| Aug-28-08 |
Korchnoi vs I Cheparinov, 2008
Xeroxx: What I mean is that there is nothing that says that a theory move has to be good or bad. A bad move that has been played 20 times is just as much theory as a good move that has been played 3 times. Sometimes peoples are trying to justify a
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E99 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Sangeeta Hosea vs U Hammarstrom, 2008
acirce: I had understood from <OD>'s posts that she knew a whole lot about chess. When accepting the challenge, I had expected a tough fight. I did not think I would be completely outclassed, though, but I was! Never even got into the game ...
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E12 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Kramnik vs E Alekseev, 2008
Gilmoy: <Shams: 8.b4> cxb4 9.axb4 Nxb4 10.Ba3 N(a6,c6) 11.N(b5,e4) recovers the pawn (or gives Black more rope). The database shows +3=0-0 in games where Black took the pawn, and about 10 others where Black declined it, usually 8..O-O. ...
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A37 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Edward Lowe
myschkin: . . .
Edward Lowe beat Staunton in a match at odds at the end of 1847.
Subsequently, Staunton was attacked mercilessly in a pamphlet by Thomas
Beeby for not having reported all the games in the C.P.C.. Later Lowe ran a
hotel in ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
A Nickel vs The World, 2008
DanLanglois: <Boomie: The line I worked out was:
14...<Be7> 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxd5 Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Ra7
Black castles soon and the position winds down to a draw.> Not too thrilled with 14...Be7. However, this 12...Nd5 idea ...
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A00 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Silli
Xeroxx: http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhot...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Montreal (2008)
Xeroxx: Hoho Bloovooston wins with da Potroff! Who would have thought that!
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| Aug-28-08 |
Vladimir Kramnik
madlydeeply: ok, i'm done hollerin'. I'm interested, though, why aren't Pono, Khalifman, and Anand considered WCs, and Topalov is? Is it because Danilov has such a big mouth, er, such a brilliant marketer? Anywhoo, Botvinnik won that tournament ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Tal Memorial (2008)
Xeroxx: Ilikefruits > Petroff
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| Aug-28-08 |
Kibitzer's Café
myschkin: . . .
<artyom2008> I am sleeping!! Calling you <arty> is a bad habbit grown up people sometimes do without even thinking that it could be disrespectful.
Sorry, for that.
Can I answer the forum question later?
I kindly ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Viswanathan Anand
SetNoEscapeOn: <vantychouck>
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
Since I respect you I'll just ask that you read that and if you still think the same thing about the chess oscars... fine. <Overall, the Oscars (like the MVP votes in ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Magnus Carlsen
zarg: <rogge: Right!>
That's the thing about people who say they hate rating discussions. What they really hate, is getting no attention.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Benko vs Reshevsky, 1968
chancho: How does Benko (a great endgame player) win from the final position?
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A33 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Karpov vs Vaganian, 1988
cn1ght: 18. N-h5? I liked White better up until that point. The Knight ends up getting traded for the Bishop on e6 anyway, why waste the 2 moves, and allow him to untangle his pawn structure, when 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. N-d2 gives Black ...
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D35 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Vaganian vs Karpov, 1977
cn1ght: Oh, such a beautiful game. It is so instructive on... yea I got nothing this game is a waste hah.
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E11 |
| Aug-28-08 |
A Luczak vs Fedorowicz, 1979
pastpawn: <Oregon104> 34  f6 fails to 34 ...  e3+ 35  |
A31 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (2008)
Schwartz: <boz>, I think it does matter whether the players play differently or not. If that they all play in such a way that they maximize their chances to win the tournament, then the results will reflect the true relative standing of the ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Wang Yue
notyetagm: <hand banana: wang yue just entered top 10 with 2738 live rating> Yes, Wang Yue just knocked Adams out of the Top 10 on the Live Rating List.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Robert James Fischer
Inf: Fischer was not going to stop playing chess unless the WC was his. We can see this kind of things in the olympics too (past ones) where athletes scored 10-10-10-10-10 by the judges only to never be in one again. We know that Fischer hated to ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
D King vs Larsen, 1990
notyetagm: 34 ... g7-f6?
[DIAGRAM] http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/bo...
<
Maximizing Piece Efficiency
Steve Goldberg
PowerPlay7: Improve Your Pieces (DVD), by GM Daniel ...
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A30 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933
Calli: <GrahamClayton> See <Phony Benoni>'s post a few before yours (Nov-14-06). I already knew.
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C49 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Vassily Ivanchuk
drnooo: of course it would help if Kramnik would forget even the word Petrov, much less anything else about it.
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| Aug-28-08 |
NH Chess (2008)
jovack: I never said the chinese weren't good at chess, or that they wont put forth many good players in the future.. but to say that they will dominate, is an overstatement. to say that anyone will dominate chess in the future, is ridiculous, ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Korchnoi vs F Caruana, 2008
acirce: Frankly, Korchnoi should have retired decades ago.
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D43 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Hikaru Nakamura
adair10: <timhortons> thank you
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| Aug-28-08 |
Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971
Ulhumbrus: <tamar> I stand corrected: White has picked a pawn up on d4 earlier, and Black has to have the equivalent of 3 tempi at least to make up for that alone. Perhaps Black does: After 22...Kd7,Black's King seems three moves ahead of ...
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B44 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Tolush vs Petrosian, 1957
Ziggurat: <addictiontochess> My guess is as follows: If white plays 29. Nxd2, he is more or less certain to lose because of the continuation given by <stanleys>, after which white has no real chances. 29. Qf3 may have been a desperate ...
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C44 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Matulovic vs Asfary, 1972
dwavechess: Matulovic concur with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply in 20/24 moves
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C66 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Enrico M Sevillano
myschkin: . . .
The final co-champ, IM <Enrico Sevillano> is constantly at the top of major American Open crosstables but his results are often overshadowed by other players in the chess press- Elizabeth Vicary's interview with Enrico ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
J Werle vs B Michiels, 2008
IT4L1CO: Why? 17 .. fxe6; and what?
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D46 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Jeremy Silman
rjfsworstnightmare: Happy Birthday, nice books!
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| Aug-28-08 |
Lothar Nikolaiczuk
myschkin: . . .
German chess player and author <Lothar Nikolaiczuk> (born 1954) in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Edmund Thorold
myschkin: . . .
<Edmund Thorold> (1832-1899) York 1868 1st - 8.5/9.
London 1878 1st - 11.5/12.
Manchester 1882 1/2nd - 6/9.
Birmingham 1883 1st - 5/7
http://www.newinchess.com/Thorold__...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Morozevich vs Kamsky, 2008
CharlesSullivan: Wonderful work by <acirce>! I also agree with him when he says of his last diagram,
[DIAGRAM]
<Perhaps not immediately obvious why this is so hopeless...> The computer would have no problems winning the position, of
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B12 |
| Aug-28-08 |
I Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941
dwavechess: Bronstein concur with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply in 9/12 moves.
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C34 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Lawrence Day
IMlday: Hey <mack> :) Google: chess luck trick suttles and your review is top of the list!
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| Aug-28-08 |
Von Der Lasa vs H Caro, 1890
chocobonbon: Von Der Lasa was 72 when this game was played, Caro 28.
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C29 |
| Aug-28-08 |
E Lowe vs Staunton, 1847
Karnatakiaditya: Couldn't somebody write down all the moves here?
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| Aug-28-08 |
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865
Zonszein: Zukertot was not inferior to Steinitz. Unless it was just psychlogically I think
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C60 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Ulf Andersson vs A Kochyev, 1978
artyom2008: 4th!
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A05 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Albin vs Winawer, 1896
dwavechess: I guess Philidor would love this game. Rybka 2.3.2 concur with Winawer in 18/22 moves.
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C53 |
| Aug-28-08 |
T Roussel Roozmon vs P Charbonneau, 2008
IMlday: It looks like 20..Bf8 is a TN improving on 20..Nh7.
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E97 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Lutz Espig
myschkin: . . .
Photo:
http://www.chessbase.de/2007/lga/1/...
in German:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutz_E...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1923
micahtuhy: <chessgames.com> Soltis lists this game as being played in 1922, is there any confirmation on it being played in 1923?
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C55 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Ivan Turgenyev vs Kolisch, 1870
dwavechess: Kolisch concur with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply 79%.
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C58 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848
dwavechess: 82% concur with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply, for Harrwitz
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C33 |
| Aug-28-08 |
French Championship (2008)
Simonkaser: I was there few days ago...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Sam Kleinplatz
myschkin: . . .
Homepage:
http://www.learnchesswithsam.com/BI...
Fide Card:
http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Y Shulman vs A Kovalyov, 2008
ALwoodpusher: 10...exd5?!
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E44 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Vasiukov vs Taimanov, 1965
patzer2: For the Wednesday August 27, 2008 puzzle solution, White sets up a winning double attack with 36. Bxe4! Rxe4 37. Nf6! Kxf6 38. Qf3+  . The decoy Knight Fork adds to the entertainment
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B40 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Odd Lie
WannaBe: All my chess moves are <SOUND>*! *Sound of my opponent laughing their a$$ off...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Barbero vs S Bartha, 1993
Chessdreamer: This game score = Roberto Cifuentes-Parada vs.
Jose Castellano , Las Palmas 1993.
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E09 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Aronian vs Rozentalis, 1999
whiteshark: <31.Qe4!!> is a real crusher. [DIAGRAM] Threat is, e.g. after 31...Qxb3 32.R1f6!!
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A07 |
| Aug-28-08 |
A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002
ughaibu: Completely ultra far out and a wonderful mating position. I think this game alone has cured my cold.
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E61 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Hans Arild Runde
Rolfo: Wang Yue has a "Carlsen-like" ascending march towards the top.Quite impressing:)
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| Aug-28-08 |
Peter Svidler
cn1ght: It's funny that QvR endgame is not easy to win, but QvR+P, if the R keeps the other king away and is guarded by the pawn, is a dead draw.
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| Aug-28-08 |
A Corke vs P Shaw, 2006
mjk: Related to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX4j...
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A40 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Leonid Stein
whiteshark: <jakaiden> I have checked megabase 2008 and rusbase for Kotlerman vs Stein 1958, Kirovograd, but without success. :(
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| Aug-28-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 2008
chancho: The correct score of this game:
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 b6 13.Rb1 e5 14.dxc5 Ba4 15.Qd2 Qd7 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nc1 Rfc8 18.Rxb6 Bf8 19.Ra6 Qb7 ...
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D87 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Benko vs K Darga, 1964
whiteshark: <triaum: <Why has benko lost with White? >> Because he played with White!
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A07 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Paul Keres
tpstar: Note Peter Svidler won the Russian Championship 4 times, after the USSR dissolved in 1991.
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| Aug-28-08 |
T Roussel Roozmon vs Nakamura, 2008
timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Tp...
short video of roozmon and naka id take at the site when these game is played:)
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A04 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Anand vs Tseshkovsky, 1986
beenthere240: Anand helped the attack come alive by taking the [poisoned) d4 pawn and opening the later line for blaks dsb.
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C61 |
| Aug-28-08 |
R J Sutton vs M Wojnar, 2006
neowhitepig: <DoctorD> Muchas gracias! :)lol
I really need to learn more on chess..whoa
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C40 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971
Ulhumbrus: Fischer responds to the move 9...Bc5 attacking his Queen with the move 10 Bf4 making a counter-attack in Black's Q An alternative to 10...d6 is 10...Bxd4 11 Bxc7 Bxc3 12 bxc3 d5 which may end in a draw. An alternative to 16...Rd8 is ...
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B47 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Wesley So
zanshin: <dadsespinosa: Any update on round 3> I think Wesley won:
http://chess-results.com/?tnr=15291...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Nakamura vs P Charbonneau, 2008
Marmot PFL: Most likely 25.Kg2 was played as if 25.Kh1 Bxg3 26.hg3 (26.Nxg3 Re1 27.Qxe1 Qxf3#) Ng5+ 27.Kg1 Nxf3+ 28.Kf2 Rxe4.
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C89 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Andrey Lukin
whiteshark: Player of the Day
"International Master since 1994, Master since 1965, ELO rating 2439, was born in 1948. -Andrey Lukin was five times the champion of Leningrad and Saint-Petersburg: in 1972, 1978,1981,1983,1988, -the winner of the ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Shabalov vs Gelfand, 2004
sicilianhugefun: gelfand played almost like kasparov
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B96 |
| Aug-28-08 |
C Lutz vs Gelfand, 1994
sicilianhugefun: this is najdorf e6 variation, controling the d5 square
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B90 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Sangeeta Hosea
Open Defence: < boz: Nice game. I enjoyed playing through it. I guess you don't believe in giving your opponent any counter-play whatsoever. > absolutely!! thanks!! <The Alchemist> thanks!!!
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| Aug-28-08 |
Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky
Benzol: <notyetagm> <ravel5184> I have submitted the game into the DB but if you can't wait until it appears here is the gamescore. White: G. Stepanov
Black: P. A. Romanovsky
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.dxc5 Nc6 ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
The World vs A Nickel, 2006
RookFile: Well, you're only throwing red meat in front of me. You can go back to the game, and look at page after page where I pleaded for Bg5 at those times. In fact, as part of the 'objective' analysis that went on, in one case, I analyzed Bg5 ...
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B42 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Emanuel Lasker
visayanbraindoctor: <the single most fascinating personality in modern chess> My thoughts on modern chess and Lasker:
Lasker was the real founder of modern chess. If one were to study a typical good Lasker game after it has left opening ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
I Camousseight vs A Rodriguez, 1992
gandu: Wild game!
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A83 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Jessie Gilbert
myschkin: . . .
"To a precious girl whose memory will live on eternally in the hearts and minds of everyone..." http://www.jessiegilbert.com/
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| Aug-28-08 |
V Spasov vs Gelfand, 2007
sicilianhugefun: play up to mate
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B90 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2008
Mateo: It seems that the turning point was 31.g3?. Of course, Leko wanted to impede Nf4 winning the exchange. But this move allowed Ivanchuk to open the 'f' file, and then White's position collapses. The cautious 31.R5d3 should be an improvement.
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C92 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Antwerp (2008)
Shockwave: Bu-Vaganian
[DIAGRAM] Now white play 32. a7
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| Aug-28-08 |
Ivanchuk vs A Schneider, 1988
sicilianhugefun: attack! and pursue!
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B77 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994
visayanbraindoctor: This amazing game was played by the young Kramnik, which we do not see much of nowadays ever since he changed his opening repertoire to suit matches rather than tournaments and started playing more quietly. Aside from the game ...
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E93 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Barbero vs M Bosboom, 1993
beenthere240: 32. Bc7? --intended to win a pawn, drops a piece because the bishop is stuck.
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B30 |
| Aug-28-08 |
T Abergel vs M Vachier Lagrave, 2008
ionnn: After 27 Rxg7? it's difficult to believe that white are lost... but it's the case.
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B86 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 1993
sicilianhugefun: making the game look so easy just won't cease to amuse me
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D37 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 1992
sicilianhugefun: ..gxf5, rxf5 is murder
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E97 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Kamsky vs Ponomariov, 2008
Chuckles: <Riverbeast>: It sure looks like it does, since White loses the bishop, but there's analysis on the tournament page calling it a draw. Black wins the piece but has problems with his pawns. 38...a1Q 39.Rxg7+ Rxg7 40.Rxg7+ Kh8 ...
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C65 |
| Aug-28-08 |
I Rogers vs M Gurevich, 1993
4tmac: [DIAGRAM] After 87. Kc1 ..... Black had played well & could in fact have done it in 50 moves at this point (after move 59 black could win in only 43 moves!) 87. ... Nc4! 88. Kc2 Ke3! 89. Kb3 Kd3!. After 87. ... Nb4? it is true white moved ...
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D43 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Tal vs Velimirovic, 1979
sicilianhugefun: Alekhine, Tal, Kasparov are deadly exsplosives who created marvelous fireworks that made the chessworld sank into deep astonishment for all eternity
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A30 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Stahlberg vs Petrosian, 1952
ToTheDeath: Young Petrosian gets creamed in this one.
23.Ne5+!
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A43 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Tal vs D Ciric, 1966
sicilianhugefun: majestic!!!
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B30 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Asian Individual Championship (2007)
Benzol: <myschkin> Thanks, that's a good site.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Koneru Humpy
yalie: yes she does - and she benefits from the withdrawal of the Georgian players - since she gets a second round bye. Of course a few other player also benefit - like Matveeva gets a first round bye. But a second round bye is a big deal IMO. At ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Elena Tairova
whiteshark: Happy Birthday, Elena. How is it with 17 ?
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| Aug-28-08 |
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945
dwavechess: 80% concur for Botvinnik with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply.
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D44 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Nakamura vs V Akobian, 2008
JonathanJ: tuesday or wednesday puzzle:
white to play, move 31
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C10 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Siegbert Tarrasch
myschkin: . . .
Photograph:
http://www.dapple.plus.com/001270.jpg
(in a Book by Fred Reinfeld )
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| Aug-28-08 |
Ivan Salgado Lopez
myschkin: . . .
good choice :D
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| Aug-28-08 |
Larry Kaufman
myschkin: . . .
Homepage:
http://www.marylandchessinstruction...
"... Shogi sage"
http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/ne... Rybka (Computer) Team: http://www.rybkachess.com/index.php...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Adams vs Short, 2008
Abdooss: MALCOLM PEIN COMMENTED IN TELEGRAPH ..They met in round six and Adam’s unbeaten run with white was nearly ended when he overlooked a neat tactic after being surprised by Short’s choice of the Alekhine Defence. It was the kind of oversight
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B04 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Andrei Kharlov
myschkin: . . .
Russian GM <Andrei Kharlov> (born 1968) "As we see many tied prizes. Yes-Andrei is always joking he needs a 1/2 point more. And it happens so often that he had got accustomed to this fate :)" http://www.rebel.nl/kharlov.htm
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| Aug-28-08 |
Metger vs Chigorin, 1897
GrahamClayton: Chigorin for some inexplicable reason touched the rook on h4, so he had to move it!
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C33 |
| Aug-28-08 |
E Alekseev vs Leko, 2008
Abdooss: Wow, no draw under 20-moves..like the others-tired-GMs..
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C53 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Sofrevski vs Geller, 1968
GrahamClayton: This game was played in Round 10, and was adjourned daily, being finished after Round 16.
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A36 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Boris Kantsler
myschkin: . . .
Israeli GM <Boris Kantsler> (born 1962)
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| Aug-28-08 |
Angus Dunnington
myschkin: . . .
<Key> try this instead: http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/
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| Aug-28-08 |
Yates vs Alekhine, 1930
GrahamClayton: This game set the record for the latest time that both players castled (24...0-0 and 36 0-0).
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C71 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Beliavsky vs E Lobron, 1995
GrahamClayton: Lobron places his knight "en prise" after 18...Nb4, and it stays "en prise" until it is finallt captured on move 31.
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E32 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2008
Archytas: If this was Kramnik, he would get destroyed on this page. But hey, objectivity is not a trait a lot of people seem to possess on this site!
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D27 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Karpov vs Hort, 1971
GrahamClayton: One of the most impressive rook maneuvres in international chess. Karpov makes 7 moves with his rook between move 22 and move 30. The "Informant" chose this game as the "Best Achievement" of 1971.
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B81 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Roman Pelts
myschkin: . . .
Seven of his early students became grandmasters: Lev Alburt , Semon Palatnik , Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov , Valery Beim , Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner , Leonid Yurtaev , and Boris Kantsler . ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
S Silivanov vs P Kotsur, 2001
GrahamClayton: Three Queens appear on the board in the space of 2 full moves!
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B22 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Geller vs Tal, 1975
GrahamClayton: After 42.Kh8 Black runs out of checks, eg 42..h6 43.Be5 Be5 44. Nf7 Kh7 45. Ne5
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B08 |
| Aug-28-08 |
F Hermann vs H Hussong, 1930
GrahamClayton: Alexander Alekhine devoted a whole article in the "Deutsche SchachZeitung" to this game, under the title "A Gem of Combinative Art". 31...Rf5!!! is a brilliant move - White cannot cover both the f4 and g5 squares at the same time.
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C60 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Jose Raul Capablanca
myschkin: . . .
Photographs:
http://www.socialfiction.org/img/ca...
http://betsydevine.com/blog/picture...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Pal Benko
myschkin: . . .
Photos:
http://www.chessville.com/images/Be...
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... http://www.friisland.de/Rockblog/wp...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Gata Kamsky
BishopofBlunder: Doesn't exactly look like a guy who is going to challenge for the world championship, does he? Then again, he did only finish a half point behind the guy (Kramnik) who is...
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| Aug-28-08 |
G Norman vs Rubinstein, 1922
GrahamClayton: Apparently Runinstein arrived over 30 minutes late, but it didn't seem to affect his play!
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D02 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Daniel Yanofsky
GrahamClayton: After scoring 9.5/10 at the 1939 Buenos Aires tournament, Yanofsky was given a silver cigarette holder, an unusual prize for a 14 year old who wasn't old enough to be smoking!
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| Aug-28-08 |
Georges Koltanowski
GrahamClayton: According to Edward Winter, Koltanowski was part of a plot to stop Edward Colle winning the 2nd Belgian championship, which was held in Antwerp in September 1922. Koltanowski defeated Buruchowitz, the winner of the 1921 ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Burn vs H Wolf, 1905
GrahamClayton: If Black had played 13...cd5??, he would have ended up in the "Rubinstein Trap" after 14.Bc7.
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D63 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Richard Reti
GrahamClayton: It is a little known fact that after the 1924 New York tournament, Reti went to South America and played in the 1924 Argentine championship. He played "hors concours", and finished 1st, 4.5 points ahead of Roberto Grau.
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| Aug-28-08 |
B Wexler vs Bronstein, 1960
GrahamClayton: Bronstein also mentions this on page 57 of "The Sorceror's Apprentice".
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A70 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Fahrni vs B Kostic, 1911
GrahamClayton: After 37. Ne6, all Black's remaining 3 pieces are forked.
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C83 |
| Aug-28-08 |
S Kotlerman
myschkin: . . .
<Samuel Kotlerman>
winner (1938, 1940, 1951/52, 1953/54, 1954, 1957) of the "Odessa City and Region Chess Championships"
http://members.lycos.co.uk/csarchiv...
Photo
http://www.chessacademycanada.110mb... (Soviet ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Steinitz vs Rainer, 1885
sneaky pete: The second game from Semion Defendarow's blind simul, with Otmar Opferaroff playing white, followed this Steinitz game until move 11 [DIAGRAM] and continued 11... Bg7 12.e7 Qb6 13.0-0-0 Bd7 14.Qxe4 .. (meant as an improvement on ...
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C41 |
| Aug-28-08 |
W So vs S Djuraev, 2008
nymsso: I think the opening is not dubious!!!
The fact is Djuraev walks in the young Filipino GM pet line......
And as result there came an easy win!!!
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C28 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995
VaselineTopLove: This game reminds me of a similar previous encounter between these two - Anand vs Kasparov, 1991
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B84 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Euwe vs V Castaldi, 1948
Ulhumbrus: The move 15...0-0-0 suggests 15 Qf4 hindering that move
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C12 |
| Aug-28-08 |
S Landau vs A Dunkelblum, 1937
GrahamClayton: According to the September 1937 edition of the "British Chess Magazine", Landau, tired from both playing and reporting on the Olympiad, fell asleep after 11 moves. Dunkelblum gently shook him by the arm and offered a draw. "Yes", ...
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D37 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Ulf Hammarstrom
Rolfo: Congratulations with own player page!
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| Aug-28-08 |
Rudolf Swiderski
GrahamClayton: During the 1904 Rice Gambit tournament held in Monte Carlo, each of the 6 competitors received a copy of the "Rice Gambit" by Hermann Helms and Hartwig Cassel (New York, 1904), and were free to consult it, or any other sources, ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Isidor Gunsberg
GrahamClayton: Gunsberg is the only world championship challenger who has not yet been the subject of a games collection.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Kupchik vs Capablanca, 1913
visayanbraindoctor: <tonsillolith: Capablanca would not have been able to win the game without playing on the kingside in the endgame with the use of the g-file, or it would have been more difficult at least. Did he know this when he played ...
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D25 |
| Aug-28-08 |
I Cheparinov vs Bareev, 2008
Open Defence: Apparently the position if 9...a6 is played
has been reached before
D Trifunovic vs H U Kock, 2001
[DIAGRAM] http://www.chessgames.com//perl/exp... but via a different move order, so need to check if a6 can be played safely on ...
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B12 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Charles I Kalme
GrahamClayton: "CHESS" of 26 May 1956 featured a full-page article called "Young American shows genius for chess", which included: "Philadelphia has a young player of 16 who is showing evety sign of developing into a world champion: Charles ...
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| Aug-28-08 |
Fiebig vs Tartakower, 1905
GrahamClayton: White missed a win with 61. Kd4 Kd8 62. Kc4 Kc8 63. Kd5 Kc7 64. Kc5 Kc8 65. Kb6. This is a textbook example of "triangulation".
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B27 |
| Aug-28-08 |
E R Lundin vs W Hasenfuss, 1931
GrahamClayton: Hasefuss could have drawn immediately with 68...Qe6+, as 69.Qe6 is stalemate.
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A44 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Bendiner
GrahamClayton: Jakob Bendiner was Schlechter's training partner. Suffering from financial problems, he committed suicide on the 20th of May 1930 by jumping into the Danube River.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Max Lange vs Schierstedt, 1868
GrahamClayton: According the Edward Winter, this game was actually played 12 years earlier in October 1856 between Lange and an unnamed opponent. What was unusual was that Black made no attempt to attack or exchange the White knight. It may be ...
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C25 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Norman Van Lennep
GrahamClayton: Sneaky Pete,
Thanks for that excellent biography.
The game against Cole was probably played in London in 1896.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Arved Heinrichsen
GrahamClayton: Arved Heinrichsen died in Vilnius on the 23rd of August 1900 from tubercolosis at the young age of 23. The 1863 game is obviously not the same player.
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| Aug-28-08 |
Grischuk vs Seirawan, 2002
An Englishman: Good Evening: Still another exciting Advance C-K. 27.White to Play is a Sunday puzzle, because while the first move might be easy, solvers would have to find the best defense and how to answer it in order to claim full credit.
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B12 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Alekhine vs Frahm EDG, 1933
GrahamClayton: One of the rare examples where a player moves all of their pawns before moving a piece.
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B20 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Reti vs A Dunkelblum, 1914
GrahamClayton: This game had been played 5 years beforehand:
Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909
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C46 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909
GrahamClayton: This game was played as part of a simultaneous exhibition in Washington on the 6th of January 1909.
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C46 |
| Aug-28-08 |
S Levitsky vs Chigorin, 1899
GrahamClayton: White tried the swindle 41.Qb2, hoping for a smothered mate after 41...Qb2??? 42. Nf7#, but after 41...Qd5 42 Bf3 Qd8 he resigned.
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C66 |
| Aug-28-08 |
F Alexander vs G A Thomas, 1919
GrahamClayton: According to Neil McDonald, 39...Qh3+!!! is refuted by 40 Nh3 gh3+ 41 Kh1 e2 42. Rbb1 ef1(Q)+ 43. Rf1 Bg6 44. Rc1 Re3 45. Bg6 hg6, after which Black may still draw but is hardly winning.
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D52 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Xu Jun vs Ivanchuk, 1993
GrahamClayton: Here are some other examples of a knight promotion which is not a check: Adams vs Miles, 1993
Najdorf vs S Schweber, 1968
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D21 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Walbrodt vs Enrique / Lopez / Herrera Conill E, 1893
GrahamClayton: The "Marshall Attack" being played a good 25 years before Marshall allegedly played it for the first time against Capablanca at New York in 1918.
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C89 |
| Aug-28-08 |
M Boyarchenko vs I Makka, 2008
ratso: Cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese. Ooops, I mean, chess, chess, chess, chess!
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C01 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Marshall vs H J Chilton, 1906
GrahamClayton: Is the refusal to capture an opponent's Queen with check "the worst possible move" of all?
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D21 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Gelfand vs Morozevich, 2008
PinkPanther: My guess would be that Gelfand didn't see it. I mean h4 Rh3 is a little bit weird looking. It makes perfect sense once you see it, but it's not every day that something like that comes up in a chess game, so it's understandable that ...
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A04 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Bogoljubov vs Leonhardt, 1927
GrahamClayton: Samisch called Black's 19th move "A Brilliant Conception". However, after 20. gh3 Be3+ 21. Qe3 gh3+ 22. Kf1 I can't see a forcing line for Black.
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A09 |
| Aug-28-08 |
R Bancod vs M Russell, 2007
al wazir: <mjk: 36.Rf4 Rd2+ 37.Rxe4 Rxd1+ 38.Kh2 hxg3+ 39.KxP Bc5 does not look terribly winning for White.> You're right. I think 36. Rd4 Rf2 37. Kg1 (37. Rxe4? Rxf1+ 38. Kh2 hxg3+ ...
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D02 |
| Aug-28-08 |
F Zita vs K Junge, 1942
GrahamClayton: From the exchanges played, White was looking for an early draw, and did not look to closely at the position after 17...f5.
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E62 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
GrahamClayton: Capa could have forced mate in 4 with 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Nf5 Qg8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qh6#
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A47 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Carls vs A Brinckmann, 1921
GrahamClayton: Two bishops v 2 pawns must be a very rare ending! White's problem is that if he sacrifices a Bishop for one of Black's pawns, he has insufficient material to checkmate 74.Bc6 was an error. White had a better chance with 74. Kf7 h3 ...
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A18 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Bird vs J Mason, 1876
GrahamClayton: Instead of 52.Nc8, White can mate with 52.Rg6#.
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C11 |
| Aug-28-08 |
I Blek vs Tal, 1955
GrahamClayton: As well as checkmating, 38...Nf3# is an example of a family fork, with all of White's pieces attacked by the Black Knight.
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C05 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Capablanca vs J H White, 1919
GrahamClayton: Capa missed a mate in 3 with 51.Nh6+
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A52 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Ed Lasker vs Marshall, 1924
GrahamClayton: White's 28th move (Bf4) is a rare example of a "Anti-Turton" problem theme being used in a game. It forces the attacker who wishes to double two pieces on the same line with the stronger piece in front and the weaker behind. ...
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C42 |
| Aug-28-08 |
G Marco vs Metger, 1897
GrahamClayton: Black's 15th move is spectacular, placing the Bishop en prise for 2 different captures which can't be accepted, eg 16. Rg4 Qd1#
16. Qg4 f5
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C67 |
| Aug-28-08 |
Lasker vs D McLeod, 1893
GrahamClayton: I think that chessgames.com has the wrong details. Black is actually NM Macleod, the Canadian whose main claim to fame is holding the record for the most defeats in a single tournament - 31 at New York, 1889. The game was played in ...
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C30 |
| Aug-28-08 |
J Zezulkin vs Bologan, 2005
jovack: take this excuse for a chess game out of the database this reminds me of something that i would see vs my 4 year old cousin this game makes bologan look like he just started learning how chess works
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A40 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Ivanchuk vs DeFirmian, 1990
sicilianhugefun: najdorf main line isn't widely used anymore nowadays, but chuky conducted it brilliantly and almost effortlesly, Bravo Ivanchuk!!
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B99 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Kramnik vs E Ubilava, 1992
sicilianhugefun: volodya played like a 1500
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D37 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Karpov vs Kramnik, 1998
sicilianhugefun: Petrosian, Karpov, Kramnik are the masters of positional pressure, but Tolya emerges obviously above them all
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D45 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Karpov vs Computer, 1990
sicilianhugefun: another endgame masterpiece from the king of endgame himself
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B12 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Ljubojevic vs Wang Yue, 2008
Kola: i like these maneuvers.
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D16 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Yifan Hou
memento mori: more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%... _
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| Aug-27-08 |
N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1921
whiteshark: According to rusbase there has been a match of 7 games in (March) 1921.
Alekhine won it with (+2 =5 -0)
Source: http://www.geocities.com/al2055km/m... 3 games SUBMITTED
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C41 |
| Aug-27-08 |
HIARCS vs Chess Tiger, 2004
Smothered Mate: <RandomVisitor> The tablebase says it would be mate in 20.
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A35 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Silvio Danailov
Bobsterman3000: My hero! The Grand Slam is coming to Seattle. Only Danailov would have the vision to do such a thing...
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| Aug-27-08 |
Sergey Karjakin
Augalv: Tal Memorial Blitz 2008 ( Qualifications )
Qualifications for the final phase of Tal Memorial in blitz started today and will continue tomorrow.
Final phase of blitz tournament will take place from 29th-30th of August.Eighteen ...
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| Aug-27-08 |
H Titz vs W Barlo, 2005
whiteshark: I wonder if Black said 'Well done, Titz!' when he resigned.
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B38 |
| Aug-27-08 |
D Perry vs G Shure, 1999
Strongest Force: I know lawyer Gary Sure. He is a master. Last time i saw him he was playing GM Rhode some blitz in WSP and i asked him: "what is a nice guy like you playing in a park like this?" He just smiled and kept on playing.
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B38 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Nigel Short
myschkin: . . .
A talented youngster:
http://www.jamd.com/search?assettyp...
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| Aug-27-08 |
Mario Bertok
myschkin: . . .
http://jutarnji.hr/crna_kronika/cla... RIP
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| Aug-27-08 |
Ziaur Rahman
whiteshark: From Wiki: " Ziaur Rahman (Bengali: জিয়াউর রহমান) (<born 1974>) is a chess player from Bangladesh and the second GM of the country after Niaz Murshed . He ...
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| Aug-27-08 |
V Iordachescu vs Rublevsky, 2004
Domdaniel: Qxh5 gxh5 must have been played much earlier, probably move 27 rather than 41.
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B40 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Boris Gelfand
myschkin: . . .
"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."
(Buddha, a wise guy^^)
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/...
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| Aug-27-08 |
Mir Sultan Khan
myschkin: . . .
Photographs:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2385... http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (London, 1932. Theodore Tylor has white against Sultan Khan)
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| Aug-27-08 |
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1931
myschkin: . . .
Photo:
http://canal-h.net/webs/rguerrero00...
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D37 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Ivanchuk vs Kamsky, 2006
StarJock: Well, it's now Aug.2008 and there's no doubt now that Kamsky has recovered his form! He won the 2007 World Cup and is one match away from playing for the World Championship in 2009! He's ranked 17th worldwide in the FIDE July 2008 list, ...
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B42 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Alekhine vs Bleye/Bon, 1933
Ideefixe: Simple and natural moves by Alekhine and Bleye blunders on move 15. Still white misses 18.Qb1 and the daring but fool knight is saved, along with the game. Chess blindness can struck on everyone, I guess!
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D43 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Dgebuadze vs P Claesen, 2005
sneaky pete: 6.c4 .. was introduced somewhere, far away, sometime, long ago, by Alexander Agressewitsch against the legendary master Semion Defendarow, who on that occasion played two games simultaneously (or simulating) without sight of the ...
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C41 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Computer
myschkin: . . .
"Thinking Machine 4"
The program's unconventional initial moves may raise eyebrows among experts: we did not give it an "opening book" of standard lines since we wanted it to think through every position. ...
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| Aug-27-08 |
J M De La Villa Garcia vs Korchnoi, 1991
fizixgeek: Yes. The score is wrong. White played 4.c3 and 10.cxd4. The corrected version of this game is found here: J M De La Villa Garcia vs Korchnoi, 1990
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C02 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964
dwavechess: 80% coincidences for Tal with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply
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C40 |
| Aug-27-08 |
V Peicheva-Juergens vs E Paehtz, 2007
whiteshark: <39.h4??> is the losing move. Maybe time trouble. <39.Ne7+> is surely draw. [DIAGRAM]
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B06 |
| Aug-27-08 |
S Agdestein vs Wang Yue, 2008
Rolfo: Happy to see Simen back in business :)
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B10 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1916
dwavechess: 18/23 coincidences with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply forwards for lasker. Moves 19 and 22 looks bad for white
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C55 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Alexander Morozevich
selvmatt: For those of us obsessed with Elo rankings: Morozevich has dropped one place each day since he was number one. Today he is number four, just after Carlsen.
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| Aug-27-08 |
Bent Larsen
Poulsen: <whiteshark><But if you get to the top without one why would/should you change your behavior> Very true - and Larsen being in the habit of no second maybe would have found it hard to fully utilize one at all ...
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| Aug-27-08 |
Garry Kasparov
sallom89: he had a reason to quit o.0
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| Aug-27-08 |
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1842
dwavechess: I liked a lot this game, for me it seems very instructive. Rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply likes cochrane's moves, 80% agreement.
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C40 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000
dwavechess: Kramnik agrees with rybka 2.3.2 14 ply 1 cpu w32: 78%!
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D85 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Bareev vs Stellwagen, 2008
Bobsterman3000: After 35. Rxb4 axb4 black would be headed for a sure zugzwang, I think. After axb4, gxf6, f4!! I don't think that white can be prevented from putting pawns on both f5 and b5, cutting off the support squares of the black king. The ...
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D45 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Alexander Strikovic
DoctorD: Is this perhaps Aleksa Strikovic?
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| Aug-27-08 |
Staunton / Owen vs Morphy / Barnes, 1858
whiteshark: <sneaky pete> I'd really appreciate that. :D
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C41 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Topalov vs Hydra, 2004
OhioChessFan: I've tried every which way but loose to make the pawn race work, but any time the black c pawn queens, it's a dead draw. That tension is just suffocating.
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D00 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Chao B Li
PetShopB: Thanks <alexmagnus>!
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| Aug-27-08 |
A Galliamova-Ivanchuk vs I Kurnosov, 2001
DiscoJew: This is a Great Game from White
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A85 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Valquiria Rocha
myschkin: . . .
<Valquiria Rocha> from Angola Fide Card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Photo: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/...
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| Aug-27-08 |
E Figueroa vs Najdorf, 1968
faulenzer: I'm also curious why not 15. xg6 followed by 16. cxd4.
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B23 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Eduard Popper
myschkin: . . .
Falsification -update-
http://www.scientificblogging.com/s... + sorry, pictures included :D
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| Aug-27-08 |
Bareev vs Wang Yue, 2008
Alphastar: <Knight to f6> No, black does not retain an advantage. That endgame is dead drawn. At the end of that line, black cannot prevent the white king from stepping in front of the black pawn, reaching an elementary endgame draw. In ...
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B13 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Tal vs A Kapengut, 1972
Open Defence: maybe it was for a 24 game match ? Karpov - Kasparov was probably the 1984 unlimited games one... of course that was a brilliant strategy from Kasparov.. I wonder how the "Drawniks" would have taken to that if the internet was as ...
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A15 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Gannadij Fish
myschkin: . . .
German GM <Gennadij Fish>* (born 1973) who is of Ukrainian origin. Privit! Fide Card: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennad... * is the DB <Gannadij> a spelling mistake?
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| Aug-27-08 |
J Rudd vs F N Stephenson, 2001
whiteshark: Something went terribly wrong here...
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A00 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Eliot Sanford Hearst
myschkin: . . .
"The seven Invaders"
http://www.panopticist.com/graphics... "A Gentle Glossary" (A-Z)
in the July 1962 issue of Chess Life
http://www.edcollins.com/chess/glos...
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| Aug-27-08 |
M Zuriel vs De Richards, 2006
WACG: 32. ... Qe8?? is a really boneheaded move. There can be only three explanations. A. The players are both drunk. B. The score sheet is wrong. C. Time pressure. I vote for 'A'
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B44 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
eisenherz: Sorry, at my first comment I meant 23... b8 as <whiteshark> wrote.
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A10 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Dirk Daniel Van Geet
whiteshark: <Opening of the Day
<The Van Geet Opening <1. c3!>>>: Opening Explorer
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| Aug-27-08 |
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1872
tamar: Steinitz looks shaky as well.
49 Kh2? Rb6
50 Kh3 Kf5? (50...Rh6 would win, freeing the King to cross)
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C54 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 2008
whiteshark: most of percy
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A30 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Shirov vs E Alekseev, 2008
whiteshark: Dry, dreary and draw.
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C67 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Barbero vs C Devaux, 1993
Chessdreamer: This is Dao Thien Hai vs.
Loek Van Wely , Las Palmas 1993.
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E76 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Carlos Torre vs N Banks, 1924
Duque Roquero: Marvelous! What a queen sac.
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A46 |
| Aug-27-08 |
G Van der Stricht vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008
IT4L1CO: You are right, maybe it's nothing more than a way to broke the balance, as Dvoretzkij recommend in his books, but black could try more obvious
moves to win, as Kf7...
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E58 |
| Aug-27-08 |
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960</ |
