could a GM and world champion not see that an h6-queen defends a g5-bishop?
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E17 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857
WhiteRook48: One can only imagine what happened after this game...
"Morphy lost! Morphy lost! Oh what a blunder! He blindly grabbed an en prise bishop like a beginner not knowing any g7 weakness!" is what one of the players would say nearby. ...
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C31 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Beer vs G Neumann, 1866
WhiteRook48: So drinking Beer does not pay off. Long live the Beer and ? pages!
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C45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Rasa Norinkeviciute
patzer of patzers: Here is one game not in the database: http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/D... and you can find a lot more by clicking on either of their names. http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... for some more info.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Beer
WhiteRook48: Long live the beer page!!
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| Dec-23-08 |
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
WhiteRook48: uhh... there are REALLY BAD PUNS HERE. and why are there so many pages of kibitzing?
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Petrosian vs Hasaj, 1970
WhiteRook48: So this guy's name is Petrosian? The CHAMPION?
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E80 |
| Dec-23-08 |
E Z Adams vs Carlos Torre, 1920
WhiteRook48: Black: "But I don't want this silly wooden piece"
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C41 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Leko vs P Nikolic, 1994
whiteshark: If I was the boss of chess I would probably fire me with a golden handshake.
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C01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Z Ivanovic vs S E Meyer, 2000
WhiteRook48: 3. Nxe5- the reverse Muzio Gambit.
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C40 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893
WhiteRook48: Scandinavian Defense: King's Gambit Accepted (F02)
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B01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
E Schiller vs H Pack, 1969
WhiteRook48: 2. Qh5? was bad enough, 2...Ke7????????????? deserves a million question marks. Of course the first moves were okay, but why would you play ...Ke7?
Oh and this is Pack's only game in the database
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C20 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparov vs G West, 1977
WhiteRook48: hmmmmm.... I wonder why Black Resigned.
Oh wait... that should be one of my screen-names. I should've chosen <Black Resigned> just cause it's a cool user.
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B40 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924
WhiteRook48: Or maybe even 2. h4!! (not really a good move, just the shock factor)
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A45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparov vs N R McDonald, 1986
WhiteRook48: bad Kasparov lady
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E94 |
| Dec-23-08 |
V Gashimov vs Mamedyarov, 2008
tamar: Black Queen looks impressive going to e5 on move 22, but Gashimov systematically takes away all her squares and strands her on g3.
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B63 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Match (1990)
littlefermat: <Inf: Were computers being use by these 2 during this time? Or not?> Maybe. There was a minor controversy over the outcome of this game: Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990
and relevant kibitzes:
<SetNoEscapeOn: It's really ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Prince Dadian vs Kolisch, 1885
WhiteRook48: Wow, Kolisch lost. Amazingly... to a royal guy!!!!
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C42 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alekhine vs NN, 1925
WhiteRook48: I actually made a game collection of all of NN's wins. Just see my profile, click on my game collections, and it's the "Remarkable NN wins" collection.
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D05 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kashdan vs Reshevsky, 1932
RookFile: Kashdan was called 'der kleine Capablanca' (the little Capablanca), and in this game shows why.
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E16 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Short vs Karpov, 1992
WhiteRook48: It seems like Rd2 waves a rook in the queen's face.
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C86 |
| Dec-23-08 |
R R Laxman
patzer of patzers: http://www.chathurangam.com/chennai... I don't think it's up-to-date, but it has some interesting info http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...
http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/D... If you're interested, this has a lot of his ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Oystein Hole
whiteshark: Cut a hole in the Oystein
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| Dec-23-08 |
Grob vs C Chaude de Silans, 1951
YoungEd: I agree, <nescio>. White had an almost optimal Bird's set-up and blew it. I don't know why he favored the g4 pawn sac (which didn't work) over the thematic posting of a knight at e5.
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A03 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Caro-Kann (B15)
patzer of patzers: Could anyone tell me anything about 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6? It doesn't seem to be played much and the Opening Explorer gives white a large winning percentage, but I just can't make much sense of it. How is it best refuted? I ...
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B15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Reshevsky vs Karpov, 1976
RookFile: and lasker
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A04 |
| Dec-23-08 |
McDonnell vs NN, 1830
YoungEd: Black blows it with 18. ...Qxd4+? That allows White to bring back his Bishop (which the Black rook should have taken). Black does pick up a couple of pawns, but that just opens up the position for White's attack.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Wang Yue vs D Jakovenko, 2008
YoungEd: I am generally sympathetic with <dumbgai's> point of view, though perhaps professional poker offers a better analogy than boxing does. In tournament poker, players at the final table sometimes agree to split the prize money ...
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D12 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Oll vs N Fercec, 1999
krippp: Very amusing finish by Oll, although the last move, <30.Ng7?> seems like a misprint. I'm thinking the real move may actually have been <30.Bg7> which ends the game instantly in White's favor. As it stands now with ...
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D87 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Adly vs I Sokolov, 2008
YoungEd: Ahmed Adly
Fared quite badly.
He did roll off
'Gainst Sokolov.
5. Ne5 looks like perhaps a better way to try and win back the pawn on c4. I don't like the f3 move, which weakens the K-side.
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A09 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Smeets vs A Adly, 2008
YoungEd: Well, no one wants to start with a Round 1 loss, which probably explains the early draw. I think I like Black's knight better than the White bishop after the exchange(s) on c3, and would probably have played on a bit.
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B90 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasimdzhanov vs Akopian, 2008
Andrew Chapman: If 35.. Bxe6, does white just play Nxe6 with threats Rd8 and Qc3?
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D45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
I Sokolov vs M Sebag, 2008
YoungEd: White seems to have a strategically won game by move 19. Domination of the d6 square does the trick! Nice game.
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D43 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Teimour Radjabov
square dance: interesting comments from radja. i heard that during the olympiad gashimov refused to participate in, i think, the second or third to last round. apparently this caused some arguments. ive never fact checked this myself though.
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| Dec-23-08 |
O Borik vs Novak, 1969
whiteshark: The <4...Qg5> line is losing by force
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C40 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Olympiad (2008)
ArmeniaNL: http://elista2008.fide.com/41.html
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| Dec-23-08 |
Vladimir Kramnik
apple pi: Happy Birthday
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| Dec-23-08 |
Mamedyarov vs Anand, 2007
karik: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3...
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E15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
I Sokolov vs Tseshkovsky, 1989
ppeti84: I'm suprised, that there's no comment on this fantastic game!a beautyful attack by
black against the king!what a mate in the end!
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A20 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Drazen Sermek
theodor: <kramputz: <Dec-23-08 whiteshark: Player of the Day
... and I wonder why?>
,,,,,,,because he played this brilliant miniature; game #436 Drazen Sermek vs Susanto Megaranto .... Have a happy> christmas and new year. the game
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| Dec-23-08 |
Elista Grand Prix (2008)
percyblakeney: Gashimov's last games in the tournament will be against the two lowest rated players in the field, so if he can get a draw with black against Leko in the next round he will surely end up on a very high position. No easy games left ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Keres vs Geller, 1956
WhiteRook48: Geller overdid it.
Don't seek complications.
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E70 |
| Dec-23-08 |
D Andric vs Velimirovic, 1968
chancho: Drago vs Drago... the shot on move 32... is pretty.
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A67 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Eljanov vs Radjabov, 2008
percyblakeney: Radjabov keeps scoring wins against strong opponents with black (especially with the KID). Just in 2008 it's now eleven black wins against 2690+ opposition, nine of them against 2700+ players. Here 20. ... fxe4 was suggested by ...
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E99 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kramnik vs Anand, 1999
WhiteRook48: I know, I came here only at 2008, but I read a lot of posts and Ben Lau's were very amusing.
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D27 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ivkov vs Vidmar, 1950
Crowaholic: <If then 25.....f6xg5 then 26. Q xg5+ leads to mate.> There is no mate after 26. ..Bg6, e.g. 27. Be6 (preempting ..d5) Re7 28. Rc8 Qb6 29. Qf4 Re8
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B15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
P F Johner vs Tartakower, 1928
YoungEd: Cute trap at the end. I guess White had to play 15. g3 to guard against the mate threat while still defending the B on g5. The game would be relatively even after that; maybe a small plus for Black.
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B29 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Perlis vs Tartakower, 1907
YoungEd: No Perlis of wisdom here!
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B22 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Najdorf vs NN, 1942
WhiteRook48: who is this NN anyway?
Oh, and <FSR> Nadjorf might have been better than Alekhine. (because Alekhine was too drunk.)
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C26 |
| Dec-23-08 |
D Schapiro vs Tartakower, 1905
YoungEd: As White, I might have tried 9. Kd2, with the idea of trying to defend the e3 pawn and finding a safe home for the king on c2. The d3 move and subsequent d4 open things up too much with the king still in the center.
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C63 |
| Dec-23-08 |
C Van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983
WhiteRook48: The king takes a walk
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C57 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995
WhiteRook48: White missed 41. Qg7#
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B24 |
| Dec-23-08 |
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847
WhiteRook48: do... you.... mean...
what.... happened... to... black.... f7... pawn
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| Dec-23-08 |
E Vladimirov vs Khodos, 1976
whiteshark: That comes to a total of  |
B46 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ruslan Ponomariov
percyblakeney: <I see you are a Radjabov fan/friend/whatever. Have you read some recent statements about him by GM Van Wely? I found his words quite thoughtless> I haven't read it myself but understood that he said approximately that ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
W Ritson Morry
YoungEd: Forsooth! One would have thunk that Ritson Morry was a world championship contender.
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| Dec-23-08 |
H Wolf vs Duras, 1907
WhiteRook48: All those checks are not for anyone except Duras...
or a computer. :)
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C77 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852
WhiteRook48: 7...d3 is very dubious.
d6 or even dxc3 was better. But even so ...dxc3 runs into 8. Qb3!! Qf6 9. e5! Qg6.
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C52 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alekhine vs A Popovic, 1930
WhiteRook48: 43. Rc2# actually is practically forced. However 42...Bg6+ was practically forced too.
Hey Popovic, do you make popcorn? Does Alekhine eat it?
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D31 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Van Ruitenburg vs S Castellani, 2000
WhiteRook48: amusing early king development... but if I'd chosen "The Bc1" as a user (see my earlier post) then I would've died in this game
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A45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
WhiteRook48: I meant Morphy's winning percentage was 84%.
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D92 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Showalter vs Logan, 1890
WhiteRook48: and all of the white pawns from b-file to f-file have been ripped off and are lying cold on the board...I mean off
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C51 |
| Dec-23-08 |
NN vs Bacrot, 2005
WhiteRook48: my favorite Bacrot game
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ed Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912
The Lone Banana: <ughaibu: Wow, a game with a point, and a whole point too.>
Interesting comment and a clever use of the English language. I assumed that "this was" is understood (after the first comma) making it a complete sentence. May I ...
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A40 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Lehtinen vs J Sietio, 1996
WhiteRook48: I'm surprised this hasn't been Game of the Day yet
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D01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
F Perrin vs NN, 1883
WhiteRook48: moral: do not bring the queen out early
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C11 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Fedorowicz vs E Meyer, 1978
WhiteRook48: 4 dark-squared bishops in the same game.
1. White's Bc1 at the start and Be1 at the end.
2. Black's Bf8
3. the pawn who promoted with a check.
4. the pawn who promoted with a capture
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B41 |
| Dec-23-08 |
L Gofshtein vs M Gurevich, 2001
WhiteRook48: knight fork!!!!!!! I wonder how many people would promote to a queen right away without consideration?
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C11 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Fischer vs Tal, 1961
WhiteRook48: This doesn't usually happen to Tal... usually Tal does this to his opponents
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B47 |
| Dec-23-08 |
L Day vs Timman, 1980
WhiteRook48: Oh yeah there was
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929
technical draw: Que bueno <falso contacto> parece que eres el único!
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A85 |
| Dec-23-08 |
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999
WhiteRook48: 30. dxc6 should not be in the Sacrifice Explorer: looked more like a queen swap to me
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
D Sermek vs D Warner, 2004
whiteshark: <7...Rb8> is way to deep for me. imo xtreme superflux. Just <7...c5> to undermine white's center.
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C10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851
WhiteRook48: There was a Short v Kasparov game that stayed the same with this until move 6
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C33 |
| Dec-23-08 |
C Van der Zee vs E Dluski, 1993
WhiteRook48: The best move, however, is to resign because of a forced checkmate in 99 moves I'm too lazy to post it...NOT!
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Grob vs Tartakower, 1926
The Lone Banana: for Grob's (white's) fortieth, I couldn't understand the waiting move.
40. Rd6 keeps the rook attacking the protected pawn instead of moving to the file that has the unguarded, isolated pawn (e.g. 40. Ra7). A very brief computer ...
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C40 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
WhiteRook48: Ohhhhhh. I see... how could Petrosian draw with a move that drops the queen in to the corner
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B11 |
| Dec-23-08 |
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989
WhiteRook48: ha ha ha ha ha what a looooong game. I bet these hands were tired from moving pieces for so long
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E95 |
| Dec-23-08 |
W Ballard vs L Fagan, 1880
WhiteRook48: Amazing 8 pawn gambit
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000 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Morphy vs NN, 1849
WhiteRook48: I'm surprised Morphy himself didn't give odds in this game
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C39 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparov vs Kiril Georgiev, 1988
WhiteRook48: 2nd favorite Kasparov blunder game. My first favorite is where Kasparov is forced to make a bunch of losing moves:
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+????? 4. Kf1 b5???
5. Bxb5 Nf6 (oh come on your opponent's not going to fall for Ng4 ...
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A29 |
| Dec-23-08 |
G Hodos vs Polugaevsky, 1967
whiteshark: White is German Khodos
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E25 |
| Dec-23-08 |
D Wright vs Keene, 1967
YoungEd: When I read the above posts, I understand the annotation marks a bit better. At first, I didn't understand why 7. ...Bd6 should be ?!. I thought it was a perfectly sensible move to prepare an e5 pawn push, opening up the position with ...
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Fischer vs Korchnoi, 1962
Riverbeast: <Eyal> Thanks for the great background and analysis on this game
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B89 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Movsesian vs M Gurevich, 1998
plang: 9..b5!? was new; 9..Be7 and 9..Rc8 had been played previously. The idea is to block the White b-pawn fixing it as a target. 10 Bxb5?!..Nxe5 is not effective for White. Chernin pointed out that 17..Nh4 was risky for Black after 18 Nxh4..Bxh4
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C02 |
| Dec-23-08 |
M Baba
BishopBerkeley: Possibly the reincarnation of Meher Baba?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher_...
(:  Bishop Berkeley |
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| Dec-23-08 |
Judit Polgar vs Morozevich, 2008
WhiteRook48: all those checks
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C92 |
| Dec-23-08 |
C Blodig vs E Kuenzner, 1987
Simonkaser: Dammit !!
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B01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Levon Aronian
jamesmaskell: I agree with <crazy rook>. I would add an amendment though that the 12 players be selected by average of the previous two ratings lists. Its only fair. Ratings can fluctuate so much that it would balance out some of it.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Steinitz vs Maurian, 1883
RookFile: Uggie just likes to pull people's chains. It's a great indoor sport, enjoyed by many.
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C00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Capablanca vs M Bain, 1933
Karpova: <WhiteRook48: Why did Capa resign?> He'll lose a piece since the a4 is hanging.
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C48 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1994
missing kasparov: Topalov the 2009 world chess champion.
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B90 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Bronstein vs I Zaslavsky, 1938
Brown: A great game with similar opening and pawn structure is here. Kamsky vs Carlsen, 2007
Also another that ends up quite different
Geller vs J Howell, 1990
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C43 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Smyslov vs Bronstein, 1944
Brown: If Bronstein could find a way to play the King's pawn two square and then fianchetto, his LSB, then he does it. He is able to transpose to this kind of game in nearly every opening. 27..c5! with back rank threats.
In the end, it seems that
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C61 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Chiarelli vs D Jennings, 1979
derek.mourad: I've been analyzing this for about 1.5 days and i cant find a refutation. The closest i can get is e4 e5 f4 exf4 Kf2 d5
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C33 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Morphy vs G Hammond, 1859
heuristic: nice display of how to punish weak openings.
interesting is 10.Ng5 Nh6 11.e6 f6 12.Nf3 Ng4
interesting is 17...f5.
18.Qd1 fxe4 19.Nc3 Rf8 20.Bxe4
18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd2 Bb7
why does WHT delay Bg5?
9.Bd5 forces the QB to
...
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C70 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kashdan vs J L Sheets, 1980
WhiteRook48: Cover with sheets
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D43 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Geller vs J Howell, 1990
Brown: <McCool> Black should prefer 31...Qb8, but it seems he is still in a lost endgame. <computer chess guy>
After 24...c5 I think white should try to get his R involved by 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Qg4 but this seems to run into ...f5!? 27.Qxf5
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C43 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Dr. Leo Stefurak
derek.mourad: he is my chess coach
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| Dec-23-08 |
M Howard vs NN, 1983
WhiteRook48: NN:
On the first day of Christmas, my opponent gave to me, a knight.
On the second day I got a bishop and a pawn, and 2 knights.
Third day: 3 Rooks, 2 Bishops, and a loud pawn scaring everyone.
Fourth day: 4 promoted Queens, 3 ...
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D52 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ponomariov vs Morozevich, 2006
DwayneMeller: 10...e5 11Qze4! And e5 is pinned to the king.
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B90 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Karpov vs Bareev, 1994
WhiteRook48: ....Ba7???? how many question marks should this get? ? ? Long live the Beer and ? pages
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C07 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Philipp Meitner
Karpova: <wrap99: Could, based on the games included here, Meitner be called a chess master?> His historical Elo was 2380.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Morphy vs Maurian, 1855
WhiteRook48: stupid Morphy blunder
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000 |
| Dec-23-08 |
M Gurevich vs N Miezis, 1996
BaranDuin: To be fair to the Budapest, black didn't play the best moves in the opening. 10. ... d6 was required to prevent c5. After that white would still have a small advantage, but nothing black shouldn't be able to defend.
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A52 |
| Dec-23-08 |
The King (Computer)
WhiteRook48: So the King plays the King's Gambit: The King vs Pandix, 1993 .
Did he gambit himself?
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| Dec-23-08 |
The King vs Pandix, 1993
WhiteRook48: And he gambits himself on the 2nd move
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C39 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Vera Menchik
YoungEd: It so happens, <TheTamale>, that "Albin Sevilles" is an uproariously funny name. I suspect that your team was doomed to failure with the dissention and rancor that you brought to it.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900
WhiteRook48: After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 Bxc3 8. Bxb7 Bxb2, Black is overdoing it waaay to much.
8...Bxb7 wins for Black. Stupid copying
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C49 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Minasian vs Eingorn, 1991
WhiteRook48: a b c d e
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C55 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Handszar Odeev vs D Rogozenko, 1991
YoungEd: Perhaps he soiled himself.
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D02 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Zhong Zhang vs Sadvakasov, 2005
WhiteRook48: Black was actually losing even though he had a queen against Rook & Two knights... because that's 9 vs 11!!
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B52 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1844
WhiteRook48: Anderssen, I remember played g6+ Kh6 Bf8#. But why delay? You have a mate in one. Beautiful queen sac.
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C33 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Fischer vs Panno, 1970
Petrosianic: <WhiteRook48>: <Was this a forfeit? Did Panno oversleep?> One could just read the comments to find out what happened.
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A10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Carlsen vs S Sollid, 2001
whiteshark: White's back rank is booked Sollid
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C63 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alexander Onischuk
Karpova: Alexander Onischuk won the XXI Carlos Torre Repetto "In Memoriam" tournament 2008: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/inici...
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| Dec-23-08 |
S Sollid vs A Hagesaether, 2001
whiteshark: Sollid play
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C01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899
DwayneMeller: This must be the first of this type of mate...I've only seen this type of trap once before...Kasparov Topalov 1999...and it did not even happen it was only in the air then....28...Bxd5?? 29Kb2 with 30Qb3+ Bxb3 31cxb3# of course that ...
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C54 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Tin Htun Zaw
whiteshark: Whiz Nut Ant
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| Dec-23-08 |
Detlef Tobor
whiteshark: Name: Detlef Tobor
Fide ID: 4623649
Birthdate: 11-11-1950
Nationality: GER
Elo: 2143
Source: http://www.newinchess.com/Tobor__De...
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| Dec-23-08 |
V Gashimov vs Eljanov, 2008
Mateo: 37...Rb2!? is a really sophisticated pawn sacrifice. Why not 37...a4, freing the Queen Rook?
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C65 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Perlis vs Lasker, 1909
Chessical: Lasker's <32.Nc3!> has three effects - it reactivates a piece (through a revealed check by the Ba7 if the N is taken), wins a pawn, and leaves Black with a completely won game with monsterous passed Q-side pawns. <33.bxc3> ...
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C83 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857
Jim Bartle: The first playing program I ever bought had this in its games collection. For a year or so I thought it was actually Byrne-Fischer 1956. Queen sacrifice on move 17, what else did I need to know? How I admired the young Bobby's genius.
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C48 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J Nikolac vs D Sermek, 2005
whiteshark: Apt remark, <blacksburg>. More candidates are here
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
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C01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922
WhiteRook48: throwing Bogo away with one pawn
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A90 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Rozentalis vs David Money, 1999
WhiteRook48: What do you call this? A three-cent bishop on g7 for a one-cent pawn?
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B53 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Marshall vs Burn, 1900
WhiteRook48: So I sacrificed myself on Rh8? In order to do Qh7#? I don't remember sacrificing myself in this game.
(my username)
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D55 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Freedom vs Chaos, 1974
WhiteRook48: what surprise me is a computer resigning. Or did he run out of time?
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E00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847
WhiteRook48: muucccccchhhhhhhh better.
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000 |
| Dec-23-08 |
R Korsunsky vs Kasparov, 1976
WhiteRook48: and the bishop overpowers the 2 black queens
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B92 |
| Dec-23-08 |
I Penko vs J Novak, 2001
WhiteRook48: huh? White was in a winning position?
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A04 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Bird vs Lasker, 1892
WhiteRook48: I wonder...why Lasker would do this
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C21 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1850
WhiteRook48: I thought that Ernest was his uncle
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C52 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Janosevic vs Geller, 1968
WhiteRook48: ha ha ha ha hilarious game it would be funny if this game became 899 moves long or longer
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ekrem Cekro
kramputz: 201855 Cekro, Ekrem M
Federation Belgium
FIDE title International Master
Current rating: 2419
B-Year 1950
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| Dec-23-08 |
Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927
WhiteRook48: you must overprotect
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C00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007
WhiteRook48: I'm surprised Crafty lasted this long.
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A00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Castellvi vs Vinyoles, 1475
WhiteRook48: 19...Bxf4???? loses right away
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B01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
J A Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880
WhiteRook48: Black surely couldn't believe this stalemate...
reading the score:
1/2-1/2???? What????? is probably what Delmar was thinking
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C61 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Karpov vs Timman, 1986
WhiteRook48: Timman has to give up queen... and answer the Rc8+ (check) with Qxc8+ (also check!!)
and then Nxc8 Kxc8 and White still has that bishop
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A15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972
WhiteRook48: Wikipedia says in the actual game, white played a8N.
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A29 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932
WhiteRook48: These bishop promotions are hilarious. Speaking of which, I wonder when <bishop> is going to kibitz here.
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D34 |
| Dec-23-08 |
W Strum vs J McManus, 1997
WhiteRook48: h8Q would eventually have won...but why wait a lot? You can checkmate right away with h8N
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C35 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858
WhiteRook48: Excellent tactics of Morphy. I bet I'd lose to him, however much I checkmate my parents
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C41 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Burn vs Pillsbury, 1898
WhiteRook48: Great game by Pillsbury. So he still gives out pills, eh?
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D53 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910
WhiteRook48: Almost as famous as the immortal game. I bet Tartakower's history is blanked out by this game
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B15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Volodia Vaisman
BIDMONFA: Volodia Vaisman VAISMAN, Volodia
http://www.bidmonfa.com/vaisman_vol...
_
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| Dec-23-08 |
Stefan Reschke
BIDMONFA: Stefan Reschke RESCHKE, Stefan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/reschke_ste...
_
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| Dec-23-08 |
Short vs Kasparov, 1993
WhiteRook48: thematic games. Why force a great player like Kasparov to play 1...e5 (perfectly sensible, but)
2...exf4 (Still okay)
3...Qh4+!? Why would anyone force Kaspy to bring out the queen early.
4...b5!? Not really a sound game.
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C33 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Hartlaub vs M W Testa, 1912
WhiteRook48: I'm surprised this hasn't been game of the day yet.
Cause this game is very interesting.
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C21 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alekhine vs NN, 1915
WhiteRook48: 23...b1Q? I'm questioning this because it might be better to 23...Bxe3 getting rid of one of white's queen and play b1Q later.
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C12 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Tarrasch vs Alapin, 1902
Antonius Blok: Hello guys! If you hazardously found this game just see it: It's awesome, Novelty by Alapin + Very deep preparation who allows the 8.Nxd4! sacrifice.GREAT!! After that it's a high level mastery, sharp and methodic attack and a ...
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C10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
W Potter vs NN, 1870
WhiteRook48: What's up with 14...Ne4? Does NN really think he can get a hanging Knight pinned without his opponent noticing?
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000 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Eugenio Torre
pinoymaster77: From the chess news, Tagaytay team bannered by GM Laylo wins the tournament in Mindanao. Surigao del Sur is 2nd bannered by JP Gomez. Banjo Barcenilla will still pursue his 3rd and final norm preferably in a closed tournament ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Emanuel Lasker
blacksburg: ok i just read this line from soltis's book, from game 46, after move 10 - "But the Giuoco Pianissimo doesn't respect esoteric moves like 10.Qe1."
thanks andy. really instructive there. now i just need to avoid esoteric moves in ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Polerio vs G da Cutri, 1590
whiteshark: <favoring it> huh http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
but he annotated the Bething game more detailed in <My System> (game 12).
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C40 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Anatoli Karpov
whiskeyrebel: The Neil McDonald "mainline Caro Kann" is the best I have. I really hope Karpov is working on a volume to compliment his advance variation and Panov-Botvinnik attack books which I find to be topnotch.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Topalov vs Aronian, 2008
shintaro go: <eisenherz> Although it is public opinion that Topalov will face Anand for the championship, Topa will still have to face Kamsky and beat him in February before we can start to talk about anything else.
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D47 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Hway Ik Oei
tpstar: Yo, he a kiwi.
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| Dec-23-08 |
M Shahade vs S Sloan, 1969
Antonius Blok: 13. O-O-O ?? This man is crazy! choosing this castling when your opponent had an open file to aim you and has already placed his rook! I mad once this unconsidered mistake, and It was catastrophic, I lost the game while I had ...
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B14 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Gulko vs Kasparov, 2001
Travis Bickle: Why didn't they draw before the game started?
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D97 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Jose Raul Capablanca
blacksburg: ok i should probably add soltis's next note as well. after 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nb6 - "The Showalter method, 9...Nd5, has no punch when White can reply 10.Bg3! Then Black has no chance for ...e5 and must find another way to free his queen's
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| Dec-23-08 |
F J Lee vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907
FSR: This game is in Fred Reinfeld's book "A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces."
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D00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934
blacksburg: "Alekhine is a player I've never really understood. He always wanted a superior center; he manouevred his pieces toward the kingside, and around the 25th move, began to mate his opponent. He disliked exchanges, preferring to play with ...
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D67 |
| Dec-23-08 |
L Dominguez vs J M De La Villa Garcia, 2001
whiteshark: Simply astonishing!
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B04 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Gedali Szapiro
Karpova: He changed his name to Gedalia Schapira later.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Bird vs F J Lee, 1892
FSR: I don't understand why Bird would resign at this particular point. After 34.Kf2 his position looks more palatable than it has for a long time. Maybe he flagged?
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A03 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Grischuk vs Wang Yue, 2008
messachess: Well, Grischuk is just on fire, appearing to best Yue at virtually every move. It was said somewhere if I recall correctly that Grischuk (and a lot of chess players) take a lot of time away from chess because of poker playing. A lot of
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D17 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Arianne Caoili
whiskeyrebel: If I was a player as strong as Aronian, if it pleased me I'd skip shirts all together and wear a feather boa. I hope he's inspired a few players to wear fun, loud clothing.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Bagirov vs I Nei, 1963
Andrijadj: pun is much better than game...
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C50 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Akopian vs E Safarli, 2008
Paraconti: The crown prince of chess strikes again!
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B45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990
Paraconti: Stop stuttering, man!
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A17 |
| Dec-23-08 |
I A Nataf vs Arkell, 2001
whiskeyrebel: GIAaron, as a patzer trying to improve, may I ask how you as an accomplished master get back up off of the floor after ugly losses like this?
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C10 |
| Dec-23-08 |
E Alekseev vs Grischuk, 2008
messachess: Thank you <Refused>
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E60 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Pavlov vs Dragos, 1987
patzer of patzers: What does this have to do with salivation?
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B01 |
| Dec-23-08 |
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750
patzer of patzers: I meant regardless of whether black takes or not...
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C41 |
| Dec-23-08 |
World Blitz Championship (2008)
positionalgenius: kamsky and morozevich vastly underperformed.
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| Dec-23-08 |
Arkell vs J Rowson, 2001
GIAaron: This and my win against Turner set me up for a last round game with Black v Gallagher.The outcome of that game would determine which one of us was to be British Champion,but he was half a point ahead of me.
I received some extremely ...
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E67 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Dzindzichashvili vs Yermolinsky, 1993
SufferingBruin: <65. f5?? and 66. b4?? are both atrocious moves, and a king move like Kf3 may have drawn.> I'm reading Silman's "Amateur's Mind" so that's the reason for commenting two years after the fact! :) Kf3 doesn't stop the black ...
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A45 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine/Frank, 1941
wrap99: Is it possible that Frank was Hans Frank, the occupation governor of Poland?
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D63 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Santasiere vs Welch, 1943
YoungEd: Thank you for your post, <dakgootje>. Though 13. ...Nxe5 doesn't look that bad to me, I agree with you that 14. ...Nxd2 has to be a mistake. When I go over the game again, I think that maybe Black's first error was 11. ...g6. That ...
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D00 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Leko vs Kamsky, 2008
Gilmoy: <15..Bg7> Both sides glide to a standard Breyer-Zaitsev. <16.d5> Leko chooses a closed position, burying one Bishop on each side, and snuffing Black's center break and all K-side play. It wasn't wasted tempi -- the Breyer did ...
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C95 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Santasiere vs F Reinfeld, 1938
YoungEd: I'm probably wrong, but it seems White is a bit better at the end. If the rooks all swap on the c- or e- file, his knight might be better than Black's bishop. Why not 24. ac1 in any case? If ...Bb4, then 25. Nf4 looks solid enough.
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A03 |
| Dec-23-08 |
F Reinfeld vs Reshevsky, 1932
YoungEd: Black perhaps thought he won the exchange with Nxe3, but White's Qf2 shocks him into sense. Black's last move is the only way delay mate on h7, but it just loses the knight and White remains ahead. Nice game by Reinfeld throughout.
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E15 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Arkell vs A Gual Pascual, 2001
GIAaron: If 50...Re1 51 Re6 with the winning threat of e5
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D17 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Reshevsky vs F Reinfeld, 1932
YoungEd: Beautiful winning combo beginning with move 26. What was with 14. Nd3? Seems like the knight was better posted on e5, contesting the c4 square.
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D79 |
| Dec-23-08 |
F Reinfeld vs S L Thompson, 1927
YoungEd: I thought I was going to post a clever comment, but <areknames> beat me by almost a year! This is an exciting game, and shows that Reinfeld was a strong player indeed.
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C29 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Fred Reinfeld
YoungEd: Reinfeld not only had a knack for explaining games in a way that C and B players could understand, but he also was a deft writer. I enjoy, for example, his short intro pieces to each game in his Nimzovich the Hypermodern book. His books ...
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| Dec-23-08 |
Arkell vs Conquest, 1999
GIAaron: 26...Ne2! What an amazing idea -if 27 Qc2 then Qf2! I am difficult to surprise,but I must admit that I didn't see that one coming
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D23 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Arkell vs P Cramling, 1999
GIAaron: 48 Ra6 and Black is in Zugzwang
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E62 |
| Dec-23-08 |
C Lupulescu vs J Jirka, 2001
An Englishman: Good Evening: In this game from the Konstantinopolski Opening (12/22/08 Opening of the Day) 31...White to Play, if correct, would make a pretty good midweek puzzle.
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C47 |
| Dec-23-08 |
G Braylovsky vs R Simpson, 2008
shr0pshire: Okay, seriously. What was the plan with 26. Qe8?
Could've just traded queens into a probable drawn endgame.
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A04 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Joshua Waitzkin
deadlyking: nah. chess boxing is stupid in my opinion. it doesnt make sense, and the two dont go together. look it up on youtube, it is sooooo stupid. when they play chess, they play at a 1200 level. And they get paid. Anyways, it would be nice if
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| Dec-23-08 |
I Rogers vs Arkell, 1990
GIAaron: I look back with nostalgia at just how many truly awful games I used to play back in those days
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A46 |
| Dec-23-08 |
Ljubojevic vs Beliavsky, 1987
Dr. J: Why doesn't Black take the Knight at move 45? Black seems to me to be winning after 45 ... gxh5 46 Qxf7+ Kh8 47 Qg6 Qg7, or even after 45 ... gxh5 46 Qxf7+ Qxf7(!?) 47 Rxf7+ Kg8 48 Rxb7 Na4 (or Nxd5). Likewise, White's 46th move Rxf6 seems ...
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C95 |
| Dec-23-08 |
D Sermek vs A Volokitin, 2001
IMlday: Another very energetic  !
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B07 |
| Dec-23-08 |
C Mate Adan vs Movsziszian, 2001
IMlday: 14.Nf4 may not be best, but this R/a8-a6-c6-c4 idea certainly is imaginative.
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B07 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Marcel Duchamp
Karpova: Some quotations from Marcel Duchamp - with sources: http://www.poemhunter.com/quotation... Quote #7:
<<I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art—and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Leko vs D Jakovenko, 2008
yalie: Ha! Back in the day when I used to hate playing against the Marshall with Nxe5, I usually played a4 and had pretty good results. Great to see a4 at this level and kinda sad that Leko didnt bring home the bacon despite getting such a huge ...
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C84 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
shintaro go: Only 2 pages of kibitizing? This was a brilliant game by Capablanca. 24..Qxh2 was needed because the Queen needed an escape diagonal via h2-b8, although it leads to Alekhine's defeat.
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D52 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Capablanca vs Colle, 1929
shintaro go: 11 moves wow.
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E22 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Andrews
Karpova: This could be Henry John Clinton Andrews (* 1828.06.08 in Greenwich, + 1887.02.26 in Sydenham, England).
He used the pseudonym "H.J.C.A."
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| Dec-22-08 |
Lasker vs NN, 1903
al wazir: What was the point of 16...g4 ? Black must have realized that there was a threat of mate on f4, or he wouldn't have played 15...Bh3. (He would have done something like move his
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C30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Capablanca vs J M Fuentes, 1935
YoungEd: Of all Capablanca's losses in the database, this was the only one that had no kibitzing. So here I am, the first!
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D30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Keene vs D Hustler, 1963
YoungEd: Thanks again, <Karpova>. I appreciate your efforts here; it's this kind of generous spirit that makes this such a great website.
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D37 |
| Dec-22-08 |
S Maus vs Tal, 1991
MostlyAverageJoe: <johnlspouge: CG must have its reasons for the present convention (perhaps tradition), but they are beyond me.> A plausible reason would be to exercise the ability to see the threats that your opponent has available. ...
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A30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Segal
Karpova: The first game could have been played by Leon Segal from France (1883 - 1958.04.03 in Paris, France) and the second one by Alexandru Sorin Segal from Romania (* 1947.10.04 in Bucuresti, Romania).
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| Dec-22-08 |
Bird vs J M Hanham, 1889
YoungEd: <Autoreparturwerkbau>: I think Steinitz is using what is sometimes called the "Royal We." The Queen of England is reputed to have said "We are not amused" when something wasn't funny to her. I'm sure the notes were by Steinitz ...
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A03 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Segal vs A W Fox, 1900
missing kasparov: <analyzethis> check out my post on the nickel vs world game also leave your comments on what you think of my kasparov vs deep junior post please ?thanks i might right a book
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B01 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Leko vs Kramnik, 2002
notyetagm: Wow, *tremendous* game by Kramnik.
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C95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Smirin vs Beliavsky, 1989
notyetagm: A *brilliant* game by Beliavsky.
38 ...  c4-e3 0-1
[DIAGRAM]
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C95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Tal vs Spassky, 1965
notyetagm: 24 ... ?
[DIAGRAM] 24 ... a8-a6!
[DIAGRAM] Spassky (Black) defends his kingside <LATERALLY> across the 3rd rank with his Queen's Rook, a <DEFENSIVE ROOK ...
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C84 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Taimanov vs P Trifunovic, 1957
I Offer You A Resign: Thanks for pointing it out! I must look into these combinations!
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A67 |
| Dec-22-08 |
I Cheparinov vs E Alekseev, 2008
vanytchouck: It's strange :
When i was following the game on chessok; as it was said that the white was winning, i figured out the moves 'till 29.Rd7 and 30.Red1 but i didn't see 31. Bc4 also targeting the weak f7 pawn. Beautiful finish. Nice ...
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C95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Niesel vs Rhein, 1984
sleepyirv: <Poisonpawns> It was named by Tim Harding because it's such a bloodthirsty opening, it's like Frankenstein playing Dracula- which is my favorite story behind any opening name.
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C27 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Alatortsev vs Aronin, 1950
I Offer You A Resign: Hmm... interesting...
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A67 |
| Dec-22-08 |
O Lie vs H Theting, 1985
WhiteRook48: Odd Lies pay off for this guy!
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B08 |
| Dec-22-08 |
O Lie vs K Saga, 1965
WhiteRook48: What the...!? Lies do pay off here???
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D00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
NN
WhiteRook48: and NN never beat Capablanca
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| Dec-22-08 |
Capablanca vs NN, 1914
WhiteRook48: Go Capablanca!
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C46 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Andrews vs Jassens, 1864
WhiteRook48: Tactic Gambit, e pawn queening accepted (Eco Code F00)
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C55 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Flear vs Nunn, 1987
WhiteRook48: classic example of the power of the Bishop pair.
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E97 |
| Dec-22-08 |
C Hill vs M Everett, 1973
Phony Benoni: White was named <Chad> Hill, according the to the published game score in Michigan Chess, Nov. 1973, p. 11. Correction submitted, though I'm sure that Chad will not appreciate it.
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C56 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Daniel Rensch
dx9293: Congratulations on the IM Norm, Danny!
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| Dec-22-08 |
Yifan Hou vs Quang Liem Le, 2008
dx9293: Very strange and un-Dragon-like play by Black in this game.
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B78 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Stuart Conquest
WhiteRook48: he beat Kasparov once but lost a game with 87...Ke6???? 88. Bf5# easy conquest.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925
WhiteRook48: Classical trick
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C45 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922
WhiteRook48: The king takes a walk... and a decisive one too.
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D64 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Teichmann vs Allies, 1902
WhiteRook48: These kings won't ally
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C56 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Weenink vs L Gans, 1930
WhiteRook48: favorite King walk game
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C25 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006
WhiteRook48: ...Qe3???? This is like Karpov's ...Qxd3???? in a Short v Karpov game.
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D20 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J Mann
WhiteRook48: Oh yeah? NN played for over 4 centuries!!!
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| Dec-22-08 |
Fischer vs S King, 1964
WhiteRook48: The little wooden piece outplayed Fischer...Serious pun potential
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B89 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Zhong Zhang vs G Timoshchenko, 2002
WhiteRook48: Amazing game. 155 moves go by and it's still the opening by the looks of it.
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C97 |
| Dec-22-08 |
C Chase
WhiteRook48: C Chase is on!
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| Dec-22-08 |
L Trent vs D Tan, 2002
WhiteRook48: the e8-one
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A45 |
| Dec-22-08 |
NN vs Barbero, 1994
WhiteRook48: NN beat the barber.
I thought the longest NN game was NN vs Bacrot, 2005 (155 moves) Look it up yourself, I'm too lazy too look and find the link :)
And since barbers beat sheep, NN beat the master of Baaabaaatown.
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D37 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964
Autoreparaturwerkbau: <capatal: Tal's Chess games make us chuckle, his opponents almost could sue for 'emotional abuse' and 'being run ragged' - What a great Chess champion Tal was!> That's a great piece of humurous comment! I sincerely ...
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C40 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Veselin Topalov
Etienne: "[klɪ'ʃeɪ] "
Funny that they put the phonetic translation with an English accent. It should be spelled (in French) [klIʃe]
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| Dec-22-08 |
Alekhine vs NN, 1911
Autoreparaturwerkbau: Beside the deadly attack by white: nice tripled pawns ;)
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C53 |
| Dec-22-08 |
N Jasnogrodsky vs E Delmar, 1894
sleepyirv: <WhiteRook48> Yes J A Congdon vs E Delmar, 1880 I don't know why you didn't look it up yourself, you have both names.
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C48 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J Rukavina vs Tal, 1973
Autoreparaturwerkbau: Hmm, "nice game"? Seems to me more like "out-of-earth masterpiece", referring to the true 'Continuous Attack' as User: F47 well observed.
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A04 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Ivkov vs J S Neto, 1985
sallom89: <Capablanca mem-A 1985 · English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Catalan Defemse Accepted> Defemse?? I never heard of that before.
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A13 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Fischerandom Chess
WhiteRook48: THere was a position where Karpov's pieces looked like Fischerandom:
White: Nb1, Nc1, Rd1, Ke1, Bf1, Qg1, Rh1. And just for fun I'll add...
Ba1
Anyone want to play this new position?
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| Dec-22-08 |
J W Baird vs Gossip, 1889
YoungEd: All the pawns still on the board at the end! It seems as though Gossip hoped for 13. hxg4, when ...Qxg3 would follow, winning a pawn and disrupting White's kingside. The actual 13. Qf3 pretty much thwarts Black, unless he wants to give up
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C49 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Ribli vs J Thorvaldsson, 1972
WhiteRook48: Okay I've had just about enough of random games. Back to the Search page to see if I'm on the Recent Visitors list.
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B42 |
| Dec-22-08 |
W Schmidt vs J Pokojowczyk, 1981
WhiteRook48: Hi everyone I'm looking for random games. I'm surprised how many games have no kibitzing yet.
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E12 |
| Dec-22-08 |
DeFirmian vs Beliavsky, 1988
WhiteRook48: Wow all those promotions.
And <TheAlchemist> 61. f7 is not marked as a check. Oh wait a minute today's 2008.
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C95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J M Hanham vs Taubenhaus, 1889
YoungEd: Hard to disagree with Steinitz's final comment! Hanham sure seems to like cramped positions.
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C20 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J W Baird vs D G Baird, 1889
YoungEd: Were these Bairds related? I agree with Steinitz--White should win easily here. I wonder why the draw.
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C50 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Chigorin vs D M Martinez, 1889
YoungEd: Do you suppose that 5. ...b5 makes any sense? At least it's a semi-logical follow-up to the questionable 4. ...a6. Chigorin cleans up nicely at the end!
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C30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Fischer vs Tal, 1970
hackmate: <Eisenheim> Isn't it curious that both American World Champions (Morphy and Fischer) had some form of mental problems at the end of their lives?
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Fedorowicz vs M Vucic, 1993
Autoreparaturwerkbau: Must be, unless Vucic was meanwhile eaten by bigger wolf. ;)
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D45 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1889
YoungEd: I think Black's decisive error was 26. ...Bd7. That just ends up costing a pawn for nothing. 26. ...c6 looks better, to shore up the d-pawn and free up c7 for the queen (with an idea of bearing down for a sacrifice on f4 if circumstances ...
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C01 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Kamsky, 1994
FizzyY: Nxe7+ you mean? The knights on d5.
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B78 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Anderssen vs J Mason, 1878
Pawn and Two: In the opening, the tournament book, "Der Internationale Schachkongress Paris 1878" recommended 10...b5. Fritz indicates (-.56) (19 ply) 10...Nbd7 or 10...Qc7 are Black's best choices. Fritz indicates (-.46) (19 ply) 10...b5 or ...
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
P Lomako vs R Ovetchkin, 2006
WhiteRook48: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Ng1 Ng8. Very hilarious. Knights Dance you're knighting on my door.
So what?
Maybe the players were drunk.
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B13 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Kenneth Rogoff
AnalyzeThis: What you're talking about is a likely outcome.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Y A Saksis vs Shirov, 1985
DwayneMeller: 38Qe3?? Nc2+ (Nd4 is pinned) & ...Nxe3 as previously posted other moves lose as well.
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B99 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Peter Heine Nielsen
Willem Wallekers: <DCP23: <Willem Wallekers>: <<how tall is this dude?? > Rather tall, maybe 190 cm. >
198 cm actually, or 6' 6".>
I saw him from a distance :-)
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| Dec-22-08 |
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001
WhiteRook48: Kaspy went weird here! He didn't even think about King safety and where's his center? He doesn't even control it.
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D37 |
| Dec-22-08 |
K Rogoff vs Timman, 1971
Ychromosome: 33.Qe4 that is a chess move.
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B08 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003
whiteshark: Is <12...Qxh2> untested?
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D45 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008
WhiteRook48: Bishop says: Hey why do I have so many duplicates?
Which bishop was speaking?
"Hello all you other Bishops. This is a surprise!"
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Chandler vs Hebden, 1997
notyetagm: 32 ... g6-g3 <pin> 0-1
[DIAGRAM] A tremendous example of an <OPPOSITE-COLORED BISHOP ATTACK> by "Magical" Mark Hebden.
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C59 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2007
WhiteRook48: Whoa. So THIS is the longest game ever instead.
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B81 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999
WhiteRook48: Rxd4!!! Comparable to Fischer's Be6!!!!! in the game of the century
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B06 |
| Dec-22-08 |
L Barden vs S Popel, 1951
Domdaniel: The Guardian's current chess correspondent, in action 57 Christmases ago.
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E94 |
| Dec-22-08 |
NN vs Sosonko, 1986
chessamateur: I would of played Nxb4 and made NN play out the  |
B78 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Blackburne vs A Clerc, 1878
Pawn and Two: Blackburne was very good at spotting tactical opportunities, but he took a huge gamble with 54.Nf5?. He could have played for the draw with: (-.13) (23 ply) 54.Nc6! Bf6 55.Nxb4 Rg3 56.Ke6 Re3+ 57.Kd5 Re5+ 58.Kc6, or (-.07) (23 ply) ...
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D25 |
| Dec-22-08 |
A Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002
Udit Narayan: I have played against this opening as black in Yahoo 1 min bullet games.
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
R Christ vs U Von Herman, 2001
WhiteRook48: "Christ shall prevail" Serious pun potential.
White
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C19 |
| Dec-22-08 |
C R Gurnhill
WhiteRook48: So he lost to NN and won W H Banks with two petty opening traps
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| Dec-22-08 |
J Sarfati vs NN, 2006
WhiteRook48: passed pawn!!
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A12 |
| Dec-22-08 |
NN vs Cornelissen, 1974
WhiteRook48: Yay for NN!
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C40 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Lasker vs NN, 1908
WhiteRook48: Lasker loses!!!
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A10 |
| Dec-22-08 |
NN vs Staunton, 1841
WhiteRook48: Staunton gets crashed!
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C33 |
| Dec-22-08 |
NN vs Von Der Lasa, 1838
WhiteRook48: I think his opponent was blindfolded
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C37 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Garry Kasparov
missing kasparov: Freedom has it's price. America has lost alot of it's freedom. Dont give up Kasparov. Freedom is worth fighting and dying for "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery! Forbid ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935
WhiteRook48: Capa loses to Lilienthal! And I was not under the impression that Lilienthal was 7 feet tall
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E24 |
| Dec-22-08 |
H Lieb vs Spassky, 1979
WhiteRook48: So now we know how to beat Spassky- just play King to d2 and he'll resign... NOT!
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C26 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Short vs Krasenkow, 2004
WhiteRook48: I bet this should be #1 in the "Short loses" collection of games
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B33 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Rybka (Computer)
missing kasparov: fritz 4 only for chess 8 years ago maybe 10 chew on it.enjoy
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| Dec-22-08 |
Blackburne vs A Crook, 1902
WhiteRook48: A Crook? No this guy is not me.
"I am not A Rook!"
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C47 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Panno vs Korchnoi, 1969
Chessdreamer: Probably the game score is incomplete and 42.Qe1 Kg7 43.Rd2 Qc5 44.Rd7+ Kf8 45.Rd2 Rf5 46.Rde2 Kg7 47.Re4 Kf8 48.R2e3 Ke7 49.Qe2 Kd8 50.Qe1 Kc7 51.Re2 h5 52.h4 g4 53.R4e3 Rf4 54.Kg3 Rf5 55.Kh2 Qe7 56.Kg3 Qc5 57.Kh2 1/2-1/2 are the ...
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E58 |
| Dec-22-08 |
A Crook
WhiteRook48: Nixon told an Odd Lie to say that he was not A Crook.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Anand vs Dorfman, 1990
Anzer: They must have been in the last round
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C29 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008
notyetagm: This game is very nicely annotated by IM Monokroussis here: http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/fil... .
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C26 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Nigel Short
parmetd: I hope you and your family are safe amid these greek riots!
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| Dec-22-08 |
Lasker vs Broderson, 1908
YoungEd: hammer after hammer at the end there! very impressive!
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B38 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Jacob Carl Rosenthal vs A Schroeder, 1916
YoungEd: 21. ...Qxf5 One for the "oops" file!
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D07 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Boris Avrukh
notyetagm: http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/docs/...
<Reviews
December 17: IM Sam Collins on Avrukh
Our first review of Grandmaster Repertoire 1 - 1.d4 Volume one and it is ecstatic. A few sample quotes: “The unusual thing about this book is ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
M Huettig vs G Fahnenschmidt, 2001
Emma: How embarrassing
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Fufuengmongkolkij K (2205)
YoungEd: The interesting thing is, most words in the Thai language are monosyllabic (Thai is a tone language, similar to Mandarin). But Thai surnames are impossibly long, because they usually have Sanskrit origins rather than coming from Thai ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Kotronias vs Fufuengmongkolkij K (2205), 1992
YoungEd: I agree, <whiteshark>. The game score must be compromised.
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B74 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Onischuk vs Shirov, 2008
notyetagm: <ravel5184: <I think a lot of <notyetagm>'s collections have the same general meaning, such that the list of collections he has to go through when adding one game is HUGE. For instance, Game Collection: Defending one square ...
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D27 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Kmoch vs Rubinstein, 1930
Emma: Wasn't Kmoch tutored by Rubinstein? Maybe that could explain the unexpected result.
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D63 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Wolf
sneaky pete: His full name is
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternware-
ngewissenhaf
tschaferswesenchafewarenwholgepflegeundsorgfalti-
gkeitbeschut
zenvonangereifenduchihrraubgiriigfeindewelchevor-
ralternzwolf
...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Starr
Ragh: how I wonder what you are.
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| Dec-22-08 |
F Hermann vs H Hussong, 1930
I Like Fish: fish...
should...
rule...
the world...
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C60 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Day Benoni Def 3 J
drkodos: My Benoni has a first name, its OSCAR.
My Benoni has a second name, its MEYER.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Kmoch vs Samisch, 1928
zdigyigy: Pretty rare to see a master miss a shot like this...Mrs Kmoch probably had dinner waiting for him at home and he wanted to get the game over with....;-)
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C28 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Keene vs G Silver, 1965
YoungEd: The way that White loads up on Black's d-pawn (and c-pawn) beginning on move 16 is very instructive. Black's 18th abandons the d-pawn and takes away some of the queen's breathing room, and White skillfully cleans up. But if Black tries to
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E70 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Jacob Carl Rosenthal
Karpova: He played in New York Rice tournament in 1916 - an event overwhelmingly won by Capablanca (12.0/13, +11 -0 =2) - where he came in 6th (behind Capablanca, Janowski, Kostic, Kupchik and Chajes) with 7.5 points and a score of +5 -3 =5. But ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
K Lie vs T Hillarp Persson, 2008
whiteshark: Lie down with Tigers
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D15 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Arkell vs Kiriakov, 1999
GIAaron: During the course of my progress at chess I have played some appalling games.
This is one of my better ones though,and it delighted me when GM Cherniaev described it as one of the best he had ever seen.
The Q-side attack weakens ...
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E11 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Bacrot vs Leko, 2008
Bobsterman3000: <Alphastar> Thanks for the lucid explanation, I think I'm not yet advanced enough to tackle the underlying theoretical issues that powered Leko's choice to handle the line in this way...
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B18 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Herbert Rosenfeld
Karpova: He won the New York State Chess Association's Bath Beach tournament 1909: 1. Rosenfeld 4.0/5
2. Marshall 3.5
3. Jaffe 3.0
4. Moormann 2.5
5. Daly 1.5
6. Roething 0.5
Rosenfeld won all his games except for the one against ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Keene vs P F Staley, 1963
YoungEd: I agree with GM Keene and <vizir> that 10. ...c5 is poor. It locks up the Q-side, and leaves White with all the chances on the K-side. And then, as White mounts forces on the K-side, Black makes inconsequent Q-side maneuvers with ...
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E83 |
| Dec-22-08 |
S Papa vs M Klauser, 2004
amadeus: Not here :/
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B54 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J Shaw vs K Lie, 2004
whiteshark: Lies have shaw legs.
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B22 |
| Dec-22-08 |
A J Goldsby vs D Baker, 1989
Ychromosome: At move 52 it's mate in 3.
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C54 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Arkell vs R Byrne, 1991
whiteshark: Lets play on: <37...h6 38.Rxe7+ Kf6 39.Rf7+ Ke5 40.Nf3+ Kd6> [DIAGRAM] and if white's last pawn on h3 will be traded off, it's difficult for white to win even with a piece ahead.
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E63 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Zhao Xue vs N Medvegy, 2008
YoungEd: Huh? I don't get it.
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J L Arnason vs Pribyl, 1990
YoungEd: Cute finish! Black allows a pretty mate instead of losing his queen to 7. Ne6, regardless of moving the king to e8 or f8. I guess Black's 4th move was the real howler. Something like $. ...Nf6 or ...e6 had to be better.
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
N J Patterson vs Keene, 1968
YoungEd: Hey, I got one--sort of! :) Thank you, <GM Keene>.
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E43 |
| Dec-22-08 |
N Karker vs O Lie, 1988
WhiteRook48: Lies don't pay.
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C30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Adolf Anderssen
stoy: When Adolf Anderssen died it was written in an obituary by Potter that Anderssen considered all chessplayers to be his friends!
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| Dec-22-08 |
Team White vs Team Black, 2007
Domdaniel: <mmmsplay10> - <What was the purpose of 6.h5?>
I wasn't a participant, so this is purely speculative analysis. But black had just played the pre-fianchettoed bishop from h8 to g7 - not a very useful move in itself, but ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
David Przepiorka
cu8sfan: David Przepiorka has a lifetime subscription on being PotD on his birthday.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Sosonko vs Timman, 1980
Ychromosome: Here's an example continuation
35. Rxe8 Bxe8
36. Ke3 Ke7
37. Bc2 Bg6
38. h4 Kd8
39. Kd2 h6
40. Bb1 h5
41. Ke2 Kc7
42. Bc2 Kc8
43. Ba4 Kc7
44. Kd3 Kd8
45. Bc6 Kc7
46. Ke3 Bf7
47. Ba4 Kd8
48. Bc6 Kc7
49. Ke2
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E00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Uhlmann vs Kholmov, 1960
whiteshark: and v.v. Kholmov vs Uhlmann, 1978
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A21 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Hecht vs H Schaufelberger, 1973
njchess: I think for most who analyzed this position, Rxd6 was at least a possibility. Most I think examined it in the context of 12. Rxd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qb6, and, if it was rejected, it was because the resulting position didn't justify exchanging ...
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B95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Morphy vs NN, 1856
WhiteRook48: NN: ARGH another loss and with Knight Odds to boot.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Deep Junior vs Deep Fritz, 2001
WhiteRook48: Seems that these computers like Rooks very much
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C42 |
| Dec-22-08 |
S Boden vs Owen, 1856
WhiteRook48: 1. d3 looks good to beginners cause the pawn is at the edge of the board. Beginners tend to play 1. d3, 1. h4, 1. a4, and 1. Nh3
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
E Lies vs Junior, 1995
WhiteRook48: What do we learn? Lies don't pay.
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C89 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Bauermann vs Butze, 1979
sleepyirv: Great find <Benzol>! It's a pretty mating net- White can't go backwards (17.Kd1 Nxf2+ 18.c1 d2+ 19.Kb1 or Kc2 Be4+ 20.Bd3 Bxd3#) but walking right into the Lion's mouth doesn't work!
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D44 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Borin Topic
Simonkaser: Raymond Domenech
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| Dec-22-08 |
Kosteniuk vs McShane, 2003
WhiteRook48: Kosteniuk beats the great Skywalker!
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B33 |
| Dec-22-08 |
C Guizar vs D Simic, 1999
TheaN: Heh. Tough luck, I guess: I used the Anagram server and Dragan was the first that showed results.
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B77 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Nakamura vs V Akobian, 2008
WhiteRook48: amazing Nakamura
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C10 |
| Dec-22-08 |
B Kantsler vs M Rodshtein, 2008
beenthere240: 14. Nd6+? rope a dope.
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B18 |
| Dec-22-08 |
T Nabaty vs Huzman, 2008
beenthere240: At first I coudln't see why black quit, but it looks like he's going to run out of moves in the not to distant future.
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C26 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1890
sonushetty: good game
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C03 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Oll vs Ulibin, 1989
siimens: actually hard to say which one's the cause and which is the aftermath
as it was the matter of schizofrenia,
as they they that's the case with half of the people with absolute memory
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C18 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858
WhiteRook48: Or Morphy.
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C41 |
| Dec-22-08 |
S Maus vs Vaganian, 1992
KokeFischer: The final position shows an odd similarity to www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid =1141193 Life is usually richer than fiction.
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B04 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Bent Larsen
tjoffy: The "testament pawn" is the pawn on b2/b7 which in some variations are captured by a queen coming from b6/b3.
Most notably this happens in the "poisoned pawn variation" of the sicilian, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison... . It is often
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| Dec-22-08 |
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006
Eisenheim: At the Tal Memorial as a tribute to the master
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D80 |
| Dec-22-08 |
K Treybal vs S Levitsky, 1912
sfm: Nice ending! 38.Txg3,Qxh3+!
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C67 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Stefan Levitsky
sfm: What a star parade of opponents! Scoring 35% is world-class.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Miguel Najdorf
AnalyzeThis: No, Najdorf was a ladies man if ever there was one.... like Capablanca.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Kramnik vs Leko, 1998
dwavechess: 37/45 leko's moves concur with rybka 3 at 3 minutes per move.
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E60 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Aurelie Dacalor
hallu45: I remember her in Bagneux's tournament (near Paris) approximatly ten years ago. She was already very cute.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Y Trivedi vs Prabha Guhe, 2008
itsankush: What the ...
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C40 |
| Dec-22-08 |
M Esserman vs Jayson Lian, 2008
notyetagm: Esserman just loves his <Morra Gambit>.
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B21 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Radjabov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2008
zatara: <Ezzy:The dragon will disappear from fashion as quickly as it came in, if games like this are anything to go by.> I agree.It really gives white so many attacking possibilities that black has to be really really accurate to take the ...
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B78 |
| Dec-22-08 |
M Judowitsch
Karpova: This could be one Mikhail Mikhailovich Yudovich - Mikhail M Yudovich Sr. rather than Mikhail M Yudovich Jr. since the latter was only 15 at that time - and the spelling might be different because of the german transliteration in this ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
R Durkin vs Spielman, 1957
shintaro go: <Looks like Black tried to go for a French setup.> Pawn structure and piece placement resembles that of a Slav/Semi-Slav, IMO.
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Nimzowitsch vs Przepiorka, 1905
whiteshark: I wonder why Nimzowitsch did not play <24.Nxe7>, for winning the exchange, here? [DIAGRAM]
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B22 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Joseph Henry Blackburne
zzzzzzzzzzzz: blackburne annotated a lot of games
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| Dec-22-08 |
Blackburne vs NN, 1890
zzzzzzzzzzzz: BB should have castled earlier, but i really like how NN played that decivise tactic Bg4
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C30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Wolfgang Pietzsch
whiteshark: ...and only 2 <CK> games.
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| Dec-22-08 |
Bacrot vs Radjabov, 2008
zatara: what's wrong with 29.Ra8 first?
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A07 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Capablanca vs Menchik, 1929
AnalyzeThis: Just another routine positional crush by Capablanca.
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B02 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Gligoric vs Karpov, 1980
whiteshark: <compensation is more than enough> ... especially the weakend pawn structure on the kingside and black's strong .
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E42 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Najdorf vs NN, 1942
zzzzzzzzzzzz: correct me if i'm wrong but did najdorf defeat two unknown amaters with nd7
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D37 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Euwe vs Najdorf, 1953
zzzzzzzzzzzz: euwe has a strong pawn on d6
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E60 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Max Euwe
zzzzzzzzzzzz: euwe conquered Alekhine in 1935
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| Dec-22-08 |
Euwe vs Przepiorka, 1928
zzzzzzzzzzzz: euwe got caried away by his "attack"
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A09 |
| Dec-22-08 |
E Inarkiev vs Radjabov, 2008
percyblakeney: I have my doubts about Chessbase being right when they call the endgame after 44. ... Bb4 <more or less equal>, and that it <should be a draw>. I looked it through quickly during the game and white won easily in every ...
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B76 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Lodewijk Prins
Karpova: From Edward Winter's feature article "Chess: Hitler and Nazi Germany", 2000: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... BCM of May 1943, page 104:
<‘Referring to our remarks in our last issue about L. Prins, Mr Belinfante says there is a ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Max Bluemich
Karpova: From Edward Winter's feature article "Chess: Hitler and Nazi Germany", 2000: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... BCM of January 1942, page 10:
<‘The “New Order” in Germany is busy on chess literature. The outstanding text-book in ...
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| Dec-22-08 |
Gata Kamsky
zzzzzzzzzzzz: but he may still lose this match
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| Dec-22-08 |
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008
morphchess1857: What a display by Carlson a future World Champ one day.even the great Morphy of old would have been proud.
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A30 |
| Dec-22-08 |
E Dolukhanova vs M A Campana, 2006
Ragh: Wierd tournament name?!?!
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B20 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Kasparian vs Kholmov, 1949
zzzzzzzzzzzz: kasparov loses
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B12 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Fischer vs Kholmov, 1965
zzzzzzzzzzzz: the rat catches a fisher
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C98 |
| Dec-22-08 |
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1901
Confuse: <Trigonometrist> The first line you show is mate on move 20. (The rook is pinning the pawn down) : )
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C67 |
| Dec-22-08 |
A Lukin vs Kholmov, 1975
zzzzzzzzzzzz: nfd7 looks strange
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C95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996
Ladolcevita: In the closing conference,Ivanchuk said this was his best game ever,because he figured out 21.Qg7 over the board.
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D44 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Keene vs J B Howson, 1965
ray keene: blacks 9th is fine but his 11th is wrong as i have indicated
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A95 |
| Dec-22-08 |
C Blocker vs Dzindzichashvili, 1986
Malfurion: White breaks the cardinal rule of not trading all your pieces off when you're down material..quite doubtful the rooks can gain enough activity given the pawn structures to compensate.
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E10 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Keene vs A J Whiteley, 1965
ray keene: indeed there is--20 Rxc8 wins the house due to the coming fork on e7--thanks for your comments here and to my other games
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A00 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Geller vs Fischer, 1962
AnalyzeThis: I think he was 'only' a top 10 player then, at the age of 19. He did finish with a plus score in the tournament.
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B92 |
| Dec-22-08 |
Tal vs Hecht, 1962
zzzzzzzzzzzz: i've seen this game before
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E12 |
| Dec-22-08 |
J Cruz vs De Jesus,C, 2001
melianis: Christmas is not Easter.
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B26 |
