| Jun-29-09 |
Wesley So
kaspanijuan: <dunkenchess: Chairman Wesley So, Veselin Topalov and Vis Anand are absent in Dortmund tournament.> You must be joking or else I start laughing. Why dream now of So joining a super GM tournament when we even aren't sure if he ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Kibitzer's Café
timhortons: <returnoftheking>
I could draw a game with rookie(2300elo) at fics in lightning blitz but could never do that to a 1900 human. check out my stat with rookie at fics:)
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| Jun-29-09 |
M Umansky vs The World, 2009
kutztown46: <kwid>
The forum system at this moment is dead. It does not exist. Several team members believe that wise use of the forum system was an important ingredient of our success in earlier games and desire to see an effective forum ...
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D43 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Hikaru Nakamura
frogbert: yeah, it's no different. my point was rather that it's rather seldom that there are <many> 2700+ players playing blitz simultaneously at neither icc nor playchess. and if we imagine the top 8-10 blitz players in the world starting ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: Is that comment meant to be stingy?
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D58 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Eugenio Torre
Nf3em: I just wonder if during the peak time of GM Eugene Torre's career, there are DB's & engines already ... ano kaya?! siguro nakalusot sya kay Ribli?! ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
Knight13: 16...Bxd5 then what?
17. Bb4
Oh well even if White plays something like Bf4 the BLack Knight's gonna be tied down to b8 or else White gets the seventh rank. NOT a good move either way.
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D85 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Dortmund (2009)
laskersteinitz: Bacrot, as the winner of Aeroflot Open (2009) , was invited to this tournament.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Rybka vs Deep Sjeng, 2009
cracknik: FIRST!
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D15 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Spassky vs Yusupov, 1988
ToTheDeath: <24...Nxd4?> is too speculative. 24...Bb6 is fine. Spassky has little trouble consolidating his piece advantage and then finishes with great savoir-faire. 39...Kh8 40.Rh7+ Kxh7 41.Rf7+ Kh8 42.N5g6 mate.
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C05 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Tal vs Leonov, 1949
KASTILOWSKY: That combinational motif its called Alekhine Block
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B13 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: White is forced to either play 38. Qd8+ with perpetual checks or Qxe6 and let Black have the checks.
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D31 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
Knight13: Again, another book draw after move 31, like their previous game:
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987 .
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D58 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Chigorin vs A Solowzov, 1884
Hugh the Drover: Michael shoots Sollozzo (with a Black Knight laid out on the bedsheets, no less). Michael was denied a guarantee they wouldn't go after his father. "I'm not taking it personal; it's not personal, Sonny, it's strictly business."
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C25 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kenneth Rogoff
PinnedPiece: <Phorqt: Here is an essay that he wrote that goes hand in hand with what <karnak64:> just said: http://jim.com/treason.htm
Fair warning, this is pretty heavy @#$! but very, very good. <PinnedPiece> should definitely ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: 21...e5 22. Qc3 e4 23. Bg2
Not impressed.
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B17 |
| Jun-29-09 |
R Antonio vs Dao Thien Hai, 2005
njchess: Nice ending that painfully illustrates Black's errant 16. ... g6?. The queen sac was a stroke of genius.
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B52 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: 21...f5 22. e4.
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D31 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: 6....a5 might be an improvement.
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A25 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
Knight13: <a blunder with 37. ... Ra1.> 37... Ka7 is not good enough.
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D87 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: <gambitfan> Funny you should ask. This game answered your question!!! 7. Ne1 is a bit passive, but you could play it if you want. Follow it up with Nc2 and d3. NOT suggested.
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A29 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
Knight13: 29. Kg2.
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E60 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Knight13: 18. Bxf6 wow giving up the powerful bishop for that knight on f6 which isn't really doing anything! Definitely missing something!
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A29 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Efim Bogoljubov
SirChrislov: All the o's are pronounced like a's:
bah-gah-LYU-bahf.
http://www.geocities.com/siliconval...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
Knight13: 24...Nb8 if Black wants to fight on. Would be interesting.
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E60 |
| Jun-29-09 |
17th World Computer Chess Championship (2009)
Knight13: I hope Joker had its laugh in this tournament.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: <Money>
Explains why Karpov didn't play the usual d5 and/or c5 in the Queen's Indian Defence. A bit drawish.
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E16 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: <12. Qe3> Why? Why not Qd3 and leave the possibility of e4 open?
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A15 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: <PaulLovric: why is this called the siege of leningrad?> See Black's king. Also these two players are both Russians.
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D55 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Vladimir Zagorovsky
JohnBoy: This guy was one of the top correspondence players in the world for years - and he has precisely two notable games listed. One is an uneventful GM draw. This needs to be corrected.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: Kasparov used Karpov's favorite Queen's Indian against him. And all Karpov did was just react and defend. Wasn't much he could do.
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E15 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: <19...b4>
So that White can't play Ra4 and put a bunch of pressure on the pawn. White'll further attack it with e3 followed by Bf4 and the black queen is pretty much stuck on the 5th rank. The pawn is easier to defend on b4.
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E06 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: <Valiantangel: But whats the idea of 14.Nb5?...i find it hard to understand> To control the d6 square. White needs that square for his passed pawn.
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D97 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: 17...Qd7 is better. 17...Kg7 is a bit too early.
Most players, as Black, would've panicked in the end thinking that White is winning. But they're not Karpov are they? :-O
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E12 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Max Euwe
SirChrislov: nevermind, there's a whole discussion about it one page 1. UR-veh.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: Kasparov plays White in the same opening:
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
But was unable to pull off a win.
Shows that Karpov isn't a downplayer.
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D98 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: A very good example of attack on the kingside vs counterattack on the queenside. Black's sacrifice of the b5 pawn is worth it.
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C92 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Rogelio Antonio Jr
whitehorse: Good morning po sa lahat ng kibitzers d2 sa page ni sir <gmjoey> Tanong ko lang po kay sir <kramrich> when you say "dongui" are you referring to Fernie Donguines? <dunkenchess> must be a good player then kung naka ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Nacht
returnoftheking: Wie ergez' ich mir im Kühlen
Dieser schönen Sommernacht!
O, wie still ist hier zu fühlen,
Was die Seele glücklich macht!
Läßt sich kaum die Wonne fassen;
Und doch wollt' ich, Himmel, dir
Tausend solcher Nächte lassen,
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| Jun-29-09 |
Viswanathan Anand
SetNoEscapeOn: Sometimes Anand's calm, "wave diffusing" answers are so understated, they border on the comical. On Michael Jackson: "Somehow, I have the feeling that he never quite got his personal life under control". (I do not think that ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: 5. dxc4?! What the heck? Black pretty much just gave up the center.
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D98 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: 33...fxe4 leaves White's king safer. No posibility of Black's queen utilizing the d file and possibly coming down to d2 and infultrating.
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E60 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: <This game won a brilliancy prize in 10,000 pounds sterling, shared by both players.> Yeah, a very amazing game for a d4 opening.
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D82 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: I would go on with 44. Kf5 here. Pawns on both side. White's bishop is better. White's position is better. Worth trying.
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D55 |
| Jun-29-09 |
J Friedel vs V Akobian, 2009
Arthur.J.Fizelbotom: I love how Akobian's king looks wide open to attack, yet his 2 knights prevent white from any meaningful incursion (from about move 39 through 47), even though they look horrible- they restrict each others movement, one is on ...
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C41 |
| Jun-29-09 |
O Bernstein vs Tarrasch, 1914
Marmot PFL: Bernstein is too good to miss 17 Rd1 Rxf2 but I think he sacrificed the pawn in a bad position to try and draw the ending. Tarrasch gives him no chance at all however.
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C80 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Odd Lie
weisyschwarz: Bacrot should easily win in Dortmund.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Akiba Rubinstein
Bridgeburner: <talisman> <i can't figure it out.> Can anyone?
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: 18...Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 doesn't seem too bad for black is it?
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D82 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: 23...Bxf3 is forced. If Black tries to block the d-file with ...Bd5 then Nd5 basically gives White the advantage. The rook needed to play a7 to guard the 7th rank.
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D55 |
| Jun-29-09 |
H Olafsson vs P Smirnov, 2008
Jim Bartle: Hold on. I thought Ehlvest had left the building.
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E36 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: 15...dxe3 is helping White.
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D31 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: 12...Nc4 would be too early. 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Rd1 and Black is a move behind in defending with ...Qd7-Rd8. <19. Nh3 Bxh3+> !? Let Black trade off his bad bishop for White's good one? The "bad but active" bishop rule doesn't even ...
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D31 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Short, 1993
Knight13: 22...b3 was better. ...h6 seems like a waste of move!
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C84 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: 18...g5! 19. Bxg5 Bxe5 20. c5 and Black can move his bishop to g7, play Re8 and start rolling. And at the same time push the a-pawn so White has two things to worry about. Very good, <Andrijadj>.
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D82 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: <Kangaroo: Karpov resigned either after 44. a7 or after 45. a8=Q - but did not play till the checkmate.> After one a half years Chessgames.com has fixed a lot of stuff on these world championship matches. Which only supports the ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: If 23. e4 then black'll trade off the pawns, then double rooks on the d file, place the knight on f6 if necessary, and play e5. White doesn't like that.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Knight13: After seeing how White piled up on the queen side 14... O-O-O might've been more useful. Because then Black wouldn't have to stick his rook on b8.
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E21 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986
Knight13: <Abdooss: at the start of the match, both are cautious, thus the draw.> I disagree. They're rather aggressive. It's just that this opening (or these positions) aren't one of those risky positions.
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D92 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Hans Arild Runde
frogbert: ohiochessfan, you refer to the page of espen lie? well, about time it changed, then. thanks for getting it started, no matter the cg.com reaction :o) see my last post there for an update!
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| Jun-29-09 |
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979
Everett: Must say, the combination is not well-hidden. The issue is the fact that for three moves the play is forced. White has no other options but to play as he did, and all black had to do, visualizing a position after only two forced moves by ...
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A27 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Viktor Korchnoi
returnoftheking: I only bothered to translate the text-assuming that <tivr> who asked that can hear for himself.
Interesting story.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Tylor vs Flohr, 1936
Peligroso Patzer: <thundershock2k: it looks to me like black blew a perfectly happy position...must have been kicking himself afterwards> Alekhine gives 77. ... Ka4, which needlessly gives away "a most valuable pawn" [Alekhine] a "??" in the
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C19 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Anand vs L Dominguez, 2009
mastermind7994: great tactics.. i loved it
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D97 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Lista
Sydro: 13337 Playa!
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| Jun-29-09 |
Gelfand vs Shirov, 2009
sheaf: and yes if Kh7 then keep the bishop on b1 h7 diagonal pinning the pawn so white king will have to go to h6 or g7 again..then repeat the algorithm to achieve the draw..
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A15 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Magnus Carlsen
frogbert: or maybe a match was what it would've taken for shirov to finally crack the code... :o)
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| Jun-29-09 |
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961
Everett: <Bronstein, Smyslov and Tal no longer showed their former strength> Because they couldn't use the system to keep their title, or to get second chances. Botvinnik himself didn't have to win it twice. The more I read of Botvinnik, the
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E24 |
| Jun-29-09 |
N Huschenbeth vs J Schlenker, 2008
jsheedy: ...d4, 10. Bc4, Qd7, 11. Qh5+, Kd8, 12. Rd1, Nf6, 13. Qh4, c5, 14. Ncd5, Be7, 15. Nxe7, Qxe7, 16. c3, Nc6, 17. cxd4, cxd4, 18. Nc2, Bg4, 19. f3, Qc5, 20. b3, Bd7, 21. Nxd4, Nxd4, 22. Rxd4, Re8, 23. Bg5, h6, Bxf6+, gxf6, 25. Qxf6+ with ...
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Return Match (1961)
Everett: <virtually the greatest match player in the entire history of chess> Typical Kasparov hyperbole, except, in this case, he's plain wrong. Maybe it's because Kasparov doesn't care about getting crushed in initial matches but making ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Shirov vs Radjabov, 2009
ounos: Oh, thanks, you are right, that is an easy draw.
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B33 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Lawrence Day
M61MG Wrestler: New location for discussing "My 61 Mem Games", including all* previous posts on that topic from Mrs. Alekhine's forum. Click my Avatar to join in. Anyone is welcome.
*some pruning has occurred on irrelevant posts.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Robert James Fischer
M61MG Wrestler: New location for discussing "My 61 Mem Games", including all* previous posts on that topic from Mrs. Alekhine's forum. Click my Avatar to join in. Anyone is welcome.
*some pruning has occurred on irrelevant posts.
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| Jun-29-09 |
C C Warszawa
slomarko: village
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| Jun-29-09 |
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008
Everett: <yalie> White is not forced to allow the perpetual. 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rfd1 e5!? then white has 19.Nh4 and 20.f3 I think black is not comfortable here. White will be able to slow down the center and K-side, and still has two passers ...
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D49 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Lasker vs Alekhine, 1936
Peligroso Patzer: ... and the following game is mentioned in the note to 7. ... a5: Fine vs J Van Den Bosch, 1936
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E33 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009
tamar: "The Cask of Amontillado" Part 3
50. Nd7 We continued our route in search of the Amontillado. Kf5 51.Ke3 Bc6 52. Nb6 Kg4 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Nc4 Ke4 55. Ne3 Bd7 56. Nd1 We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and ...
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D80 |
| Jun-29-09 |
D Gedult vs J Tunski, 1970
bgkuzzy: Gedult's games are entertaining to watch. However most of his opponents are just super noobs. Like this one for example.
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D00 |
| Jun-29-09 |
R Mamedov vs Anand, 2009
ketchuplover: best game ever!!!!
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B18 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Tarrasch vs Marshall, 1906
Pawn and Two: An important encounter in round three at Nuremberg 1906. Marshall had started the tournament with wins over Duras and E. Cohn, while Tarrasch started the tournament with a very fortunate draw against Wolf, and then a loss to Salwe. ...
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C48 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Jayson Gonzales
timhortons: <suggestion ko para sa wesley so site> sa tingin ko walang punto na hamunin ang mga admin,aminin na natin sa isang punto talagang may conscious effort ang barangay na e flood ang wesley page.ganyan talaga kung sa laro mi blunder ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
I Gudju vs K Behting, 1924
playground player: Hmph! Every time I try this opening at chess club, my opponent shoves it right up my nose.
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Bazna Tournament (2009)
Everett: <There is a direct correlation between the quality of your law school and the type of job you get afterwards.> No, there is a direct correlation between the <reputation> of your law school and the job you get afterwards. Same ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Espen Lie
frogbert: yes, carlsen has played sergei zhigalko in some youth event(s) i think, way back when. it would be fun with a "complete" list for say top 20 active sibling-pairs or something...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Chessmaster vs Alexis Montes, 1998
Everett: What an interesting little game here! The position after white's 15th is one to play through. Black's two bishops and extra knight vs white's two rooks and k-side pawns.
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A04 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Jeremy Silman
theagenbiteofinwit: I vote this for CG's official Silman bio:
http://www.jeremysilman.com/astrolo...
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| Jun-29-09 |
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929
Sem: Castling is allowed since the white rook does not control a square over which the black king moves while castling.
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D31 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Steinitz vs Winawer, 1870
aktajha: Although a very very late answer...black can do something: Play the opening differently. Just look at the position after move 8, both sides have developed only the queen, but white already has a huge pawn center. Also the queen on e7 is ...
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C25 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Timman vs Karpov, 1990
Bondsamir: This game shows that Karpov got a steel fists covered with silky gloves.thanks
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C92 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Szen vs G Walker, 1837
WhiteRook48: the man who came up with the Szen position
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B20 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Waitzkin vs J Sarwer, 1985
WhiteRook48: not really the new Fischer
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A07 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Capablanca vs Verlinsky, 1925
Jonathan Sarfati: Capa's weak opening play is almost as horrible and inexplicable as White's in Chigorin vs Janowski, 1895
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D00 |
| Jun-29-09 |
V Akobian vs J Becerra-Rivero, 2009
WhiteRook48: 46...Kh5 47 Bf3+! Kh6 48 g7+ Kh7 49 Be4+ Kg8 50 Qf8#
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D45 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Zamikhovsky vs Spassky, 1954
WhiteRook48: nice way to stop the opponent's d7-pawn from queening
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E76 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Niess vs Ahlhorn, 1960
WhiteRook48: get weird with the sacs, huh!
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C34 |
| Jun-29-09 |
A Stefanova vs Xie Jun, 1996
kevin86: A nice game-black will queen and then mate by force.
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D02 |
| Jun-29-09 |
S Mieses vs J Minckwitz, 1872
WhiteRook48: Jacques' brother?
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C77 |
| Jun-29-09 |
K Hollander vs Tarrasch, 1892
WhiteRook48: overextension
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C24 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Mackenzie vs Paulsen, 1862
WhiteRook48: I would love to see 20 Bg8?!
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C51 |
| Jun-29-09 |
V Small vs W Norton, 1977
WhiteRook48: the Small have lot of talents
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B73 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Prokes vs H K Mattison, 1926
WhiteRook48: this game was very puzzling
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
S Volkov vs A Volokitin, 2002
Xeroxx: black plaied good.
good KID
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E92 |
| Jun-29-09 |
M Hochstrasser vs A Volokitin, 2006
Xeroxx: 24. Qf3 is a mistake.
24. Qe7 is much better fer da white plaier!
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E76 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Zagorovsky vs Hybl, 1965
lentil: I see 35 ... Kd7 36 Rh7 Kc8 37 Rh8 Kd7 38 Rg8. Anybody got any better?
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B65 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Raymond Keene
xmensbeast: GM Keene
In all of your games that you have played what do you consider your greatest move? In the same breath what do you consider to be your greatest Blunder? Can you tell me why!. As a side question, which chess player do you ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Alexander Motylev
frogbert: and now i can congratule motylev with <officially breaking 2700> in the july list, as poikovsky has been included and rated just before the release of the new list. congratulations! :o)
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| Jun-29-09 |
V Gurevich vs Romanishin, 1989
Xeroxx: Oh no you didnt!?
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C45 |
| Jun-29-09 |
L Barczay vs Romanishin, 1982
Xeroxx: 15...Nf5 No wai!?
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C45 |
| Jun-29-09 |
S Kapanadze vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1974
Xeroxx: cool white can't stop it.
Rh1!!
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C45 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Irina Umanskaya
myschkin: . . .
Irina is a great woman ... was just visiting and you have had the pleasure on <Weihnachten> '07 ;)
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| Jun-29-09 |
Lasker vs Janowski, 1909
whiteshark: Interesting to read Nimzowitsch's critique on Tarrasch's annotations in <Die moderne Schachpartie, game 28, p53-p57>. On the one hand Tarrasch dogmatism in the opening/early middlegame looks actually entitled, on the other hand ...
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C87 |
| Jun-29-09 |
I Aramanovich vs Boleslavsky, 1942
birthtimes: Yes, according to this database, his record as Black with the King's Indian from 1941-1951 was + 11 - 3 = 15 for 63.8%!!! A true pioneer of the King's Indian in many ways...
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E67 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Alexander Grischuk
adair10: Another manifestation of the power of Grischuk (Depresniak) in blitz. Now in Fisher chess blitz! http://www.chessclub.com/activities...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Dmitry Jakovenko
paavoh: <praddy> "....by Jan 2010 there will be Atleast 60 players above 2700 mark." Predictions into the future are hard, eh?
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| Jun-29-09 |
Von Neumann
whiteshark: Didn't he wrote <Theory of games and Economic behavior>?
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| Jun-29-09 |
Anatoli Karpov
returnoftheking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7fU...
I believe this game between Karpov and Bareev (who has a decent record against Karpov) is not in the databases (yet): Karpov,Anatloy - Barrev,Evgeny [D11]
Championnat Europe de Blitz ...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Siegers vs Purins, 1971
whiteshark: Obviously white is not the Siegers here.
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
W So vs Yang Shen, 2007
Whitehat1963: Nice Tuesday/Wednesday puzzle after 31...h6.
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C28 |
| Jun-29-09 |
King's Knight Opening (C40)
whiteshark: <Opening of the Day <Latvian Gambit <1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5>>> Opening Explorer
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
T Shadrina vs O Ivkina, 2009
myschkin: C'est une bonne Chanson néanmoins!
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C17 |
| Jun-29-09 |
E Thiele vs Zagorovsky, 1968
whiteshark: At which point does a cc player smells the victory?
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E73 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Wang Yue
percyblakeney: Wang Yue has been confirmed as the home player in Nanjing, tough ten months from December -08 to September -09: Elista GP
Corus
Linares
Sofia
Yerevan GP
Nanjing
Not counting rapid events like Amber and Leon.
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| Jun-29-09 |
G A Thomas vs Botvinnik, 1934
Jonathan Sarfati: 36... c5 looks like the decisive error in a playable position, a superficially active move that allowed the  into d5. GAT had a number of notable scalps, including ...
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B40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
G A Thomas vs Lilienthal, 1935
Jonathan Sarfati: That also explains why GAT played the boring exchange, and had a somewhat worse position before Black blundered (the was better than the
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C01 |
| Jun-29-09 |
G A Thomas vs Menchik, 1934
Jonathan Sarfati: Nice play on both wings in this queenless middlegame.
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A56 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Richard John Sutton
Mac3: Here is a link where you can make a tribute to Richard for his family. http://www.tributes.co.nz/ViewMyTri...
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| Jun-29-09 |
Geller vs Filip, 1962
Honza Cervenka: Great tactical fight till Filip's sudden slip 21...Bd7? (21...Rf7 was correct) followed by immediate knock-out 22.Nd5! After 22...exd5 23.Bxd5+ black Rook f4 falls.
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B84 |
| Jun-29-09 |
G A Thomas vs E G Sergeant, 1927
whiteshark: <Jonathan Sarfati: Black resigned here??> I can't see an immediate win after <22...Kh7> either. [DIAGRAM]
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D63 |
| Jun-29-09 |
G A Thomas vs Tartakower, 1945
Jonathan Sarfati: White lost a dead drawn endgame with 23. a4.
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C10 |
| Jun-29-09 |
G A Thomas vs Nimzowitsch, 1927
Jonathan Sarfati: Good grief, what a self-destruction.
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B00 |
| Jun-29-09 |
M Yudovich Sr. vs Zagorovsky, 1972
whiteshark: To see a Correspondence Worldchampion checkmated is quite rare.
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E59 |
| Jun-29-09 |
A Samuelson
whiteshark: Quote of the Day
" In mathematics you're as good as your best move. In chess you're as bad as your worst. " -- Paul Samuelson
Oh dear!
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| Jun-29-09 |
Borin Topic
melianis: two-day hangovers
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| Jun-29-09 |
Bronstein vs Beliavsky, 1982
FSR: To quote Bobby Fischer, "The King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force." Of course, he wrote that in 1961, before he started playing (and winning with) 3.Bc4 himself.
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C33 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Bronstein vs B Ritov, 1978
FSR: Lovely Ritov, meter maid.
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B15 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Bronstein vs Uhlmann, 1971
FSR: Yes, I think Uhlmann was afraid of 13...h6 14.Nh3, perhaps followed by Nh2, Qh5, Ng4 and Black will have to worry about a sac on h6.
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A08 |
| Jun-29-09 |
E Lie vs O Hole, 2006
blacksburg: oh goodness.
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B12 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Ulf Andersson vs Keene, 1974
blacksburg: twilight zone game. Keene plays 1...e5, Ulf plays the King's Gambit.
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C30 |
| Jun-29-09 |
A Redolfi vs Fischer, 1959
FSR: Yeah, this looks more like a game between 2 C players than a game from an international tournament where one of the players was a world-class grandmaster.
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B52 |
| Jun-29-09 |
L Diepstraten vs M Franco, 1971
FSR: Pretty sad losing in 10 moves in a correspondence game. But then again, I once had a correspondence game that went 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nh5?? 6.Bxe7 and Black resigned.
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
L Pospisil vs A Baran, 1977
Peter Nemenyi: Black makes the game interesting with 8...d5, which looks like a blunder letting White take a pawn off for nothing, but lets Black overcome his inferiority in development and initiate sharp play. Presumably Black preferred losing a ...
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
U Bokelbrink vs I Rubach, 2000
FSR: <patzer of patzers> I agree that Black should have played 47...Rxa2. It's not obvious to me that White can win after that. It might be a draw, since it's hard for White to get his f-pawn moving without losing his e-pawn. Surely ...
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C40 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Nakamura vs P Radomskyj, 2005
syracrophy: Maybe a cruel joke. Black's anyways lost
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C02 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1931
visayanbraindoctor: This and other Alekhine games (also that of other masters) are a bust of this strange narcissistic present-generation notion that the masters of the early 20th century did not fully comprehend the idea of sacrificing pawns for ...
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D30 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Petrosian vs Tal, 1972
BISHOP TAL: who would of figured at around move 10 that petros A pawn would take both tals A and B pawns, and help pressure for a win
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D41 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kott
kramputz: Why we have to see a game played by a patzer ? What a waste of space.
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| Jun-29-09 |
Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation (D13)
refutor: i was mucking around with the opening explorer and if Black really doesn't want to play the Slav Exchange, it appears he can fairly easily transpose into the Grünfeld by playing ...g6 instead of ...e6
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D13 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
AnalyzeThis: 53. Bh6 was a brilliant shot by Karpov that put him within an ace of regaining his world champion title.
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A34 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
AnalyzeThis: This was a must win game for Karpov. To him, there was no difference between losing this game and drawing it. Only a win would do.
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B84 |
| Jun-29-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985
AnalyzeThis: It was probably adjourned, and a team of guys took this apart and decided that Karpov could hold.
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D55 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Emanuel Lasker
visayanbraindoctor: Unless of course, Anand reigns for 10 more years; or if Kramnik makes a successful come-back and succeeds Anand (or Topalov) and reigns for 10 more years. In such a case, the era of 2000 to 2020 could end up being seen as ...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Karpov-Kasparov World Championship Rematch (1986)
Knight13: Now who doesn't wanna be Eric Schiller in that picture?
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| Jun-28-09 |
Ruy Lopez, Open (C83)
blacksburg: so...what's the verdict on this thing? has anything happened theoretically in recent years? i don't remember the last time i saw someone playing it. is black really in big trouble in the 9.Nbd2 lines?
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C83 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
Knight13: 35... Rfe8, in order to hold on to the e pawn for the prevention of rook on the seventh rank, is fatal. 36. Na5!, then Black is dead. 36...Rf8 37. f6.
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D31 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985
Knight13: But 27. Bh7 doesn't really do anything. I don't think it's annoying in this game.
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D31 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
Knight13: They could've agreed to a draw on move 42!
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D31 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985
Knight13: 39...Qd6 is a better fight. But Black is lost anyway.
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E21 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
Knight13: 21...Ndxc5 does not work due to 22. Bxe5! and black loses a piece.
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B84 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Mayfield vs Trinks, 1959
whiteshark: He got tight on a couple of Trinks.
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B00 |
| Jun-28-09 |
A Korotylev vs Kasparov, 2004
Knight13: This game probably convinced Kasparov to further ignore the Queen's Indian Defense in his opening repetoire. Compliments to the 2596 guy for successfully playing it safe!
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E12 |
| Jun-28-09 |
I Farago vs B Podlesnik, 2002
Peligroso Patzer: This is another fine endgame by the winning player from today's "insane" puzzle (See the position after 57. ... Ke3 in: I Farago vs G Jacoby, 2002 ). In this game, in the position after 61. d5+:
[DIAGRAM] if Black had tried 61. ...
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E17 |
| Jun-28-09 |
I Farago vs G Jacoby, 2002
Fezzik: Sorry <MAJ>,
I was responding to a note on the first page and didn't notice your recommendation of Kg2 first.
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E12 |
| Jun-28-09 |
A J Goldsby
asianmonkey147: hey mr. aj. on your website (very nice website!) you recommend that we should practice blindfold chess. is there a method or a trick to see what squares for example a knight on e2 control? please help. many thanks
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| Jun-28-09 |
Gruenfeld vs J Schenkein, 1915
5hrsolver: this is an amazing problem. The whole point is to prevent black from playing the queen to c7 once white plays 23.b4.
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D11 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Fine vs G A Thomas, 1936
Peligroso Patzer: In the analysis of this game in the tournament book ("Nottingham 1936", by Alekhine, Alexander, Russell Enterprises, Inc., (c)2009, pp. 42-44), no analysis is provided to verify that the final position (after 60. b5) is drawn: ...
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E16 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Garry Kasparov
Knight13: I support that Kasparov is a better player compared to Kramnik.
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| Jun-28-09 |
M Pecurica
Knight13: One of the "best" games by this guy:
M Pecurica vs V Jakovljevic, 2009
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| Jun-28-09 |
Vassily Ivanchuk
returnoftheking: At chessvibes there is an interview with ivanchuk-he mentions a game played in his youth in a match Ukraine-Azerbeijan.
Any ideas to what game he was referring?
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| Jun-28-09 |
Xie Jun vs Judit Polgar, 2001
kooley782: This is probably too early for a draw, but these are grandmasters. Maybe I'm missing something.
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B90 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Fischer vs Benko, 1963
myschkin: . . .
<ugaaaaa>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sl-... (had to link this gem, pardon me)
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B09 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Salov vs Short, 1989
David2009: Black (to make move 46) is in a horrible bind:
[DIAGRAM]
Can he break out with 46 .. e5 threatening e4+ ?. Main variation: 47 dxe5+ Rexe5 48 Rxe5 Nxe5+ 49 Rxe5 Rxe5 50 fXe5+ Kxe5
gives
[DIAGRAM] Black seems to have better ...
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A94 |
| Jun-28-09 |
M Thunert vs R Andrae, 1990
sisyphus: 5...d5 is not a bad idea, but 6...Na5? is. After 6...Bg4, Black has a slight advantage.
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C57 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973
smalldreams: "Eduard Gufeld later admitted that his wife invented the opening while playing a game with him." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%2...
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E83 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Shabalov vs Xie Jun, 2002
mindkontrolle: or maybe I am of a dirty mind?...
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E97 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Mikhail Tal
schroedingers cat: God bless his soul. At least we know that "The King" is at home :)
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| Jun-28-09 |
Frels vs Klute, 1979
ToTheDeath: <SwitchingQuylthulg:> thanks!
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C25 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Fischer vs Seidman, 1956
WhiteRook48: Fischer loved playing the KIA
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A07 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Steinitz vs Zukertort, 1872
WhiteRook48: ouch! Tricks on the a1-h8 diagonal!
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C52 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Bagirov vs Kupreichik, 1983
WhiteRook48: 46 Kh2
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E49 |
| Jun-28-09 |
J Sherwin vs Tal, 1958
WhiteRook48: My first impulse was "why not 40 Bc2?"
oh yeah 40...Rb2
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E94 |
| Jun-28-09 |
A W Conger vs Fischer, 1955
WhiteRook48: 14 exf6. Just a nice trick
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E70 |
| Jun-28-09 |
G Timoshchenko vs L Janjgava, 1989
SwitchingQuylthulg: <WhiteRook48: this is ridiculous> If you knew it was ridiculous, why did you post it?
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D87 |
| Jun-28-09 |
R Bobekov vs B Sandor, 1954
WhiteRook48: the event said Amsterdam ol (Men)
really a lot of old men
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A56 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Steinitz vs Tinsley, 1895
WhiteRook48: If only he'd known that Black would score a lot of wins with 2...c5
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A56 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
WhiteRook48: practically the entire match was contested after 14 Kxf1
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D87 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984
WhiteRook48: why did they bother with this match at all?
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B64 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Rybka vs Fruit, 2008
WhiteRook48: 88...Bf5+ LOL!
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A01 |
| Jun-28-09 |
R Gross vs Christiansen, 1973
fm avari viraf: As I woke up in the morning, as everyone does, I realised that there was a flaw in my analysis, hence I would like to apologise & correct my post. Definitely, I missed the simple 14...Nd3+ which seals White's fate. Gross wisely ...
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A53 |
| Jun-28-09 |
O Dolgova vs A Savurko, 2006
WhiteRook48: 2...Nc6 is still played these days?
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D07 |
| Jun-28-09 |
T Meszaros vs M Womacka, 2006
WhiteRook48: What an annoying sty (two rooks on the seventh)
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B87 |
| Jun-28-09 |
E Varnusz vs G Kluger, 1961
WhiteRook48: they must really like Kramnik, who wasn't even born then!
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C44 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Zukertort vs D Wilson, 1884
WhiteRook48: 21 Bg4! and 22 Qf4! demonstrate the fine hand of Zukertort.
21...Bxg4?? leads to 22 Qf7+! Kh8 23 Qf8+!! Rxf8 24 Rxf8#
22...Qxf4 fails to 23 Bxe6+! Kh8 24 Rxf4
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C29 |
| Jun-28-09 |
J A Guillen-Ramirez vs Ermenkov, 2004
WhiteRook48: nice play by both
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E81 |
| Jun-28-09 |
N Dobrev vs A Karpatchev, 2006
Octal: 8 ... e3!? is a very interesting idea.
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D07 |
| Jun-28-09 |
D Charochkina vs A Bodnaruk, 2008
WhiteRook48: 3 Bf4?!
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A45 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Ivanchuk vs D Shkuran, 2004
WhiteRook48: 39 Be4!!
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D16 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Rybka vs Shredder, 2009
WhiteRook48: speaking of which, 22...Qa1+ fails to 23 Bf1
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C67 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Paul Troeger
whiteshark: chessbase article with a bunch of old pictures: http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten... (Miles, Hübner...)
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| Jun-28-09 |
P Kotsur vs K T Suresh, 2008
WhiteRook48: 40...Re5+ self-blocks the b8-square from the h2-bishop
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B55 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Aleksandr Karpatchev
WhiteRook48: again, nothing to say about the player of the day
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| Jun-28-09 |
Valeri Lilov
kramputz: Hello Valeri
I checked out your Web site.
Here is some contractive criticism.
1. The set up is too wide and half the page is cut off. (no, it's not my computer !!) 2. There are too much graphics and colors and it makes it too long to
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| Jun-28-09 |
W So vs A Gupta, 2007
whiteshark: What's about <21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.Qxh8+ Kd7 23.Qh6> winning the exchange? [DIAGRAM]
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B67 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985
Knight13: A good fight for the draw by Kasparov, who desperately needed it. Both aggressive and defensive at the same time!
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E21 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Piket vs Karpov, 1998
Knight13: 18. Qh5 Rd7 and black gets doubled rooks, so probably not a good idea. But White can just play Rc2-Rc1 if Black ever tries to go two d2 with doubled rooks. So... maybe.
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E15 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Lautier vs Karpov, 2000
Knight13: I think 17. e4 sucks. It just gives Black two passed pawns. Which means 15. bxa4 probably sucks too, but this guy is way higher rated than me so I don't know what he was thinking.
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E15 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996
visayanbraindoctor: Is this game a candidate for the appellation "Vlad's Immortal"? Somehow, the final attack, so smoothly economical and aesthetically beautiful reminds one of Rubinstein's Immortal against Rotlewi.
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D45 |
| Jun-28-09 |
D Sarenac vs R M C M Rajapakse, 2008
JohnBoy: The possibility of the clever black knight's maneuver (moves 13-20) means white must rethink strategy here.
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B55 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Lahno vs Koneru, 2007
dramas79: <What do you think?> I think it is indeed the favorite of Anand and Kasparov. Among others, I am sorry I do not know.
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C96 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Zaitsev vs Kramnik, 1986
visayanbraindoctor: With 16...Bb7
[DIAGRAM] Kramnik seems to have decided to sac a pawn, which Zaitsev gobbled up after 17. f5 (attacking the e6 pawn) Qd7 (protecting the e6 pawn but abandoning the b6 pawn) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bxb6 [DIAGRAM] ...
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B83 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Ivan Farago
kramputz: <Jun-10-05 DanRoss53: How many other people can say they beat Judit and Zsofia Polgar back-to-back with the black pieces in twenty moves? >
Be sure brains are engaged before putting fingers in gear.
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| Jun-28-09 |
Capablanca vs Yates, 1930
esticles: The last part of this endgame is analyzed at http://wtharvey.com/endg.html
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D66 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Aleksandr V Kochiev
Phony Benoni: Evidently the same player as Alexander Kochyev .
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| Jun-28-09 |
Joker vs Rybka, 2008
Ed Trice: I've emailed H.G. Mueller back and forth quite a few times. He's a very interesting guy! Physicist by day, programmer the other 16 hours per day. His programming output is phenomenal. He wrote a chess variant, Joker80, to play the 80 ...
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B40 |
| Jun-28-09 |
S Brynell vs A Aaberg, 2001
just a kid: <Sastre>Thanks.That helps.
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B06 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Andrei Y Kharitonov
Phony Benoni: Is this the same person as Andrei V Kharitonov ? Their careers are concurrent, and include many of the same tournaments. Gaige's <Chess personalia> (p.211) gives his middle name as Vladimirovich and his birthdate as 4-4-1959 ...
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| Jun-28-09 |
TransWarp (Computer)
Jayhawker: <timhortons> Smallville only plays a few games, not like the old days where he would play for an hour or two, and the most points he loses is 1 per game, so losing 2 points hardly keeps him from achieving the record, he can gain ...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Ladislav Prokes
Peligroso Patzer: The most useful finesse (in terms of potential to be used over-the-board) from the 1938 Prokes Study is from this position: [DIAGRAM] In the above position, 1. Nd8! is the only winning move. It threatens 2. e7 (when 2. ... Kf7 ...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Wojtkiewicz vs B Asanov, 1980
porgue: szajjbus: Can anyone explain why Wojtkiewicz played
16.e5 and why not 16. ... dxe5?
I think the idea is 17.Nb3 when the black rook has to retreat thanks to the threat of g5 removing the defender of d7. After 17...Rc7 18.g5,18.Nc5, ...
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B77 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Svidler vs Anand, 1999
Peligroso Patzer: <aulero: Svidler agreed a draw in a winning position!! *** >
Here is the complete analysis of this ending from "Fundamental Chess Endings" by Muller and Lamprecht (Gambit (c)2001), E3.10 at pages 75 and 369 (with move ...
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C80 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Vladimir Kramnik
SetNoEscapeOn: I agree with <VaselineTopLove> and his description of games 3 and 6. Also, it's not as if the games Kramnik lost were the only important games in the match. In particular, Game 8 featured very strong defensive play by Anand. I
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| Jun-28-09 |
Sergey Karjakin
returnoftheking: I just read an article about young title holders.
GM Karjakin is still number 1 on the list; the only player to have achieved the title at the age of 12! Now I am wondering: The article only emphasises on age but it takes not ...
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| Jun-28-09 |
M Pecurica vs V Jakovljevic, 2009
Jim Bartle: No idea. Just remembering from personal experience. Obviously he collapsed.
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E21 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Arasan (Computer)
whiteshark: The latest version is <Arasan 11.4>, released in June, 2009. Free download: http://www.arasanchess.org/downld.s...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Anton Kovalyov
timhortons: Anton Kovalyov Quebec invitational chess champion 2009 ! http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php... The four finalist of these tournament who will be joining Tourneo international de montreal. 1.Anton Kovalyov 7,5
2.Mark Bluvshtein 7
...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911
Pawn and Two: <Bridgeburner> After additional review, I too was unable to prove a win for White. A fascinating ending. Perhaps future programs and engines will resolve this question. On the positive side, our review did determine that ...
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D33 |
| Jun-28-09 |
J Rousseau vs D Hume, 1765
Granny O Doul: Pretty obvious fake. The constructor was not skilled enough to fabricate a two-rook sac plus smothered mate without such weak play on the loser's part that the concluding combination was irrelevant. Also unlikely that White, after ...
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B00 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Jean Rousseau
talisman: "the 1st man fenced in a piece of land and said this is mine. He then found people naive enough to believe him."...Jean Rousseau. Happy birthday Jean.
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| Jun-28-09 |
Ruy Lopez, Exchange (C68)
parisattack: <An Englishman: Good Evening: Why do different searches produce different results? > I count 14 - but not all Barendreghts.
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C68 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Igor V Platonov
myschkin: . . .
GM Igov Platonov (1934–1994) from Ukraine.
Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_P...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Levon Aronian
myschkin: . . .
Or here (bughouse): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrVw...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Panjanathan Mahesh Chandran
praddy06: Has won against Adams and Caruana in the III Abierto Apertura RUY LOPEZ Open Tournament http://chess-results.com/tnr22123.a...
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| Jun-28-09 |
Isidor de Winter
myschkin: . . .
IM Willy Isidor de Winter Gallegos (born 1933) from Mexico.
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| Jun-28-09 |
Leko vs Judit Polgar, 2005
twinlark: and finally...I'm pretty sure that <17...d3> equalises.
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B48 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Lev Polugaevsky
M.D. Wilson: Polugaevsky had a great record against the bane of World Champions: Efim Geller.
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| Jun-28-09 |
Polugaevsky vs Geller, 1967
M.D. Wilson: Polugaevsky had a great record against Geller. He matched up really well against Geller in all types of positions.
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E81 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Fischer vs R Lontoc, 1967
Sastre: If 28...Kf6, then <29.h4 gxh4 30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Qxg7+ Ke8 32.f6>. If black doesn't play 29...gxh4, white can simply play 30.Qxg5.
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B90 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Gelfand vs Nisipeanu, 2009
Domdaniel: <horrible game on the black side>
Not at all. Nisipeanu's startling 21...Nxe4!? very nearly succeeded, and might well have won against a less experienced defender. I agree that Gelfand snuffs out the black attack pretty ...
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E97 |
| Jun-28-09 |
Mark Van der Hoorn vs J Sarfati, 1994
Jonathan Sarfati: White's uncoordinated aggression with 12. a4 and 13.  h5 allowed Black a strong counter-attack. Black's ...
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C45 |
| Jun-28-09 |
D Guthrie vs J Sarfati, 1994
Jonathan Sarfati: As usual, if Black can win back a  in the Benko, White's remaining s will be harder to defend. Here it ...
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A58 |
| Jun-28-09 |
J Sarfati vs I Jones, 1988
Jonathan Sarfati: IIRC, my opponent was known as Rupert Jones at the time, and was playing for Botwana. Olympiads were fun, meeting all sorts of interesting people. In this game, Black lashed out too soon with 22... f5 when the rest of his pieces ...
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E68 |
| Jun-28-09 |
HIARCS vs Rybka, 2008
Atomisten: Aug-23-08 MarvinTsai: "They seem to hate each other..." :DDDDDDDDD
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D43 |
| Jun-28-09 |
I Rogers vs S Djuric, 1988
Jonathan Sarfati: Seems to kill that line of the Marshall; 17.c5 improves on the moves in Nunn's and Harding's Marshall book (1989), but was probably too late to include.
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C89 |
| Jun-28-09 |
R Peiris vs J Sarfati, 1986
Jonathan Sarfati: This game was cited in GM Nunn's 1989 book on the Marshall, who stopped at "18. e4!=", and suggested instead for Black, ...
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C89 |
| Jun-28-09 |
William Lewis
Karpova: From George Walker's ‘Deschapelles, the Chess-King’ (pp.51-53 of "Chess and Chess Players," 1850): <In the year 1821, Mr. Lewis the writer on chess, went over to Paris, for the purpose of playing a match at Frascati’s with ...
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Beliavsky vs J Benjamin, 1994
Fusilli: What happens if 54...Qxb6? Must be pretty obvious, but I don't see it.
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E32 |
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J Sarfati vs H Mossong, 1986
Jonathan Sarfati: The final winning technique was inspired by the famous endgame of Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924
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B33 |
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Carmen Amaya Maura Denis
whiteshark: Quote of the Day
" Chess computers do not sweat during time pressure and commit costly blunders. Furthermore, the strength of these programs (over and above their faultless recall processes) lies in their capacity to make relatively ...
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E R Lundin vs P Michel, 1939
Jonathan Sarfati: What was White thinking, avoiding the repetition that Black so kindly offered him on move 16? After that, Black's vigorous attack left him no chance. Alekhine commended Black's play here.
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C48 |
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E R Lundin vs A Da Silva Rocha, 1939
Jonathan Sarfati: Alekhine commented on how remarkable it was that Black could win so quickly in a variation allegedly discredited by the famous game Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904 But as he notes, White was the one who deviated first with the ...
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D50 |
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Anish Giri
wordfunph: Bright future ahead of young GM Anish Giri..
Happy 15th Birthday GM Giri!
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Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov
jrofrano: He never became a GM but he earned the nickname, "Champion of Champions." Why? In the 19th USSR Championship (1951) he beat 3 champions: Botvinnik – world champion, Keres – USSR champion, Petrosian – Moscow champion. In his long chess ...
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Alekhine vs Van Antwerp D/Vedens, 1929
An Englishman: Good Evening: Black has such an odd name that I wonder if this was the team of D. Van Antwerp and someone named Vedens. What if 33...Qxd2; 34.Qxd2,Rxd2; 35.Rxc8,Kg7; 36.Rc6,Rd4; 37.Rxb6,Rxc4; 38.Rc6,Rb4; 39.Rxc5,Nd5? Can Black hold ...
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