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Feb-28-08 | | ughaibu: Here you go: Smyslov vs Kotov, 1943 |
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Mar-01-08
 | | takchess: Thanks ughaibu a friend sent a dates which had knight sacs on f5 against a finachetto position I will create a collection and post it. |
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Mar-04-10 | | Takya Kotov: I wonder where the title of this Game of the Day got it's inspiration? Fame at last! |
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Mar-04-10 | | RandomVisitor: <jimfromprovidence>24...g4 is met by the deadly 25.Qd2! Bf6 26.Rad1 etc. 23...Qf6 is met by 24.Qh5! Nf8 25.Nxg7 Qxg7 26.Qe8. |
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Mar-04-10 | | cyclemath: <I thought it was "take your coat off" as well.> It's a pity there aren't any games in the database between Kotov and Tukmakov. |
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Mar-04-10 | | SugarDom: Take the what? ...
I don't get it. |
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Mar-04-10 | | SugarDom: Ah...Take your Coat Off...
That wasn't easy... |
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Mar-04-10 | | whiteshark: <tamar: "Take your coat off"> Thanks, that answers my question without being asked. :D |
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Mar-04-10 | | JonathanJ: isn't there a very similar pun somewhere? |
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Mar-04-10
 | | HeMateMe: Most of the puns on this site are great, but if "weakest pun" is a category at year end awards, well, this may be the winner. |
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Mar-04-10 | | RandomVisitor: After 22.Rf1:
 click for larger view Rybka 3: <21-ply>
<[+0.00] 22...Nf6> 23.Qd2 Qd8 24.Rad1 Bg4 |
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Mar-04-10 | | Alfa110: Ah, so Kotov means "Coat Off"?? Well.... |
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Mar-04-10 | | desiobu: Kotov had to play 18. Nxf5. What else? It solves the problem of the blocked center, and also 19. fxe5 hxg5 and the knight is lost anyway. |
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Mar-04-10 | | Chessmensch: How does Kotov, who's been dead for nearly thirty years, have a current FIDE rating? Maybe you earn that by beating Bronstein. :-) Also, the rating given doesn't seem consistent with author of a book entitled, "Think Like a Grandmaster." And, the write-up says he was a GM. Perhaps someone else's bio got there. |
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Mar-04-10
 | | chessgames.com: This is a rerun pun to a fine game; pun fans can rejoice that some fresh material will be released tomorrow. By the way, have you voted for a pun lately? See our Pun Voting Booth. If you have an idea for a pun, see our Pun Submission Page. |
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Mar-04-10 | | drpoundsign: I checked some of Magnus Carlsen's games and was Shocked! His wins (and losses and draws) often go to like 200 moves! GotD usually 40 moves (the way I like it.) long endgames are snoozers. |
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Mar-04-10 | | RandomVisitor: <Chessmensch><Also, the rating given doesn't seem consistent with author of a book entitled, "Think Like a Grandmaster." And, the write-up says he was a GM. Perhaps someone else's bio got there.> This is from Wikipedia, concerning the awarding of the grandmaster title: When FIDE reorganized after World War II it adopted regulations concerning the award of international titles. Titles were awarded by a resolution of the FIDE General Assembly and the Qualification Committee. FIDE first awarded the Grandmaster title in 1950 to 27 players. These players were: * <The top players of the day>: world champion Botvinnik, and those who had qualified for (or been seeded into) the inaugural Candidates Tournament in 1950: Boleslavsky, Bondarevsky, Bronstein, Euwe, Fine, Flohr, Keres, <Kotov>, Lilienthal, Najdorf, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Ståhlberg, and Szabó.
* Players still living who, though past their best in 1950, were recognised as having been world class when at their peak: Bernstein, Duras, Grünfeld, Kostić, Levenfish, Maróczy, Mieses, Ragozin, Rubinstein, Sämisch, Tartakower, and Vidmar. Since FIDE did not award the grandmaster title posthumously, world-class players who died prior to 1950, including World Champions Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, and Alekhine, never received the title. |
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Mar-04-10 | | RandomVisitor: After 14...gxf5 it seems that 15.Re1 might not have been best: click for larger view Rybka 3: <20-ply>
<[+0.28] 15.Nh4> Nc5 16.f3 |
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Mar-04-10 | | WhiteRook48: 27...Nf2?! |
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Mar-04-10 | | goodevans: 27 ... Nf2+ wins back the exchange, but after 28 Rxf2 Qxf2 white is a pawn up and has regained the initiative. Bronstein obviously thought he stood better chances by keeping things complicated. |
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Mar-05-10
 | | gawain: This game is annotated by Bronstein in his book on the King's Indian. It is game #10. Bronstein is always humble and does not hesitate to use his own losses as illustrative games--that is one reason I admire him especially. The position with White to make his 18th move is used as illustration #22 "Demolition of the enemy King-side pawn position by means of a piece sacrifice" in Keres and Kotov, The Art of the Middle Game. |
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Mar-05-10
 | | kevin86: The knight is toast! |
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Jun-06-11 | | AVRO38: Smyslov improved on Bronstein's play with 10...Qb6! in the famous Game 14 of the 1954 title match: Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954
A Smyslov classic! |
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Jun-30-12 | | vinidivici: Nice, is this the first ever GOTD in chessgames ? |
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Sep-08-18 | | cwcarlson: 31.♖ae1? ♗c4 32.♕c4 ♘c4 33.♖e5 ♖e5 34.♔g1=; 31.♖fe1 ♗c4 32.♕f2 ♗d5 33.♗d5 cd 34.♖ac1+- Houdini. |
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