Nov-23-05 | | mrbasso: Absolutely brilliant!
10.Nd4!! and 12.Qb3!
This is too deep for Fritz.
17...Nba6 18.Kc4
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Nov-23-05 | | notyetagm: Such a shame that Stein died so young. He won the USSR championship 3 out of 4 years in the mid '60s! |
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Nov-23-05 | | Hesam7: <notyetagm> Yes it was a shame. In total against the World Champions he has an equal score. |
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Dec-01-05 | | notyetagm: Wow, this is really a powerful game by Stein. |
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Mar-06-09 | | dwavechess: 16/20 concur with Rybka 3 at 3
min. per move for Stein |
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Dec-04-09
 | | Fusilli: Wow! Romantic nineteenth century style! |
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Dec-05-09 | | M.D. Wilson: Stein! Beautiful Stein! Such a shame he died in his late 30s, for he was just starting to come into his own. |
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Jun-15-17 | | whiteshark: "This game was played at the 1966 Soviet Team Championship, Avangard (Ukraine) vs Mehnat (Uzbekistan)." Annotated by Stein himself: https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrow... |
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Jun-15-17 | | Strelets: This is an excellent game and <whiteshark's> unearthing of Stein's notes makes it even more compelling. One of the real tragedies of chess is that we never got to see what he could've done in the 1973-1975 Candidates cycle. |
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Jun-16-17 | | ChessHigherCat: The game and notes are great. Incidentally, right below it there's a photo of Tal that reminds of an old engraving I once saw of a typical highly concentrated face (here's a better view: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Games-M...) |
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Dec-25-19
 | | sleepyirv: <The Binding of Isaak> |
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Dec-25-19
 | | OhioChessFan: Brilliant, <irv>, but maybe even better would be: Kupchik vs Kashdan, 1924 |
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Mar-13-25 | | areknames: Good job <sleepyirv>. Unlike yesterday's pun, no one can tell me this one isn't biblical! Good game too. |
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Mar-13-25
 | | WannaBe: I love this video game!!! (I'll leave now... The door is that way) |
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Mar-13-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Black never should have played 6...Bh5?, but that doesn't mean Stein has an easy time securing the win. With a sacrifice like this, can't help but wonder if the silicon monsters might find a way to defend better. Perhaps 12...Qxb3. |
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Mar-13-25
 | | WannaBe: <An Englishman> There is (already) analysis, and it says 12...c5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.N4b3 Nc6 15.Nxc5 O-O-O 16.Bg2 ⩲ +1.40 (24 ply) |
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Mar-13-25 | | goodevans: <areknames: Good job <sleepyirv>. Unlike yesterday's pun, no one can tell me this one isn't biblical! Good game too. WannaBe: I love this video game!!!>
LMAO! 😂😂😂😂 |
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Mar-13-25
 | | Teyss: Amazing game. You have to be very confident to allow 12...Qxh1 and 14...Bd3 followed by 15...Qxf1+ and 16...Qxf2+. Paradoxically on d3 the WK is relatively safe while his counterpart is in great danger on the last rank. In his notes, Stein gives 17...Nba6 as more resilient: Black threatens 18...Nc5+ so White simply answer 18.Kc4!?! Sure, let's give the King an extra walk.  click for larger viewHe then gives the beautiful variation 18...Rb8 19.Rd1! Rxb7 20.Nxc6+ Ke8 or Kc8 21.Rd8#  click for larger view |
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Mar-13-25
 | | piltdown man: Just beautiful. |
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Mar-13-25 | | paavoh: Wonderful finish, but why Black played 8.- f6 beats me. It seems most peculiar to me. Similar e5-e6 pushes are usually followed by fxe6, if I am not mistaken?! |
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Mar-13-25 | | Amarande: A nice way to end it after 20 ... Kg6 21 Qe8+ Kh6 is 22 Nf7+ Kg6 23 Nxh8#. I mean you could just do 22 Qh5#, but why pass up the fun of two double checks in a row ending in the corner like some old timey King's Gambit? |
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Mar-13-25
 | | OhioChessFan: <Brilliant, <irv>, but maybe even better would be:
Kupchik vs Kashdan, 1924>
Sticking with that. |
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Mar-14-25
 | | keypusher: < OhioChessFan: <Brilliant, <irv>, but maybe even better would be: Kupchik vs Kashdan, 1924>
Sticking with that.>
Yes, seems like a great fit with the names and the game, too. |
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Mar-14-25 | | areknames: <OhioChessFan: <Brilliant, <irv>, but maybe even better would be: Kupchik vs Kashdan, 1924> Sticking with that.>
You should submit it. After all, <The Binding of Isaak> and <The Binding of Isaac> are not the same pun. |
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