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| Aug-23-06 | | NakoSonorense: Yay,I solved it!!
I meant to say, 4.Rcg2# |
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Aug-23-06
 | | WannaBe: Another one, #51 of 300 in the book. (Probably around Wednesday level.) Black to Move.
click for larger viewNo reference to any game is given. So maybe GM Alburt designed this one himself. |
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| Aug-23-06 | | dalbertz: Hmm. Might this be it?
1. Rf1+ Rxf1
2. Qh2+ Kxh2 (obviously Kf2 is worse)
3. gxf1=N+ K moves
4. Nxd2 ... |
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Aug-23-06
| | WannaBe: <dalbertz> Correct-O!! |
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Aug-24-06
| | WannaBe: Another puzzle, #169 from Chess Training Pocket Book by GM Alburt. Black to move.
click for larger viewGame was given as Medler - Uhlmann1963. But I was unable to find it in CG.com database. |
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| Aug-24-06 | | Kangaroo: Medler - Uhlmann, 1963
<1 ... Re1+ 2. Kh2 Rh1+ 3. Kxh1 Qh3+ 4. Kg1 Qxg2#> or <3. Nxh1 Qxg2#>
or <2. Nf1 Rxf1+ 3. Kxf1 Qd1#> |
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| Aug-24-06 | | Kangaroo: J Maedler vs Uhlmann, 1963 |
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Aug-24-06
| | WannaBe: <Kangaroo> Thank you, guess the spelling of the player's name is different in the published book. And yes, your solution is correct. :-) |
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| Aug-25-06 | | Maatalkko: <Chessgames.com> In Alburt's bio it lists his U.S. Championship wins in 1984 and 1985 but not his 1990 win. One of his books refers to him as "Three time U.S. Champion", and the Fritz 8 database shows him winning a knockout tournament titled "USAch" in 1990. <think> In one of Alburt's books, "Building up your chess", he analyzes both the Benko and the Alekhine in depth, saying that he only played the Benko after he was convinced that it offered Black chances to win rather than just draw. So although Alburt had "only" a 49% with Black (which I think is quite good), he obviously liked to fight it out with both colors. Alburt's performances in tournaments were somewhat erratic; I saw some big Elo swings when I looked him up on Chessbase. But he was a fighting player, and his three US Championship wins prove it. |
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Sep-07-06
| | WannaBe: Another puzzle (#79) From "Chess Training Pocket Book"
click for larger viewThe game is noted as Capablanca-Foxcroft, 1918 by GM Alburt. But I was unable to find it in the database. |
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| Sep-08-06 | | Calli: <wanna> Alburt has the wrong opponent Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918 |
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Sep-08-06
| | WannaBe: <Calli> Thanks! =) |
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Sep-21-06
| | WannaBe: For the next few puzzles, I'd like to focus on end game studies. Again, these are all from GM Lev Alburt book "Chess Training Pocket Book" Puzzle #121 Black to move
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Sep-21-06
| | WannaBe: Puzzle #128 
click for larger viewThe above position, you think:
1) The side that moves first, Wins.
2) The side that moves first, Lose.
3) Draw, no matter who moves first.
4) I have no idea. |
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Sep-21-06
| | WannaBe: Puzzle #129
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You are asked to place the black King on the board, such that black would draw. How many different squares can accomplish this? |
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Sep-27-06
| | WannaBe: Continuation with end game studies from "Chess Training Pocket Book" by GM Lev Alburt Puzzle Number 161, Black to move:
click for larger viewPuzzle Number 162, Black to move:
click for larger viewPuzzle Number 166, White to move:
click for larger viewPuzzle Number 176, White to move:
click for larger viewLooking at the above 4 figures, for each puzzle, select the correct answer and move continuation to accomplish it. 1 - Black wins
2 - White wins
3 - Draw |
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| Apr-01-07 | | gambitfan: A famous Benko Gambit player wasn't he ? |
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| Apr-01-07 | | Marmot PFL: <Sometimes the effects aren't what you'd expect, but they are still helpful. For example: Beta blockers stop adrenaline, which is the cause of many physical manifestations of nervousness. Musicians and actors use them all the time to improve performance. I'd think you'd have a big advantage in an important match if you weren't nervous at all and your opponent was.> Completely disagree. While excessive nervousness is bad, a certain amount of nerves and adrenaline are necessary to compete at your highest level. Drugs which eliminate this will also negatively affect performance.
There was a study a while back with ski racers on the effect of marijuana and alcohol. After smoking the racers said they felt less nervous, more relaxed, confident, etc. but their objective performance was in every case worse. (The times of those who drank alcohol suffered even more.)
Best cure for bad nerves is thorough preparation, mental and physical. Once you have this and the confidence that comes from some success (not pills), nervousness will be your opponent's problem. |
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| Apr-01-07 | | drkodos: drkodos Benko's Chess Training Pocket Book Review:
Decent book.
Strange cover. |
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| Apr-11-07 | | Kapablanca: Quote of the day:
<"Karpov knew he could hardly draw a game with Fischer, never mind winning one or two games. His only chance was to disrupt the match. So a whole arsenal of tricks was worked out, designed to upset the sensitive American, unaccustomed to such methods."Lev Alburt.>
I do not agree.
Nothing of that can be true.
Karpov was EAGER to play Fischer, any time and under any rule, and not for "hardly a draw" but for a fight were the russian, yes, could be the probably loser in the long run only after a hard fight. Do Alburt knows about Karpov_Spassky match prior to the never-played Karpov-Fischer match? I do not think so...
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Apr-11-07
 | | Joshka: Many folks try to claim a Karpov victory over Bobby in 1975, cause Karpov beat Spassky in their finals match. Well Fischer demolished Spassky in their match in 1972. Take away the forfeit win for Spassky, a game never played, and Spassky won 2 games!!!.....and one of those 2 wins, was Bobby's Bishop takes h2 experiment. So all in all Boris beat Bobby one time in the match. Korchnoi, 20 years Karpov's elder, gave Karpov everything he could handle in the 1974 finals match, and nearly beat Karpov in their 1978 match! Bobby would have won hands down in 1975, 1978, and probably 1981. |
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| Apr-11-07 | | dehanne: <Well Fischer demolished Spassky in their match in 1972.>
That's only because Fischer was able to break Spassky psychologically with his histrionics. Such tactics would not work with Karpov. If Karpov had played in '72, Fischer would have been forfeited. <Take away the forfeit win for Spassky, a game never played, and Spassky won 2 games!!!.....and one of those 2 wins, was Bobby's Bishop takes h2 experiment.>
You are forgetting that Spassky demolished Fischer with a Poisoned Pawn in this match too... |
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Apr-11-07
| | Joshka: <dehanne> <you are forgetting> No, I'm not, that was his only real win over Fischer in their 20 games played!! |
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Apr-11-07
 | | Honza Cervenka: <Many folks try to claim a Karpov victory over Bobby in 1975, cause Karpov beat Spassky in their finals match. Well Fischer demolished Spassky in their match in 1972. Take away the forfeit win for Spassky, a game never played, and Spassky won 2 games!!!.....and one of those 2 wins, was Bobby's Bishop takes h2 experiment. So all in all Boris beat Bobby one time in the match. Korchnoi, 20 years Karpov's elder, gave Karpov everything he could handle in the 1974 finals match, and nearly beat Karpov in their 1978 match! Bobby would have won hands down in 1975, 1978, and probably 1981.> The fact that Karpov have not easy times in his matches against Viktor the Terrible hardly can prove that "Bobby would have won hands down in 1975, 1978, and probably 1981", especially if one looks at Bobby's own (very rare) performances with Korchnoi. And what can be said about Karpov's performaces in that time when "Bobby would have won hands down" against him according to your words? Let's look at some statistics based on this database. In 1973 Karpov played 76 serious games and lost one against Petrosian. In 1974 he played 61 games (included candidate matches) and lost three - one game with Spassky, two games against Korchnoi. In 1975 he played 46 games losing one against Ulf Andersson in Milano. In 1976 Karpov played 67 serious games (included his TV games against Tony Miles) and lost only two, with Torre in Manila and with Geller in the final of SU Championship. In 1977 Karpov played 69 games and lost two of them against Beliavsky and Taimanov in Leningrad. All in all, in the period of five years since 1973 to 1977 Karpov played 319 serious games, most of them against world elite, and lost only nine of them. Do you really think that Bobby Fischer would have beaten him easily in 1975, especially after not playing a single serious game since 1972? |
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| Apr-11-07 | | acirce: Is it just a coincidence that chessgames.com chooses these hostile anti-Karpov quotes as Quote of the Day? A while ago there was the ridiculous Kasparov quote about Karpov being "morally and politically evil", and now this absurd piece of Alburt lunacy. Also, looking at the descriptions of the WC matches I believe there is, if anything, a bit of an anti-Karpov slant. |
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