Jan-17-13 Anand vs Kramnik, 2012 
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| KKsystem: GM Kramnik playing the Berlin Defense Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! And the final position He! He! He! He! He! |
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Oct-26-12 Yates vs Marshall, 1929
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| KKsystem: I learned of this endgame position from a middlegame chess book.White is clearly winning but chose a faulty plan.As they say it aint over till its over,Black tenaciously held on until the very last and fortunately when the opportunity to save the game presented itself he made the ... |
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Jun-20-12 A Zapata vs Anand, 1988
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| KKsystem: The world chess champion is renowned for his lightning speed in chess not only in his wins but also in his losses it seems LOL! |
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Jun-08-12 Fischer vs R F McGregor, 1964
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| KKsystem: Every once in a while the all-time greats are painfully reminded that they are still human be it in chess or any other sport ---think about Joe Louis knockout loss to Max Schmelling in 1936 or the 1995 sweep of Orlando by Houston. Here black draws by employing of all openings the ... |
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Jun-08-12 Fischer vs Benko, 1963
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| KKsystem: The most powerful piece makes 3 successive one square moves. This slow/crawling approach of the queen really impressed me. And the finishing touch 19.Rf6! fixes the pawn on f7 permanently, ensuring that the b1-h7 diagonal stays open for the knockout punch. |
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Jun-08-12 Fischer vs Tal, 1961
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| KKsystem: Tal was hoping for 23.Qxe5+ Qxe5 24.fxe5 Rxg7 were although a pawn down he could easily draw. But Bobby zapps him with a queen sacrifice! |
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Jun-05-12 G Bastrikov vs Shamkovich, 1958
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| KKsystem: This game and specifically the idea used by the winner was made famous by Bobby Fischer in one his game's against Sammy Reshevsky. I just finished reading the book "Psychology In Chess". On page 221 the author wrote "Fischer had diligently studied Bastrikov's idea and decided to ... |
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Jun-04-12 Alekhine vs NN, 1915
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| KKsystem: And here is the second 7 queen game I have played.
[Event ""]
[Site "Kasparovchess.com"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "My Opponent"]
[Black "KKsystem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 |
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Jun-01-12 Irving Chernev
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| KKsystem: The annotations in Mr.Chernev's books are simply wonderful. Its something we (the not so GM crowd LOL!!!) can really learn from and understand. Unlike most present day GM's/author's whose analysis are CGA's ---computer generated analysis hmm?? sounds familiar like CGI's in ... |
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May-30-12 Portisch vs Kasparov, 1981
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| KKsystem: I first saw this position in a tactics book back in 2004.Then I recalled a similar drawing pattern I played at Kasparovchess.com when the site was still running. [Event ""]
[Site "Kasparovchess.com"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "KKsystem"]
[Black "My ... |
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