Apr-05-04
 | | ToTheDeath: Nice attack by Planinc, btw. Najdorf was on the losing end of quite a few notable miniatures. |
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May-24-04
 | | Benzol: 20...♕xf6 21.♕d6+ Ouch. A nice game by Planinc. Is he still playing these days? |
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May-24-04
| | ToTheDeath: chesslab.com's database has his last recorded game marked at 1989, against Vukic. In my opinion, this one is his best ever game:
Minic vs A Planinc, 1975 |
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Aug-04-04
 | | Honza Cervenka: If 20...Qxf6, then 21.Qd6+ Ke8 22.Nxg7+ Qxg7 23.Qd8#. Lovely miniature. |
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| Feb-07-07 | | Tuhero: I just love this Najdorf Sicilian against the Grand Old Man Najdorf himself. Also Planinc’s wins against Matanovic with King’s Gambit 1969 in Ljubljana, Unzicker in a Closed Ruy Lopez from the same tournament, as well as versus Beliavsky and Vaganian Hastings 1974 and a lot of his wins with black in French Winaver or on the black side of Benoni. When I first heard of Planinc he was a junior player and then a minor master in a once mighty Yugoslav chess movement. Then around 1969 he suddenly blossomed into a great player and a great artist of the chess board. He was exceedingly entertaining. Planinc was poor, living with his mom in a single room apartment, sort of a poor man’s bachelor, just a few square feet, and may have held some low paying job with “Rog” a Slovenian bicycle making company. I have a vague recollection of someone saying he was booted out of there. A Slovene chess player visiting Toronto told me Albin was not doing much of anything except reading classical novels in those days. He looked like a real intellectual, a bit Woody Allenesque, I guess. I believe he was not of a strong constitution and could completely blow a tournament on account of stomach problems brought on by poor or unfamiliar cuisine like a tournament in Skopje on one occasion. The authorities including the chess federations more or less ignored him and he was not a recipient of any of the perks some players had in socialist countries of those days. Then Bane Atanackovic leading Yugoslav daily “Politika” chess editor interviewed him and the public found out about his plight. He was assigned an apartment, I believe there was a chess stipend, and things got much better. And a miracle happened. But not the way you would expect. From that time on he became unrecognizable. His game went downhill real fast. I have no idea why. Possibly, health reasons? His chess career reminds me of the title of a Swedish movie starring Ula Jakobson – “She Danced Only One Summer”. And I wish they would stop spelling his name Planinec. When he played he was Planinc. Did he change his name later? The Slovene chess federation does not even have his picture on their internet site last time I looked. And yet, in some ways, Planinc was their greatest player. |
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| Jan-01-08 | | Buddy Revell: <And I wish they would stop spelling his name Planinec. When he played he was Planinc. Did he change his name later?> That kinda puzzles me as well. |
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| Nov-16-10 | | comicfan: Yes, he changed his name to Planinec.
You're right aboutour chess fed, we can't appreciate our own jewels. Because of his illness shyzophrenia and anti-socialization people were saying he was crazy.
I wonder who is really crazy here... |
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Aug-23-11
 | | Chessical: Najdorf's <19... Kf8?> walks straight into mate: <20. Nxf6!> gxf6 (or 20... Qxf6 21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. Nxg7+ Qxg7 23. Qd8 mate) 21. Rxd8 mate |
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| Oct-26-14 | | m.okun: This game is given in database twice. |
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| Dec-04-15 | | siggemannen: <Tuhero> i read somewhere that Planinc suffered mental health problems later in life, really sad, he was a talented guy |
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| Oct-02-20 | | andrewjsacks: Very talented player and a rather tragic story. |
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| Oct-02-20 | | Nabbat: My god😱 what a surprising move,
U didn't even see the mate😅 |
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| Oct-02-20 | | goodevans: Planinc nearly threw it away with <17.Bh7?>. 17...Qxd5 18.Bxg8 Qxa2 and suddenly white's K is just as vulnerable as black's. |
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Oct-02-20
 | | beatgiant: Where is User: offramp with his usual zany explanation of the pun, such as a made-up historical incident? Surely this isn't a reference to the somewhat obscure 1980's video game "Plaque Attack"? |
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| Oct-02-20 | | offramp: <beatgiant: Where is User: offramp with his usual zany explanation of the pun, such as a made-up historical incident? Surely this isn't a reference to the somewhat obscure 1980's video game "Plaque Attack"?> 😄☺I think it has something to do with "panic attack". This morning I couldn't think of anything: I was watching Trump boarding a helicopter over and over again on the news. |
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| Oct-02-20 | | ajile: 19h..Rxh7?
click for larger viewBlack loses his queen.
Analysis by Rybka 3 32-bit :
1. +- (9.26): 20.Nc7+
click for larger view |
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Oct-02-20
 | | Check It Out: Planinc is an Android app for documenting your assent of mountain peaks, so the pun refers to an all out assault on some of the toughest climbs (e.g. Everest, K2, Kilimanjaro, etc.) |
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Oct-02-20
 | | OhioChessFan: I would have bet my house(and lost) that I had submitted this pun before. |
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Oct-02-20
| | beatgiant: <offramp>
Thanks. I honestly didn't even think of "panic attack." The final "c" in the name is pronounced "ts," so I did think of the plausible "Planets Attack" (1980's video game? 1950's science fiction movie?) but unfortunately I lack the famous <offramp> savoir-faire for carrying off the bluff. |
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| Oct-11-20 | | morfishine: <thegoodanarchist> Great game choice and nice game title! Nice all around, which is the way it should be |
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Sep-05-21
 | | GrahamClayton: The variation 13... hxg5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qh7 Rf8 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nd5 gxf4, while an immediate loss, would allow quadrupled pawns to appear. |
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