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May-06-17
 | | HeMateMe: did Kmoch fear the coming Rook/Queen attack on the kingside? By exchanging the Rook pair and losing the e pawn the game is immediately lost. |
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| May-06-17 | | clement41: Between black's 26th and 28th we could have witnessed the interesting line ...Bxc2 Qxc2 (Rxc2 Nxd4!  ) Na3 Rxb7 Rxb7 (...Nxc2?? Rxb8+ nets a whole rook  (Rxe7?? Rxb1+ Kf2 =)) Rxb7 Qxb7 Qd1 Qb1 betting that the knight will outplay the bishop, in relation to the pawn structure |
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| May-06-17 | | thegoodanarchist: Kmoch wrote a book called "Pawn Power in Chess" or something like that. In it he invented weird names for various pawn formations, like the pawn duo, the pawn wedgie, and so forth.. |
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May-06-17
 | | offramp: The Pawn Wedgie was when you move your pawns gradually and silently behind the opponent's king, then give the pawns a massive, hideous tug which annihilates the king. |
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May-06-17
 | | catlover: Kmoch played the opening rather passively and quickly allowed Alekhine to control the board. I don't understand why Kmoch didn't play 31 e4xd5. Why just drop a pawn like that? If there is any compensation for the pawn, I don't see it. |
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| May-06-17 | | RandomVisitor: 20.e4 or 21.e4 would have equalized. Notice how fxe4 leaves the g-pawn hanging and dxe4 leaves the c-pawn hanging. After this point black has the advantage. |
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| May-06-17 | | RandomVisitor: <catlover>After 31.exd5 black plays Qb1+ and the double attack on the white knight has complications. |
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| May-06-17 | | morfishine: It takes an Alekhine to bamboozle a Kmoch
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| May-06-17 | | Eusebius: Kmoch was a joke opponent here to Akekhine. He got finished between probably one or two cold refreshments. |
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May-06-17
| | HeMateMe: that's rude. Kmoch was a GM. Alekhine was great when on, but could also fall flat on his face, at times. |
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| May-06-17 | | thegoodanarchist: <HeMateMe: that's rude. Kmoch was a GM.> Kmoch was an IM, not a GM |
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May-06-17
| | HeMateMe: his playing strength, in that era, would make him a GM today. |
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May-06-17
 | | AylerKupp: A successful violation of the usual rule about not playing an opening named after your opponent. Or, perhaps perversely, a triumph of a bad bishop over a good bishop, although in this case the knight did most of the work. Then again, as Milton said, "They also serve who only stand and wait." |
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May-06-17
| | AylerKupp: <thegoodanarchist> I'm pretty sure that Kmoch's "Pawn Power in Chess" did not introduce any pawn formations named either the "pawn wedgie" or "so forth", but I may be wrong. |
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May-06-17
| | HeMateMe: I think Kmoch used the term "lever" often, an advanced pawn which forced an exchange, creating a passed pawn or opening a file. |
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May-06-17
| | catlover: <RandomVisitor> Ah, yes. I had overlooked that double attack. Thanks! |
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May-06-17
 | | Check It Out: Black has a powerful position after the final move but white's resignation in that position surprised me. |
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| May-06-17 | | thegoodanarchist: <HeMateMe: his playing strength, in that era, would make him a GM today.> Translation: I cannot admit when I am wrong. Instead, I keep arguing. |
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| May-06-17 | | thegoodanarchist: <AylerKupp: <thegoodanarchist> I'm pretty sure that Kmoch's "Pawn Power in Chess" did not introduce any pawn formations named either the "pawn wedgie" or "so forth", but I may be wrong.> Ah, I see my mistake now. I meant to write <sew fourth> |
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| May-06-17 | | The Kings Domain: Playing through these vintage games highlight the rich and deep history of the game. A true pleasure and delight. |
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| Dec-29-19 | | gambitfan: Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in chess |
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Mar-17-21
 | | Bishoprick: Hans Kmoch was a very pleasant, kind man. I met him while he was secretary of the Manhattan Chess Club, and I a no dues paying member, which he somehow never noticed, a long, long time ago. |
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Mar-17-21
 | | MissScarlett: Alekhine didn't care much about dues either, but I guess you never met him. |
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| May-23-21 | | GMDotcom: I think, Kmoch's biggest problem here is, that he plays the 'Kmoch attack'! |
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| May-23-21 | | macer75: <GMDotcom: I think, Kmoch's biggest problem here is, that he plays the 'Kmoch attack'!> lol that queen move was WACK! |
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