Sep-14-23 Morphy vs de Riviere, 1858 
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| Aminda: 25. Qf4+ is mate in 4. |
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Jul-21-23 Bullet Chess Championship (2023)
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| Aminda: Things change, must we?!
« No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change:
Thy pyramids built up with newer might
To me are nothing novel, nothing strange;
They are but dressings of a former sight… »
Shakespeare |
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Jul-21-23 Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2023
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| Aminda: The hopping knights are much fun to watch. |
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May-23-23 Superbet Rapid Poland (2023)
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| Aminda: Just read your comment SChesshevsky. I find it very wise and empathetic. Chess is wonderful and quite a challenge if you want to improve. To become a WC is of course a remarkable achievement. But that chess does not define completely who is Magnus Carlsen, that he might have other ... |
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Apr-24-23 Lasker vs Pillsbury, 1893
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| Aminda: 52…Kg8 was necessary. |
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Apr-20-23 Frederick Rhine
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| Aminda: I believe believing is over-rated. I believe in tomatoes, you believe in potatoes? You want to convince me that potatoes are better than tomatoes? Fine. Why not? Life goes on. Enjoy it all. Dices don’t mind playing with gods. |
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Apr-03-23 W Schmidt vs Kasparov, 1986
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| Aminda: After 56…Nf5, it is mate in 58 (SF). Kasparov saw it all. :-) |
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Mar-31-23 Fischer vs Mac Hack VI, 1977
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| Aminda: MissScarlett, you are quite right in pointing that for 1977, it must have been a “strong” program. I remember playing several games on a PDP-11 around that time. It must have been even weaker. But my point was that obviously Fischer must have seen right away that he was playing ... |
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Mar-19-23 Morphy vs Loewenthal, 1850
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| Aminda: I am not sure if 28 Ra1 is the best move but it certainly did surprise me. |
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Mar-16-23 A J Goldsby vs H Charry, 2011
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| Aminda: 34. g6 seems stronger. |
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Mar-14-23 P Boersma vs P Mack, 1975
Feb-24-23 Mario Emilio Tradardi
Feb-21-23 Charousek vs A Kaufmann, 1899
Jan-08-23 Carlsen vs Rapport, 2022
Nov-06-22 Anatoly Karpov
Oct-23-22 Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927
Oct-11-22 I Muschalek vs J Canibal, 1998
Oct-10-22 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017
Oct-09-22 Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar, 1907
Sep-21-22 Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1868
Aug-08-22 D Gukesh vs A Esipenko, 2022
Jul-14-22 FIDE Candidates (2022)
May-30-22 Flohr vs Grob, 1933
May-27-22 K Rogoff vs A H Williams, 1969
May-27-22 Spassky vs Geller, 1959
May-22-22 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1988
May-21-22 Smyslov vs Ivanchuk, 1994
May-21-22 R Praggnanandhaa vs Carlsen, 2022
May-18-22 Suttles vs Polugaevsky, 1969
Apr-24-22 Taimanov vs Averbakh, 1953
Mar-19-22 Montreal (1979)
Mar-02-22 Alekhine vs R J Guckemus, 1932
Mar-01-22 Grischuk vs D Andreikin, 2022
Mar-01-22 Alekhine vs T Jenkins, 1932
Mar-01-22 Alekhine vs T Krespi, 1931
Feb-19-22 Tal vs Fischer, 1959
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