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Nov-14-06 | | mack: Is John still lecturing at Imperial? |
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Dec-08-06 | | Goato: <mack> He certainly is. He recently had an interview printed in one of the student magazines there. Apparently his favourite number is 37! |
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Aug-25-07 | | Karpova: Picture:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/mestel2.jpg |
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Sep-08-07 | | MarkThornton: <chessgames.com> From his 3 British Championship victories, 1976, 1983 and 1988, you have only 4 games. In particular, you are missing the famous bloodbath that was Mestel-JM Hodgson, Southport 1983, Rd 10. As today's opening was the Taimanov line of the Modern Benoni, I was disappointed to find that this classic battle is not in the Chessgames.com database. |
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Mar-13-09 | | paavoh: <MarkThornton> That game has been added
into the database, and it sure is an exciting one! |
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Mar-13-09 | | whiteshark: More bio-data here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonath... |
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Mar-13-09 | | WhiteRook48: he blundered into a draw once |
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Mar-13-09 | | whiteshark: <WhiteSock84> Do you mean he once played <1.d4>? |
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Mar-13-09 | | WhiteRook48: where did you come up with <Whitesock84>, <blackshark>???
:D |
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Mar-05-11 | | wordfunph: From's Gambit Mestel Variation
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
 click for larger view"I call this line the Mestel Variation after the only GM brave enough to play black's side of it in thirty years!" - Timothy Taylor from the book Bird's Opening |
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May-12-11 | | Daodejing: Photograph:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... Speelman, Nunn, Chandler, Mestel, Watson, Short,
Schacholympiade 1988 Thessaloniki |
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Mar-13-12 | | brankat: Happy Birthday GM Mestel! |
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Mar-13-12 | | BIDMONFA: Andrew Jonathan Mestel MESTEL, A. Jonathan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/mestel_a_jo...
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Mar-13-12
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Mar-13-12 | | AlanPardew: A J Mestel vs N Renman, 1980 That's another fine Mestel you've gotten me into. |
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Mar-20-12 | | efvaatn: too late |
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Jan-04-14 | | Cemoblanca: Vishy Anand's first win over a GM was against...yes...AJM, in the 9th Lloyds Bank op (London 1985). Anand vs A J Mestel, 1985 |
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Mar-13-14
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Mar-13-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Jonathan Mestel. |
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Mar-13-16 | | ajile: Is he the man who helped develop the Philidor Counter Gambit? I seem to remember a line called the Mestel Variation. |
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Mar-13-16 | | ajile: <wordfunph: From's Gambit Mestel Variation 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6
"I call this line the Mestel Variation after the only GM brave enough to play black's side of it in thirty years!" - Timothy Taylor from the book Bird's Opening> That's weird according to my experience this gambit is very dangerous for WHITE. lol
White gets an extra pawn but must play a virtually perfect opening to not get rolled. |
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Mar-13-16 | | whiteshark: <ajile: That's weird according to my experience this gambit is very dangerous for WHITE.> LOL indeed: T Taylor vs A J Mestel, 1978 |
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Mar-13-16 | | ajile: <whiteshark: <ajile: That's weird according to my experience this gambit is very dangerous for WHITE.> LOL indeed: T Taylor vs A J Mestel, 1978> lol!
Brutal. That's just a taste of what can happen in this sharp line. Of course White can play safer and not take 3.exd6. But then Black has dictated terms and won psychologically. |
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Mar-13-16 | | ajile: The danger is White's g3 square which can be the target of many Black tactical shots. I analyzed this many years ago and was able to get solid positions as White by being very careful and building a pawn center on e4-d4-c3. In many cases White ends up playing weird stuff like king walks to c2. But if White makes it safely out of the opening danger it's then Black who really suffers. It's also interesting to note that the From Gambit can also easily transpose into a King's Gambit so players who play the opening as Black need to be ready for both openings. 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 - From Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.e4! - King's Gambit |
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Feb-08-18 | | RookFile: I think that's the point. At the GM level, they usually have prepared their openings, and the cute tactical tricks don't happen. Then black has to really prove he has compensation. |
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