Nov-21-09 Kibitzer's Café
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Wayne Proudlove: I was looking at some poems by Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva tonight, look a this verse from one called "Little World": Eternal disorder in the ring's gold,
Tender word's whispers in semi-sleep,
On the wall in a cozy child's room, the dreaming
Peaceful pictures of birds ...
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| | Nov-17-09 S Ernst vs J Hekhuis, 2000
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Wayne Proudlove: Interesting, I'm new to the Catalan but I'm interested in the idea of transposition at the moment and from what I understand this opening can arise from several different move orders. Should be LOTS OF FUN taking a closer look at it.
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| | Nov-15-09 S Johannessen vs Fischer, 1966
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Wayne Proudlove: I browsed through Bruce Pandolfini's "Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves" this weekend and this for me was a stunning example of bold sacrifice and calculating several moves ahead. If White takes Black's Queen 27.Bxc6, then 27...Rxh4 28. Bxb7 Rxh3 4. Bxa8 Rxg3+ 5...Bxg5 ...
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| | Nov-15-09 Fischer vs Soos, 1967
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Wayne Proudlove: After 39. Rc8+...
if Black Qxc8, 40.Qe7 is mate.
If Black moves his King to d7 or f7, Qf5 is mate.
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| | Nov-14-09 Fischer vs Benko, 1963
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Wayne Proudlove: Fischer wants to move his e-pawn ahead to e5 to mate with the Bishop and the Queen but Black could defend with f5.
19. Rf6!! (...Bxf6 20.e5 21. Qxh7#)
19...Kg8 is followed by 20.e5 h6 21. Ne2! where Benko resigns because 3...Nb5 (to counter 4. Rxd6) leads to 4. Qf5, ...
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| | Nov-14-09 Travis Bickle chessforum 
Nov-08-09 Kasparov vs G West, 1977
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Wayne Proudlove: Wow, I understand what happened in this game. This is my introduction to Kasparov's playing, a big day for me.
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| | Nov-01-09 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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Wayne Proudlove: Re: the infamous 29...Bxh2 blunder, is it possible that it was a move of psychological warfare, to throw a wrench into Spassky's thinking and nerves? It seems possible considering Fischer's temperament and eccentricity.
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| | Oct-30-09 NN vs Staunton, 1840
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Wayne Proudlove: I'm viewing more Italian games, I'm a street player and I started out with the Fried Liver Attack but now 4.Ng5 doesn't seem like that big a deal anymore after 3. Bc4 Nf6, but it was fun to slip it past good players there for awhile. Anyways I'm not looking to be a champion,
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| | Oct-27-09 Greco vs NN, 1620
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Wayne Proudlove: Yeah, there's no doubt watching these games has improved my play considerably. I think the guys at chessclub tonight were thinking I'd made some kind of leap of faith.
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