Feb-08-22 E Tate vs J Fang, 2001
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| Bartleby: He often relied on his innate tactical prowess to bamboozle in chaotic positions, and also bail himself out of hot water his offbeat openings sometimes landed himself in. "It's never too early for a counterpunch." --Tartakower. That's a human element to chess bouts that can never ... |
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Jan-26-22 H Terrie vs E Tate, 2001 
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| Bartleby: The swashbuckling Tate charges immediately with 3. ...g5!? and never lets up the pressure. No sane and sedate English for white. Like a black Rashid Nezhmetdinov --you could call him "No Reverse Gear Tate". I'm sure he build his reputation as "the most dangerous master in America" ... |
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Jan-17-22 E Tate vs M Herfel, 1991
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| Bartleby: Tate's innovation 5. Ra3 in the chase variation of the Alekhine's Defence I think even bears his name. Makes for an enterprising, unbalanced game right on the onset. I played one of his pupils in a tournament many years ago and he played this sideline with 4. a4 but after 4. ...a5 ... |
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Oct-19-21 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2021)
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| Bartleby: <fabelhaft: In 1989, Galliamova played in the same tournament as Reshevsky, who had played guys born in the 1860s like Janowski and Mieses. Here she is facing some opponents born in the 2000s> Reminds me of an anecdote by Bent Larsen before his O Bernstein vs Larsen, 1954 ... |
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Oct-01-21 Alvis Vitolinsh
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| Bartleby: Alvis Vitolins was called a "Second Tal" by his contemporaries, and it seems there were a number of players that could be called "Second Tals", I'm thinking among them Genrikh Chepukaitis who Genna Sosonko wrote about in a different collection "The Smart Chip from St. Petersburg," ... |
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Sep-27-21 Peter Biyiasas
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| Bartleby: <Caissanist: The earliest source that I know of for the story of Biyiasas playing blitz with Fischer is Rene Chun's 2002 article for The Atlantic... Chun doesn't give a primary source for these quotes. The only possible one that I know of is a 1983 article for the Los Angeles ... |
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Sep-26-21 Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978)
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| Bartleby: <0ZeR0: Either way it’s a great shame the match never took place as it deprived the world of some potentially excellent chess.> True, and Karpov said that it robbed him of an opportunity to become an even better player. Although after winning the title via forfeit he went ... |
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Sep-24-21 Petrov Defense (C42)
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| Bartleby: <VerySeriousExpert: First of all, I recommend the main article on 3.Nc3! Nc6 4.Bc4! Nxe4 5.Nxe4! d5 6.Bd3! dxe4 7.Bxe4! Bd6 8.Bxc6+! etc. by Yury V. Bukayev ( https://chessproblem.my-free-games .... )! Thus, White gets the advantage after 7...Bd6 8.Bxc6+!, and 7...Ne7 8.c3!, and |
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Sep-23-21 A Trefler vs J Kaplan, 1975
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| Bartleby: Intense Saemisch, opposite-sides castling and both sides flinging the kitchen sink at each other in pawn-storm attacks on the enemy King. By move 28 severe time pressure plagued black and he played the lemon 28. ...hxg6? when 28. ...Qxc4! should win. After white's 29. Rxd4! ... |
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Sep-23-21 Hugh Tobin
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| Bartleby: Andrew Soltis in his work "Karl Marx Plays Chess", a second compilation of his old "Chess to Enjoy" columns, talks about one Hugh Tobin from Connecticut at the 1977 US Open who had a sort of dream cinderella performance as an underdog, a mere Expert-ranked player, who performed way |
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