Sep-01-22 S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905 
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| korger: The aesthetics of the final position is unfortunately sullied by the irrefutable verity that it was the result of a helpmate, even if unintentional. White's 15.Nf3 was the worst possible move he could have made, as it blocked the flight square on f3. White was lost at this point, but |
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Aug-26-22 A Johnston vs H Hosmer, 1871
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| korger: <Honza Cervenka> I'd like to offer an explanation to those perplexing moves you pointed out. The authoritative source for this game seems to be the Book of the Second American Chess Congress, available on-line at https://www.google.com/books/editio ..., where this game is ... |
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Jul-22-22 J Gocher vs Harrwitz, 1859
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| korger: It gives "Mr. John Gocher of Ipswich" as White for this game. The book is publicly accessible at https://www.google.com/books/editio... . |
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Mar-21-07 Keres vs Botvinnik, 1948
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| korger: Thanks, Ughaibu, believe me I haven't taken it the wrong way. But I never claimed that Botvinnik needed to be defended for winning his return matches. To me it seems that the strongest case against him is the cheating allegations; true or not, you cannot reject them as utterly ... |
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Jan-29-07 Z Asefi vs Daryl Allen, 2004
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| korger: This puzzle was way out of league of the rest of the Monday puzzles that I've encountered in my almost two years of chessgames experience. This would be a Monday puzzle only if it had started with move 34: White to move. Starting at move 33, it is perfectly suitable even for ... |
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Jan-21-07 Lasker vs F Dickens, 1908
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| korger: Wow, Lasker being rolled over in the mud by a virtually unknown player... This was a simul, wasn't it? |
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Dec-03-06 Darja Kaps
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| korger: <TheAlchemist> Thanks! |
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Sep-26-06 Jevgenyij Boguszlavszkij
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| korger: <AdrianP> Boguszlavszkij is a Hungarian resident, his name written this way reflects the Hungarian spelling. |
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Sep-02-06 Leko - Karpov Match (2006)
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| korger: <<acirce> Karpov is still a fairly strong player, no matter how long it was since he was World Champion, and better in rapid chess than classical. Play good chess, beat him and you can be happy. Comparing with Smyslov is ridiculous and you know it.> I intended that as a ... |
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Aug-30-06 NN vs Allgaier, 1809
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| korger: <Autoreparaturwerkbau: 3.Bxg8? is obviously an instant loss for white.> That's ridiculous. What, in your opinion, is that <obvious, instant> winning line for black? After analyzing 20M nodes until depth 12, crafty sees only a very minor advantage for black, estimated to ... |
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