Dec-12-21 A Smith vs Philidor, 1790 
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| VULKAN MIND: Philidor was a towering chess genius and was way ahead of his time. His thoughts and ideas advanced the game a hundredfold compared to the contributions of his contemporaries. He has secured an immortal place in chess history. Now, as for that certain juvenile person on here who |
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Jan-07-09 Paul Keres
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| VULKAN MIND: Paul Keres was a giant in chess history!!
He was one of the top players in the world for thirty years! I just wanted to mention one other thing about his career: His record with the White pieces versus the Sicilian Defense from the period 1931 - 1975 is an astonishing 94 wins, ... |
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Jan-18-08 Robert James Fischer
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| VULKAN MIND: I'll bet Fischer and Tal are playing blitz in heaven right now!! |
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Feb-16-07 Morelia-Linares (2007)
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| VULKAN MIND: even though there is no kasparov, kramnik or radjabov, this is going to be one heck of a tournament! even this old vulkan has no idea who will win. but - i'll take a guess. how about ... aronian. |
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Feb-16-07 Akiba Rubinstein
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| VULKAN MIND: Rubinstein's best games are a thing of beauty. A true artist in every sense of the word. No question that he was one of the most influential players in history. Entire opening setups are attributed to Rubinstein. I was wondering - who influenced Rubinstein ?? I definitely think ... |
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