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Aug-29-05 Evgeny Sveshnikov    latvija: Is Sveshnikov any different than any other player who plays the same opening and makes it their signature play? The Greco-Counter Gambit became the Latvian Gambit. In the recent "Liepajas Rokade" Super Tournament, Jevgeny Sveshnikov placed 8th of out 14. His son Vladimir placed ...      Jul-30-05 Mercosur Cup (2005)    latvija: I am less than clear about Shredder, in this tournament. Is this the Shredder one can buy? Or is this some souped-up programming version of Shredder?      Jun-26-05 3rd Marx Gyorgy (2005)    latvija: It's nice to see that Korchnoi is still playing. The esteemed Bobby Fischer could take a page from Viktor!      Apr-16-05 XIII Dos Hermanas (2005)    latvija: I find it interesting that White posted 14 wins and Black one win. I wonder if there are any other tournaments with such a lopsided result.      Feb-05-05 Albert Sandrin    latvija: I'm sorry to see that only lost games are listed. Al Sandrin was much more than that. He has the distinction of winning the 1949 U.S. Open. I don't remember if he ever won the U.S. Blind Championship. He and his brother Angelo were regulars in the Chicago chess scene. In 1965, I ...      Dec-26-04 Tal vs J Mora Corbera, 1956    latvija: 3rd World Students Tournament, USSR - Spain, Khormadka System: 3....e5 (note Black selects Panovs line which usually leads to a tiresome and long game. In contrast, the text is a prelude of an aggressive continuation.)10...g6/Mora should avoid the weakened King's position: 10....Nd7      Dec-22-04 E Karklins vs P Tautvaisas, 1969    latvija: Well, I didn't look at the puzzle. I will make a human obersvation. Erik Karklins, father of FM Andrew Karklins, and Pavilos Tautavaisis were regular fixtures in the Chicago chess scene. In 1963, my father took me to my first chess tournament, as an obersever. TD Frank Skoff,later ...      Sep-27-04 E Zemgalis vs L Dreibergs, 1946    latvija: 6...a6--More precise is 6....Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4, etc. 12. Bg5--White threatens 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxh7+. 13...f5--13...g6 leads to the black Kingside squares weakened. 14...e5--Black tries to prevent White from occupying e4. ...      Sep-27-04 Petrov vs K Makarczyk, 1928   latvija: 8. Qc2 Ne4 at the time of this game, this variation was not thoroughly analyzed. 10. Nxe4 10.Bd3 is considered better, 11. Nd2 11. Qxe4 Qb4 and 12....Qxb2 is better for black. 18. Qc4 Petrov has not played the opening very well. The queen moves c2-c4-d4 and d4-c3-c4 are artificial      Aug-27-04 Sao Paulo Rapid (2004)    latvija: So, Karpov didn't play that well. It was a Rapid tournament. I don't consider that to be "serious" chess playing. Sure, these guys can beat the pants off 99% of current chess players. But, I do not consider it to be "good" chess. I do not expect for any Rapid game to be part of a ...

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