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Jul-01-24 L Steiner vs K Helling, 1928   Pawn and Two: <Alan McGowan> Thank you for checking. I see Black's 2nd move for Saemisch-Ahues Berlin BSG 1928 has now been corrected to 2...e6.      Mar-09-24 Colle vs I Pleci, 1930   Pawn and Two: The Lachaga tournament book, 'Liege 1930', gives the time limit for this tournament: 2 1/2 hours for the first 40 moves and 16 moves per hour thereafter.      Mar-09-24 Liege (1930)   Pawn and Two: The Lachaga tournament book, 'Liege 1930', gives the time limit for this tournament: 2 1/2 hours for the first 40 moves and 16 moves per hour thereafter. The tournament book also gives the daily playing times: 13:30 to 18:30 and then 21:00 to 23:00.      Jun-01-23 Tarrasch vs Maroczy, 1922    Pawn and Two: There are two editions for 'Vienna 1922' by Larry Evans. The 1948 edition has Tarrasch as White in this game. The 2011 edition has Maroczy as White.      Apr-21-23 R Byrne vs P Bachmann, 1952    Pawn and Two: Byrne actually did play 41.Rh6!. See Chess Review article - Nov. 1952 - p.339/340 - Finland 1952 - Helsinki Preliminaries - game titled 'Fast Thinking' - Byrne had only 5 minutes left on his clock when the beautiful rook sacrifice in the following game caught his eye.      Dec-06-22 United States Championship (1977)   Pawn and Two: There is a game, Ghizdavu- Zuckerman, U.S.A 1977, won by Zuckerman on chesstempo.com. Can someone verify if this is their game from the 1977 U.S. Championship?      Jun-22-22 B Finegold vs K Sorenson, 1982    Pawn and Two: In the 1982 U.S. Chess Open, Knute Sorenson scored 5 1/2 points, his brother Arne scored 3 1/2 points and his brother Jacob scored 3 points. Their father, Somner Sorenson, who also played in the 1982 U.S. Open scored 6 1/2 points. Somner was a long-time instructor of English at      Jun-15-22 Berlin BSG (1928)   Pawn and Two: The 100-year anniversary of the Berliner Schachgesellschaft occurred in 1927. However, due to delays, the international tournament to celebrate this event did not take place until February 1928. The prizes for this tournament were as follows: 1st prize - 2,000 Mark - ...      May-02-22 USSR Championship (1940)    Pawn and Two: From the book: 'Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships - Volume II (1938-1947)' by Sergey Voronkov. Tournament time limits for the 12th Soviet Championship - Moscow - 1940 - noted from the above book: 'On playing days, the games start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 11:30 ...      Jan-14-22 Showalter vs Halprin, 1898   Pawn and Two: Per the edition Olms Vienna 1898 tournament book, this game, Showalter vs Halprin, 1898 , was played in round 21 on July 1st.

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