| Sep-19-06 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: Smothered! Lovely! |
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Dec-03-10
 | | GrahamClayton: 13.♕a8 ♖e5 14.f4 ♖e8 15.fg5 ♕g5 would allow Black to continue, but 13.♘f7 is more direct, forcing the smothered mate. |
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| Nov-30-15 | | Honey Blend: <GrahamClayton> The mate isn't forced, but White will win decisive material after 13. ... ♕e7 14. ♘xg5+ ♔h8 15. ♘f7+ ♔g8 16. ♘d6+ ♔h8 17. ♘xe8  
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Nov-30-15
 | | offramp: The pun refers to the blindfoldosity of white.
When he won this game Kolty was offered a high-5 by Ryan Seacrest. |
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| Nov-30-15 | | mathlover: what a fantastic game |
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| Nov-30-15 | | kevin86: Smothered mate in sixteen moves, blindfold! Wow! |
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| Nov-30-15 | | Pballa: To be fair, black played like he was blindfolded too. |
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Nov-30-15
| | offramp: <Pballa: To be fair, black played like he was blindfolded too.> Look harder, Pballa. Mary was a lady. |
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| Nov-30-15 | | thegoodanarchist: This is quite similar to my simul game against GM Mednis, except in that game Black first lost a piece before getting smothered. |
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| Nov-30-15 | | grasser: From my FaceBook page:
George Grasser
November 28 at 3:23am
Gentlemen: On the 23rd of last month I played the following Training Game against a new Student about age 29. He paid me $10 for the two hour lesson.
After this game I never saw him again. I must say that had I been Checkmated in this fashion on one of my first lessons I would have shouted that "I have just been Checkmated by God Himself!" I simply would follow a Man like this the rest of my life proud that he was my Coach. Now you see why I think of most of you as just Pieces of @#$%, unworthy of even being my FaceBook friend? $10 feeds me for NINE DAYS! [Event "Starbucks Coral Springs"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[White "Aldo"]
[Black "Grasser, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "UNR"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
1. g3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6
5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 Bc5 9. e3 Ba6 10. Re1 O-O 11. f3 Rb8 12. b3 d4 13. Nf1 Qb6 14. Kh1 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 dxe3 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bb2 Bd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Nc3 21. a4 Rd6 22. f4 Ne4 23. Kg1 e2 24. Bg2 d3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Qg1+ 28. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1 |
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May-05-22
 | | Phony Benoni: This game was published in <Chess Life> (July 5, 1947, p. 5) as part of an 8-board blindfold simul in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. His opponent's namee as given an "An Oak Ridger". According to the <Knoxville News-Sentinel> (May 28, 1947, p. 11), Koltanowski was scheduled to give a simul in Knoxville that evening. He would then be going to Oak Ridge (a distance of about 25 miles) to direct the Oak Ridge Open on May 30-June 1. I find no account of the Knoxville simul or any other activities of Koltanowski in Oak Ridge, so the issue remains confused. |
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May-06-22
 | | mifralu: OAK RIDGE June 1.— An Oak Ridge man, Robert R. Coveyou,
111 Vermont Road, captured top honors in the first annual
Tennessee chess tournament held here during the week end.
Coveyou was crowned "King of Chess of Tennessee"
following the final round of play today. He also took
first place in the Oak Ridge open and the Oak Ridge city
tournaments. A native of Detroit, he held the Detroit city
championship in 1939.
The reserve championship was captured by Edward Manderson,
of Atlanta, and Mary Hofferbert of Knoxville took the state
women’s title.
The next seven winners behind Coveyou were Lawrence Noderer,
Oak Ridge, second; Martin Southern, Knoxville, third; James A.
Sweets, Chattanooga, fourth; E. P. Blizzard, Oak Ridge, fifth;
Elijah Brown, Atlanta, sixth; Mary Hofferbert, seventh; and
George DeVault, Johnson City, eighth.
The trophies were awarded at a banquet in the Ridge Recreation
Hall, site of the tournament.
< George Koltanowski of Yonankton, S. D., directed tournament play, and after the last round played the first eight winners blindfolded. He emerged with five wins and three stalemates. Southern, Coveyou, and Sweets stalemated the expert. Koltanowski praised the tournament play and said that during his visit here he had seen "some of the best chess players in the country."[...] >The Knoxville Journal, 02 June 1947, Page 3 |
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May-06-22
| | Phony Benoni: <mitfralu> Thanks. I still don't see any report on the announced Knoxville simul on May 28. However, an announcement in the <Knoxville News Sentinel> (May 28, 1947, p. 11) stated: "George Koltanowski, of Yankton, S. D., will give a chess demonstration playing against <any and all comers> at 8 tonight at Hotel Andrew Johnson." The phrase "any and all comers" would hardly describe a blindfold exhibition, so it seems likely this game was played in Oak Ridge on June 1. We know that Hofferbert, as one of the top eight finishers in the tournament, qualified for the Oak Ridge exhibition She was from Knoxville, so describing her in "Chess Life" as an "Oak Ridger" is technically incorrect. But I doubt Koltanowski was concerned with that. He apparently wanted to conceal her identity (perhaps because she was a woman), and chose the most obvious pseudonym. |
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May-07-22
 | | fredthebear: If it were a blindfold exhibition, Koltanowski surely would not have been keeping his own scoresheets. It seems that he would have little to say about his opponents (strangers to him) -- just focus on the games, putting on a show. Perhaps the local media was complicit in boasting about local players. BTW, excellent documentation on this page!!
Look what the US government did back in the day: http://therevivalist.info/oak-ridge/ |
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May-07-22
| | fredthebear: <When he won this game Kolty was offered a high-5 by Ryan Seacrest.> I don't think the "high five" was yet invented back in 1947. Somebody phone in and ask Ryan Seacrest. We did low tens (both hands) back in the 1970's with "Gimme some skin." Watch the cop show "Starsky and Hutch." That surely has documentation on this abbreviated form of a handshake. Or, there might be a progression in the TV motorcycle cop show "Chips": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075488/
Basketball star Julius "Dr. J" Erving probably remembers. I'm confident that Mr. Koltanowski, ever the gentleman, was a hand-shaker in the traditional sense. But of course, I was not there to actually know for certain. |
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May-07-22
| | fredthebear: 3...Bd6? I don't think it has a name, but it is another way to spell "bad". Black is not supposed to block his e-pawn w/the bishop. 3.Bc4 is the Italian Game.
3...Be7 is the Hungarian Defense.
3...Nf6 is the dangerous Two Knights Defense. Dangerous for those who do not know their theory. 3...Bc5 is the popular Giuoco Piano. 4.d3 is the Giuoco Pianissimo. 4.c3 is the main line, at least nowadays. Today, it is common for White to play d3 and c3 in either order. George Koltanowski was fond of 4.0-0, heading for the Italian Gambit, and Max Lange Attack, depending on Black's response. Check my spelling here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuoc...
A person can learn a fair amount about chess from the pages of Wikipedia. Remember that 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 is the Italian Game. Then variations occur thereafter. What should Black do? Some opinions here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/ch... Good to know information, but don't try to play them all: https://www.chess.com/blog/LegoChes... |
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May-07-22
| | fredthebear: Black is not supposed to block his d-pawn w/the bishop either. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 12.Qxd5