Feb-20-11 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 
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Nimzoholz: Kmoch's reasons for calling this "The Game of the Century" are alluded to in Brady's 'Endgame': Kmoch was the TD for the Rosenwald and as such was entitled to the original scoresheet. Kmoch had already started collecting Fischer scoresheets/memorabilia. By promoting this game and ... |
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Mar-14-08 V Piza vs Miroshnichenko, 1996 
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Nimzoholz: 70. Bf1 hoping for Kxf1 stalemate is a pipedream. Black has much better with 70...Bb7+ and mate is in 1 move. |
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Mar-12-08 Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930 
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Nimzoholz: More like "Hope a dope" strategy. But Najdorf was no dope, he lifted the veil to execute a mate in 14. Najdorf was not overated, if anything he was underated! |
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Mar-06-08 Quinteros vs L Christiansen, 1981 
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Nimzoholz: Another petite combination by Christiansen to fork with the other Knight/same square 37...Rf2 38.Kf2 Ne4+ in order to simplify. |
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Feb-13-08 Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908 
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Nimzoholz: The pun is from a Saturday Night Live skit with Billy Crystal playing Fernando Lamas and the line was "It is better to look good than feel good and Dahling, You look mahvelous". The 'h' instead of 'r' in darling and marvelous is for pronunciation.
Marshall couldn't find a swindle ... |
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