| Feb-27-04 | | boordgamer: Do not take lightly the power of two connected passed pawns |
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| Aug-19-05 | | Helios727: Did Fischer's opponents actually resign in blitz games, or did they lose on time? |
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| Dec-04-05 | | deadlyfischer: fischer is fischer helios727!! |
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| Jul-04-06 | | Helios727: Is that a yes or a no? |
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| Jul-04-06 | | LoFarkas: That was a pretty drawn out conversation, starting in August last year... To me, this position looks like Bronstein resigned. There was no immediate threat, so he could have made a quick move if he wanted to, even if he was low on time. But he was down a piece and he lost his passed pawn. As to which is more frequent; resignation or losing on time, I dunno. |
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| May-11-08 | | Lt.Columbo: Hmmm I wonder was the 1970 Herceg Novi the strongest blitz contest ever held? I mean they had some pretty good players entered in that one, not that I would know you see as I only play chess as a way of letting off steam. Im far too busy solving murder investigations to be a master at the grand game, ah thats another story for another day. I bid you a good day gentleman. |
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| May-11-08 | | MichAdams: Just one more thing....right eye or left? |
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| May-11-08 | | Lt.Columbo: Hello MitchAdams! < right eye or left >
Now thats a good question! Now thats the first question I would formulate in my mind about a stiff with one eye who had been murdered. Anyway to answer your question over the years I have gotten confused especially when I wake up in the morning, about which eye is glass and which is real, as I am lousy with my right and left sides. When I look in the mirror I get even more confused as everything is backwards. So if I really am perplexed and cant solve the mystery I call my Dr. Ol Doc Welby gives me the same answer everytime. He says Pete its your right eye thats a marble and I say Doc youre right again!
Good day Sir! |
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| May-11-08 | | MichAdams: Just one more thing...what's your Christian name? |
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| May-12-08 | | Lt.Columbo: Hello again MichAdams, to answer your query, my Christian name is Frank. Sir do you have a comment on the level of competition of the Herceg Novi blitz of 1970? A Master once told me that it was his contention that this was the finest collection of Masters ever to sit down at the table in a blitz tournamnet. |
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May-12-08
 | | Chessdreamer: Incomplete game score, the rest is not available. |
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| Oct-03-08 | | klangenfarben: According to Kashdan, the blitz tournament featured 12 players, 11 of whom played in the earlier USSR v TROTW. Outside of clear winner Fischer, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Bronstein, Hort, Matulovic, Smylsov, Reshevsky, Uhlmann, Ivkov and Ostojic participated. |
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Apr-02-10
 | | thegoodanarchist: Here is the complete Herceg Novi 1970 crosstable:
http://www.bobby-fischer.net/bobby_... |
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| Mar-21-11 | | newzild: 32. fxg5+ looks pretty bad, as gives Black a central pawn-roller versus an easily-blockaded outside passed pawn. |
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Dec-06-11
 | | harrylime: Agree re 32 fg but I'm sure Bronstein was afraid of the 'h' file and the power of Fischer's white squared bishop, say after a black g4.. |
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| Mar-06-12 | | screwdriver: Fischer makes mincemeat of his opponent once again. |
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| Mar-06-12 | | RookFile: This is a wonderful game, that a master would be proud to play in 40/2, never mind 5 minutes for the whole game. |
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| Mar-06-12 | | offramp: It's a shame that these two only played four games together - and only two non-blitz games. |
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| Nov-23-12 | | Conrad93: It's a shame how most of the idiots here don't seem to get that this Bronstein is a chess legend. This was his first loss to Fischer.
This was during Fischer's zenith. |
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| Nov-23-12 | | Jim Bartle: First and only loss. Against three draws, two in 1958 and 1960 and the other in blitz. |
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| Dec-30-18 | | ZonszeinP: Bronstein was probably short on time
This is Fischer in his best years
Bronstein was one of the strongest blitz players of all times |
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Dec-30-18
 | | plang: ...aren't you always short on time in a blitz game? |
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| Dec-31-18 | | ZonszeinP: It depends.
At the time, not even with 5 minutes Fischer seemed to be short on time.
And produced real master pieces (that most of "Sapiens-Sapiens" wouldn't produce in years) I once read that in 1914 Capablanca beat everybody with only 1 minute on his clock against 5 in his opponents' (wonder wether that's a legend tho) So.
It sepends on who is playing.
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