Mar-05-08
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Possibly the most bizarre miniature in the history of the Nimzowitsch Defense. Many of us have suggested that we need a term to describe a position that looks like a problem composition but in reality came from an actual game. The final position qualifies as one such position. Oh, does it ever qualify. |
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| Jul-15-12 | | shakman: Another game on similar line Zsofia Polgar vs I Rogers, 1989 |
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Nov-09-22
 | | FSR: ♫♪♫ He's a maniac, maniac, on the board! His king's dancing like it's never danced before ♫♪♫ |
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Nov-09-22
| | FSR: King of the Hill. |
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Dec-29-23
| | FSR: This is one of the coolest games ever seen. What a way to beat a grandmaster. |
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| May-03-25 | | areknames: Spectacular game indeed and good pun. In the final position White is down two minors and his Queen is trapped. Black's King on e5 is dominating the board, perfectly capable of defending himself! |
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May-03-25
 | | OhioChessFan: Crazy game, nice pun for the reigning King. |
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May-03-25
 | | Korora: So according to analysis, castling a move too early was basically castling into it. |
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May-03-25
 | | offramp: A very clever pun.
One of the players is going to be called the King of the Hill, for some reason. Is <Reno> on a hill? Perhaps there is a connection between <King> and <Edward>. Or <potatoes>, or something. But whatever, it is a very good pun. |
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May-03-25
 | | Teyss: Only two games in the Db with 8...c6: the other one is A I Woldmo vs A Dunne, 1991 with 11.Bg5 instead of 11.a4 where White won. Crazy game. So that's where the King's saftest place is, forcing resignation: in the middle of the board. Clever pun from <FSR> but TBH I had to search, it's apparently not referring to the TV series or the movie: "[Chess variant] King of the Hill: In addition to checkmate, a legal move that moves one's own king to one of the center squares (d4, d5, e4, e5), without moving illegally wins." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... Also, by the time one <correctly> manages to pronounce the full opening name, one has reached the top of the hill, however high it is. |
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| May-03-25 | | areknames: < Korora: So according to analysis, castling a move too early was basically castling into it.> Yes, 20.Bxd4 was the way to go. Kudrin completely missed 2o..Rb7. |
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| May-03-25 | | mrknightly: Great game and great relevant pun by FSR. As to the phrase, "King of the Hill," wonder if FSR had in mind a game we used to play as a child in the 50's. It was a stupid playground game where one boy would get on something high, preferably a small hill. It was then the job of however many other boys there were who would try and take him off the hill, and become the new "King of the Hill." |
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May-03-25
 | | keypusher: <mrknightly> Surely the chess variant (which I never heard of before today) is named after the child's game. If you don't have a hill, throw a football in the air and tackle whoever catches it. When I was a kid, that game was called <Kill the Man With the Ball> or, in less enlightened precincts, <Smear the Queer>. Also, I agree with everyone else: great pun, astounding game. |
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| May-03-25 | | mrknightly: <keypusher> LOL, We played a similar game, only we call it "maul ball." In our game it didn't have to be a football; any ball would do. The only object was to keep the ball away from anyone else. There were really no other rules. There was a lot of running, tackling, pilling on, and afterward scrapped arms and knees and an occasional bloody nose. |
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| May-03-25 | | Nosnibor: White can still struggle on with Black`s King somewhat exposed with 22.Qxb7 Nxb7 23.Bc4 Bc5 24.Rd5+ if now 24....Kf6 25.Bg5+ Ke6 26.Re1+ leads to a checkmate. There are a few tricky lines for Black to overcome. |
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May-04-25
| | FSR: <mrknightly> As <Teyss> figured out, I was referring to a chess variant where one wins by being the first to get one's king to one of the four center squares. I have only a dim awareness of that variant; I have never played it. |
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