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Efim Geller vs Eduard Gufeld
USSR Championship (1960), Leningrad URS, rd 16, Feb-20
Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation (D16)  ·  1-0

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Apr-01-11
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  jessicafischerqueen: Here's what <Viktor Kortschnoi> has to say about this game in "My Life is Chess":

"I was angry to see how two friends-Geller and Gufeld- were playing out a game which had been made up beforehand: Gufeld was quite shamelessly throwing the game."

Apr-01-11  wordfunph: <jess> nice one! thanks for sharing..

btw, maybe it's "Chess is My Life" and not "My Life is Chess"..

Apr-01-11
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  jessicafischerqueen: LOL!

Yes, thanks <wordfunph> it is in fact <Chess is My Life>.

I just looked at the cover since I'm HOLDING IT IN MY HANDS!

I'm a third of the way through- what a fascinating narrator <Kortschnoi> is.

Apr-01-11  wordfunph: enjoy reading <jess>.. :)
Apr-01-11
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  Benzol: <Jess> Is that the original Batsford release from 1977 or the Olms edition that come out later?
Apr-01-11
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  jessicafischerqueen: <Benzol> My copy is:

New York:
Arco Publishing Company 1978
Translated by Ken Neat

Apr-04-11
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  Benzol: <Jess> Sounds like your book and mine are the same version. I wonder if anyone has got the later Olms book and what is different about it compared to the earlier one?

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