Nov-19-24 J Young vs R Huntington, 1988 
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| colonel.moreau: Here is another example of this opening from the same time period. [Event "Northeast Chess League Finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Young, Jack"]
[Black "Henry L Terrie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
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Dec-07-14 Jack Young
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| colonel.moreau: Hiya Alan and thanks for stopping by! I have long since given up tournament chess but I enjoy perusing books from time to time. After many many years of looking at "junk" openings I now enjoy mainstream stuff: Ruy Lopez (!), French Defense, Open Sicilian, Bb5 Sicilian, Giuoco |
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Dec-07-14 Loren Schmidt
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| colonel.moreau: Loren Schmidt, US senior master and multi-time Nebraska and Indiana state champion. He also won the Japan championship and represented them in the olympiad. One of my favorite players, he did much to popularize chess when I was a student at Purdue University. In addition to ... |
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Aug-14-10 Hugh Edward Myers
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| colonel.moreau: I was a life long subscriber to "Myers Openings Bulletin" and own a few of his books as well. He was always one of my favorite players. He taught me not to be afraid of experimenting in the openings even against IMs and GMs. I will miss his petulant editorials and his search ... |
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Aug-14-10 Robert Feldstein
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| colonel.moreau: Back in the mid 80's I played in an obscure tournament in New Hampshire, the "Modnadnock Marathon", 12 rounds of chess in 2 days.... or roughly 36 hours of straight chess with possibly a few 15 minute catnaps in between rounds. You were allowed to take byes in any round to ... |
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Jul-16-10 A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924
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| colonel.moreau: GM Andrew Soltis had this game listed in his book of chess lists under "10 GAMES THAT (PROBABLY) NEVER HAPPENED."
According to Soltis, Gibaud wrote in to B.H. Wood, the editor of English magazine Chess in 1937. Wood wrote "...he never lost a tournament game in four moves. ... |
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