Jun-19-23 Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896 
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| Frits Fritschy: 14... e5 15 exf4 exd4 16 Qxe7 Bxe7 17 b4 a5 18 b5 Na7 19 Rxd4? Bxc5 20 Rd3 Bf5 (again!) regains the pawn with advantage.
6 c5 seems with modern eyes a bit weird, and Lasker tried to profit from it with the undermining move 13... f4 - attack at the base! Maybe shocked by the ... |
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Apr-06-23 E Arnlind vs A Lundqvist, 1956
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| Frits Fritschy: Nowadays white in correspondence chess would check his computer and find that 30 Rf1 Bb5+ 31 Ke1 Bxf1 (or 31... Nc6 32 Qd5 Bxf1 33 e6) 32 Qc5+ leads to a draw by repetition.
Lundqvist's recommendation 26 Kg1 also seems to equalize: 26... Rh1+ (or 26... Rxg2+ 27 Kxg2 Be6 28 ... |
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Dec-26-22 E Canal vs Horvath, 1934
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| Frits Fritschy: Black could have tried 12... Ne5, freeing d7 for his king, but after 13 Rxa1 Nxf3+ 14 Bxf3 Rxd4+ 15 Ke3 Rd8 (not 15... Rxb4? 16 Rxa7 and Ra8, nailing down black's king side pieces) 16 Rxa7 Ne7 white is of course better, although there is still work to be done. The same counts |
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Jul-08-21 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1927
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| Frits Fritschy: @Saul Goodman: the result of the match can't have given Alekhine the idea that Euwe would be a pushover.
By the way, in Marshall?s book Chess Masterpieces, Euwe in 1928 considered this his best game ever (see Winter's chess notes site). |
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Mar-02-20 Menchik vs Euwe, 1931
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| Frits Fritschy: If you pronounce 'Euwe' as 'youwee', no Dutch person will have a clue what you're talking about. For the correct pronunciation of the 'eu' in Euwe, see Peter Sellers/inspector Clouseau in 'The return of the Pink Panther', when he asks: 'Do you have a room?' The sound of the ... |
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Dec-19-18 Geller vs Euwe, 1953
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| Frits Fritschy: For any English speaker having trouble pronouncing de 'eu'-sound in Euwe's name: get a Pink Panther movie from your videoshop and listen to Clouseau saying: "Do you have a REUM?" |
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Apr-06-17 A Zapata vs Anand, 1988
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| Frits Fritschy: It is quite bad to lose with 5... Bf5 as black, but just imagine you have 300 elo more and lose the position with white! See https://www.365chess.com/view_game.... |
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Aug-02-16 NN vs Greco, 1620
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| Frits Fritschy: White may actually be a little better after 7 Ke2(!). It threatens to exchange queens and then take the bishop, and after 7... Qxe5 8 Nxe5, the pawn on f7 is also under attack. Black probably has to play 7... Bb6. After 8 d3, 8... Qxe5 9 Nxe5 0-0 10 Bg5 gets black in some ... |
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Aug-02-16 NN vs Greco, 1620
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| Frits Fritschy: Arbiter58: You are right, but things aren't as simple as you say. I guess David2009 intended 37 Kf2 hxg4 38 Kg3 and if the bishop plays, 39 hxg4 with good drawing chances.
However, black then wins by 38... gxh3! 39 Kxf3 Kg6, for instance 40 Bf8 Kf5 41 Bxg7 h2 42 Kg2 b4 43 Bf8 |
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