Sep-19-21 Winawer vs H Suechting, 1897
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| DanQuigley: Schiffers here tried running the a-pawn with 9...a5, ...a4, ...a3. White let that work for Schiffers. Just goes to show, when playing way down in rating run the Rook pawn at your opponent's King. |
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Aug-01-21 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1958
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| DanQuigley: 11...Qc7 12.0-0 Ra7! is Bronstein's wily suggestion, threatening ...b5. Black stands well -- John L. Watson (1979). |
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Apr-09-21 I Rice vs W Donisthorpe, 1892 
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| DanQuigley: Reading Steinitz's comments, Black was just doomed from the get-go. There's not a word as to what Black might have done to avoid annihilation. And what, pray tell, is quietus? Sounds like something I might enjoy if the form were but slightly altered. |
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Mar-24-21 Reti vs Nimzowitsch, 1928
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| DanQuigley: There's no need to speculate really. Chessmetrics shows that at the time of this tournament in 1928, Nimzowitsch was third in the world (behind Alekhine and Capablanca). Reti was in a virtual tie for 9-12 with Lasker, Marshall, and Spielmann, but well behind Bogoljubov, Euwe, ... |
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Nov-18-20 Alexander Petrov
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| DanQuigley: I have not been able to find many games of Petrov's. Only 24 so far. |
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Nov-02-20 V Eingorn vs E Torre, 1987
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| DanQuigley: Would 33.Re5 have worked equally well? |
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Aug-23-20 Yates vs Tartakower, 1926
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| DanQuigley: B90 Sicilian Defense
Fred Dewhirst Yates - Savielly Tartakower
Budapest Hungary, Round 3, June 28, 1926
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
Predecessor: 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Bd3 e5 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Qe1 Bc5 10.Nb3 Ba7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Bxa7 Rxa7 1-0 (62) Spielmann - ... |
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Jul-26-20 P K Wells vs M Yeo, 2013
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| DanQuigley: 23...Qc4? is the critical mistake because 24.d7 then wins. Apparently Black can play 23...Qc6 with equal chances. If the exchange sacrifice made on move 18 turns out to be good for White, Black will have to play the alternative 17...Bf5 with equal chances for both sides. |
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Jul-09-20 V G Terentiev vs Wojtkiewicz, 1979
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| DanQuigley: When Black plays 8...a6 he transposes into a B99 Sicilian. These aren't played much by Black any more because they are so hard to defend over the board. |
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May-17-20 Morphy vs A Meek, 1857
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| DanQuigley: Alexander Beaufort Meek lived. He was born in a house (about 25 miles east of where I live) in Columbia, SC, July 17. 1814. |
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