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Mar-17-25 Kasparov vs D Letterman, 1989    OBIT: As this game dragged on, Letterman's comments about "bringing TV chess to America" got increasingly snarky. It's pretty clear he thought the joke had run its course by move 18, and he wanted the game to end. My guess is he asked Kasparov to suggest a continuation to reach a quick mate.      Jan-31-25 Kramnik vs Anand, 2001   OBIT: Going by the Chessgames database, Anand had remarkable success playing the QGA from 1996 through 2002, winning ten games with the opening while losing only three. All three losses were to Kramnik. Not this one, however!      May-19-24 E Canal vs Horvath, 1934    OBIT: http://chessgames.com/perl/chessgam... is the same game, same year, same location. Assuming all the information is accurate, the loser isn't unknown, it's somebody named Horvath      May-02-24 Kholmov vs Ehlvest, 1983    OBIT: It appears the full score for this game is lost forever. That is a definite shame, as apparently the game reached a position where the only winning move is a bishop underpromotion: White: Kb6, Rh1, Pc7 Black: Kc8, Rh5, Pe6, Ph2 In a lost position, Kholmov tried a creative move to ...      Feb-23-24 K Junge vs C Kottnauer, 1942    OBIT: <The Kings Domain> Well, the alternative to losing the queen is to get mated. Qg6# is threatened, and 20...Qe8 is met by 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Qg7#.      Feb-12-24 J Altucher vs N P Moor, 2022    OBIT: Something is fishy here - in the final position, surely White is winning easily. It's hard to believe White lost on time on move 20. Either the scoresheet is wrong, or Black resigned after his last move without waiting for White's reply      Sep-23-23 D Marotti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922   OBIT: Quite a nice game by Marotti, especially considering he was 0-10 going into this round. Give him credit for trying to play creatively despite having an obviously disappointing tournament.      May-11-23 Yanofsky vs B Larsen, 1967   OBIT: Larsen mentions this game in his notes to Jimenez-Larsen (game #47) in "Larsen's Selected Games." After Jimenez played 7. Bb3, Larsen speculates that Jimenez might not have followed Yanofsky's 7. Nc3 line "for fear of a prepared improvement on Black's part". And yep, while this move ...      Apr-17-23 Kosteniuk vs Z Cibickova, 2012   OBIT: They're following Almasi-Eljanov from the 2011 World Team Championship. 😀      Apr-09-23 Jakovenko vs Bacrot, 2014   OBIT: Curious change of heart. The Berlin Killer has stopped trying to win this endgame

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