| Aug-04-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
HeMateMe: It sounds as though...Steely Dan was playing Jeff Beck? < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEy... >
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| Aug-04-25 |
Valentine Green
Stonehenge: <Green was a great supporter of the Temperance movement from about 1872, as his older brother Valentine had become an alcoholic. (At the time of the 1871 census Valentine Green (39) was described as a teacher of languages and as a ...
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| Aug-04-25 |
Shirov vs Kramnik, 2011
njuguna: banned in the face
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| Aug-04-25 |
S J Green
jnpope: Wasn't he given as "S. J. Green, Esq."?
Unlike the usage of "esquire" in the US, I believe it still had specific meaning in the UK in the 19th century. Something about being part of the landed gentry and owning an estate comes to mind. ...
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| Aug-04-25 |
R Weston vs J Grant, 1994
saturn2: Rxg1 with two possible mating lines to follow.
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| Aug-04-25 |
Adolf Pichler
mifralu: <Adolf Pichler * 1909 † 26.06.1978>
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| Aug-04-25 |
A Becker vs E Glass, 1928
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 37. ?
if 38...♕b7 39.♘c6+
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| Aug-04-25 |
G M Norman vs G Thomas, 1929
WTHarvey: Black mates in 3 (pin to win).
[DIAGRAM] 28. ... ?
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| Aug-04-25 |
H Saunders vs Colle, 1928
WTHarvey: Black mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 39. ... ?
Better is 40...♖e1
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| Aug-04-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Linda Clifford.
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| Aug-04-25 |
G Gresser vs J E Patenaude, 1945
Lossmaster: A nice picture of this Montreal simul, showing reigning American Woman Champion Gisela Kahn Gresser in action before a row of pondering gentlemen, can be seen here:
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrim... This game was her only loss of
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| Aug-04-25 |
Max Kuerschner
perfidious: It was not enough for Kürschner to suffer repeated indignities at the hands of a legendary player; he had to take his leave at that age that has claimed so many into the bargain.
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| Aug-04-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
HeMateMe: Weren't the Marlins Wayne Huzienga's team? After Blockbuster Video went belly up he quickly dumped every big contract on his team, became a bottom feeder. The Marlins are the exception that proves the rule. the big spenders are +.500, ...
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| Aug-04-25 |
Serper vs Shirov, 1991
BxChess: < Shirov vs Kramnik, 2011 (kibitz #18) > Fired on board
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| Aug-04-25 |
Jan Hein Donner
Petrosianic: Larsen once said that Donner should have been the victim in an Agatha Christie novel. All the suspects would have had a motive to do him in.
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| Aug-04-25 |
E Roebers vs D Gavrilescu, 2025
areknames: Roebers handles the opening awkwardly and passively, after 12.g4 she is already in serious trouble.
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| Aug-04-25 |
Biographer Bistro
stone free or die: I think it fair to quote the ultimate conclusion of the Kingston's CR review: <So our final verdict on Chess Results, 1747-1900 must be ambivalent. For history buffs who haven’t been lucky enough to find a rare copy of ...
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| Aug-04-25 |
British Championship (2025)
stone free or die: Let's split the diff - <Shreyas Royal>.
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| Aug-04-25 |
5th CCA Congress, Birmingham (1874)
jnpope: Bio and xtab updated.
Please double-check things once again and if you're good with it, I'm done with this event!
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| Aug-03-25 |
G Mammadova vs Y Li, 2025
pcalugaru: Incredible game 6...Bd7!? and not Bf5 interesting indeed ... I need look deeper at this move.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Z Franco Ocampos vs A Needleman, 2003
olinart: I also got the first moves right but missed the better defense in the game line.
12. Nc3 Nxa1 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qxe2 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Ke8 17. Nxc7+ Ke7 18. Bg5+ f6 19. Qxf6#
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| Aug-03-25 |
Grimme / Luuring / Ree / Krabbe vs Duchamp, 1961
madakcalb: @Rose Selavy, can I inquire after your source about Rossolimo? Where was Duchamp based when he played this game, the Marshall? Was this a formal 'team' assisting him, or just curious passers-by? Why is this 'help' not mentioned in other
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| Aug-03-25 |
Fred Reinfeld
Petrosianic: <Granny O Doul>: <Speaking of gimmicky, though, I remember another Reinfeld book that had the subtitle "300 immediate checkmates that your opponents cannot escape".> Fred was ahead of his time. He invented click bait ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
L Bruzon Batista vs Krasenkow, 2005
SimpleChess: I stop watching from move 45. Anything above that is time wastage
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| Aug-03-25 |
Naroditsky vs L Bruzon Batista, 2019
SimpleChess: What's this? Boring crap
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| Aug-03-25 |
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936
JohnCSimmons: @promote2pawn about 7Rc1 nowdays after Kramnik 7Rc1 h6 8Bh4 c5 is played, and black is very close to equalising.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Fedorov vs G Giorgadze, 1997
PaulPetrovitj: Black's 5.-, c6 is not so commonly seen, but seems quite playable. Instead of entering into the complications after 9.-, Nh5, Black could have played 9.-, Bxf3 10 Qxf3 0-0 which was more solid. A complicated game in which both ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
W Hug vs V Liberzon, 1977
Remo1000: Great game of Werner Hug against a strong player!
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| Aug-03-25 |
O Kosebay vs C Rossen, 1996
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Handbook 7-pieces pawn ending
<53.Kc4 Ka5??> Fatal mistake Wins only 53....e4!! 54.Kd4 d5!! (only move to win again) 55.Kxc3 Kc5 56.Kd2 Kb4 57.Ke3 Ka3 58.Kd4 Kxa2 59.Kc3 (59.c4 e3!!) Kb1 60.Kd2 Kb2 61.Kd1 Kc3 62.Kc1 ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
D Zazove vs F Rhine, 2025
Fusilli: That was a thrilling ending!
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| Aug-03-25 |
S Tejaswini vs D H Nguyen, 2014
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending appeared after 34 (!) moves won for black <34....h5 35.Re5 Kf7 36.b4 Kf6 37.Rc5 h4 38.b5 Re2 39.b6 Re8 40.b7 Rb8 41.Rb5 g5 42.Kc2 h3 43.Kd3 h2 44.Rb6+ Kf5 45.Rh6 Rxb7 46.Rxh2 Re7 47.Rg2 g4??> ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
A Davenport vs F Rhine, 2025
Fusilli: Careless opening play often involves playing "natural" moves.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Leonid Pogorevici
mifralu: Dr. Leonid Pogorevici - In memoriam
<April 30, 1931 - March 7, 2021> http://sah-conpet.com/infoDetTrimI2...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Chessgames - Music
OhioChessFan: Here's one for <Odie> Dave Brubeck-Gone With the Wind
https://youtu.be/YIBGLDNkcTA?si=OG8... My favorite type of jazz. Not showy, no attention seeking solos, just outstanding musicians laying it down in an understated way.
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| Aug-03-25 |
J Aguera Naredo vs M Nedobora, 1992
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 6-pieces K+2P vs. k+2n ending!
It won for black. <46.h4?> this goes to mate in 53. Most resistant here 46.c5! Nf5+ 47.Kd3 Nf6 48.c6 Kd6 49.c7 Kxc7 50.h4 Nh5 51.Ke4 Nfg3 52.Kd5 Kd7 53.Ke5 Kc6 54.Kd4 ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Alexander Donchenko
Albertan: Alexander Donchenko won the 2025 Czech Open with a score of 8 points in the 9 round event! Congratulations! The final crosstable for the tournament can be viewed at: https://s3.chess-results.com/tnrWZ....
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| Aug-03-25 |
H Hunt vs L Lebedev, 2025
HeMateMe: The Lion hunter! 37. BxP.
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| Aug-03-25 |
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1890
FSR: Tarrasch won some sweet games against Kuerschner, who seems to have been his official punching bag.
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| Aug-03-25 |
11th CCA Congress, Class 2, Leamington (1881)
jnpope: Some of the lesser-knowns appear to be local regional players:
Mr. H. Wilkinson
T. R. Mason
James Young
Rev. E. Raven
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| Aug-03-25 |
Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1895
FSR: Very nice finish.
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| Aug-03-25 |
C Schmid vs W Wayte, 1880
MissScarlett: Quite rare for British players to go playing on the Continent in those days. Outside the confines of tournament chess, I mean. I wonder if Wayte was there for business or pleasure. Can't remember the details offhand, but I think it ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Wesley So
Modragus: Earlier: https://www.rappler.com/sports/ches... .
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| Aug-03-25 |
Miguel Najdorf
perfidious: The tournament book of Prague 1946, written by Golombek after the match tournament of 1948, features merely a passing remark that, in his view, Najdorf should have been one of the six players chosen.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2013)
Sally Simpson: 86 years after playing their world championship match Capablanca and Alekhine both had their own memorial tournaments starting and finishing on the same days. 21st April - 1st May 2013. Alekhine Memorial (2013) ...er...that's ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Gligoric vs G Stoltz, 1946
perfidious: Note to the blunder by Gligoric from the tournament book: <....The extraordinary thing is that Gligoric afterwards explained he intended following a line leaving the Queen on f3 for another move!> p 86, Prague, 1946 by Golombek
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| Aug-03-25 |
Albin vs Steinitz, 1896
GrahamClayton: Example 41 in <Lasker's Manual of Chess>. Lasker gives the variation 46... gxf6 47. h6 Rxf4 48. Qg7+ Qxg7 49. hxg7+ Kg8 50. Rh8+ Kf7 51. g8=Q+ winning.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858
GrahamClayton: <Now I have to learn who <Gianfelice Ferlito> is>. Gianfelice Ferlito (b. 15 November 1933; d. 9 September 2024) was a CC player, chess collector and member of Chess Collectors International. ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
O Bernstein vs Tartakower, 1937
FSR: Stockfish 17.1, running on 12 CPUs, actually liked 10.Qxb7 for 5 or 10 seconds. It was giving 10...Nxd4 11.Qxa8+ Kf7 12.O-O!, which it assessed as +0.41. Then it noticed 10...Bb4+! and immediately changed its "mind." It concluded that ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Timman vs L Winants, 1988
GrahamClayton: 11. cd5 Bf5, and Timman has to defend against the threats of 12...Ng3 & 12...Nc3.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1926
GrahamClayton: After 11...g6 Alekhine is ahead in development, so 12.f4 opening the position to exploit that lead is the best move. 12. 0-0 or 12. 0-0-0 would allow Tartakower to close the position after 12...f4, negating Alekhine's lead in ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
FSR: Stockfish 17.1 says that 10. d5! would have been very strong, e.g. 10...exd5 11.O-O Bb4 12.c3 Bd6 13.Re1+ Kf8 14.c4! Re8 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Bc4 b5 18.a3!? Na6 19.Bf1 +2.18, depth 34.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Z Patel vs N Davies, 2025
boz: Wow. Just garbage chess but White cracked.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Aron Nimzowitsch
njuguna: For years, I avoided *My System* due to widespread claims that it was outdated and overrated, with many recommending more modern alternatives. In hindsight, ignoring it was a major mistake. After finally deciding to read it—thanks to ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
P Leonhardt vs P Johner, 1928
WTHarvey: Black mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 42. ... ?
if 44.♔xd3 c4#
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| Aug-03-25 |
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 13. ?
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| Aug-03-25 |
Yates vs C Heath, 1928
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 30. ?
if 30...♖xf6 31.♖g8+
or if 30...♔h7 31.♖g3+
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| Aug-03-25 |
Queen's Pawn Game (A45)
WannaBe: <Pyrandus> Here is what a quick AI search says about Gedult Attack https://www.google.com/search?q=che...
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| Aug-03-25 |
D S Roberts vs S Franklin, 1858
Chessmusings: See a video lesson on this game and hear the fascinating life’s story of Selim Franklin by clicking the link below: https://dailychessmusings.com/2025/...
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| Aug-03-25 |
George McArthur
mifralu: <George B. McArthur>
http://www.edochess.ca/players/p296...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Bird vs Lasker, 1892
Granny O Doul: You play a hundred move game, you lose, and you still have to play for fifty more years.
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| Aug-03-25 |
O Crawford vs T Kanyamarala, 2025
FM David H. Levin: <Czx>, thanks for reporting this. I suspect that <24. Rd3 Rd5 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Be2 Rd3 27. Bxd3> should be changed to <24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3> (reaching the same position but more sanely) and the rest of the ...
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| Aug-03-25 |
Tal vs A Feuerstein, 1958
Zugzwangovich: The July 2025 issue of Chess life gives Arthur Feuerstein as the player with Black and the concluding moves 18...Kd8 19.g8=Q+ Kc7 20.Qxc8+ Kxc8 21.Bxd2, Black resigned. I have submitted a correction slip.
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| Aug-03-25 |
F Rhine vs NN, 2025
FSR: Surprisingly, Stockfish markedly prefers 3...Qxd5 (+0.33, depth 49) to 3...Nf6 4.e4! (+0.66).
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| Aug-03-25 |
Steinitz vs V Carvajal, 1889
jnpope: Not sure what you'd call the games against Golmayo and Vazquez, but the games against Carvajal are the same type.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Pachman vs C Guimard, 1955
FSR: The superior side generally wins queen versus bishop and knight. There is a possible fortress, but it is rarely attainable: [DIAGRAM]
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| Aug-03-25 |
E Kramer vs F Madjarevic, 1923
FSR: 5...Qxd5 is normal, with approximate equality. 5...Qa5+? is terrible.
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| Aug-03-25 |
Arthur Feuerstein
Zugzwangovich: <perfidious> You hit the nail on the head in at least one sense. A profile of Feuerstein in the January 2012 Chess Life issue mentions that he joined the army in 1958, requested a stint in Europe, and was assigned to Munich.
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| Aug-03-25 |
M Roiz vs J Shutzman, 2001
FSR: 17.Bc4! "Shutz" the door to any counterplay for Black, forcing the trade of queens.
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| Aug-03-25 |
William Martz
FSR: A shame that he never played Bill Wall .
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Kibitzing