Aug-26-25 Karpov vs Maksimov, 1961
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ndg2: Amazing: at age 10 Karpov already plays like Karpov |
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Aug-17-25 Erwin Spaete
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ndg2: As you no doubt have guessed, Mr. Spaete didn't just start with chess at age 77. He joined a club (city of Hilden) in 1964 and was later club president for a good while there. |
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Aug-13-25 Keymer vs M Karthikeyan, 2025
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ndg2: ^In the Abdu-Pragg game above, black was well advised to play ..e5 instead of Murali's ..d5. Much less play for white there. |
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Jun-03-25 Karpov vs Taimanov, 1977 
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ndg2: Lots of work to do today. I don't think I'll have time enough to understand the pun. |
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Jun-02-25 Norway Chess (2025) 
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ndg2: Gukesh in fighting spirit also against Erigaisi in round 7. He was clearly worse at some point but was again able to turn around the game. |
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May-23-25 Hans Frank
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ndg2: <Happy Please Continue To Burn In Hell Day> would probably be more appropriate. |
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May-23-25 Myagmarsuren vs H MacGrillen, 1972 
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ndg2: Myagmarsuren was more than the loser of a famous Fischer game. Good positional win! |
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May-21-25 Bugojno (1978)
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ndg2: Back when 2625 was absolute world class :-) |
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May-21-25 Vlastimil Hort 
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ndg2: Hort / Jansa "The Best Move" remains one of the best chess books I've ever read. It's not your typical tactics / opening / middle game / end game book, but everything rolled into one. It demands and develops creative and independent thought. |
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May-21-25 M Dobrikov vs Keymer, 2025 
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