| Jul-07-25 |
Cotter vs G Atwood, 1795
OhioChessFan: No clue on the pun. Google was no help.
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| Jul-07-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
HeMateMe: greece and Italy would sink to the bottom of the Med without tourist dollars, pounds and euros.
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| Jul-07-25 |
Vladimir Kramnik
macer75: So... any noteworthy updates on what this guy has been up to lately?
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| Jul-07-25 |
A Surjadnji vs S Kasparov, 2001
macer75: What a game! This is why he's the GOAT.
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| Jul-07-25 |
J L Watson vs C Carlson, 1972
macer75: I had no idea Carlsen has been playing for that long! I thought he was much younger.
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| Jul-07-25 |
Chess Stars 5.0 Blitz (2025)
macer75: A rare Sergey Karjakin sighting! Glad to see he's still got it.
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| Jul-07-25 |
SuperUnited Blitz Croatia (2025)
macer75: <MissScarlett: Someone on YT christened the world champion, <Flukesh>.> Ha! Accurate or not, that's pretty funny.
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| Jul-07-25 |
N Umudova vs S Sommer, 2006
perfidious: One Swallow Does Not Make a Sommer.
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| Jul-07-25 |
Martin Sinner
perfidious: I hear tell he plays a mean game of tennis.
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| Jul-07-25 |
Geller vs Myagmarsuren, 1967
N.O.F. NAJDORF: <If 24...Rxf4 25.exf4 and again there is no defense.> 24...Rxf4 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. exf4 Rh7 (Ke7 27. Qg7+) 27. Qxh7 Ke8 28. Qc7 wins
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| Jul-07-25 |
Reshevsky vs R Byrne, 1967
N.O.F. NAJDORF: 34...Rb8 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. c6 Rc7 37. Rxf6 Rd8 38. Re6 wins
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| Jul-07-25 |
Fischer vs Stein, 1967
N.O.F. NAJDORF: 56...Kd7 57. f7 Ra8 58. Rexd6+ Bxd6 59. Nf5 Rf8 60. Rxd6+ Kc7 61. Rf6 Kd7 62. Kd3 wins
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| Jul-07-25 |
Swiercz vs V Kunin, 2009
Halldor: 29... NxB wins a piece. But White takes the poisoned Queen and that's mate. — I second Cecco's comment. Nice puzzle!
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| Jul-07-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: Oh, the ignominy: Red Sox complete sweep at Washington, Nats manager and GM get chopped.
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| Jul-06-25 |
M Zhai vs M J Campos, 2025
bright1: I'm thinking the finish would be 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. fxg and that Black can only stop checkmate by giving up the queen by playing Qxg6
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| Jul-06-25 |
So vs Abdusattorov, 2025
takebackok: All in 46...g4?! (Bg6) (55. Rxg7+ or Bxg7) complicated yes.
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| Jul-06-25 |
W Adams vs A Kevitz, 1936
KEG: Post IV
35. Rb8+?
Adams must have been in dreadful time pressure to have played this. He trades off a powerful Rook for one that was locked in the corner and doing little but defense. By contrast, if 35. Rd6 [35. Ke4 also appears to win] ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
B Assaubayeva vs D Aitmukhanova, 2024
jnpope: Thanks. I stumbled upon this game while checking some of the openings played by Preston Ware, Jr., and this result struck me as being very odd. I shall correct it.
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| Jul-06-25 |
S R Dill
jnpope: <Harness Maker Dill> living in Shawangunk, Ulster county, NY is not a viable candidate. Shawangunk is 80 miles from New York City. By horse drawn carriage traveling a speedy clip of 5 mph it would have taken him roughly 16 hours, ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Abdusattorov vs Firouzja, 2025
takebackok: What the 18...Rhg8 (e or gxf5?!) 23...g5? (Nc2!) 24...Qh8? hello blitz.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Keene vs Stein, 1968
FM David H. Levin: On the defensive try 31. Bg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 (suggested in a 2004 kibitz), Fritz gives 33...Qg5! [DIAGRAM] as winning for Black, with one possible continuation's being 34. Qe2 Ne3+ 35. Kh2 c5! (To prevent a White ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Abdusattorov vs Duda, 2025
takebackok: Exciting fun game. Wing attack plan R. 23...Na4!? <maybe a6 24. Nd6 Nc3+ 25. Ke3 now Nxd1 or Rac8> still sharp and unclear. After 26...Nd5? (Rac8) clean smooth finish. 39.<Nd3+ Ke4 40. Rf4+ Ke3 41. Rxe6#>.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Hans-Joachim Federer
saffuna: Yes, now I have seen one. Umpire should have discretion.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Saric vs Carlsen, 2025
keypusher: Thus was the last round, exciting to watch. Carlsen seemed kind of shaky on the second day.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Simone Signoret.
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| Jul-06-25 |
SuperUnited Rapid Croatia (2025)
Chessinfinite: <Dionysius> Thanks! I was trying to say, maybe a feeble attempt at - Carlsen's chess dominance in question at this rate...and hoping for Carlsen's renewed interest in Classical championship events..with a few more such wins by
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| Jul-06-25 |
Buenos Aires (1960)
Peinalkes6: The crosstable has a mistake. There's a zero for Rossetto against Bazán when he won that game.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Petrosian vs Filip, 1962
ewan14: Centralise , centralise !
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| Jul-06-25 |
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1971
ewan14: Boris should have stuck with the Tarrasch, even though Petrosian would be prepared for it !
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| Jul-06-25 |
Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975)
Dionysius1: You know how some kibitzers use more than one user account? Let's have a user account used by several people! That would account for lapses in memory, and a variety of tone. We wouldn't know where we were, would we!
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| Jul-06-25 |
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960
ewan14: In his prime Spassky was the best player in the world . He was still beating Fischer in 1970 !
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| Jul-06-25 |
Fischer vs O Sarapu, 1967
N.O.F. NAJDORF: 29. Qg5+ f6 30. Qg8 wins
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| Jul-06-25 |
Geoff Chandler
Olavi: The special thing about 2.Bg1 in the Kovalenko, compared with these Smyslovs at least, is that the bishop is not protected there.
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| Jul-06-25 |
FIDE Women's World Cup (2025)
Atterdag: With the exception of Hou Yifan and Ju Wenjun all the world's strongest women are here. Looking forward to many great games - the ladies usually deliver!
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| Jul-06-25 |
Hans Niemann
MissScarlett: <Hans Niemann @HansMokeNiemann After enjoying the mesmerizing July 4th Fireworks in NYC and feeling extremely proud to represent my country. I noticed that the Sinquefield Cup and STL Rapid and Blitz Wildcards were announced. They
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| Jul-06-25 |
C Yip vs H Wilson, 2025
Atterdag: That's what happens when rating 2431 meets rating 1934. Black could have resigned after 40.Rexc4.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Caruana vs So, 2025
fabelhaft: The position after 48 moves is fascinating. Caruana just messed up a win, but a8Q looks good, right? Not really, since Nf2+ then is mate in three [DIAGRAM]
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| Jul-06-25 |
A Ewald vs T Kabisch, 2001
areknames: Not a good idea to give up your DSB this early in the Saemisch. The denouement at the end is murderous. 12.a3 looks ok. Kabisch?
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| Jul-06-25 |
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937
tbontb: In another Slav, Euwe as White improves on game 13, offering a pawn for Q-side pressure (11.bxc3). Alekhine perhaps unwisely accepts the material, eventually regained with interest, Euwe showing impressive technique to convert the major ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Janowski vs O Chajes, 1913
Chessical: Chajes should have secured the draw after:
[DIAGRAM] <57...Ra2+!> 58. Kh3 Rc2 59. R(c)xd8 Rxd8 60. Rxd8 Rxc4 61. Rd5 Rc6 62. Rg5+ (62. Rxh5 loses trivially to Rh6 as the distant passed <a> pawn then Queens). If <58. ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
A W Fox vs Janowski, 1904
Chessical: [DIAGRAM] It seems that the thematic <11> <...d5!?> 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Ne3 Bxf3! 14. Nxd5 Bxd1 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Rxd1 was sufficient to equalise.
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| Jul-06-25 |
T Kabisch vs O U Voll, 1980
Straclonoor: Nice game!
[DIAGRAM] <22...Ra7> SF finds that two other rook moves - 22....Rb8 & 22....Rc8 give more advantage for black Analysis by Stockfish dev-20240117-a5675f19:
1. -+ (-4.71): 22...Rb8 23.h3 Bh5 24.Rbe1 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Nd7 ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Duda vs Carlsen, 2025
MarcusBierce: Perhaps Carlsen didn�t want to allow the potential 40.g6 supported by the f5 pawn, yet he had the immediate 39..b3, and respond 40.g6 Qxf5 with a won game.
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| Jul-06-25 |
R Vasquez Schroeder vs V Akopian, 1991
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Looks like puzzle!
This 7(6)-pieces ending won for white.
Because white in the game couldn't find right through many moves, let's show win exact below 83.Bxa3 Ra1 84.Bc6+ Kb6 85.Kd6 Rd1+ 86.Bd5 Kb5 87.Bc5 Rd2 88.Nc6 Rb2 ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
H Steiner vs H Morton, 1936
stone free or die: It's been said, by some, that I always try to get the last word in. Not here though, I'm trying to get the last video in, instead! The famous "Too weak, too slow!" vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2...
Notice the book ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Hastings (1967/68)
FM David H. Levin: If the pairings would have had the four ultimate winners of this tournament facing only each other in the last three rounds, then meaningful collusion among them would seem feasible. But given that Stein's last game against one ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Rovinj / Zagreb (1970)
ewan14: The 1964 USSR " zonal " tournament of seven was a real super tournament !
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| Jul-06-25 |
Biographer Bistro
stone free or die: Wow <Tab>, you included ages in the xtab! (Gotta love it)
With the possible exception of the two unknowns, Szabo is one of the youngest at 30 yo. "No prodigies participating..." indeed.
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| Jul-06-25 |
W O Cruz vs P Michel, 1949
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] One more 7-pieces rook ending won for minor side. <62....h4 63.Kd7!! (only move to win) Rf1 64.e7 Rd1+ 65.Ke6 Re1+ 66.Kf6!! (only move to win) Kh7 67.Ra5 h3 68.Ra3??> Annoying mistake! Wins only 68.Ra7!! Kh6 69.Ra3!! ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Kasparov vs J Pribyl, 1980
andrea volponi: 20...Rad8!? - 21Rd6!! Nb8 - Qc4+ Kh8 - Ne5 Qc7 - Rbd1 fxe5 - Qe6 e4 +- .
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| Jul-06-25 |
Chessgames - Music
OhioChessFan: Brian Auger-Happiness is Just Around the Bend
https://youtu.be/qfxFxqa_K60?si=bcw... Jazzy, fusion feel to this keyboard song.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
Stolzenberg: Why not 29. ... a4?
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| Jul-06-25 |
Amsterdam IBM (1975)
Sally Simpson: Hans Bohm made the mistake of writing to Donner's editor complaining Donner did not give him credit and praise for his performance in this tournament. First of all Donner states Bohm's performance was spectacular, Ljubojevic's was ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
J Pribyl vs J Lechtynsky, 1972
morphynoman2: Nice game!
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| Jul-06-25 |
Maksym Aronov
Nosnibor: His name suggests an old maxim "You win some and you lose some".
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| Jul-06-25 |
Underdown
MissScarlett: I think this is <William Vaughan Underdown>. <W V Underdown> appears several times during the 1870s in connection with reports of athletic displays involving the <Railway Clearing House> sports' club. In one he's ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Timman vs Kasparov, 1985
perfidious: <Zug>'s statement was in error, but he was also correct that Kasparov did not fare well as Black in the Spanish: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Plaskett vs Miles, 2000
Plaskett: The colours are wrong.
I played white!
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| Jul-06-25 |
Blackburne vs Underdown, 1878
MissScarlett: Did the <Guardian> specify the occasion?
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| Jul-06-25 |
J Tarjan vs A Bachtiar, 1977
Saniyat24: Tarjan climbs too far...!
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| Jul-06-25 |
T Tolnai vs Gavrikov, 1989
Gus Leffers: Kasparov analyses this game very nicely in "Revolution in the 70s". The endgame looks completely winning for White to me, but perhaps that is only my low-Elo eyes.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1914
SeanAzarin: Capablanca himself annotated the first 23 moves of this game. His comment after 23... B x Kt was: "The Knight was too threatening. But the ending now brought about is one in which the Bishop is stronger than the Knight, which makes ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
A Giaccio vs M Sorokin, 1995
Walrus77: 7... Qb6?! is a doubting move because of 8. dxc5!? white can attack purposefully by placing his pieces in active squares, by attacking the knight on c6, and by acquiring the d4 square. Dubious move is 10... Nh6 because 11. Be3 Qc7 12. b5
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| Jul-06-25 |
P Limbos vs Klausner, 1929
perfidious: No messing about with the swan!
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| Jul-06-25 |
Charles Curt
perfidious: Was he curt in his dealings with others?
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| Jul-06-25 |
Wesley So
Modragus: What a tactical fight and So came out ahead of his long-time rival Giri, punishing him brutally.
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| Jul-06-25 |
Chinese Championship (2025)
HeMateMe: I think the games here are excellent, fighting chess. Compare this to the dreary short draws in that Butt-ugly Moscow tournament recently posted here. A pack of quick draws. The players all got paid and left town before they accidently ...
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| Jul-06-25 |
Dolmatov vs G Kuzmin, 1981
Gus Leffers: Wow, Kuzmin got obliterated. 17.e5! was very nice. I think it's time to resign by 20.Nh5+!
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| Jul-06-25 |
G Kuzmin vs Dolmatov, 1981
Gus Leffers: White's 14.a4-15.a5 is exploited very nicely in the beginning of the endgame.
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| Jul-06-25 |
T Xiao vs Z Zhang, 2025
FM David H. Levin: <<HeMateMe>: Black resigned here. The threat of doubled rooks on the g file?> That looks strong. After doubling, the threat would be Rg8... followed by Bh5+... (intending ...Qxh5; Qxf8#). To thwart this, Black ...
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