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| Sep-22-18 | | The Kings Domain: Impressive win by Spassky, at his prime he was arguably the best player in the world. Games like this show why Fischer couldn't beat him prior to the '72 match. |
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| Jun-16-19 | | Ratt Boy: <Petrosianic: "…Black is skating on eggshells…"> That sounds unproductive. Eggshells would have a lot of friction; I don't think anyone would get far that way. |
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| Nov-25-19 | | Diademas: I guess this has been covered before, but in the movie they exclude some of the centralised pawns because they thought chess games had copyright - and that it didn't matter. It actually does. The position in the movie after 21.Bb3
click for larger viewThe computer gives 1) =0.00 (23 ply) 21...Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Rxe5 23.Nxe5+ Kh8 24.Nf7+ Kh7 [...]
While in the actual game black is lost.
Since I'm at my most pedantic, I should ad that Kronsteen works for SPECTRE so actually SMERSH has nothing to do with this game. I watched it yesterday with my wife and in-laws, gleefully pointing out all the little inaccuracies. I'm so much fun to be around... |
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| Nov-25-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: <User not found> Soltis' comment is confusing indeed. I'm quite sure that they meant Nxf7. |
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| Nov-25-19 | | spingo: <WorstPlayerEver: <User not found>
Soltis' comment is confusing indeed. I'm quite sure that they meant Nxf7.> Although Soltis's name ends in an <s> he is in fact a single individual human male. You should have written <I'm quite sure that <he> meant Nxf7.> |
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| Nov-25-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: <spingo> Thanks for the explanation! But still I do prefer Soltis' name above Soltis's name. Seems confusing. http://blog.cambridgecoaching.com/p... |
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| Nov-25-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: PS I find the Cambridge article confusing also. <When the possessor is a regular singular noun> edit: that does not end in "s" (consequence). <When the possessor is a singular noun that ends in "s"> <When the possessor is a plural noun that does not end in "s"> But they won't mention: <When the possessor is a plural noun that ends in "s"> |
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Nov-25-19
 | | perfidious: If one is looking for consistency of English orthography, best of luck. |
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| Nov-25-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: <perfidious>
Well, at least they try. This year Dutch language has about 100+ new students at all Dutch universities! |
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| Nov-25-19 | | spingo: <WorstPlayerEver> I am glad you realized I was only joking. What you wrote originally was perfectly sensible. BTW, I am a fan of the conductor <Sir Georg Solti>. His family definitely were the Soltis. If Solti and the Soltis visited Soltis and the Soltises at summer solstice, that would be soul-destroying. |
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Nov-25-19
 | | AylerKupp: <<Diademas> I watched it yesterday with my wife and in-laws, gleefully pointing out all the little inaccuracies. I'm so much fun to be around...> LOL! I'm exactly the same way. Like pointing out why the wings on Tom Cruse's F-14 in "Top Gun" were in the wrong place as he's trying to dogfight an A4 and how the song "You are the wind beneath my wings" is inaccurate because it is the wind <above> the wings that creates lift and allows the plane to fly. I read some time ago that the technical advisor of "Top Gun" was asked how he could have allowed so many technical errors in the movie. His response was something like "Listen, after the movie was done I was just glad that they didn't make it into a musical." Being a car buff my wife and I recently went to see "Ford vs. Ferrari" although my wife was reluctant to go with me because I'm very familiar with the racing during that period and she thought that I would be upset at all the technical flaws. Afterwards she asked me how many I had spotted and I said "I lost count after about 10." But the best response was from Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the movie "Gravity" with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Afterwards he was asked about all the technical flaws in the movie and his response was priceless: "It's a movie! If you want accuracy, go see a documentary!". |
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| Nov-25-19 | | WorstPlayerEver: Is it just me or does Mozart looks like Spasski? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FaX5Y... |
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| Feb-29-20 | | Ulhumbrus: After 17...Kxf7 Kasparov gives 18 Ne5+ Kg8 19 Qh7+!! Nxh7 20 Bb3+ Kh8
21 Ng6 mate. The queen sacrifice 19 Qh7+ induces the capture 19...Nxh7 which makes two concessions to White . It displaces the knight from its defence of the g6 square and also blocks the flight square h7 for the black king. |
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Feb-29-20
| | perfidious: How lucky are we: <uluseless> favours us with yet another example of utterly patronising commentary. Perhaps he should try prying his head from his fundament and acknowledging that there are actually posters capable of understanding the game a little. |
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| Jun-01-20 | | sudoplatov: /The only criticism of 15.Nd6 that I remember from the time is that White's 15.Qe2 or 15.Rf2 gave White at least as much. However, Chess is played (in this case) against a person with a ticking clock. Playing 15.Nd6 probably caused Black to start his analysis tree from scratch. Bronstein later played 15.g3 in a Falkbeer against Tal with the comment (made to Keres), "I may never get the chance to play such a move against Tal again." |
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| Apr-11-23 | | Messiah: I love this game.
Victory!
-- CG Liberation Front -- |
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| Jun-21-23 | | DanLanglois: To sum up some debate here about the virtues of 15. Nd6, it seems like there is no consensus that the move is simply not good. Of course the Soltis remark seems to imply that we are talking about a move that is correct, which to be clear, it isn't. I figure Soltis lost the thread. It gives only perpetual check. White had better -- with 15. Qxe2 White's position is more or less overwhelming. No need to overthink it, when choosing a move here. The best thing about 15. Nd6 is Black's reply was 15...Nf8?? Black chose this instead of promoting a queen with check which, does give White lots of checks which only add up to perpetual check -- Black can be happy with a draw but managed quite a blunder instead. |
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| Jun-21-23 | | DanLanglois: After 15...Nf8??:
click for larger view16. Nxf7! |
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| Jun-21-23 | | Granny O Doul: I blame Bent "with a knight on f8, you never get mated" Larsen. |
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Nov-27-23
 | | kingscrusher: It is always a thrill to go over this game again. Wonderful dynamic chess. |
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| Nov-27-23 | | sudoplatov: The shock value is important. I had just read Spielmann's "The Art of Sacrifice" and Vukovic's "The Art of Attack" (or something) and someone's "Queen Sacrifices" the previous week when I was paired with a 2199 player in a small tournament (I was ranked 1809 but I think I was actually about 1950 is strength.) I sacrificed a piece on the spur of the moment in the opening (totally losing but I figured I would lose an ending anyway). My opponent told me it was like being hit; he never felt comfortable. He made 2 small errors (he tried to keep too much material) so I mated him in a few moves. (I tied for first in the tournament). The next round I had learned. My (expert) opponent sacrificed the Exchange against me; some 10 or so moves later, I returned the exchange and won a Knight and Pawn Ending. Spielmann points out that a surprising (real) sacrifice has a physical shock effect on the recipient. This can interfere with calculation; one must change the entire outlook of the game. |
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| Dec-31-23 | | Petrosianic: <Ratt Boy>: <That sounds unproductive. Eggshells would have a lot of friction;> They don't. They provide an uneven surface (always bad for wheeled vehicles), as well as having a slippery substance coating one side of them. |
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Mar-01-25
 | | offramp: <One of the deepest sacrifices this side of The Evergreen Game -- Soltis> What happened <before> the Evergreen game? |
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| Mar-01-25 | | carijuana: so long Boris... |
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Mar-01-25
 | | gezafan: <Diademas: Since I'm at my most pedantic, I should ad that Kronsteen works for SPECTRE so actually SMERSH has nothing to do with this game.> That's what SMERSH wants you to think... |
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