| May-16-13 |
Wesley So
lakers4sho: Wes can start pushing the king up the board to create some action.
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| May-16-13 |
Kenneth Rogoff
PinnedPiece: <Jim Bartle: The Republicans had control of Congress, as the paragraph I quoted made clear.> Yet, if they had the kind of control you think they had, they could have cut ALL funding for Obamacare. Stopped it dead in the water. ...
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| May-16-13 |
Magnus Carlsen
Maatalkko: You guys are n00bs.
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| May-16-13 |
Anand vs Nakamura, 2013
WiseWizard: I'm surprised Anand thought he was entitled to his kingside excursion with Black having such a strong Bishop, open f-file and possibilities of piling up on f2. Very uncharacteristic of Anand, he normally plays to eliminate his ...
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C78 |
| May-16-13 |
Jeremy Lim
HeMateMe: His book "The Last Season" put Kobe in a bad light. Pretty good read. Knicks hanging in there. Melo got 1/3 of their 85 points. He gonna need some help, if Knicks plan on making reservations in Florida. Where's Amere?
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NN vs Keres, 1940
perfidious: White's last but one move saved him some postage, but neither 19.Nd1 Bh5 nor 19.Ne2 Bh6 would have left any hope. Long ago, <ray keene> pointed out that, instead of going in for the complexities of 4.Qh5+, 4.Nxc6 is much ...
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C40 |
| May-16-13 |
Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
SugarDom: I like his colorful language, like the generous use of "brutal" and his refreshing frankness with "boring". It's just like kibitzing in chessgames...
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| May-16-13 |
M Apicella vs J Pineau, 2000
JPi: Yes that's right <Atking> in fact during the game some Japanese friend asked me to call urgently to Japan! GM Appicela could ask the arbiter to put me forfeit. He didn't but overall I was very upset. Whatever after the game GM Appicela ...
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B04 |
| May-16-13 |
A Zontakh vs A Ipatov, 2013
HeMateMe: nice finish. Black loses a piece, or is mated.
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D10 |
| May-16-13 |
O Gutierrez vs J Pineau, 1992
JPi: <Chessgames.com> Thanks to have pointed out this game. To get the scoresheet on his totality you have just to correct the move 8.0-0 e6 (d4 is White 9.) PS: My best game of this Olympiad was surely my game against the Chinese talent ...
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B22 |
| May-16-13 |
Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013)
HeMateMe: Lasker was also a master of checkers, and he wrote one or two instruction books on the game of backgammon, which, though not nearly as deep as chess, does have a skill component.
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| May-16-13 |
Sharon Burtman
perfidious: <WannaBe>: Would have answered that question for you, but the video has been deleted. <RookFile: Nice woman.....> Seconded: had the pleasure of meeting Sharon as early as the 1983 and 1985 New England blitz championships, ...
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| May-16-13 |
V Dumas vs E Sharapov, 2011
JPi: Why not 18.QxN ? 18...Nd5 19.Nxd7 BxN 20.RxB White has recovered the pawn with a fair position.
Still I don't understand why Black never plays in this line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd 3.c3 dxc 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 (6.Bb5!?) 6...Nf6 7.0-0 the ...
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B21 |
| May-16-13 |
Radjabov vs Anand, 2013
NGambit: <WiseWizard:> You can watch the interview at http://norwaychess.com/en/supertour... They apparently fixed the issue with archived videos on the website.
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E04 |
| May-16-13 |
Svidler vs Karjakin, 2013
LucB: <keypusher: Fourteen letters in <Sergey Karjakin>. How many in Cyrillic?> Серге́й Каря́кин 6 less than 19 :D
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C65 |
| May-16-13 |
Sergey G Lebedev
jackpawn: He played some big names, but not successfully . . .
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| May-16-13 |
Karjakin vs Nakamura, 2013
JPi: I should read all the posts here but inspired by <Ulhumbrus> last comment I'm asking myself why Black didn't take the pawn on move 22. ...Rxc3. Black has not be afraid of 23.gxf7+ Rxf7 24.Qg4+ Rg7 Else 23.Rd3 or Re3 23...Ne5 for a more ...
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B94 |
| May-16-13 |
Kotov vs Kholmov, 1971
Phony Benoni: Not many people understand math humor. That figures.
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E14 |
| May-16-13 |
Dr. Anthony Saidy
WannaBe: Holy crap, I took that photo in 2005?!?!
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| May-16-13 |
Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)
twinlark: Geographical ambiguities.
They come up all the time in historical bios. Check out Wilhelm Steinitz for example. An even simpler one is to define the continents. How many are there and why? heh heh...
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| May-16-13 |
D Edelman vs J Curdo, 1983
howlwolf: AJ, What's a chessboard? I just look at a computer screen. Count me for the Rxf3+ group;I liked the mating position after Kf2.
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C44 |
| May-16-13 |
Areshchenko vs A Moroz, 2001
waustad: Another game in this line is: http://www.365chess.com/game.php?gi...
15.) Kh1 hasn't done well in the small sample I've seen. I started looking because I didn't know the 6.) a4 line so I'm no expert on this.
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B32 |
| May-16-13 |
Dubois vs N Leuchtenberg, 1873
Cemoblanca: "Signore Dubois" was a crazy guy of the finest order! Reminds me of Rudolf Rezso Charousek , but just a bit crazier! :D Awesome games!!
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C23 |
| May-16-13 |
Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 1997
Pacificknight: This is the last time Kramnik won with White vs Ivanchuk in a classical time control game.
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D45 |
| May-16-13 |
Natalia Pogonina
schweigzwang: Ah, the deletable text box ... one of the greatest stress relievers ever invented.
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| May-16-13 |
K Friedrichs vs B Schneider, 2001
Shams: <26...Kc7> was clearly the move played. Correction slip submitted.
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A42 |
| May-16-13 |
J D Tisdall vs Sax, 1977
iamdeafzed: 30.Kh2,Qe5+
31.Qg3,Qh5+
32.Kg1,Bxc4! (now threatening Rd1#)
I believe that line explains the resignation by white.
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D90 |
| May-16-13 |
Biographer Bistro
Phony Benoni: <Shams> Often. It helps if you can find a copy of the score with the correct move, but that can be difficult; typos tend to be perpetuated. http://www.365chess.com/game.php?gi... has the same score as we do. And if you've got a
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| May-16-13 |
Daniel Freeman
Gottschalk: Daniel,
If You received my e-mail correspondence, please, reply!
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| May-16-13 |
Simen Agdestein
waustad: I suspect <Tabanus> nailed it and I'm sorry I started the whole discussion.
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| May-16-13 |
Jacob Altusky
TheFocus: I believe you are right. I am currently looking through Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Fischer stuff. If I run across anything you can use regarding Altusky and/or news of Brooklyn Chess Club, I will drop it in your Forum.
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| May-16-13 |
Kibitzer's Café
Wayne Proudlove: I'll tell you all something something about Canadian weather. It's turning to summer here gradually, the sun's out but that cool winter wind lingers. It mellows day by day, but that cool winter wind, she just lingers. Like nowhere
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| May-16-13 |
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Rookiepawn: Well, we will never know whether Fischer would have beaten Karpov had he tried to, truth is: he lost against Karpov, simply because he refused to play, which in my opinion is the worst way of losing. He surely deprived chess of many ...
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B97 |
| May-16-13 |
Eugenio Torre
pinoymaster77: Eto pa lang article na-browse this am, it was also posted by vonvon in FB groups yesterday... http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/0...
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| May-16-13 |
Grischuk vs I Cheparinov, 2013
stanleys: Grischuk considered 23...Qe6 as a really poor move
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D71 |
| May-16-13 |
Tseshkovsky vs V Inkiov, 1983
LIFE Master AJ: You can post your analysis here, or send me an email ... (My e-mail address is in my header.)
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C63 |
| May-16-13 |
A Grigoryan vs M Kanarek, 2013
bright1: White had to see far in advance to play move 42
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A54 |
| May-16-13 |
Daniel Edelman
perfidious: <Caissanist: The USA produced hundreds of Danny Edelmans between about 1975 and 1995, in the aftermath of the Fischer boom....> In those days, I played my share of them, including Edelman himself on two occasions.
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| May-16-13 |
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1876
Xenomorphy: That was an entertaining game. I was very impressed with Blackburne's ability to put up such a dogged defense. I would have most likely resigned much sooner.
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C45 |
| May-16-13 |
I Nepomniachtchi vs A Moiseenko, 2013
Eyal: 40.Qd6!, trapping the black queen, would have been an earlier killer - the threat of b4 is decisive (40...c5 41.Bxc5; 40...Nxg2 41.Bc5).
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B30 |
| May-16-13 |
European Individual Championships (2013)
twinlark: <a player can qualify for the next Candidates tournament by rating if and only if they participate in the World Cup or Grand Prix.> Good idea. Now if only they would do away with the whole idea of nominees, especially to the ...
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| May-16-13 |
A J Goldsby
LIFE Master AJ: BTW, my handle there is <FLchessplayer> on that server.
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| May-16-13 |
J Eriksson vs J Hellsten, 2006
nummerzwei: Treppner's move 19. h4 deserved attention, with the idea of taking on g5 with the h-pawn.
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E39 |
| May-16-13 |
Robatsch vs M Rytshagov, 1992
whiteshark: Black missed the move <38...Rxf2+!> [DIAGRAM] winning a second pawn, e.g.
39.Ng2 Rxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Rxe1 or
39.Kg1/Kh3 Rxf4
both leading into a  |
A31 |
| May-16-13 |
Gruenfeld vs Lasker, 1923
Edeltalent: I once read an anecdote about this game - no guarantee this is true, but funny anyway :-) This important game was scheduled for three o'clock. When Grünfeld woke up, his clock was already showing that time, and he knew he had a long ...
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A53 |
| May-16-13 |
Spassky vs J Young, 1984
OhioChessFan: I meant the game note about *9...Nb4
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B01 |
| May-16-13 |
Bela Khotenashvili
Nerwal: <Where did the first two come from?> FIDE has registered one from recent Dubai Open :
http://ratings.fide.com/title_norms... I guess the first norm would come from the 2010 Rethymno Open mentioned above.
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| May-16-13 |
I Hatem
Abdel Irada: <TheFocus: Pizza rolls> Sicilian pizza doesn't.
∞
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| May-16-13 |
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2013
DcGentle: <<Eyal>: ... apparently he got flustered when seeing 25...Kf8 instead, which took him completely by surprise ...> Well, apparently Hammer didn't notice the bigger of both threats he had in this position: [DIAGRAM] Black to ...
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E04 |
| May-16-13 |
Taimanov vs Larry Evans, 1954
moodini: I found it quite an interesting battle. I had the impression that white was on top for a while and I'm not quite sure when it went wrong for him.
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E50 |
| May-16-13 |
A Lauber vs Hector, 2013
Sastre: Black missed 27...Qe8 28.Kh2 (28.Ne2 Bh3+) Nd7 29.Qd6 Rxc3  .
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D10 |
| May-16-13 |
Viswanathan Anand
voyager39: <Kinghunt> <Silly me, I thought Kramnik did that (reunification)> I gave you the link. Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)
Excerpts below...
< This match was a one-off event in which the previous world ...
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| May-16-13 |
K W Stein vs A Karklins, 2000
Phony Benoni: <FSR> The rating report shows a win for Karklins in the game between these two players (#52 vs. #123, round 3): http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain... We have most of Karklins' games from the tournament, and he was getting ...
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B33 |
| May-16-13 |
W John vs Nimzowitsch, 1910
JimNorCal: <fgh>: do you mean the result of the challenge to duel?
Lasker reports that Nimzo laughed, showed his bicep muscles and said he would choose to fight with his fists and that John's friends should warn him not to proceed. The duel ...
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D02 |
| May-16-13 |
Anand vs Bologan, 2000
EvanTheTerrible: This needs more attention.
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C95 |
| May-16-13 |
W John vs Nimzowitsch, 1907
Nerwal: <Did this game end in "draw by reputation"> In 1907 Nimzowitsch was only 20 and at the very beginning of his chess career, so I think not. <In the final position, Black must surely be losing.> That's not so clear. After 29... ...
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A53 |
| May-16-13 |
W C Spens vs De Vere, 1867
thomastonk: Meanwhile I am quite sure that the result is wrong: De Vere won. Here one can find a few more sources: http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... . I have found no source claiming that Spens finished with a full point or more. Moreover, ...
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C23 |
| May-16-13 |
Louis F Stumpers
diceman: The Funniest Joke In The world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYZ...
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| May-16-13 |
Aronian vs McShane, 2012
qqdos: Christiansen; Marin; Matanovic; Speelman; and Ribli were all impressed with Luke's play in this game, which has been awarded Best Game of volume 115 of Chess Informant - see vol.116. Star moves: 21...Bd6! and 24...Qb6! Congratulations Luke!
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D15 |
| May-16-13 |
I Krush vs C Baginskaite, 2013
perfidious: <schweigzang>: Click on the link provided below.
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E32 |
| May-16-13 |
Nakamura vs S Benen, 2003
hms123: <Fiona Macleod> He was only 15 at the time.
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A50 |
| May-16-13 |
W Fronda
Fiona Macleod: Whether the King's Gambit is accepted or declined, Winless Fronda always loses in 15 moves.
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| May-16-13 |
K Stachowiak vs D Solak, 2013
bright1: This is practically zugzwang in the final position
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A42 |
| May-16-13 |
H Fidaeyee vs Ganguly, 2005
Nerwal: Inspired double switchback : 10.  e2 11. g3 13. |
B20 |
| May-16-13 |
Ilhan Onat
wordfunph: R.I.P. IM Onat.
http://www.fide.com/component/conte...
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| May-16-13 |
A Hoffmann vs J Bonin, 1989
vlopresto: Interesting game. I would think Jay could have played it out a bit more but it looks like Asa has a mating attack. Maybe Jay lost on time.
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C00 |
| May-16-13 |
A Hoffmann vs Ashley, 1989
vlopresto: Wow! That is quite an impressive victory by Asa. His tactical skills are amazing!
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B28 |
| May-16-13 |
Lahno vs B Tuvshintugs, 2013
cloybloy: The name of this opening variation should be English Opening: Agincourt Defense: Free Bishop Declined
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A14 |
| May-16-13 |
Robert James Fischer
lamont: ###
harrylime ~
You are both a patzer & a putzer !!
There may be an opening for a team
mascot in a donkey suit.
Until then, just shtupp yr/ wicket,
arse-wise & leave the field.
No one wants you on their team.
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| May-16-13 |
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1958
dmvdc: As for those mentioning Botvinnik playing the Smyslov variation, here's what Smyslov had to say about that: <Again, as in the 6th game of the 1957 match, an interesting psychological situation has arisen. For the second time Botvinnik as
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D98 |
| May-16-13 |
Maas
Gottschalk: Arthur J Maas
Arthur J Maas
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| May-16-13 |
R Hills vs T J Carr, 1983
OBIT: Hmm, no comments for this game despite it being a miniature and, more significantly, a solid refutation of 3...f5? in Owen's Defense. The key move is 8. Nf3!, threatening to free the trapped rook. If Black plays 8...Bxh1 (clearly not ...
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B00 |
| May-16-13 |
Petterson vs E Larsson, 1963
Richard Taylor: Ouch!!
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