| May-14-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
plang: <The Giants have exclusive food items for their Korean Heritage Night tonight, including a loaded garlic fries helmet Made with French fries, kimchi, fried spam, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper>
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| May-14-25 |
Vlastimil Hort
stone free or die: (Moments like these make all the other gruff on <CG> bearable - er, sorta speak!)
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| May-14-25 |
Niemann vs M Bartel, 2023
perfidious: Just reread Myrer's work <Once an Eagle>, published in 1968, for the first time in many years and came across 'sockdollager' [sic] . I was in disbelief.
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| May-14-25 |
Asian Championship (2025)
MissScarlett: I forgot that the Russians are now Asian.
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| May-14-25 |
S Conquest vs Grischuk, 2000
al wazir: <paulalbert: I am glad I did not spend more time on this trying to find some brilliant move rather than the routine Qxb7.> I did spend the time. From long experience, I just knew the first move couldn't be anything obvious. I knew ...
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D Gukesh vs B Deac, 2025
James J. Henderson: One further wrinkle: it seems 53.Qd2 was a mistake, but White got a respite with 54...Bf7. If, instead, Black plays 54...Bc4, [DIAGRAM] White is losing; the threats of Qf1+ and Ng4 are overwhelming.
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| May-14-25 |
V Ciocaltea vs Vaganian, 1973
takebackok: Fun game, after 32...Kh8 not 33. Nxe6? Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qe1# or 34. Qf1 Qe3+ (35. Kh1 Nf4+ etc.) 35. Qf2 Kg8 and wining. 36...Bxe4? (Better was keep the bishop and play 36. Qa3) imagine time pressure for both. 38. Qd3? now easy quick ...
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| May-14-25 |
Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2025)
fredthebear: This just might be the solution fix for Gukesh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HUyz... Maybe he needs to get his fix with kicks at Dicks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VHgh... Or, simply switch hotels: ...
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| May-14-25 |
Christopher Yoo
jnpope: <macer75: Where is that quote from?> https://www.chess.com/news/view/chr...
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| May-14-25 |
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1958
andrea volponi: 16 Qg6+?! ( 16 Rf1 Rxf1+ - Bxf1 Ne5 - Bc4! Nxc4 - Qg6+ Kh8 - Qh6+ Kg8 draw ) : 21...Bxg5+ ?! (21...Rc8 ! ) . gligoric-fischer 1958 .
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| May-14-25 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: Chessgames - Homer also now exists to preserve the epic masterpiece by User: tpstar I didn't want to lose that forum during the merges that took place. Hopefully it can become the literary forum akin to Sports and Music: ...
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| May-14-25 |
Karpov vs Hort, 1973
FSR: <OhioChessFan: Tasteless.> The man dies and we have a "pun" about heart stoppage? Tasteless is right. Reminds me of <Down Goes Frazier>, but the timing on that one (used right after Joe Frazier's death) was accidental.
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| May-14-25 |
Marshall vs Schlechter, 1907
fredthebear: Certainly, a game that reflects Marshall's attacking style! He had recently lost his world championship bid against Emanuel Lasker in January - April, 1907.
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| May-14-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Lysette Anthony.
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| May-14-25 |
Bobby Fischer
Petrosianic: <Joshka>: <IM Larry Day almost 2 decades ago, wrote a review of the book for a Canadian newspaper.> Garðar Sverrisson's book, <Yfir farinn veg með Bobby Fischer>, says this about it: SVERISSON: <‘Some time ...
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| May-14-25 |
Kosteniuk vs R Vaishali, 2025
PaulPetrovitj: 23.-, c5 was a bad mistake, which should have been replaced by 23.-, b6 with a sharp position slightly favouring White.
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| May-14-25 |
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015
MarcusBierce: What separates Carlsen and Fischer from other endgame greats is the ability to regularly weave mating nets with minimal material. B Larsen vs Fischer, 1971 This is a case in point.
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| May-14-25 |
H Hernandez Carmenates vs Y Quesada Perez, 2010
LoveThatJoker: "40...? Black to play and win," would make a good Monday puzzle. LTJ
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| May-14-25 |
Marie-Ange Moustache
FM David H. Levin: <<ndg2>: If Magnus is the Mozart of chess, she must be Florence Foster Jenkins> Thanks for the link on the hilarious career of Ms. Jenkins.
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| May-14-25 |
Lupulescu vs J Jirka, 2001
MarcusBierce: 11.Ne2 highlights an important idea in the Glek system, and other similar systems:. Retreating a N in an attempt to trade off and opponents advanced piece, and then pushing the c-pawn if he doesn’t trade. Smart.
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| May-14-25 |
L Ljungquist vs Bobotsov, 1961
Straclonoor: Early appeared 7-pieces ending (after 39 moves!) [DIAGRAM] won for white
<39....Kf6 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Rd1??> It seems adjourned move, wrong move. Wins only 41.Rb5!! c3 42.a4 Kd6 43.Kd3 f4 44.Rb7 Ke6 45.Rb1 Kd5 46.Rh1 Kd6 47.Rg1 Kd7
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| May-14-25 |
Nikolai Kalinichenko
Sally Simpson: I bought his book on opening traps and ambushes for a few quid in a charity shop.
I opened it up and OUCH!, WHACK! and BOOM!
review of book here; https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-bl...
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| May-14-25 |
Alireza Firouzja
beatgiant: <technique for <Praggnanandhaa>> (consults Ouija to channel <offramp>) It's the word Prajnaparamita, like a grandmaster's state of high knowledge. Take out the <J>, and put in a <G> that rhymes with ...
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R Praggnanandhaa vs Firouzja, 2025
An Englishman: Good Morning: Feels like White squandered a considerable advantage in this game. In other words, feels like many of the games where I squandered a considerable advantage.
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| May-14-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
moronovich: Mads won in caveman style ;)
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| May-14-25 |
D Maximov vs Rozentalis, 2017
MarcusBierce: An aesthetically interesting finish, though <25.e5!> is also sufficient.
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| May-14-25 |
Asa Parker
stone free or die: <<jn> Feel free to write something up and I'll copy it into the bio box.> OK, will try for later.
But I was also thinking as a general practice too...
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| May-14-25 |
Erik Juez Villar
BIDMONFA: Erik Juez Villar JUEZ, Erik
http://www.bidmonfa.com/juez_erik.htm
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| May-14-25 |
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1961
Petrosianic: In the above line, after 51. Bd6 Rd7 52. Bxa3 Rd2 53. Rg2 e2, we get this position. [DIAGRAM] 54. Rxe2 Rxe2+ actually <is> a tablebase draw. But White would probably draw more easily with the other line, 54. Bb4 e1/Q 55. Bxd2
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R Kearsley vs R Lobo, 1977
John Saunders: White, who was rated around Elo 1700 at the time, stepped in as a substitute after about an hour when his team's board one failed to show up. Despite the very considerable time and rating handicap (his opponent was around Elo 2120),
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R Praggnanandhaa vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2025
Andrew Chapman: I was quite surprised that black was willing to open the h file against his king, even for a pawn.
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N Pavlic vs M Broeder, 1934
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Textbook 7-pieces ending
<91.Nd2 Bc7??> Remarkable mistake. Wins only moving into pawn ending! 91....Bxd2!! 92.Kxd2 Ke4 93.Ke2 d3+ 94.Kd1 Kd4 95.Kd2 Kxc4 96.Kd1 Kc3 97.Kc1 d2+ 98.Kd1 c4 99.Ke2 Kc2 100.Ke3 d1Q 101.Kf4 ...
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| May-14-25 |
Y Masserey vs Van Wely, 1995
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Unusual 7-pieces ending. Of course, it won for white <68....Kd7 69.Qf8 Bb6 70.Qf7+ Kd6 71.Qf8+ Kd7 72.Qb8 Kc6 73.Kc3 Kb5 74.Qc8? Be3 75.Qd7+ Ka6 76.Kb2 Kb6 77.Qd8+ Ka6 78.Qa5+ Kb7 79.b5 Bd4+ 80.Kc2? Bb6 81.Qa6+ Kc7 82.Kd3
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| May-14-25 |
V Shushpanov vs M Konopka, 1998
beatgiant: 72...Nd3 could be a misprint for another knight move, maybe 72...Nf3+.
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| May-14-25 |
V Malaniuk vs M Petr, 2006
Llera: I answer myself:
Black plays 41...Nf6. If Black does not play 41...Nf6, his most plausible plan should be h6-g5-g4-Ne5 to try to play Nf3. Plus the long Black king manoeuver Kd8-Kc7-Kb6-Ka5-Kb4-Kc3...This is a try to go the g1 square, but
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| May-14-25 |
J Fichtl vs M Ujtelky, 1973
morphynoman2: Nice game!
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| May-14-25 |
Hort vs H Pfleger, 1979
Sally Simpson: The Master game video of this game is here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhx...
Forget the 1979 graphics, the thoughts of both Hort and Pfleger as they explain what they were thinking about is revealing and instructive. Bill ...
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| May-14-25 |
Firouzja vs D Gukesh, 2025
fabelhaft: Gukesh must have thought the endgame in the diagram was easily drawn or totally lost, otherwise he wouldn't have played Bg5 after four seconds. He had much more time left than Firouzja, and thinking a bit longer on the position he ...
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| May-14-25 |
Bondarevsky vs Smyslov, 1941
Stolzenberg: Black would answer 17. Bd2 with 17. ... Nd1+ 18. Ke1 Nb3 for example a) 19. Rd3 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc3 or
b) 19. Ne2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb2 21. Bb5 a6
and the ♘ can escape.
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Bronstein vs T Georgadze, 1973
morphynoman2: Nice game! 27. Nf6! Great move!
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| May-14-25 |
Vachier-Lagrave vs Abdusattorov, 2025
offramp: Caruana vs B Deac, 2025 (kibitz #1) <offramp: On another board, Vachier-Lagrave vs Abdusattorov, 2025 , the first move was made by the 7-year-old <Victor Bojica>! He is a chess player. He shook hands with both players. ...
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Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962
Retireborn: According to Bronstein, this game was played literally the day after this one:- Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962 One pictures Korchnoi pulling a "not you again" face. His attempt to deviate from the ealier game with 11...f5 is risky, ...
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| May-14-25 |
Julio Antonio Hernando Rodrigo
Stonehenge: <45 years old> RIP.
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| May-14-25 |
Donner - Larsen Zonal Playoff (1958)
FSR: <OCF> Officials of national chess federations tend to want their countrymen to advance as far as possible, even if it's evident they'll have a rough time. They also may be unduly optimistic about their man's chances. The Canadians were ...
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| May-14-25 |
Svidler vs Milov, 2001
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 28.f5
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| May-14-25 |
I Rausis vs Z Bratanov, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 5.
[DIAGRAM] 38. ?
39...♕e5 40.♕xe5+
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| May-14-25 |
Nunn vs M Stangl, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 5.
[DIAGRAM] 25. ?
better is 26.♖ee7 if ♖xg7 27.fxg7+
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| May-14-25 |
Garry Kasparov
fabelhaft: The top 50 on such a list would be the 50 shortest draws.
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| May-14-25 |
TV viewers vs Kasparov, 1991
GumboGambit: We finally have proof that watching TV makes people smarter. Looking back, TV viewers may have even beaten Deep Blue.
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| May-14-25 |
I Farago vs K Bjerring, 1989
Saniyat24: Lost my Bjerring...!
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| May-14-25 |
F Krudde vs A Dekker, 1990
morea: Exciting game! A Queen and a Knight are not enough to overpower the Bishop pair supporting two passed Pawns.
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Fischer vs Spassky, 1966
Helios727: When I had SF play out 40...Qf8 it ended up as a draw by repetition on move 95.
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Anthony James Booth
perfidious: In the early 1980s, I was acquainted with an Anthony (Tony) Booth in the Boston area, who was also an English player and could well have played the games listed from 1962.
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| May-14-25 |
I Malakhov vs B Nikitinyh, 2017
King.Arthur.Brazil: It seems simple because B♖ is slaved: 54. Rxd4+ Kxd4 55. Kxg7 Ke4 56. f6 and has no way to stop one queening.
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Kibitzing