Apr-24-08 Scandinavian (B01) 
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| Katana: How about 3.Nc3?
A. Dabrowski 1908 - B. van den Berg 2200
1.e4 d5
2.exd5 Nf6
3.Nc3 Nxd5
4.Bc4 Nb6
5.Bb3 c5
6.Qe2 Nc6
7.Nf3 Nd4
8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Ne4 d3
10.cxd3 Bd7??
11.Nd6#
1-0
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Jan-02-08 malthrope chessforum
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| Katana: Dear Mal,
Thank you very much for the links!
I'm still working on the mate in 3, so far I only found mate in four.. grtz...
Katana |
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Dec-30-07 Kibitzer's Café
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| Katana: <Chesstalesfan: Does Kasparov know that Caissa was a Greek God?> I don´t know what Kasparov beliefs, so I can´t speak for him. Caissa wasn´t a greek Goddes. She was a dryad. Dryads are tree nymphs in Greek mythology. <Chesstalesfan: Anyway in Greece,as far as I know, ... |
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Aug-18-07 Seirawan vs Tal, 1980
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| Katana: True...Tal did offer a draw to Seirawan and black was slightly better at that point. So the obvious reaction would be to accept the draw. But Yasser felt comfortable with his position wich had a sort of reversed Dragon feel to it and decided to play on, wich indeed troubled Pal ... |
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Jul-01-07 Salov vs Ljubojevic, 1994
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| Katana: Actually, Salov was first hired as a substitute for Polugaevsky, in case his health would become a problem. Unfortunately, shortly before the tournament it was clear that 'Polu' was too ill to participate,(he passed away less then a year later.)so Salov took his place. At least Polu ... |
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Jun-24-06 Van der Wiel vs Van Wely, 2006
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| Katana: I found the remaining moves in the Dutch Newspaper Het Parool:
33...Re6! 34.Rd1 Nb3 35.Rb1 Nc5 36.Nd4 Rd6 37.Rxb4 Nxd7 and white resigned. How come these moves weren't added to the moves list at Chessgames.com? |
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Feb-22-06 Keres vs Gligoric, 1959
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| Katana: Thanks very much for the comments...I appreciate the feedback. I knew I was lucky to win that game, especially after seeing move 4. .., Nxd4! :) |
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Dec-02-05 Alexander Alekhine
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| Katana: Capablanca died in 1942(by an odd coincidence in the same hospital where Lasker had met his end the previous year). When Alekhine followed him four years later, his papers revealed that he had been working on a collection of Capablanca's best games. In the introduction, he had ... |
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