Aug-01-25 R Snyder vs Browne, 1974
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| marcusantoinerome: Browne missed a mate in 3 with
37...Qe1+ 38. Qxe1 Be3+ 39. Qxe3 Rf1#
as pointed out by Mike Henebry in Larry Evans's column in the August 1975 issue of Chess Life and Review. Evans answered: "Probably Browne was in his customary time-trouble. Since White is lost anyway, |
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Jul-29-25 David Parr
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| marcusantoinerome: Parr is mentioned by David Levy in his tournament report in the July 1975 issue of Chess Life & Review as having traveled the furthest (from Australia after finishing third in the national championship) to attend Lone Pine 1975. What was the cause of death? |
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Jul-26-25 Timman vs Korchnoi, 1991 
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| marcusantoinerome: I'm surprised Korchnoi, after 3...f5, didn't stay aggressive with 5...d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6. But Black has to be careful because 7...bxc6 8.Bxc6+ Bd7 9.Qh5+ and White ends up with a strong attack. The alternatives are 7...Qd5 and 7...Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 as in Keres vs A Zaitsev, |
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Jul-18-25 Reti vs K Treybal, 1926
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| marcusantoinerome: Thanks <Alan McGowan>. The plot thickens. |
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Jul-18-25 Gruenfeld vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: This is actually the debut of 4. ... Ba6. Nimzowitsch had played 4. ... Bb7 previously, but played this 6 times (according to the CG database) with a score of +3=2-1. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... |
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Jul-18-25 Rubinstein vs von Gottschall, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: Not only did Rubinstein miss 26. Rxf7, he also missed 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (25. ... Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Qb3+) 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Qb3+ Bd5 28. R1d5 etc. Those are two classic sacrifices that I would expect him to see immediately. And once you see them, they're easy to calculate. ... |
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Jul-17-25 Reti vs von Gottschall, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: von Gottschall was 62 years old, it's amazing he held up as well as he did. 28. ... Rcd8?? allows a pretty combination starting with 29. Qf4! and Black must lose material. |
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Jul-17-25 A Nimzowitsch vs Reti, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: Nimzowitsch seemed to play very listlessly in the early middlegame, making lots of pawn moves that didn't really improve his position. See Larsen vs C Hansen, 1988 for another example of where 5. Be2 ends up losing. |
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Jul-17-25 J Hector vs V Hamitevici, 2021
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| marcusantoinerome: <Muttley101> Thanks. I think (hope?) incomplete games are becoming rarer on CG with so many kibitzers. |
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Jul-17-25 Reti vs Saemisch, 1925
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| marcusantoinerome: Reti is outplayed tactically in the middlegame (moves 23-28) and loses two pawns. He tries a trick 34. c5 hoping for 34. ... bxc5? 35. Rxc5 and Black's weak back rank demands 35. ... Rdd8 36. Rxe5. Now Black has only a 3v2 pawn majority, all on the kingside, which, with ... |
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