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| Mar-28-17 | | HaydenB: I played a simul with Mr. Spassky in August of 1986 in San Diego Ca. Mr. Spassky shook every hand, signed every autograph (I got 2 of each) and was a perfect gentleman: urbane, witty, dignified and was accompanied by his lovely French wife. I too wanted to last 30 moves and after 4 hours resigned a hopeless pawn down rook endgame. The event was covered by a local television news station and was featured on their 11 o'clock broadcast. The only game I ever enjoyed losing. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | BOSTER: <FSR 29...gxh5>.
No obligation. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | Longview: One of the games where the commentary and Kibitzing are more interesting than the game. Thank you to the participants, especially the player. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | saturn2: If my goal were to survive many moves against a GM I would not choose the Sicilian. |
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Mar-28-17
 | | takchess: I loved that he chose the King's Gambit for the e4 e5 games! A quick note; At one point Spassky played a simul at a defense contractor here in Nashua,NH. Unsure if at the time whether they were Sanders Associates, Lockheed or BAE. A member of our local club played a game. he said he was a class act. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | realbrob: We all know that chess champions are often nuts, but I really don't see the point of misbehaving or saying all that crap, especially against your opponents in a simul (who are supposed to be much weaker than you are). |
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Mar-28-17
 | | catlover: <Longview> Agreed. This was a good POTD, but the photo of Spassky plus the entertaining commentary were a bonus. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | hemy: <realbrob> Indeed. I have more respect to Marcel than to Boris Spassky. The superior chess skills are not making a person better. |
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Mar-28-17
 | | gawain: Enjoyed this one. A pretty mate of the cornered king if Black captures the queen. (White's winning path if Black refuses the queen is pretty interesting, too.) |
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Mar-28-17
 | | cu8sfan: Yeah, that position looked familiar... :D |
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Mar-28-17
 | | offramp: Wonderful notes by the loser. I'd love to see a book of about 50 simul games with memories from the loser. |
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Mar-28-17
| | cu8sfan: <saturn2: If my goal were to survive many moves against a GM I would not choose the Sicilian.> I don't know about you but when you always answer 1.e4 with a Sicilian, I think this is safer than being out of book at move 1. |
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Mar-28-17
 | | tamar: From the photo Spassky appears strained and possibly ill. Far from displaying bad behavior, he gradually began to engage in wisecracks, and gave the players a memorable show. |
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Mar-28-17
 | | scormus: "I am looking for a mate". Understandable, at such a time in his life |
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Mar-28-17
| | cu8sfan: <offramp: Wonderful notes by the loser. I'd love to see a book of about 50 simul games with memories from the loser.> That's a great idea, I would buy such a book! |
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| Mar-28-17 | | Tactical Wizard: I have met Spassky 3 or 4 times over the years but never at a simul. I remember in Montreal 1979 he was playing at a tournament eventually won by Tal and Karpov. I bowled in a league at that time at Laurentian Lanes and lo and behold Spassky and his wife showed up one league night to eat dinner at the bowling alley. Very unusual. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | Macbeth: After 22 exf6 it was necessary to play 22...,Rd8; once 22....,Kg8 was played there is no defense. |
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Mar-28-17
 | | ChessHigherCat: <offramp: Wonderful notes by the loser. I'd love to see a book of about 50 simul games with memories from the loser.> Wasn't it Korchnoi who said that history is written by the viktor? |
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| Mar-28-17 | | Milesdei: "I can kill you with my business." It's kind of funny that he brought his swagger to the patzers...It's gratuitous, but I think I'd love it if a grandmaster talked trash to me, as long as it was done in fun, and not intended to demean. |
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| Mar-28-17 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I always like pins that are against squares more than they are against actual pieces. I put this one in that category. |
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Mar-29-17
 | | Benzol: This game is a good candidate for
Game Collection: Chessgames.com members in action |
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Mar-29-17
| | offramp: Was GM Spassky speaking in German, French or English? The notes suggest English, but Zurichers should speak French, and Spassky was then a French citizen. |
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Mar-29-17
| | offramp: People here may be interested in a man with a great record in simultaneoii, Sydney Thomas Sharp. |
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Mar-29-17
| | cu8sfan: <offramp: Was GM Spassky speaking in German, French or English? The notes suggest English, but Zurichers should speak French, and Spassky was then a French citizen.> He was speaking English. And Zurichers speak German. <Benzol: This game is a good candidate for
Game Collection: Chessgames.com members in action> I actually thought it was already in there. Maybe I haven't been active enough recently for me to get recognized. :-) |
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Mar-29-17
| | offramp: <cu8sfan: <offramp: Was GM Spassky speaking in German, French or English? The notes suggest English, but Zurichers should speak French, and Spassky was then a French citizen.> He was speaking English. And Zurichers speak German.> I am surprised. I thought most Swiss were bilingual. That must be just the French Swiss. |
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