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FSR
Member since Aug-27-05 · Last seen Dec-11-23
I am Frederick Rhine. The United States Chess Federation awarded me the titles of National Master (at OTB chess) in 1983, and Senior Master of Correspondence Chess in 1997. On the USCF's August 2022 list of the top correspondence chess players in the country, I was the third highest rated player, at 2411. http://www.uschess.org/component/op... I am now fifth, a point behind the players who are tied for third-fourth. The August 2020 issue of Chess Life magazine had a profile of me (for the text, see Frederick Rhine (my August 1, 2020 comment in the forum)).

I played in the 1997 USCF Absolute Championship (open to the top 13 correspondence players who accept their invitations), scoring 6-6 (+2 =8 -2). Alex Dunne wrote in his book on the Absolute Championships, "This was Rhine's only Absolute and he held his own against the best. His two losses were against previous Absolute winners." http://bit.ly/1NB55YP That book contains my games F Rhine vs R Lifson, 1997 and F Rhine vs D Burris, 1997.

But the 1997 event was not my only Absolute. I also played in the 2023 edition, drawing all 12 games. (Unlike the 1997 event, this one was under ICCF auspices and allowed the use of engines. Thus far, all but one of the games have been drawn.) I play first board for the Rogue Squadron in the Chicago Industrial Chess League, and play online for the Shropshire & Friends team in the 4 Nations Chess League.

I attended Lane Technical High School in Chicago with the late Chessgames.com co-founder Alberto A Artidiello until he moved out of Chicago. Lane's chess team won the Illinois state championship my junior and senior years, becoming the first school ever to win consecutive championships. Albert also became a master, as did my teammates Kenneth Mohr and Christopher Kus. The late FIDE Masters Albert Charles Chow and Morris Giles were also Laneites.

In July 2013, I played in my second and third regular-rated tournaments of the millennium(!), the Greater Midwest Classic and the Chicago Class (under-2200 section). I tied for second, undefeated, in both, winning $700 and $550, respectively, and brought my rating back over 2200. http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j... http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j...

I have contributed to hundreds of chess-related articles on Wikipedia under the handle Krakatoa, notably "First-move advantage in chess," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-... "George H. D. Gossip," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George... and "Swindle (chess)," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_..., all of which are almost entirely written by me. The first two of those have been Today's Featured Article, the highest honor a Wikipedia article can receive, one attained by about one out of every 1,400 articles. I have received various Wikipedia awards, including the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels and the Timeless Imperial Triple Crown (which only 12 Wikipedians have received). My user page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:K....

I am the editor and proofreader of the forthcoming book "Tournament Battle Plan: Optimize Your Chess Results!" by Daniel Gormally. I was the proofreader of the book "Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior" by Daaim Shabazz.

I was a contributor to the now-defunct Chicago Chess Blog, http://chicagochess.blogspot.com. There, I discovered and documented what Taylor Kingston calls "the Mortimer Effect," which has lowered the Morphy Numbers of many modern players (maybe you!). https://chesscafe.com/the-skittles-...

One hundred and ninety-two of my games are in chessgames.com's database. My favorites are F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981, K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992, and F Rhine vs A Boerkoel, 1996. Rhine-Sprenkle was published with my annotations in Chess Informant (Volume 32) and cited in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Vol. B (2nd ed.) at 183 n.19). In Volume 33 of Chess Informant, my 18th move (18.Nxd6!) in that game was voted the 8th-9th most important theoretical novelty in Volume 32. The game was also cited in MCO-13 and "The Aggressive Nimzowitsch Sicilian 2...Nf6" by Eric Schiller, and occupies an entire chapter in all three editions of "Beating the Sicilian" by John Nunn. It is game 218 in "1000 TN!! The Best Theoretical Novelties" (Chess Informant, 2012).

Thompson-Rhine was published with my annotations in Chess Informant (Volume 57), and cited in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Vol. B (3rd ed.) at 172 n.163). Jeremy Silman discusses the game and my analysis of it in his book "Winning with the Sicilian Defence" (2nd ed.).

Joel Johnson in his book "Attacking 101: Volume #005" says of my blitz game F Rhine vs NN, 2019, "White played a flawless Smith-Morra Gambit that IM Marc Esserman would have been proud of." Georges Koltanowski published F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1974 in his syndicated newspaper column. Richard J Palliser discusses the opening of F Rhine vs S Nagle, 1997 in his book "tango!"

Jacob Aagaard analyzes the endings of two of my Internet blitz games in his 896-page tome "A Matter of Endgame Technique" (alas, mine was lacking). Cyrus Lakdawala includes my study-like win in F Rhine vs Alex Zhao, 2019 in his book "Tactical Training in the Endgame." He also mentions me, albeit not by name, in his book "In the Zone: The Greatest Winning Streaks in Chess History" when he refers to "The Classical Sicilian, which as one of my atheist students told me, is the closest thing he has to a religion." Cyrus analyzes my game against Gadir Guseinov in his book "The Makogonov Variation: A ruthless King's Indian killer."

Commentator Mato Jelic somewhat extravagantly calls my game E Sollano vs F Rhine, 1977 "The Greatest Ever Blitz Game Played in Chicago." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl8... See also Suren's analysis at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWa... My 7...Bxc5!! in that game, played the year before Boris Avrukh was born, is a big improvement on the flaccid 7...Bg6, his recommendation in the book "Beating 1.d4 Sidelines" (2012).

Someone also made a video (moves only) of J Aagaard vs F Rhine, 2021, a 2-1 bullet game where I drew and should've beaten the grandmaster - if only I'd had time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-O... Someone else (or perhaps two different people) did a video (moves only) of Tal vs F Rhine, 1988, my loss to the great Mikhail Tal in a simul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfk... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3o... The latter refers to me as a "great grandmaster!" which isn't quite accurate . . . User: JimmyVermeer discusses my games NN vs F Rhine, 2021, P Pantelidakis vs F Rhine, 1974, and P Napetschnig vs F Rhine, 1977 in his video "The 109 fastest checkmates in chess history, part 10 of 11." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GT... The sequel "The 109 fastest checkmates in chess history, part 11 of 11," contains a Fool's Mate I played, which I had mentioned in a comment on this site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Z...

My game F Rhine vs NN, 2010 is mentioned in the "Checkmate Patterns Course" by Raf Mesotten and John Bartholomew on chessable.com.

I composed this study, which Pal Benko published in "Benko's Bafflers" in Chess Life, May 2006:

White to play and draw


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The solution is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stale... It is based on an earlier study of mine, which Benko also published in his column. Both of these compositions appear in Harold van der Heijden's endgame study database. https://www.chess.com/news/view/76-... The above study is also cited in "The Complete Chess Swindler" by David Smerdon and "Rewire Your Chess Brain: Endgame Studies and Mating Problems to Enhance Your Tactical Ability" by Cyrus Lakdawala.

I was once one of the world's best players at suicide chess (also known as "losing chess"), a chess variant where one wins by giving away all of one's pieces. http://perpetualcheck.com/antichess...

I have successfully submitted 210 puns for Game of the Day. Game Collection: Puns I submitted. User: johnlspouge has remarked, "As far as I can tell, <FSR> is churning out 'actual puns' almost as fast as I can [insert bodily function of choice]." The coveted 2013 Caissar for Best (Worst) Pun went to "Control-Ault-Delete," the pun I submitted for Fischer vs R Ault, 1959, the Game of the Day on December 19, 2012. I won the 2019 Caissar in the same category for my greatest pun ever (and IMO one of the greatest chessgames puns ever) "Late December Back in '63: What a Lady, What a Knight!," N Littlewood vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1963, the Game of the Day on December 30, 2019. Since Caissars are awarded in January, my wins may illustrate recency bias.

Seven of my games have been Game of the Day: NN vs F Rhine, 1977 ("Strangers on a Train"), F Rhine vs F Lasch, 1986 ("Lasch Call"), K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992 ("Like a Rhinestone Cowboy"), R K Delaune vs F Rhine, 1997 ("Red Red Rhine"), F Rhine vs D Burris, 1997 ("Fred Rhine Felled"), and F Felecan vs F Rhine, 2019 ("Felecan Brief"), and F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981 ("Sparkling Rhine"). Five wins and two losses.

I am responsible for World Junior Championship (1957), Vidmar Memorial (1969), Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014), Game Collection: Drawing lines, and 32nd Correspondence World Championship (2020), among others.

I am a member of the ChessBookie Hall of Fame, having finished fourth in the Summer 2015 Leg, seventh in the Winter 2016 Championship Leg, ninth in the Winter 2017 Championship Leg, ninth in the Spring 2017 Leg, and seventh in the Summer 2017 Leg.

I am very active on Chessable, where my handle is "Krakatoa." https://www.chessable.com/profile/K... I have 125 badges, five shy of the world record held by maestro. https://www.chessable.com/badges/Kr...

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   FSR has kibitzed 24688 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Dec-10-23 London Chess Classic (2023) (replies)
 
FSR: <Olavi> Sad. Velimirovic's first 18 games were decisive, but then he ruined it all with a last-round draw.
 
   Dec-10-23 Kenneth Rogoff (replies)
 
FSR: <perfidious> "The owners of the Red Hen restaurant in downtown Lexington have announced that they will cease operations at the end of the year and reopen in the same location early in 2024 under a new name with a new dining concept. 'We’ve had 15 very memorable years offering ...
 
   Dec-10-23 Keres vs P Dely, 1970 (replies)
 
FSR: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul.
 
   Dec-09-23 J Moussard vs Adams, 2023
 
FSR: Poor Moussard also turned a win into a loss in the next round.
 
   Dec-09-23 F Drill vs E Kislik, 2013
 
FSR: Drill, Baby, Drill!
 
   Dec-09-23 R Bodicker vs R Ris, 2008 (replies)
 
FSR: Bob Ris Won, Now Sir Bob.
 
   Dec-08-23 S Decman vs F Rhine, 1981
 
FSR: I took it a step further in NN vs F Rhine, 2020 , starting off with two pawn moves and concluding with nine knight moves.
 
   Dec-08-23 R B Fickling vs R Hobbs, 1975 (replies)
 
FSR: A fine demonstration by White of how <not> to play against the Traxler (no one seems to call it the Wilkes-Barre anymore). As <lentil> said, White was in the soup after the horrid 9.Nd5+??.
 
   Dec-08-23 K Steudel vs R Danz, 1995
 
FSR: 5.Bxf7+! won, of course. Opening Explorer . After 5.O-O?, Black could have saved himself with 5...e6! After he missed his reprieve with 5...Ngf6? 6.e5! he was once again busted.
 
   Dec-08-23 Tal vs M Straihers, 1950
 
FSR: I can attest that the time between when, as White, one plays one's fourth move and when Black plays his fourth move is tense. Will Black play 4...e6! with a Hippopotamus setup or fall into the trap with 4...Bg7??
 
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Oct-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Montevideo zt 2.5"]
[Site "Montevideo"]
[Date "2019.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dotta, Gian Franco"]
[Black "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 d4 5. bxc5 Bxc5 6. Ba3 Qa5 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. c3 Nc6 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxd4 Qc1+ 12. Ke2 Bb5+ 13. d3 Rd8 14. Nbd2 Qa3 15. Qg4 Qc3 16. Rd1 Rxd3 17. Ke1 Re3+ 0-1

Oct-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Messiah: In your description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalem... is not a valid URL anymore, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stale... works instead.
Oct-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <Messiah> Thanks. Corrected.
Oct-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Think of how crazy the whole Christian fable is. You have an invisible man in the sky who has infinite powers. He creates one man and a bunch of animals. The man quickly gets bored with the animals and is like, "can't you create someone like me I can hang with"? So God takes one of the guy's ribs and makes a female version of him. The guy and his gal are having a great time in the Garden of Eden, but then Eve talks to a snake and eats an apple!! Horrors! God has a @#$% fit, throws them out of the Garden, and decides that all of Eve's descendants will, after death, burn in hell for eternity as punishment for Eve's "original sin." Talk about anger management issues!

Some time later, God gets pissed at all humans and decides he's going to drown almost all of them, and almost all the animals for good measure. Did I mention anger management issues? But he decides to delay his mass murder for 120 years (talk about malice aforethought!), and commissions some 500-year-old guy to build an ark to hold all the people and animals. Somehow the 500-year-old guy does it - BY FAR the greatest engineering achievement in history. And somehow Noah summons all these animals from all over the globe, just two of each, or maybe a few more from some species, from places Man didn't even know existed, including places thousands of miles away, and across oceans, and they somehow all make it onto the ark. Except maybe not the dinosaurs?

Then God floods the planet for 40 days and 40 nights, drowning everyone and everything that's not on the Ark, but somehow the Ark works great and somehow Noah feeds all those people and animals. Without refrigeration, and without the animals eating each other. How could Noah build this huge waterproof Ark? How could it hold all those animals? How could Noah store all that food, and accommodate all those animals' different diets, and feed them for 40 days? Finally God ends the flood, the animals disembark, and somehow make it back whence they came, in many cases thousands of miles away and across oceans, eating God knows what (literally) en route, and somehow they recreate all their species from just two of each kind.

Then 4000 or so years after that, God decides maybe it was kind of mean of him to consign everyone to hell just because their great-great-great [insert hundreds of "great"s] grandmother Eve talked to a snake and ate an apple. So he finds a hot virgin and knocks her up. With himself. This human version of God lives for 33 years, pisses off some people, gets crucified, dies, but rises from the dead three days later.

That somehow enables people thereafter to have the option of going to heaven instead of hell, provided that they constantly tell God how wonderful He is, and give 10% of their income to the church. And for God's sake, be sure to pick the RIGHT church! The Bible teaches us that God is jealous; He commands that "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." If you pick the wrong god or even the wrong flavor of Christianity or Islam or whatever, you're still going to hell. And remember, "God is love."

It all makes perfect sense, right?

Oct-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: Brilliant, <FSR> !

It all makes perfect sense.

To a simpleton.

Oct-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <moronovich> But the amazing thing is that there are even non-simpletons who believe this nonsense. One wonders how many of them <really> believe it, and how many of them just go along with the crowd. Cf. The Emperor's New Clothes. Or they play Pascal's wager.

If people really believed they were going to heaven, you'd think they wouldn't mind early death. Much better to be done with this "vale of tears" and get to heaven where you can suck down nectar and ambrosia with Jesus and your dead friends and relatives. But virtually no one behaves that way. People try to prolong their lives and delay death as long as possible.

Oct-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: Good questions, Sir !

I am quite shure many if them dont believe it 100%, but merely go with the crowd. As illusions are not that difficult to create. Magicians,villagegossip, advertising are things that work efficiently.

But for hose who have had a neardeathexperience and coming back again, there seems to be a deep urge to stay on the planet, due to love for their friends,family and kids, though it was very tempting to let go at the dyingmoment.But for some of them it can be quite tough sometimes to stay here, as they have once experienced the liberation of the earthly stuff/bagage.

All the best
-moro-

Oct-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Messiah: <FSR> I copypasted your long text to the ChatGPT. The result is:

<It seems like you're expressing a lot of skepticism and criticism about various aspects of the Christian faith. Different people interpret religious texts in different ways, and beliefs can vary widely even within the same religious community. It's important to note that faith often involves beliefs that go beyond empirical evidence and reason, and as such, religious beliefs can be deeply personal and meaningful for individuals.

Many believers see these stories as allegorical or metaphorical, meant to convey deeper spiritual or moral truths rather than literal historical events. Interpretations of religious texts can be diverse and nuanced, and individuals and communities may find different meanings and significance in the stories they hold sacred.

It's also worth mentioning that questioning and critically examining one's beliefs is a natural part of the human experience. People often grapple with questions about the nature of existence, morality, and the divine. Some find solace and purpose in religious beliefs, while others find meaning through different philosophies, worldviews, or personal experiences.

Ultimately, the interpretation of religious texts and the beliefs derived from them are deeply personal matters, and they can vary widely from person to person. Respect for diverse perspectives and open, empathetic dialogue can foster understanding between people with different beliefs and worldviews.>

ChatGPT is way too tolerant for my taste!

Oct-28-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Here is a very cool trap discovered by IM Kushager Krisnater. https://denverchess.com/games/view/... Get the free Short & Sweet of his Chessable course on the opening, which has this trap as the first line, at https://www.chessable.com/short-swe...

You could absolutely get this trap in real life, most likely via the move order 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Qxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3+ 12.Kd1 O-O 13.Bc4. After 1...d5, White has played all the most common moves, with the big exception of 8.dxc5, which White plays only 11% of the time. ChessBase Online has 32 games that reached this position, while the lichess database has 44. In none of them did Black find Krishnater's novelty 13...b5!?

I have occasionally wondered what happened to the Manhattan Variation, which I learned of in I.A. Horowitz's 1964 tome "Chess Openings: Theory and Practice." It's a perfectly reasonable opening, but you don't see it much. However, many of the same positions you reach with it can also be reached via the more flexible Ragozin (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4), which is very topical and well respected.

Nov-05-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Palladino, Mario"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428186"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nge2 Be6 8.Nd5 h5 9.h3 O-O 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.O-O Ne7 12.e4 Nh7 13.f4 f5 14.b3 Rf7 15.Be3 c6 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qd2 Re8 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Bxa7 Qd7 20.Kh2 d5 21.cxd5 Nf6 22.fxe5 Nxd5 23.Bd4 Bxe5 24.Rbe1 Bd6 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.h4 Rfe7 27.Kg1 b5 28.Rf3 Kh7 29.Re3 Rxe3 30.Bxe3 d4 31.Bf2 Be5 32.Nf4 Kg7 33.Kh2 Kf7 34.Kg1 Qc6 35.Rc1 Qa8 36.Ra1 b4 37.Re1 Qf3 38.Qxb4 Bxf4 39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.gxf4 Qg4+ 41.Kh1 Qf3+ 42.Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

Nov-14-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[EventDate "2023.10.31"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Hooker, Stephen"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428220"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.h3 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nge2 cxd4 9.exd4 e5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Bd7 14.Rc1 h5 15.Bf3 Bc6 16.Kg2 h4 17.g4 Qd7 18.Bd5 Bxd5+ 19.cxd5 Re7 20.Qf3 Nh7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rhe1 Rae8 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Rd1 1/2-1/2

Nov-14-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "2020 Electronic Knights, 20EN01"]
[Site "USCF e-mail"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Buss"]
[Black "Frederick Rhine"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Source "Rhine's e-mail records"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qd3 Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.O-O Qc7 12.a3 Re8 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc4 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.c3 g6 20.Ne1 Rc5 21.Qb7 a5 22.g3 Kg7 23.Ng2 Rc7 24.Qb6 Rc5 25.Qb7 Rc7 26.Qd5 1/2-1/2

Nov-15-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Morris v. DeWitt Clinton match"]
[Site "New York NY USA"]
[Date "1924.12.06"]
[EventDate "1924.12.06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Morris Pimsler"]
[Black "Fred Reinfeld"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Source "https://www.chesshistory.com/winter..."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a3 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Qe7 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Be2 Qe4 21. Bd1 d4 22. Re2 d3 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxg2 25. Bf3 Qxh1+ 26. Bxh1 Rxe5 27. Rxd3 Rb5 28. Be4 Kf8 29. b4 Ke7 30. Bd5 Rb6 31. f4 Rd6 32. Ke2 b6 33. e4 f6 34. g4 g6 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. e5 Rd8 37. Be4 Rxd3+ 38. Bxd3 g5 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. f5 1-0

Nov-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Online blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[White "David Smerdon"]
[Black "Aaravamudhan Balaji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[TimeControl "180"]
[Source "https://www.chess.com/article/view/..."]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 c6 6. c4 Nb4 7. Na3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qxa3 9. bxa3 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxa3 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 b6 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. c5 b5 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Re8 19. Bd3 Ra7 20. Re1 Kf8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Bb4 Kf8 23. Kd2 Bc8 24. Re1 Rb7 25. Re8+ Kxe8 26. Bxh7 g6 27. Ke3 Kf8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Kf4 Kf7 30. Ke5 Ra7 31. h4 g5 32. h5 Kg7 33. g4 Rb7 34. Kf5 Kh7 35. Kxg5 Kg7 36. h6+ Kh7 37. Kh5 Ra7 38. g5 Bb7 39. f4 Ba8 40. f5 Rb7 41. f6 Rb6 42. f7 Bb7 43. g6+ Kh8 44. Bc3# 1-0

Nov-19-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Bullerkotte, Frank"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Score "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428205"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.O-O e6 6.a4 Nd5 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.Rxa3 O-O 9.a5 Nb4 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.Nxc4 c5 12.g4 N8c6 13.f4 f6 14.Rg3 Bd7 15.b3 b5 16.axb6 axb6 17.Bb2 Ra2 18.g5 fxg5 19.fxg5 Nd4 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Qf1 Bc6 23.Bh3 1/2-1/2

Nov-22-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rahde, Frank"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428240"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 d6 7.Nge2 bxc4 8.Nf4 g5 9.Nfe2 exd5 10.exd5 Qe7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.O-O-O Nd3+ 14.Kb1 Nf2 15.Re1 Nd3 16.Rd1 Nf2 17.Re1 1/2-1/2

Nov-22-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: I made a lot of comments to Frank Rahde vs F Rhine, 2023.
Nov-25-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Smith, Josh"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428196"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2 9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Rb1 Bxc3 13.Rxb2 Bxe1 14.Rxe1 b6 15.h4 h5 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.c4 Ne7 18.Rd2 O-O-O 19.Red1 d4 20.f4 Ng6 21.g3 Nf8 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Ne6 24.Rd6 g6 25.Kf2 Rd8 26.Rc6+ Kd7 27.Bf3 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Kxc8 29.Bd5 Kd7 30.c5 bxc5 31.Ke2 Nd4+ 32.Kd3 Ke7 33.a4 f6 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.Kc4 Ne2 36.Kxc5 Nxg3 37.Bc4 Ne4+ 38.Kc6 Ke7 39.a5 Nd2 40.Bd5 Nf1 41.Bb3 Ne3 42.Kb7 Kd6 43.Kxa7 Kc7 44.Ka6 Ng2 45.Kb5 Nxf4 46.a6 Ne2 47.Kc5 Nc3 48.Bc2 Ne4+ 49.Bxe4 fxe4 50.Kd4 Kb6 51.Kxe4 Kxa6 52.Kf4 Kb7 53.Kg5 Kc8 54.Kxg6 1/2-1/2

How to hold a draw against the Short Variation, the most dangerous response to the Caro-Kann. Easy with Stockfish by your side, but not a trivial exercise OTB.

Nov-25-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Resubmitted:

[Event "2020 Electronic Knights, 20EN01"]
[Site "USCF e-mail"]
[Date "2020.01.16"]
[EventDate "2020.01.16"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Buss"]
[Black "Frederick Rhine"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Source "Rhine's e-mail records"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qd3 Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.O-O Qc7 12.a3 Re8 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc4 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.c3 g6 20.Ne1 Rc5 21.Qb7 a5 22.g3 Kg7 23.Ng2 Rc7 24.Qb6 Rc5 25.Qb7 Rc7 26.Qd5 1/2-1/2

Nov-26-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "simultaneous exhibition"]
[Site "Hamden, CT USA"]
[Date "1974.06.23"]
[Event Date "1974.06.23"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Somers, Mike E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[Source "Somers scoresheet signed by Larsen"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Nb8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. Ne4 Nxd5 19. Nd7 Rfd8 20. Ndxf6+ Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Red1 Ra5 23. Rd2 b5 24. b3 bxa4 25. bxa4 Rda8 26. Rda2 b3 27. Ra3 b2 28. Rb1 Rc8 0-1

Nov-27-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Granz, Thomas"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428235"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.Ne2 b6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Nc1 Ba6 12.Nb3 Ne7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Be2 Kg7 15.O-O f5 16.a4 f4 17.Rf2 Qc7 18.Bf1 Rab8 19.Kh1 Rh8 20.a5 b5 21.e5 cxd4 22.exd6 Qxd6 23.c5 Qd5 24.cxd4 Nf5 25.Bd3 Ne3 26.Qb1 f5 27.Qb2 Bb7 28.Rc1 Ba8 29.a6 Rhc8 30.Bb1 Kh7 31.Ba2 Qd7 32.Na5 Bd5 33.Bxd5 Qxd5 34.Qb4 Rc7 35.Rd2 Rg8 36.Qb3 Qxb3 37.Nxb3 Rc6 38.Ra2 Nd5 39.Ra5 b4 40.Rb1 Rd8 41.Rb2 Kg7 42.Ra1 Kf6 43.Nc1 Nc7 44.Rxb4 Rxa6 45.Rxa6 Nxa6 46.Rc4 Rb8 47.c6 Nc7 48.Kg1 Ke7 49.Nd3 a5 50.Ra4 Ra8 51.Ne5 Kd6 52.g4 fxg3 53.hxg3 Nb5 54.Kg2 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

Nov-27-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Pasierb, Siegmund"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428226"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Ngf3 Qb6 7.Nh4 Bd7 8.Qb3 c4 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g5 12.Nhf3 g4 13.Ng1 e5 14.b3 cxb3 15.Qxb3 h5 16.Bd3 Qa5 17.Ne2 e4 18.Bc2 Bd6 19.Rb1 Rc8 20.Qa4 b6 21.Qxa5 Nxa5 22.Bb3 Be6 23.a4 Nxb3 24.Nxb3 Bd7 25.a5 Bb5 26.axb6 Bd3 27.Ra1 axb6 28.Kd2 Bc4 29.Nbc1 Kd7 30.Nf4 Kc6 31.Rxh5 Bxf4 32.Rxh8 Rxh8 33.exf4 Rh1 34.Nb3 Rh2 35.Rb1 1/2-1/2

Nov-28-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Murphy, Dara"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407923"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.O-O b6 16.Bb1 Ba4 17.Rc1 Nc2 18.Qxa5 bxa5 19.Bxc2 Bxc2 20.f3 e6 21.h5 Bf8 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Bg5 Ba3 24.Rce1 Bb4 25.Kf2 Bxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kf8 27.Rh1 Ke8 28.Rh8+ Kd7 29.Rh7 Ke8 30.Rh8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

Dec-03-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Wysocki, Jan"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428213"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nb3 d6 7.O-O Be6 8.Nc3 h5 9.h3 Qd7 10.Kh2 Bc4 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 f6 13.Be3 Nh6 14.a4 Nf5 15.Bc1 Qc7 16.Nd2 Ba6 17.Bd5 Ne5 18.a5 Rc8 19.Ra3 Kd7 20.e4 Nh6 21.f4 Neg4+ 22.hxg4 Nxg4+ 23.Kh3 Qc5 24.c4 e6 25.Bxe6+ Kxe6 26.Rd3 Kf7 27.Ba3 Qxa5 28.e5 Rhd8 29.Bxd6 Rxc4 30.Nxc4 Bxc4 31.Bb4 Rxd3 32.cxd3 Qd5 33.Qc2 Ne3 34.dxc4 1/2-1/2

Comment by Frederick Rhine : A drawn endgame would be reached after 34...Qd7+ 35.f5 fxe5! 36.Qe2 Nxf1 37.Qxf1 Qxf5+ 38.Qxf5 gxf5.

Dec-04-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/71"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.10.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Arsenio Morejón Ynchauspi"]
[Black "Frederick Rhine"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1428175"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxb2 9.Qe1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bb4 12.Rb1 Bxc3 13.Rxb2 Bxe1 14.Rxe1 b6 15.h4 h5 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.c4 Ne7 18.Rd2 O-O-O 19.g3 f4 20.cxd5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Nxd5 22.Bc4 Rd8 23.gxf4 b5 24.Bb3 Nxf4 25.Bxf7 Kd7 26.Re4 Ne6 27.Bxh5 Ke7 28.Kg2 a5 29.Be2 Rd4 30.Kf3 Rd5 31.Kg3 Nc5 32.Rg4 Rxe5 33.Bxb5 Ne4+ 34.Kg2 Rxb5 35.Rxe4+ Kf6 36.Rg4 Rc5 37.Rf4+ Kg6 38.a3 Kh5 39.Ra4 Rc3 40.Rxa5+ Kxh4 1/2-1/2

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