Feb-01-06 S Landau vs E E Book, 1937 
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| george IV: Landau throws his pieces over Book's head!! |
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Jan-17-06 A Naumann vs V Bogdanovski, 2002
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| george IV: Exciting battle. In the opening, what should be the best answer for Black in case of 9.Ne4? |
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Oct-21-05 Nicolas Rossolimo
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| george IV: You were very close <Averageguy>. The game actually ended 1.♖xf5! exf5 2.♕xh6+! ♔xh6 3.♖h1+ ♔g6 4.♔f4!! ♕e6 (covers the file in case of 5.♗h5+ ♔h7 6.♗xf7+ ♕h6) 5.♖h8! and mate is inevitable. |
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Aug-19-05 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913
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| george IV: <PARACONT1> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Alekhine demanded a fund of $10,000 for a rematch with Capablanca in 1931. That amount of money, after the 1929 crack, was almost impossible to raise. If Alekhine really was willing to play a rematch against Capablanca, I ... |
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Jul-20-05 Eliskases vs W Henneberger, 1934
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| george IV: But you see, it's not easy to resist de temptation of taking a Queen with check. I'm sure Eliskases did it in a split second. |
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Apr-29-05 A Rodriguez Vila vs E Fernandez Romero, 2004
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| george IV: <InspiredByMorphy> 27…f5 26.Qxe6 fxg4 27.Qe8+ Rg8 28.Qe5+ is perpetual check. |
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Mar-03-05 Kasparov vs Leko, 2005
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| george IV: <Abaduba> Of course. Thanks. |
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Feb-17-05 Raymond Keene
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| george IV: <capanegra> No problema. Besides, your question looks pertinent to me, as I have the same doubt about that tricky variation. By the way, thanks for answering Mr. Keene!! |
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Feb-16-05 Pirc, Austrian Attack (B09)
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| george IV: I just noticed that there are only 68 games in the database with 6.e5, while everybody plays instead 6.Bd3 (468 games) or 6.Be3 (115 games). So, my question is: where is the weakness of 6.e5 if nobody plays it?? |
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Dec-30-04 Kibitzer's Café
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| george IV: I was wondering if <chessgames.com> has ever thought in adding to this magnificent site: 1) The cross-tables of the most famous tournaments and matches in history. 2) A link dedicated to composed chess problems. |
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