| May-22-13 |
I Berezovsky vs V Rusel, 1984
Marmot PFL: A fairly common trap in the English. 8...0-0 definitely loses and I think 7...Bg7 is also suspect.
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A15 |
| May-22-13 |
Alexander McDonnell
KlingonBorgTatar: Albeit for a brief period of time, McDonnell was the world's best player or proto world champion from the time he won the second match from de la Bourdonnais till he lost the third match of their series. He was leading the ...
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| May-22-13 |
FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki (2013)
Strongest Force: Nak looks even but comps continue to give big plus for white. I don't understand why. Maybe someone can explain it.
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| May-22-13 |
Kenneth Rogoff
johnlspouge: < <cormier> wrote: However, that leaves 14 North American retailers that are shirking responsibility for any future workplace deaths by refusing to sign the accord. > Quite correct: I should have excerpted from the link. ...
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| May-22-13 |
Elena Boric
waustad: She seems to have defaulted in her game against Eva Moser today at the Vienna Chess Ladies: http://live.chess.at/chessladies/
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| May-22-13 |
Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)
pbercker: @ <fgh> nicely done ... I for one like having concrete numbers to look at!
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| May-22-13 |
Eva Moser
waustad: It looks like Elena Boric may have defaulted on her round 5 game. They posted 1-0 with no moves.
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| May-22-13 |
Pia Cramling
waustad: She came in second on tiebreaks in her first tournament as a Senior. I tried downloading the games but none of hers were in the file. Oh - from the file name I suspect that they haven't updated the site and they posted the games from ...
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| May-22-13 |
Magnus Carlsen
keypusher: <Fiona Macleod: I hope you review the immediately preceding posts. It was cendorila who was called an idiot and to ...
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| May-22-13 |
Schmid vs Filip, 1961
bright1: Very impressive game by Schmid
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B43 |
| May-22-13 |
Schmid vs A Zirngibl, 1951
bright1: White to play and win on move 24
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C03 |
| May-22-13 |
Schmid vs H Westerinen, 1968
bright1: White's last move was a nice tactical shot
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A54 |
| May-22-13 |
Kibitzer's Café
cormier: <<<<<<<<<<Sir 4:11-19> Wisdom breathes life into her children and admonishes those who seek her.>
He who loves her loves life;
those who seek her will be embraced by the Lord.> He who holds her ...
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| May-22-13 |
Odd Lie
diceman: <TheFocus: <HeMateMe> <focus> <how long can you last with a woman who has a nitro/oxygen blend?> If I survive, I will let you know.>
There's always the "Yellow Flag."
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| May-22-13 |
J O'Hanlon vs Schmid, 1950
bright1: Fantastic attack conducted by Lothar Schmid starting with Black's 19th move
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E34 |
| May-22-13 |
Wesley So
searchforbobby1: Hey Cro777.
Is Wesley invited in that October prestigious tournament?
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| May-22-13 |
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1992
parisattack: <TheFocus> Good news is always welcome!
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E97 |
| May-22-13 |
Richard Wagner
Diademas: Happy birthday!
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| May-22-13 |
Hans-Joachim Federer
shivasuri4: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/te... Murray pulls out of the French Open, and that will ensure Ferrer starts as the fourth seed, a position he will only be very pleased to have. Another semifinal on the cards for the aging Spaniard?
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| May-22-13 |
W D Collins vs J Curdo, 2001
chancho: Yeah, Nimzovich Defense.
There are three games of that defense in one of his Caviar books. I'll upload them to the database.
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C20 |
| May-22-13 |
Jeremy Lim
perfidious: <Riverbeast: .....EVERYBODY in the league....as well as a sizeable percentage of the media....seems to hate James Dolan> Dolan is a self-aggrandising, whinging hosebag and thief. On a good day.
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| May-22-13 |
USSR Zonal (1964)
perfidious: <brankat:....Botvinnik was to play Smyslov in the first round of the Candidates' matches of 1965. It was only some two weeks prior to the beginning of the match that Botvinnik announced his withdrawal from the event....> ...
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| May-22-13 |
Tseshkovsky vs V Inkiov, 1983
hedgeh0g: *cue laughtrack*
The diceman is on set!
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C63 |
| May-22-13 |
Gustave Simonson
thomastonk: <Tabanus: Here it is stated that he has made "About 20 trips of short duration, to Europe".> Is this a singular case or to which extent is it possible to trace trips between the United States and Europe? Thank you for a reply.
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| May-22-13 |
Robert James Fischer
lamont: ###
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The BESTEST biog/ of van Beethoven izzz
the absoluuutely :amaaazing
"Beethoven: Universal Composer"
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Get it in Hardcover from Amazon
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| May-22-13 |
Tejada vs A Padros Simon, 1985
FSR: As <Infohunter> indicates, 2...Qh4+?! has been played in 80 games in the database. This is the only one in which White responded with 3.Ke2?
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C30 |
| May-22-13 |
M Petrov vs B Heberla, 2012
M Psaila: Strange that only this short draw surfaces from the 2012 Malta Open when GM Heberla won the event with 7.5/9!
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C42 |
| May-22-13 |
R Bandal vs Tarjan, 1969
Tullius: I think that <wordfunph> has a point; 38.Rb3 does not drop a Rook, but sacs the exchange, in return for which White gets a position that wins quickly: 38.Rb3 Ra8+ 39.Kb4 Rb8+ 40.Kc5 R2xb3 41.Rxf1 and Black can resign. For instance: ...
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B03 |
| May-22-13 |
Charles S Hall
whiteshark: "I'm a chess player from Central Florida in the United States with a USCF rating of about 2050, and a peak of about 2220."
His youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/centerc...
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| May-22-13 |
G H B Hogewind
thomastonk: Gerrit Hendrik Bernard Hogewind died at the age of 75 in 1934. He was a teacher of mathematics until 1896. Then he joined the machine works "Drakenburgh" in Utrecht and became later its director. He was the president of the Schaakclub ...
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| May-22-13 |
Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007
Nick46: PS: "Korchnoi's Complaint" = excessive Wrath (for whatever reason)
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A28 |
| May-22-13 |
Johannes von Minckwitz
Yopo: [Event "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Site "Berlin (Germany)"]
[Date "1877.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johannes Minckwitz "]
[Black "Simon A Winawer "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1877.??.??"]
1.
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| May-22-13 |
Jon Ludvig Hammer
Neogy: <Benoni>
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
Laughing out loud!!! Good one! The puns on this site are bettered only by the breadth and depth of the chess (and that's a lot).
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| May-22-13 |
Wang Hao vs Anand, 2013
hedgeh0g: Didn't you just repeat what I posted?
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A34 |
| May-22-13 |
Paulo Bersamina
spawn2: Plus 10 si FM Pau going to this round. Makabreach ng 2300 would be a good result for him. Plus of course, was surprised to see him during opening day wearing coat and tie. Bagay na bagay and tamang kasuotan for the tourney. Go Pau!
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| May-22-13 |
Stein vs Tal, 1961
ughaibu: Morfishine: where did you get the idea that Tal was a "notoriously hard worker"?
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B94 |
| May-22-13 |
Geller-Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal Match (1965)
ughaibu: It seems the games could be put in order, using this Game Collection: WCC Index (Geller-Smyslov 1965)
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| May-22-13 |
Emms vs J M Hodgson, 1996
RookFile: Right. One way to view this is to say that black has only two pawns on the kingside vs. white's two on the kingside. I realize that he's got 5 pawns, but they are effectively worth only two and have no hopes of promoting to a queen. ...
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B70 |
| May-22-13 |
Gabriel Mirza
dumbgai: The kid is 16, that's old enough to know what he did was wrong. Ban him for life please. As for Mirza, it's not clear what he did, other than kick the toilet stall door down. That's a pretty weak case of assault.
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| May-22-13 |
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951
plang: 7..h6 was a specialty of Botvinniks though it is rarely played anymore. 11..Be7 was new; 11..h5 and 11..Qb6 are more popular as well as more thematic. 15 Rf3 was played with the intention of meeting 15..0-0-0 with 16 b4!..Qc7 17 Nd5..exd 18
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B63 |
| May-22-13 |
M Schumi vs S Atalik, 2001
GrahamClayton: The natural looking 13... g7?? loses immediately to 14. fxe5  xe5 15.
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B57 |
| May-22-13 |
Y Gonzalez Vidal vs F Corrales Jimenez, 2007
GrahamClayton: Maybe Vidal was happy for a perpetual check after 12... xf6 13. xf6+ due to the tournament situation, but ...
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B40 |
| May-22-13 |
Natalia Pogonina
HeMateMe: other far away glance beauties:
< http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag... > < http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag... > < http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag... >
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| May-22-13 |
Janosevic vs B Rind, 1979
GrahamClayton: 16. xc2 e3 17. xd8
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B35 |
| May-22-13 |
Ivkov vs Soos, 1962
GrahamClayton: 9...g8 10. e6 e8 11.
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B27 |
| May-21-13 |
Ponomariov vs Wang Hao, 2007
Blunderdome: OK, this was good.
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D15 |
| May-21-13 |
Milivoje Radoslavic vs Delmas, 1987
GrahamClayton: 17. h4 trying to exchange Queens loses after 17...f3+ 18.
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B33 |
| May-21-13 |
A Kashashvili vs T Gasparian, 2007
GrahamClayton: How does Black win if White accepts the second rook with 17. xh8?
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B33 |
| May-21-13 |
D Trujillo Delgado vs M Perez Felipe, 2004
GrahamClayton: After 9...a6??, Black is forced to lose the exchange after 10. a4. 10...f5 would result in Black's king ...
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B33 |
| May-21-13 |
Zdenko Kozul
brankat: Happy Birthday Zdenko!
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| May-21-13 |
E Cohn vs P Kaegbein, 1904
JimNorCal: Vigorous play. After 26. Na6 there don't seem to be moves for Black anymore
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C84 |
| May-21-13 |
François André Philidor
brankat: <ketchuplover> <Happy birthday and RIP or vice-versa.> Apparently neither :-) FRANçOIS ANDRé PHILIDOR
(born Sep-07-1726, died Aug-31-1795) France
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| May-21-13 |
F Englund vs W Cohn, 1905
JimNorCal: F Englund seems to have been quite the punching bag. Ed Lasker won a pretty brilliancy against him in 1913.
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C29 |
| May-21-13 |
Fischer vs W Shipman, 1971
RookFile: Jenta's 15... f4 look interesting. It's an attempt to mix things up and get Fischer off of auto pilot.
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C60 |
| May-21-13 |
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
Damianx: but computer have no emotions to get the idea see Fishers commentary on a Morphy game he says this is an easy win and this is an easy win but Morphy wanted to make a master piece and on Fishers game of the Century comp says Queen d5 is ...
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C69 |
| May-21-13 |
Korchnoi vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1994
Phony Benoni: <FSR> The result appears to be correct, so my guess would be time pressure and/or fatigue. It was a blindfold game, after all, with a time limit of G/25 and a 20-second increment per move. That's a lot for anybody, let alone ...
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B32 |
| May-21-13 |
Fischer vs P Brandts, 1971
Damianx: if your best opening with Black is the Ruy and u draw Fisher maybe the best candidate move is to get your wife to call in sick 4 you
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C98 |
| May-21-13 |
Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia
SBC: Thanks. I didn't know that.
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| May-21-13 |
M Didier
jnpope: Not necessarily.
Confirmation is the rule... Lucien is now at the top of my suspects list, but I'd like to remove all doubt and nail him down as the member mentioned in the BCM, so finding his listing in the brochure would be a nice data
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| May-21-13 |
Smyslov vs Petrosian, 1967
dmvdc: <Whitehat1963: Petrosian is such a good positional defender; where did this all fall apart for him?> Smyslov seemed to think that Petrosian went wrong with 22...cxb4 (even giving the move a '?'). Smyslov: <This exchange leads to ...
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E00 |
| May-21-13 |
Anand vs Karjakin, 2013
Phony Benoni: <norami: I wonder if there has ever been a game where all the pieces were exchanged, but no pawns.> Here are three examples:
Movsesian vs Aronian, 2009 , after <33.Kxf1>: [DIAGRAM] J Cuartas Medina vs A Rodriguez Vila, ...
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C65 |
| May-21-13 |
Bisguier vs A Shaw, 1984
ChemMac: 47 ....Rg6 is a losing blunder, because it's not at all clear to me who is doing better after 47....Rg8.
White can of course play Ke4 for a possible draw by repetition if there is nothing better! I think it is just wonderful that Arthur ...
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A45 |
| May-21-13 |
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2013
Zenchess: Better is 7. O-O or 7. Na3 instead of 7. Qc2?!. With that move, White gets his Queen pushed around throughout the early stages of the game.
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E04 |
| May-21-13 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: FYI, I think I found a significant clue in the M Didier hunt
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| May-21-13 |
Aronian vs J L Hammer, 2013
Zenchess: Instead of 13...Nc6?, 13...Bxf3! and 14...Bxd4 lead to a Black advantage. I have no idea what Black was thinking in this game.
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D85 |
| May-21-13 |
Julio Catalino Sadorra
pinoymaster77: Article in the Journal site after rd 3 :
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php...
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| May-21-13 |
Argue
rogge: Well, well, well :)
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| May-21-13 |
Earl Simonson
Tabanus: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 23 Feb. 1915:
"A. Kupchik, champion of the Manhattan Chess Club, added to his long list of laurels, by annexing the title of New York State champion as the outcome of the play in the fourth and final round of the ...
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| May-21-13 |
Lothar Schmid
paulalbert: An interesting question with respect to Lothar's death is what is going to happen to his fabulous chess book collection? There is an inheritance and estate tax in Germany. Although the tax rates only go up to 30% for very large ...
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| May-21-13 |
D Edelman vs J Curdo, 1983
LIFE Master AJ: J Curdo vs D Kopec, 1969 (Curdo soundly defeats Kopec in a Sicilian, albeit - from the White side.) I don't see Curdo using openings other than 1...e5. Maybe what the person - who made the comment - meant was that Curdo only plays ...
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C44 |
| May-21-13 |
Anand vs J L Hammer, 2013
hedgeh0g: There is nothing wrong with taking that pawn on h4. Black's real mistake came after grabbing the pawns and I can guarantee that this opening (with 13.Nh3?!) will never be seen again at the top level.
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D85 |
| May-21-13 |
Veselin Topalov
nimh: Btw I love this article.
http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... The word 'cheat' in the title, a few passages about toilet below, and finally the picture of proud and victorious Topa on the cover of the latest issue of CHESS Magazine...
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| May-21-13 |
Topalov vs Anand, 2010
EGarrett: Given that this game, and specifically 31 exf5, were the end of both a World Championship match and, apparently Topalov's prime, this game and move 31 should probably earn a more significant place in chess history over the next few ...
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D56 |
| May-21-13 |
Leko vs Kramnik, 2001
perfidious: <Nerwal: This game was rapid without increment, so there's little point discussing the chess value of the last few moves.....> Same as many other games at that speed, the value of which is thereby diminished, except for those ...
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B45 |
| May-21-13 |
A J Goldsby
LIFE Master AJ: Posted in user Patriot's forum:
( Patriot chessforum )
<< HI!!! How are you? Here is a game that I played, probably within the last month. (I liked it so much, I saved it to ChessBase.) <A.J. Goldsby (1800) - Some ...
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| May-21-13 |
H Loomus vs K Makarova, 2001
Conrad93: It doesn't take an expert to know who's better at move eight.
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C64 |
| May-21-13 |
Alejandro Ramirez-Alvarez
Conrad93: He is getting better, but Kamsky is clearly the superior player. The US Chess Champion is supposed to be the best in the country. I don't think that this guy is quite there yet.
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| May-21-13 |
Naiditsch vs Karpov, 2009
Brown: To my amateur eyes, Karpov has the better game at move 41. Not sure Naiditsch has an easy way to play here.
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B12 |
| May-21-13 |
Adams vs Khalifman, 1994
Brown: 36.Bxa4 creates a trade of R+P for two minors. Adams' rook proves too active to handle afterward.
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B12 |
| May-21-13 |
Taylor vs Trostler, 1986
perfidious: A curious means of trapping a piece on an open board.
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D00 |
| May-21-13 |
Chuck Cadman
perfidious: What a cad, man!
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| May-21-13 |
V Small vs Panno, 1988
kevin86: a little change:before Nd7,move the rook to c7 to keep the pawn defended
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C03 |
| May-21-13 |
Steinitz vs G Simonson, 1883
thomastonk: From the St.Loius Globe Democrat, February 25, 1883 (see http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... ): "Steinitz and Simonson
Played on last Thursday night at the Manhattan Chess Club, in the simultaneous contest between Mr Steinitz and ...
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C39 |
| May-21-13 |
H Simonian vs Lutsko, 2007
newzild: <klingonborgtatar>
Me too! I had exactly the same thought when playing through the game. Tal employed an Ra7 rook luft in that game to defend against checks on the open files. Fischer called it an "inspired defence", if I recall ...
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B25 |
| May-21-13 |
Svidler vs Karjakin, 2013
Ulhumbrus: Svidler's brilliant pawn sacrifice suggests that the move 12...f6 invites White's N on e5 to head for the square e6 via d3 even at the cost of a pawn. This suggests that 12...Bf5 may be better.
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C65 |
| May-21-13 |
Nigel Short
Octavia: lol
I'm awfully pleased that Karjakin won ahead of Carlsen & all! He must be a better player than Carlsen: When they were both = Carlsen was asked to all sorts of top tournaments. Karjakin had to make his way to the top himself, apart ...
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| May-21-13 |
Sergey Karjakin
BoyLogro: Congratulations for winning both the Norway Chess Blitz 2013 & Norway Chess 2013. An amazing & admirable feat!
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| May-21-13 |
S Barrientos Chavarriaga vs S Sanabria Rangel, 2010
Fiona Macleod: What a game! Each one obviously wanted to have a name for himself.
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B08 |
| May-21-13 |
G Simonson vs Lasker, 1892
Phony Benoni: Promoting to a bishop also wins, but would only have been worth doing a few years later when Lasker was world champion. Why waste it on an ordinary master? If Lasker had been in his prime, White would have promoted to a knight and ...
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C65 |
| May-21-13 |
Martins Takes Yamamoto
Fiona Macleod: WHERE???
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| May-21-13 |
Caruana vs Korchnoi, 2011
hellopolgar: This is the first and the last time that someone who is 80 years old (rounded) beats someone who is rated over 2720+.
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C77 |
| May-21-13 |
Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
Sokrates: Very good report, <Ezzy>, balanced and precise. Thank you very much!
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| May-21-13 |
Kasparov vs S Agdestein, 1989
Poisonpawns: What happens after 10..Bxd4
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C03 |
| May-21-13 |
De Vere vs Paulsen, 1870
Cemoblanca: Yep, it was definitely better as the http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271... :D 20.c3!! was an amazing move.
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C77 |
| May-21-13 |
M Ragger vs A Fauland, 2013
HeMateMe: Spider's web traps a Rook.
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E91 |
| May-21-13 |
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2013
offramp: 31.Kh2 puts the king right in the during line. But the concept of the move (I think) is to assist the g2 pawn in going to g3.
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C95 |
| May-21-13 |
Keres vs Panno, 1955
FSR: <InspiredByMorphy: If 31. ...Bd7 then 32.Rxc6!> That would be a blunder in light of 32...Rxc6 33.Rxb8 Rxb6. White wins instead with 32.Rxb8 Nxb8 33.Rxc7.
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B97 |
| May-21-13 |
S Brunello vs M Brunello, 2012
whiteshark: Thrilling games could arise out from sibling's rivalry.
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D11 |
| May-21-13 |
Louis Gans
gerrymac: When the Nazis invaded Holland Louis was imprisoned in Sobibor death camp. Amazingly Bessie managed to get him released by petitioning the Irish Embassy in the Hague to grant him Irish citizenship as the spouse of an Irish national (she ...
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| May-21-13 |
H Wolf vs W John, 1906
Nerwal: One of those games from the old days that got a brillancy prize, yet is full of mistakes, sometimes quite primitive (I would expect a 2200 player of today to attack more accurately as white, and at least to save the game as black at move ...
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C10 |
| May-21-13 |
P Larsen vs C Sielecki, 2011
Troller: That and the fact that this is a team game.
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C47 |
| May-21-13 |
Euwe vs Reti, 1920
blunderclap: <thomastonk> The historical perspective you provide is illuminating and your theory about Reti's experimental nature seems at least plausible to me. I agree that white seems to be winning before Rdd8. I should have written "When
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B10 |
| May-21-13 |
Suat Atalik
PhilFeeley: I see he's the top rated (so far) to play in July here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr989...
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| May-21-13 |
Sultan Khan vs Capablanca, 1930
govind: Sultan khan beat capa and rubenstien both in one event. I remember seeing those games.they are in different style from modern open games.a grinding effort.perhaps that was characteristic of old Indian style.
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E12 |
| May-21-13 |
J Ambroz vs L Barczay, 1987
GrahamClayton: Another example of when 0-0 is not the safest move!
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B27 |
| May-21-13 |
Pilnik vs Najdorf, 1942
FSR: <The silent man: He should have played the Najdorf!> Indeed. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
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B15 |
| May-21-13 |
Khye Theng Wan vs E Jiretorn, 2006
GrahamClayton: White can get into trouble quickly due to the precarious position of their Queen, eg: 11. h5 g5 12. f4  h8 13. fxg5
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B24 |
| May-21-13 |
Jiri Nun vs Ftacnik, 1987
GrahamClayton: 13... f8 14.  e1+ e7 15.
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B22 |
| May-21-13 |
John A Curdo
RookFile: No, I wasn't white against John Curdo in that game. I would never play 2. Qh5 against him.
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| May-21-13 |
Philidor vs J Wilson, 1795
RookFile: Another problem like finish.
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| May-21-13 |
Philidor vs J Wilson, 1789
RookFile: This amusing game actually has a pretty good finish, almost problem like.
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000 |
| May-21-13 |
Daniel Freeman
Gottschalk: Nine eight. Check your e-mail.
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| May-21-13 |
Rublevsky vs A Hauchard, 1992
GrahamClayton: 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5+ xc5 15. d1
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B04 |
| May-21-13 |
Glen Gibbs
GrahamClayton: Glen Gibbs (1935-2010). Gibbs graduated in Law in the University of Adelaide. He spent the majority of his life drafting legislation in Australia and Hong Kong. He was working in Hong Kong and President of the Hong Kong Chess ...
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| May-21-13 |
Jansa vs Gipslis, 1992
GrahamClayton: The greedy 12... c2? loses after 13. xg7 |
B01 |
| May-21-13 |
V Trefny vs V Stulik, 1991
GrahamClayton: 10... xb4 11. a4 xc3 12.
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B01 |
| May-21-13 |
A Kremenietsky vs T Rendle, 2000
GrahamClayton: 14. xc7 h5 15. h3 f3 16. hxg4 xg4 17.
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