| Jun-06-25 |
D Gukesh vs Wei Yi, 2025
Atking: <paavoh> I mean it is a crazy concept to move 4 times the Q at the very first moves of the opening. Sure the Queen is well placed on f4, but to get it 4 moves is quite a lot. I know an example from Alekhine in which he used a similar
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| Jun-06-25 |
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1829
Sally Simpson: The Household Chess Magazine claim their 1833 game was the first Evans appears to be wrong. Lewis 'Chess Lessons' (published 1832) has this game W D Evans vs Brandreth, 1827 it is game No.30 (page 370) This thread's game does not ...
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| Jun-06-25 |
Lilienthal vs Menchik, 1933
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 20. ?
if 20...♔xg8 21.♕g6+
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| Jun-06-25 |
T Tylor vs G Thomas, 1933
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 39. ?
Better is 40.♖e8+ ♔xf6 41.♖e6#
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| Jun-06-25 |
M Ninic vs Z Mihajlovic, 1933
WTHarvey: Black mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 44. ... ?
w/45...f5#
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| Jun-06-25 |
Stepan Avagyan Memorial (2025)
beatgiant: Here's a link to a biography. http://jermuk-swiss-2017.chessacade... It says, <From 2003 to 2014 he was the President of the Chess Federation of Vayots Dzor Region.>
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| Jun-06-25 |
Alisa Frey
GrahamClayton: It seems playing has taken a back seat to administration due to her professional career: https://www.alisa-frey.de/
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| Jun-06-25 |
Hromadka vs K Treybal, 1912
scormus: A brilliant combination. I had a gut feeling it might be 25 Rxf7 followed by the next few text moves, but only because it was a puzzle and I didn't see how it was winning. I picked the same as <mel/SF17>, which would have been my ...
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| Jun-06-25 |
Andrei Hancu
GrahamClayton: After moving to the United States, Hancu set up Optimal Vision, a company which manufactures high quality photochromic lenses. Moving to Mexico in the 1990s, Hancu set up a manufacturing laboratory. Since the 2000's Optimal Vision ...
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| Jun-06-25 |
D Gukesh vs Carlsen, 2025
Sally Simpson: <Hi J. J. H.>
If someone uses an engine and it highlights the blunder a poster should at least try to explain why. Instead you sometimes see a 'how could they play like this comment.' etc.. 'Disrespectful' I suppose so but ...
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| Jun-06-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: <WannaBe....But I'll break the rule and say why IND came back and won. Only because I made the comment that Pacers came back from 13 pts down with 5:25 left in the 4th....> They failed to pay homage to Quetzalcoatl.
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| Jun-06-25 |
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025
HeMateMe: I looked and couldn't understand the sacrifice. Do I have to now surrender my premium membership?
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| Jun-06-25 |
Norway Chess (2025)
Sally Simpson: Going by the current table at the top of the page. Magnus Carlsen 5.5/9
Hikaru Nakamura 5/9
Dommaraju Gukesh 5/9
Fabiano Caruana 4.5/9
Arjun Erigaisi 4/9
And 3 pts for a win. Erigaisi can make 7 pts. and if the rest draw
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| Jun-06-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Catherine Hicks.
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| Jun-06-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
HeMateMe: <She's got BIG ...
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| Jun-06-25 |
Nakamura vs A Erigaisi, 2025
HeMateMe: I remember being drunk at my college ratskellar and thinking there were only three Rooks on the board...
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| Jun-06-25 |
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2025
Atterdag: Impressive, in particular against such a strong opponent.
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| Jun-06-25 |
Thomas Worrall
WilhelmThe2nd: This website has a record of a baptism at St. James Church in the District of Toxteth, Liverpool for a <Thomas Hollaway Worrall - son of William Worrall & Elizabeth Born: 5 Nov 1805>: https://www.lan-opc-org-uk.frontier...
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| Jun-06-25 |
N Grandelius vs J Lampert, 2016
DaeWang: I got 37 Rg8 Nxg8 38 Be4+ Kh8 39 Qg6, but missed that ... Nf6 defends and W doesn't even have a perpetual.
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| Jun-05-25 |
W Ju vs A Muzychuk, 2025
chatushkon64: Great positional squeeze by GM Anna Muzychuk. 24. ...Rxf4!! was a move Petrosian would have been proud of.
It disconcerted the Women's World Champion so badly that she blew her position with a hasty 27. d4??.
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| Jun-05-25 |
Biographer Bistro
WilhelmThe2nd: <z> I agree it is him. The only thing I thought was missing was that the write-up for him did not mention Cologne, which chess sources give as his place of residence in the 1850s, but then I noticed that it states that his ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
D Yuffa vs B Mirzanurov, 2014
belgradegambit: In the early 1980s New York was inundated with unrated string Russian expatriates. I was playing against one of them using the 4 pawns attack vs the Kings Indian. I had the opponent in a real bind when he struck back by sacking his
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| Jun-05-25 |
D H Campora vs Werner, 1981
DaltriDiluvi: In the final position, White is threatening <24.Rxf6!>. There's no reasonable defense; for example, <23...Ne8> is met by <24.Rxe8+! Qxe8 25.Bxg7+ Kg8 26.Bf6+ Kf8 27.Qg8#)>.
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| Jun-05-25 |
Howard Staunton
MissScarlett: Now you mention it, I have seen that reference to the marriage in Q1 1876, but since she would only have been about 15 years old, didn't know what to make of it. Where does the <Alexadrina> come from? With regard to her place ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
A Deze vs J Adamski, 1977
Albion 1959: A lesser-known game. I first came across this one in 1999.Since no one has yet submitted a post, I thought I may as well be the first.
The real action begins at move 20 with d5!? Where white sacrifices the pawn on a3, to open lines in
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| Jun-05-25 |
Richard Laver
Stonehenge: Laver finished in 11th place:
http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/...
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| Jun-05-25 |
D Kollars vs C Holt, 2019
GumboGambit: The was tight until the endgame where it was:
<Holt Under the Kollars>
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| Jun-05-25 |
Louis Stumpers
beatgiant: <stone free or die> The counting problem looks tricky, and I haven't actually tried solving it myself yet. In fact, I had overlooked the solutions with intervening check when I said it was <a lot more than just one> above.
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| Jun-05-25 |
Lodz (1908)
louispaulsen88888888: Does anyone know if there is any book on this tournament?
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| Jun-05-25 |
Chessgames - Music
OhioChessFan: <sakred> the story was Mick just couldn't sing it right, so Keith demanded his chance. It was surprisingly good when they did it on the Steel Wheels tour.
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| Jun-05-25 |
Francis George Butcher
stone free or die: OK, I watched a few clips - seems to be an awful lot of drama and yelling. Not sure if it's my cup of tea...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Z Tan vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025
Saniyat24: a bishop, a pawn, and a threat to the Queen...not terrible, I think...! Both of them played a beautiful game...Erdogmus was a notch above Tan in the end game...!
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| Jun-05-25 |
C Hansen vs J Hector, 2003
Saniyat24: 40.Rc6 was a great move...!
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| Jun-05-25 |
J Michenka vs T Polak, 2017
Saniyat24: Casper, Davey, and Erasmus march into White's territory...!
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| Jun-05-25 |
Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1861
PaulPetrovitj: Regarding nimh: 42.-, Ne7 cannot possibly lead to equality (0.00), in an endgame where Black is three Pawns down - according to Stockfish the evaluation is +4.46.
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| Jun-05-25 |
Carl Hesse
mifralu: < Carl Anton Hesse
born 22 JAN 1908 • Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA died 13 FEB 1989 • Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA > He is the son of Anton Yost Hesse
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| Jun-05-25 |
Najdorf vs Botvinnik, 1946
gezafan: Tailgunner Joe was a great man.
Read Lee Stanton's book Blacklisted by History.
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| Jun-05-25 |
D Gukesh vs A Erigaisi, 2025
offramp: I liked this episode.
[DIAGRAM]
18. ... e5
19. Ne1 e4
20. f3 exf3
21. Nxf3.
[DIAGRAM]
We are back to where we were started.
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| Jun-05-25 |
N Cortlever vs Szabo, 1939
chrisowen: I mugs its can z its work q Bxd6 its ace its me its gi guff its ace its me its imbibe its hoh its gait Bxd6 cuff
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| Jun-05-25 |
Rapport vs Fressinet, 2015
TheaN: I actually compare this to the positional exchange sac in the Tarrasch French though arguably this one is better for White than the French one is for Black: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6! 9.Nf4!?
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| Jun-05-25 |
Wei Yi vs Carlsen, 2025
HeMateMe: That was a serious pasting!
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| Jun-05-25 |
E Paoli vs A Lombard, 1974
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Nice 7-pieces rook ending!
<72.Kc6??> Wins only 72.c4!! Rxa5 73.c5!! (only move to win again) Ra1 74.Rg8+!! (third only move to win in the row) Ka7 75.c6 Rd1+ 76.Kc7 Rh1 77.Rg2 Rh7+ 78.Kd6 Rh3 79.c7 Rd3+ 80.Kc6! (only
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| Jun-05-25 |
A Erigaisi vs Caruana, 2025
ewan14: The pressure is telling on two of them !
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| Jun-05-25 |
M Sibilio vs F Bruno, 1981
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Rarity case, when 7-pieces ending K+R+B vs. k+r+2p isn't drawn. <54....h4 55.Rh7+ Kg8 56.Rxh4 Rf8+ 57.Kg6! Re8 58.Rg4 Re1 59.Kf6+ Kf8 60.Rh4 Rg1 61.Rh8+?> also wins but in 18 moves. White have mate in 9 - 61.Rd4! Re1 ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Harold Hope
perfidious: <Dredge Rivers: Where's his brother, Bob?> Do you mean Hope, Leslie, which was, according to the great man, shortened to 'Hopelessly' or plain old 'Hopeless'?
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| Jun-05-25 |
O Rodriguez Vargas vs M Rivas Pastor, 1979
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Textbook 6-pieces knight ending.
<56.Kh3 Ne3 57.Nf7 Nd5 58.Nd6+ Kf3 59.f5! (only move to win) Nf6 60.Kh4 Nh7 61.Nf7 Nf6 62.Ng5+ Ke3 63.g4 Kf4 64.Ne6+ Ke5 65.Ng7 Ne4 66.Nh5 Nd2 67.Kg5??> After some nonoptimal moves ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Ding Liren vs J E Kao, 2025
SkySports: https://www.caissahk.org/single-pos...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Grave vs A Petersons, 1958
GrahamClayton: 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Be7 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Qc4 Bd7 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Qc8+ Qxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bd8 21. Rxd8+ Ke7 22. Rxh8 winning.
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| Jun-05-25 |
R Vaishali vs W Ju, 2025
Saniyat24: Ju juiced...!
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| Jun-05-25 |
Ted Broyles
GrahamClayton: Obituary:
https://www.jeanesfs.com/obituaries...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Tamara Zaitseva
GrahamClayton: Due to Russia being expelled from the ICCF due to the invasion of Ukraine, Tamara Porfirevna Zaitseva is now a designated isolated player.
Isolated players are allowed to enter all eligible ICCF tournaments via Direct Entry and to ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Mike McDermott
GrahamClayton: Obituary:
https://nscfchess.org/remembering-m...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Robert Bruce Fickling
GrahamClayton: Obituary:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Tadeusz Pruchnicki
GrahamClayton: Tadeusz Franciszek Pruchnicki (b. 29th January, 1909; d. 30th March, 1998, Ealing, UK)
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| Jun-05-25 |
Anthony Steventon
GrahamClayton: Obituary:
https://www.pagosasun.com/stories/a...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Johannes Bothe
stone free or die: Following <Wilhelm>'s lead I found this: <VIf. + Johannes Joseph Carl Bothe, * Münster i. W. 6. 7. 1815, † Boppard 24. 3. 1878, Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel (ret.), 1. 10. 1832 Junker in the 7th Artillery ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Z Mestrovic vs N Jakubovic, 1999
GumboGambit: Reminiscent of the Caro-Kann’s <Hillbilly Attack>, Black immediately lets his intentions be crystal clear with 2..♗c5. Starting with the questionable <Billockus-Johansen Gambit> Black’s play in this game is ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2025
cehertan: Simple chess, nobody does it better.
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| Jun-05-25 |
S Tologontegin vs Carlsen, 2024
GumboGambit: This 2024 Blitz game illustrates that there are still uncharted frontiers in the world of theoretical novelties. With 2..h4, Magnus introduces the <Van Kuijk Gambit> into the Chessgames Database. Although the spellings are ...
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| Jun-05-25 |
Wei Yi vs D Gukesh, 2025
cehertan: Nice win
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| Jun-05-25 |
A Erigaisi vs Nakamura, 2025
cehertan: Bad loss for naka, he seemed to have a good edge in that ending and there was no need to play for mate. His 2 pieces were great.
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| Jun-05-25 |
United States Championship (1980)
GrahamClayton: One of the more evenly contested US Championship tournaments, with just 3 points separating winners Evans, Christiansen and Browne from last-placed Bisguier.
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| Jun-05-25 |
East German Championship (1980)
GrahamClayton: Sad way for Lothar Zinn to end his 36 year career.
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| Jun-05-25 |
Kamsky vs A Ivanov, 1991
GumboGambit: With 5..♕a5, this is the first game in the DB featuring <Bogolubovia>, which sounds like Chess Coachella.
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| Jun-05-25 |
O Yepez Obando vs Wilson Moscoso, 1962
GrahamClayton: The 1962 Ecuador Chess Championship was held in Pichincha. Yepez Obando won the tournament with a score of 12/13 (+10, =2, -0), while Moscoso finished 14th with a score of 0.5/13.
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| Jun-05-25 |
P Trifunovic vs Bolbochan, 1952
GrahamClayton: This quick loss wasn't indicative of Bolbochan's play in the tournament - he finished 5th in the 17-player tournament with a score of 11.5/16 (+8 -1 =7).
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