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Anthony Santasiere vs Weaver Adams
47th US Open (1946), Pittsburgh, PA USA, rd 9, Jul-20
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation. Reversed Spanish (C26)  ·  1-0

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Jul-04-04  refutor: (Santasiere) "I had White in against Weaver W. Adams in the U.S. Open Championship in 1946. Weaver had given a lifetime analyzing, perfecting and selling (with his heart) the Vienna Opening; and his preaching had fallen, in my case,on ears which were not deaf (one is); and on a rare occasion I loved to try that opening. So there we were in Pittsburgh, and I played 1.e4 and he played at once confidently 1. ...e5, expecting some such silly thing as the Ruy Lopez (which he had analyzed as a win for *Black*) or (God forbid) the King's Gambit. But, on a sudden impulse, it seemed to me that I would never again have an opportunity to find out the best defense to the Vienna, for surely the arch-priest would know! So I played 2.Nc3. Weaver rose from his chair a bit, turned it around to face the window, sat, and looked out of the window for a half hour. When he resumed the game, his defense was inferior, and by the ninth move he resigned, and said to me with a smile 'You know, San, I can't play against the Vienna!'"

Does anyone else feel that way when they get "their" defense played against them? ;)

Jan-31-05  ArturoRivera: its kind of common, i hate when someone starts playing me queen opening setup, like Nc2, Bg5 and then e4 breaking in the e line, sometimes i even resign, or when someone is enough confident to play 1.-a3, i come to a shock beacause sometimes i like to open that way, however i normally answer 1.-...a6!
Feb-01-05  dafish298: um...why did black resign this position? ..KxBf7 RxNf2+ ...Ke8 i know black is under developed and will have a small uphill battle but still
Jul-02-13
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  FSR: Looks like Adams was right - the Vienna wins by force!
Jul-02-13
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  FSR: White to Play and Win.

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