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perfidious
Member since Dec-23-04
Behold the fiery disk of Ra!

Started with tournaments right after the first Fischer-Spassky set-to, but have long since given up active play in favour of poker.

In my chess playing days, one of the most memorable moments was playing fourth board on the team that won the National High School championship at Cleveland, 1977. Another which stands out was having the pleasure of playing a series of rapid games with Mikhail Tal on his first visit to the USA in 1988. Even after facing a number of titled players, including Teimour Radjabov when he first became a GM (he still gave me a beating), these are things which I'll not forget.

Fischer at his zenith was the greatest of all champions for me, but has never been one of my favourite players. In that number may be included Emanuel Lasker, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Larsen, Speelman, Romanishin, Nakamura and Carlsen, all of whom have displayed outstanding fighting qualities.

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   Jul-10-25 Kenneth Rogoff (replies)
 
perfidious: That is also true of many others, yet Far Right types will invoke the name Laken Riley on cue to justify expelling the lot, whatever the consequences. Many of them have no idea who Mia Zapata was, but would do likewise if her murder had taken place in recent years.
 
   Jul-10-25 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls (replies)
 
perfidious: Lisa Gaye, actress of the 1950s and 1960s. https://www.bing.com/images/search?...
 
   Jul-10-25 perfidious chessforum
 
perfidious: Business as usual. The new regime carries on in like fashion to the old.
 
   Jul-09-25 Flohr vs B Thelen, 1930
 
perfidious: While Flohr was regarded as a chiefly positional player, his early games featured some sprightly combinative ideas; 17.Qh6+ is a clever denouement.
 
   Jul-09-25 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
perfidious: Betts will turn 33 during the playoffs, and playing short can tax even the greats; what are Dodgers' options besides running the Mook out there every day?
 
   Jul-09-25 J Hvenekilde vs R Bellin, 1982
 
perfidious: In the 1970s, Bellin wrote a book on the Classical Dutch, citing Bogoljubov vs W Hasenfuss, 1939 and presumably avoiding 4....Qh4 as he felt White had better than Bogolyubov's losing 5.e4.
 
   Jul-08-25 Goran Topic
 
perfidious: Brooklyn Nets are rebuilding yet again.
 
   Jul-08-25 Bozo Topic
 
perfidious: This here is a regular clown show.
 
   Jul-07-25 Steven A Taylor
 
perfidious: Steve was ~2350 USCF in the mid 1980s, and five months on, I levelled the score in our only other encounter.
 
   Jul-07-25 Vladimir Kramnik (replies)
 
perfidious: Other than firing off one unsubstantiated <J'accuse!> after another?
 
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Jul-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "London, Dmitri"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Nc6 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Qe8 11.Qc2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.Rad1 a5 15.Ne1 e4 16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.Qxg7+ Kxg7 18.f3 exf3 19.Bxf3 a4 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Nd3 axb3 22.axb3 Ra2 23.Rfe1 Re8 24.Kf2 g5 25.Ra1 Rd2 26.Ra7 Re7 27.Ra8 Bd7 28.Ra5 Kf6 29.Nc1 Be8 30.Ra2 Rd4 31.Nd3 Bh5 32.Ra6 Rd6 33.Nb4 Be8 34.Rea1 Kg7 35.R1a2 Rh6 36.Kg1 f4 37.R6a5 Kf6 38.Nd3 fxg3 39.hxg3 Re3 40.Kf2 Re6 41.Kg2 Bg6 42.Nf2 Be4+ 43.Kg1 Rg6 44.Ra7 Rg7 45.Nxe4+ Rxe4 46.R2a6 Re6 47.Kf2 Kf5 48.Kf3 g4+ 49.Kf2 Rge7 50.Ra2 Ke4 51.R7a5 Rf6+ 52.Ke1 Rh6 53.Rg5 Ke3 54.Kf1 Rf6+ 55.Kg1 h5 56.Rxh5 Ref7 57.Ra1 Kxe2 58.Rh2+ Kd3 59.Rh4 Rg7 60.c5 Ke2 61.Rh2+ Ke3 62.b4 Kd4 63.Rd1+ Kc4 64.Rc1+ Kb5 65.Rh8 Rf3 66.Rb8+ Ka4 67.Kg2 Rd7 68.Rc2 Rdd3 69.Rc4 Rxg3+ 70.Kh2 Rh3+ 71.Kg2 Rh7 72.Re4 g3 73.Rg4 0-1>

Note to my persecutor: catch the next train for your favourite <Cleveland Steamer>!!

Jul-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix"] [Site "Peterborough NH"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Curdo, John"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "1895"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Bb5 c6 7.Ba4 Ba6 8.Nce2 Bf8 9.Nf3 Bb5 10.Bb3 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.O-O Nge7 13.Re1 Nf5 14.Bc2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 cxd4 16.Bxf5 dxc3 17.Bxc3 exf5 18.Rac1 Bb4 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Ne5 Qe7 22.Qb5+ Kf8 23.a3 g6 24.Qxb4 1-0>

Jul-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix"] [Site "Peterborough NH"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Elmore, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1746"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.e4 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qb6 8.d5 Nd7 9.O-O Ngf6 10.Rb1 Ne5 11.Be2 O-O 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rc1 a6 14.c5 Ned7 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Nd5 Qd6 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Qxd6 exd6 20.f3 Rfc8 21.Rfd1 Ne8 22.b3 Bb2 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.a4 Ba3 25.Bc4 Bc5 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.Ke2 Bxe3 28.Kxe3 Ke7 29.g4 f6 30.h4 h6 31.f4 Ng7 32.f5 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rh1 Rc7 35.Rh7 Kf8 36.Rh8+ Ke7 37.Rb8 Ne8 38.Kd4 d5 39.Bxd5 Nd6 40.Rh8 b5 41.Rh7+ Kd8 42.Rxc7 Kxc7 43.e5 Ne8 44.Bf7 1-0>

Jul-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: White went on to become a strong master but achieved notoriety in another way a few years on:

<[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix"] [Site "Peterborough NH"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bournival, Braden"]
[Black "Curdo, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2267"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be2 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qd2 e6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bh6 Nxd4 15.Bxf8 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Qxf8 17.f4 c6 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Rad1 Qg7 20.Kh1 Nb6 21.Qd3 Nc4 22.Na4 Nxb2 23.Nxb2 Bxb2 24.f5 Qf6 25.fxe6 Be5 26.Qe3 Bc7 27.c4 dxc4 28.Rd7 Bb6 29.Qe2 Ba5 30.Red1 Qxe6 31.Qxe6+ Rxe6 32.Rxb7 Re1+ 33.Rxe1 Bxe1 34.Rc7 Bxf2 35.Rxc6 Kf7 36.Kg2 Bb6 37.Kf3 c3 38.Rxc3 Kf6 39.Rb3 h5 40.Rb5 g5 41.a4 Bd4 42.Ke4 Bb6 43.a5 Bg1 44.Rb1 Bc5 45.Rc1 Bd6 46.Rc6 Ke7 47.Ra6 Bc5 48.Rc6 Bd6 49.Kd5 Bg3 50.Rh6 h4 51.Ke4 Kd8 52.Rg6 Kc7 53.Rxg5 Be1 54.Rg7+ Kc6 55.Rxa7 Kb5 1-0>

Jul-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "McCarthy, Brian"]
[Black "Roll, Craig"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 Bxf4 6.exf4 Qd6 7.c3 Nd7 8.Ne5 f6 9.Nxd7 Kxd7 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.O-O-O c6 12.Be2 Nh6 13.g4 Bg6 14.h4 Bf7 15.h5 Qc7 16.g5 Nf5 17.h6 gxh6 18.gxf6 b6 19.Nf3 Qxf4+ 20.Rd2 Nd6 21.Ne5+ Kc7 22.Qa3 Qxf6 23.Rxh6 Qxh6 24.Qxd6+ Kxd6 25.Nxf7+ Ke7 26.Nxh6 Raf8 27.f3 c5 1/2-1/2>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: As the Gaslighting Obstructionist party looks to save face after the Big Boondoggle:

<The war over President Donald Trump’s megabill is just beginning, with both parties saying it will define the midterm elections next year, when control of Congress is up for grabs.

Republicans start on the back foot, with recent surveys showing the bill is unpopular, even with pro-Trump cohorts. Still, GOP leaders say they have a plan to turn things around and make the legislation Trump signed into law last week part of an offensive push to protect their House and Senate majorities.

Meanwhile, Democrats are gearing up for a political onslaught aimed at unseating Republicans who voted for it. The House Democrats’ campaign arm has already launched a digital ad buy on Meta across 35 GOP-held competitive districts slamming lawmakers for voting to harm rural hospitals. Part of Democrats’ strategy is to highlight that many Republicans who threatened to vote down the bill because of steep Medicaid cuts ended up voting for it anyway.

“The so-called moderate House Republicans have shamelessly lied for months — hiding behind meaningless letters and performative tweets — claiming they’d protect Medicaid, food assistance and energy jobs,” said Justin Chermol, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “But their vote is the only thing that matters, and they’ll pay the price next year.”

Republicans say they have a strategy to avoid a repeat of the midterms in 2018, when Democrats attacked them for Trump’s original tax cuts, which they argued disproportionately benefited the wealthy, and for seeking to cut health care for the working class by unsuccessfully trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Democrats went on to take back the House majority.

This time around, Republicans say they will campaign on individual pieces of the bill that poll well and ignore the provisions that are less popular. GOP leaders and strategists are encouraging their candidates to lean into the “wins” of Trump’s agenda: tax cuts on overtime and tips, child care subsidies and work requirements for able-bodied adults.

“Last time, we ceded ground to Democrats,” a senior aide to Republican leadership told NBC News. “We won’t do that again.”

Republicans also argue that some working-class people will begin to feel savings from two particular provisions of the bill, tax cuts on tips and overtime pay, when they take effect next summer, just ahead of the midterm elections.

But most of the tax provisions are extensions of the current rates, meaning most voters will see little change in their tax bills — another challenge for Republicans in selling the bill.

Pressed about how candidates will defend cuts to Medicaid, a high-ranking GOP strategist who is close to Trump said they won’t focus on it, instead touting “the money in the pockets of working-class Americans and their increased safety” from other provisions in the bill.

Republicans see bill as the ‘defining issue of 2026’

Republican leaders are expected to hit the road, including in swing districts, in the coming months to sell the bill. In the meantime, they plan to flood local airwaves promoting the legislation, according to a senior GOP source familiar with the plans. And the National Republican Congressional Committee plans its own spate of attack ads accusing Democrats of supporting a tax hike for having voted against the bill, which extends tax cuts Trump enacted in 2017, the source added.

In a new memo obtained by NBC News, the NRCC encourages Republicans to accuse Democrats of voting to “block tax cuts” and “leave the border wide open,” referring to roughly $150 billion in the bill for immigration enforcement.

“House Republicans will be relentless in making this vote the defining issue of 2026, and we will use every tool to show voters that Republicans stood with them while House Democrats sold them out,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the National Republican Senatorial Committee recently circulated internal polling instructing candidates to message aggressively on tax cuts. The only mention of Medicaid in the three-page document touts the popularity of work requirements and frames the nearly $1 trillion in cuts as “reforms” to keep benefits from undocumented immigrants.

The calculation among many Republicans in battleground states and districts who voted for the bill is that the Democratic warnings about massive cuts to Medicaid will fall flat with voters — not only because the cuts were tailored to target “waste, fraud and abuse,” but also because the changes aren’t set to kick in until after the 2026 midterms.

Still, it’s a risky gamble, and many vulnerable Republicans are privately bracing for potential political blowback in their districts. The bill is projected to lead to 11.8 million fewer people having insurance by 2034, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office....>

Backatchew....

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Hit 'em while they're down:

<....Perhaps the biggest driving force behind their “yes” votes was not wanting to defy Trump. He had threatened to back primary challengers to two Republicans, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who opposed the bill. (Tillis ended up deciding not to seek re-election.)

“Seventy-seven million Americans voted to give Donald Trump a platform to make positive changes for the United States; 1.7 million Wisconsinites voted for Donald Trump,” said Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., who is expected to face a competitive re-election race next year. “This is a mandate by the American people, and we’re fulfilling this mandate.”

When he was pressed about whether Republicans are just falling in line because of Trump, Van Orden pushed back: “The president of the United States didn’t give us an assignment. We’re not a bunch of little bitches around here, OK? I’m a member of Congress that represents almost 800,000 Wisconsinites.”

The Democratic group House Majority Forward is working on ads to attack vulnerable Republicans for the vote — including Van Orden, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Tom Barrett of Michigan, who all narrowly won their 2024 races.

Democrats plan to target wobbly Republicans

In the run-up to the vote, politically vulnerable Reps. David Valadao, R-Calif., and Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., led sternly worded letters signed by more than a dozen of their colleagues slamming steep cuts to Medicaid and clean energy tax credits.

But when it came time to vote, nearly all of them folded under pressure from Trump and ended up supporting provisions that they loudly criticized — and that could have major impacts on their constituents. Most of those lawmakers are targets of the DCCC’s new ad campaign.

Two weeks ago, Valadao led a group of 16 Republicans in writing a letter vowing to oppose the Senate bill’s aggressive Medicaid cuts.

“Protecting Medicaid is essential for the vulnerable constituents we were elected to represent,” they wrote. “Therefore, we cannot support a final bill that threatens access to coverage or jeopardizes the stability of our hospitals and providers.”

All 16 of them voted for the bill Thursday.

Valadao, who represents a swing district with a large share of Medicaid recipients, warned five days before the final vote that Republicans must undo the Medicaid changes in the Senate bill — “otherwise, I will vote no.”

His office didn’t respond to messages seeking comment on his vote.

In a statement, Kiggans said that “no legislation of this size is perfect—but there’s no question that this bill includes major priorities I’ve been fighting for on behalf of Coastal Virginia.”

Valadao was among the group of lawmakers who visited the White House before the vote last week. During the meeting, Trump and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, walked them through how the bill’s changes to Medicaid will be implemented....>

Rest ta foller....

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Epilogue:

<....Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who had been one of the loudest Republicans calling to protect Medicaid, walked away from the meeting arguing they have time to change the law back if they later determine it will be too harmful, since the biggest changes don’t take effect for several years.

Asked by NBC News whether it was risky to bank on the prospect of Congress’ reversing key components of the bill, Van Drew said: “No, I think that it’s possible. The point being that it is being done slowly.”

Another moderate GOP lawmaker who had been on the fence, granted anonymity to discuss internal party deliberations, said what ultimately made them feel comfortable voting for it is that many of the Medicaid changes, like the provider tax, won’t take effect until after the midterm elections.

Under the bill, the new work requirements for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will kick in latest by the start of 2027, while new restrictions on state provider taxes — which trigger federal payments that are a major source of revenue for rural hospitals — will start in 2028.

Last month, an overlapping group of 13 House Republicans, led by Kiggans, wrote a letter calling for saving clean energy funding and tax credits, saying they were “deeply concerned by several provisions” in the emerging package. They warned that “project cancellations will continue to snowball” without protecting the incentives that caused the investments.

Twelve of the 13 Republicans voted for the bill — every signer except Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.

Along with Valadao and Kiggans, Republicans who signed both letters include Juan Ciscomani of Arizona, Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania, Mike Lawler and Andrew Garbarino of New York, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa, Young Kim of California and Don Bacon of Nebraska. (Bacon announced last week that he will retire.)

Meanwhile, some Republicans have already started to lean into parts of the bill.

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who openly acknowledged the bill’s Medicaid changes will “take away health care from working people,” is holding an event Tuesday morning to celebrate the inclusion of his bipartisan effort to expand federal compensation for nuclear waste victims.>

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "McKenna, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Regan, Natasha K"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.h4 Nxg3 11.fxg3 g4 12.Nh2 h5 13.O-O e5 14.d5 Qe7 15.Bd3 Nc5 16.Bc2 a5 17.Qe2 Bd7 18.Rae1 Rae8 19.Qd2 Rb8 20.Rf2 c6 21.Nf1 b5 22.dxc6 Bxc6 23.cxb5 Bxb5 24.Ne3 Bd7 25.Bb1 f6 26.Nc4 Ne6 27.Nd5 Qd8 28.Qxa5 Qxa5 29.Nxa5 Bb5 30.Nc3 Nd4 31.b4 Rfc8 32.Nxb5 Rxb5 33.Rb2 Rc3 34.a4 Rb8 35.Ba2+ Kf8 36.Nc4 Bh6 37.a5 Nb5 38.Nb6 Kg7 39.Bc4 Nd4 40.a6 Rxb6 41.a7 Ra3 42.Ra2 Rxa2 0-1>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Meyer, Eugene"]
[Black "Pozarek, Stephen J"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.cxd5 Ne7 9.d4 c6 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.dxe5 Nxd5 12.e4 Ne7 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.exd6 Bxd6 16.Bxb6 Ra6 17.Be3 Be6 18.Rad1 Bc7 19.a3 f6 20.Nd4 Bf7 21.Bh3 Re8 22.Bd7 Rd8 23.Ne6 Bb6 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 Ng6 26.f4 Nf8 27.Bg4 Bb3 28.Rd3 Bc2 29.Re3 Re8 30.Rc1 Ba4 31.b3 Bb5 32.a4 Bxa4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Rb3 Raxe4 35.Rxb7 Ne6 36.Bf2 Nd4 37.Bxd4 Rxd4 38.Rc7 g5 39.Bh5 Red8 40.fxg5 fxg5 41.R1xc6 Rd2 42.Rc8 Rxc8 43.Rxc8+ Kg7 44.Rc7+ Kg8 45.Re7 1-0>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paschall, William"]
[Black "Katrein, Matthew R"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.b4 a5 9.b5 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qb3 Kh8 12.Na4 Be6 13.Ng5 Bg8 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Qb7 Ra6 16.Bb2 Nfd7 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.a3 Re8 20.Rfd1 h6 21.Nd2 e4 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Nb3 Nbd7 25.Bh3 g6 26.Rd6 Kg7 27.Nd4 Ne5 28.Bxf5 Nxc4 29.Rd8 Bd5 30.Nc5 Rb6 31.Nde6+ Rxe6 32.Bxe6 Nxa3 33.Bxd5 cxd5 34.Nd7 Rb1 35.Rxb1 Nxb1 36.Nxf6 Kxf6 37.Rxd5 a4 38.Ra5 a3 39.Kf1 Ke6 40.Ke1 Kd6 41.Kd1 1-0>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.h4 h5 9.Bg5 Bf6 10.Qd2 Ng7 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Nge2 Nc5 13.Bc2 a5 14.O-O-O Bxg5 15.hxg5 f6 16.gxf6 Qxf6 17.Rdf1 b6 18.f3 Bd7 19.Kb1 Kf7 20.g4 Rh8 21.g5 Qe7 22.f4 exf4 23.Nxf4 h4 24.e5 Bf5 25.e6+ Ncxe6 26.dxe6+ Nxe6 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Re1 Qxg5 29.Qd5 1-0>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rogers, Norman"]
[Black "Yee, Patrick"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 b5 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.c3 Bg7 14.Qh5 h6 15.Nc2 f4 16.g3 Ne7 17.gxf4 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Rg1 Qf6 20.Nb4 Bb7 21.O-O-O Qxf4+ 22.Kb1 Bf3 23.Qh3 Bxd1 24.Nd5 Qf3 25.Nc7+ Kf8 26.Qd7 Qxd3+ 27.Ka1 Kg8 28.Ne6 Bg4 29.Qb7 Bxe6 30.Qg2 Qg6 31.Qxa8+ Kh7 32.Qxa6 Qd3 0-1>

Look, <mawdicker>: no source tag!!!

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Small, Gregg H"]
[Black "Zlochevskij, Alexander"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Ne4 10.c3 Nc6 11.Nbd4 Re8 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Re1 a6 14.Qb3 Na5 15.Qc2 Bc7 16.Rad1 Qd6 17.Bc1 Nc6 18.g3 Qf6 19.Kg2 Re7 20.Be3 Rae8 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Bd4 Qf5 23.Nh4 Bh3+ 24.Kg1 Qg5 25.Be3 Qf6 26.Ng2 Re6 27.Nf4 Bxf4 28.Bxf4 Ng5 29.Qd3 Bf5 30.Qd2 Nh3+ 31.Kg2 Nxf4+ 32.Qxf4 Re4 33.Bg4 g5 34.Qxf5 Qxf5 35.Bxf5 Rxe1 36.Rd4 R1e2 37.Ra4 Rd2 38.h4 Ree2 39.hxg5 Rxf2+ 0-1>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"]
[Date "1991.07.??"]
[EventDate "1991"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Iashvili, Akaki"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Nge7 7.Re1 d5 8.c3 b6 9.e5 Qc7 10.d4 Bd7 11.Bf4 h6 12.h4 Nf5 13.Na3 cxd4 14.g4 Nxh4 15.Nxh4 g5 16.Nb5 Qd8 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Bh2 gxh4 19.cxd4 h5 20.gxh5 h3 21.Bf3 Bh6 22.Bg3 Ne7 23.Bh4 Qb8 24.Qb3 Qc8 25.Kh1 Qc6 26.Qd3 1-0>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix"] [Site "Peterborough NH"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2450"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qe2 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 b5 10.Bb3 e5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Bd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 Rc8 16.O-O O-O 17.a4 Rc4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rfd1 Bg5 20.c3 f5 1/2-1/2>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix"] [Site "Peterborough NH"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "La Rocca, Mark John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2144"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be3 d5 8.e5 Ng4 9.Bxc5 Qa5 10.d4 b6 11.Ba3 Ba6 12.h3 Ngxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 d4 15.Qd2 dxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17.bxc3 Rac8 18.f4 f6 19.Bd5+ Kg7 20.exf6+ Rxf6 21.O-O-O e6 22.Bb3 Na5 23.Rd7+ Rf7 24.Bxe6 Rxd7 25.Bxd7 Rc7 26.Bg4 Nc4 27.Bb4 Bb7 28.Re1 h5 29.Be6 a5 30.Bxc4 axb4 31.cxb4 Rxc4 32.Re7+ Kh6 33.Rxb7 Rxb4 34.a3 Rb5 35.a4 Rf5 36.Rxb6 h4 37.Rb3 Ra5 38.g4 Rxa4 39.Rf3 Kg7 40.Kd2 Kf6 41.Kd3 Ra8 42.c4 Rc8 43.f5 g5 44.Kd4 Rd8+ 1-0>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix"] [Site "Peterborough NH"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "La Rocca, Mark John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2144"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Bg5 Rc8 9.Qd2 a6 10.Na3 Nd4 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 d5 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.Qe4 g6 19.Qxb7 e4 20.Qxa6 Qb4 21.Be2 Bxb2 22.Nb1 Rxc2 23.Qb5 Qxb5 24.Bxb5 Bc4 25.Rfe1 Bxb5 26.axb5 Rc5 1/2-1/2>

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Lovely stuff, posted elsewhere by <jnpope>:

<<When Anderssen years ago was asked his opinion about Kolisch and Steinitz, he said: "Kolisch is a highwayman and points the pistol at your breast. Steinitz is a pickpocket, he steals a pawn and wins a game with it." And Anderssen was no mean judge.>

-<Boston Weekly Post>, 1887.02.04, p6>

Jul-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Animal Killer has an interesting view of the gubmint's role in crises such as the Texass flooding:

<Kristi Noem, also known as "Ice Barbie", made an interesting statement at Trump's sixth Cabinet meeting during this second term as President on Tuesday.

Noem said that the federal government is not responsible for managing disasters like the deadly flash floods in Texas, adding that it was the state's responsibility.

"We, as a federal government don't manage these disasters. The state does. We come in and support them," Noem said. "And that's exactly what we did here in this situation -FEMA went to an enhanced level, immediately, but as soon as you signed the major disaster declaration we were able to get them resources and dollars right away just like you envisioned through state block grants to help them with clean up," Noem added.

"FEMA has been deployed and we're cutting through the paper work of the old FEMA streamlining it much like your vision of how FEMA should operate and its been a much better response to help these families get through this terrible situation," she added.

Donald Trump hosted his sixth Cabinet meeting of his second term at the White House on Tuesday at 11 a.m.

President Trump, who was set to speak on multiple issues across the board, was surrounded by reporters while his administration discussed the flash foods in Texas.

The death toll from the devastating floods in Texas over the July Fourth weekend exceeded 100 on Monday, as search-and-rescue teams continued their efforts, wading through swollen rivers and using heavy machinery to clear debris in the extensive search for those missing.

Officials managing the search for flood victims stated they would address inquiries about weather warnings and why some summer camps did not evacuate before the lethal flooding that took at least 104 lives at a future date.>

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-n...

Jul-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Purblind loyalty before common decency is the defining feature of the regime:

<The US is reeling after catastrophic floods killed more than 100 people in Texas, including 27 children and counsellors from an all-girls Christian camp. On Monday, Democrats asked a government watchdog to investigate whether cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) affected the forecasting agency’s performance.

But Republicans’ default response has been to express fealty to Donald Trump. They lavished praise on the president for providing federal assistance while studiously avoiding questions around the effect of his “department of government efficiency” (Doge) or threats to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema).

“It is a sign of the sickness and dysfunction of what was the Republican party that they have almost no thoughts about their constituents,” said Rick Wilson, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group. “Their thoughts are, how do I avoid making sure that Donald Trump doesn’t look at me as an enemy or a critic?

“Despite the fact that the Doge cuts and the reductions in force and the early buyouts have savaged the workforce of the National Weather Service, they can’t even utter the slightest vague, elliptical critique of the administration that is now engaged in these cuts that have cost the lives of the people they supposedly represent.”

The raging flash floods – among the US’s worst in decades – slammed into riverside camps and homes in central Texas before daybreak on Friday, pulling sleeping people out of their cabins, tents and trailers and dragging them for miles past floating tree trunks and cars. Some survivors were found clinging to trees. Authorities say the death toll is sure to rise as crews look for the many who are still missing.

Republicans have long been criticised for responding to mass shootings with “thoughts and prayers”, as if the tragedy transcends politics. Similarly, party leaders have sought to blame a freak act of nature rather than contemplating a potential association with Trump’s policies – or with the broader threat of the climate crisis, seemingly a taboo subject under the current administration.

Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, praised Trump for approving a major disaster declaration that ensured state and local government have more resources to deal with the emergency. “The swift and very robust action by President Trump is an extraordinary help to our response,” he said.

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, tweeted: “Thank you @POTUS Trump” for the declaration and told Fox News: “The National Weather Service under President Trump has been working to put in new technology and a new system because it’s been neglected for years. It’s an ancient system that needed to be upgraded and so President Trump recognised that right away and got to work on it when he came into office in January.”

Senator Ted Cruz wrote on the X social media platform that “President Trump committed ANYTHING Texas needs”, while telling a press conference: “There’s a time to have political fights, there’s a time to disagree. This is not that time.”

Trump himself has struck a similar tone, deflecting questions about whether he is still planning to phase out Fema. He said he does not plan to re-hire any of the federal meteorologists who were fired this year as part of widespread government spending cuts.

The president told reporters on Sunday: “That water situation, that all is, and that was really the Biden setup. But I wouldn’t blame Biden for it, either. I would just say this is a 100-year catastrophe.”

But scrutiny of whether more could have been done to avoid the tragedy is already under way. Texas officials criticised the NWS, arguing that it failed to warn the public about impending danger.

The NWS defended its forecasting and emergency management, stating that it assigned extra forecasters to the San Antonio and San Angelo offices over the holiday weekend. But a top leadership role at the NWS’s San Antonio office has been vacant since earlier this year after Paul Yura accepted an offer from the Trump administration to retire....>

Rest ta foller....

Jul-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Turning catastrophe into deflecting blame:

<....Doge, formerly led by the billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, has been pushing the NWS to cut jobs and gave hundreds of employees the option to retire early rather than face potential dismissal.

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, asked the commerce department’s acting inspector general to investigate whether staffing vacancies at the NWS’s San Antonio office contributed to “delays, gaps, or diminished accuracy” in forecasting the flooding. Republicans accused Democrats of seeking to politicise the tragedy.

Wilson, a political consultant who has worked on numerous campaigns, said: “It is an ongoing family psychodrama inside the Republican party, where everyone is desperately, deeply afraid that they will put a foot wrong with Donald Trump and that’s why there’s absolutely no candour with these folks about what has happened to the people they represent.”

Some commentators suggest that Republicans will ultimately pay a political price for their blind devotion and for last week passing Trump’s cost-cutting Big, Beautiful Act.

Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said: “It’s a vision of the future because every time there is something tragic that happens, not just a natural disaster but a mass shooting or you fill in the blank, somebody is going to find a connection to these deep cuts in government engineered by Trump and Musk.

“I think Trump and the Republicans need to get used to this. It may not hurt Trump, but it could potentially and should hurt some of the members of Congress from competitive states and districts that voted for the BBB.”>

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...

Jul-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: As the regime's private little war against Harvard reels on:

<The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent administrative subpoenas to Harvard demanding information about foreign students, the latest move in the legal battle between the Trump administration and the Ivy League college.

Harvard called the subpoenas "unwarranted," but has said it would cooperate.

DHS said its hand was forced on the subpoenas because Harvard had not complied with noncoercive requests related to its Student Visitor and Exchange Program (SVEP) certification.

The first request, made in April, was for information about "criminality and misconduct" of foreign students on campus.

"If Harvard won't defend the interests of its students, then we will," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posted to her X account.

"We tried to do things the easy way with Harvard. Now, through their refusal to cooperate, we have to do things the hard way. Harvard, like other universities, has allowed foreign students to abuse their visa privileges and advocate for violence and terrorism on campus."

Harvard Responds to DHS

A spokesperson for Harvard said in a statement sent to Newsweek that the college "is committed to following the law, and while the government's subpoenas are unwarranted, the University will continue to cooperate with lawful requests and obligations."

"The administration's ongoing retaliatory actions come as Harvard continues to defend itself and its students, faculty, and staff against harmful government overreach aimed at dictating whom private universities can admit and hire, and what they can teach," they said.

"Harvard remains unwavering in its efforts to protect its community and its core principles against unfounded retribution by the federal government."

Trump Takes on Elite Colleges

The administration is taking on Harvard and other elite colleges that it says are in the grip of a leftist ideology, which has led to antisemitism on campus, anti-meritocratic admissions policies that prioritize race above ability, and abuse of the immigration system.

Colleges have expressed willingness to engage with the Trump Administration on some of the reforms it has demanded of them, but also accused government officials of political meddling that undermines academic and First Amendment freedoms on campus.

Harvard SEVP Certification Under Threat

DHS has sought to terminate Harvard's SEVP certification, which enables it to enroll foreign students who can then secure visas.

It accused Harvard of "permitting anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators to harass and physically assault individuals, including many Jewish students".

In its latest release, DHS said there are "allegations of disciplinary disparity involving nonimmigrant students" and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is demanding documentation and other relevant records dating back to January 1, 2020.

But the college filed a suit against the SEVP revocation in a Massachusetts federal court and secured a preliminary injunction in June.

"This case is about core constitutional rights that must be safeguarded: freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom of speech, each of which is a pillar of a functioning democracy and an essential hedge against authoritarianism," wrote U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs in her preliminary injunction on June 23.

The Trump Administration has also suspended billions of dollars in federal grant money and other funding from Harvard after it refused to back down and make the various governance, disciplinary, and admissions changes it wanted.

Harvard has also challenged these moves to withhold funding in court and has a hearing set for July 21.>

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...

Jul-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Are they wrong, though?

<Former cable news commentators who lost their status after radically opposing President Donald Trump for the last decade are at it again. This time they're fearmongering about security issues related to the upcoming 2026 midterms.

Anti-Trump former MSNBC host Joy Reid spoke with Wajahat Ali on "The Left Hook" last week, claiming that people who believe future elections are going to be fair are “insane" for thinking so.

“Whenever Democrats say to me... 'We have to coalesce for 2026,’ I always add to the end of that sentence: ‘Yeah, assuming we actually have free and fair elections,’” she said. “I think it’s insane, honestly, to just assume we’re going to have normal elections next year. I don't assume that."

"The way Trump is behaving, he's not acting like somebody who worries that his party will lose power, or even if somehow we had normal elections and Democrats took control of either the House or the Senate, he's not acting like somebody who's worried about the consequences of that," Reid added.

She also accused Republicans of attempting to implement a "fascist manifesto" in the form of Project 2025, showing opposition to the "13th, 14th and 15th" constitutional amendments aimed at ending slavery, and not wanting "white women to have any rights."

Oh, and she thinks Trump will never leave office. Wow. That's a lot to unpack.

Reid is known for her Trump derangement issues, which contributed to her firing by MSNBC back in February due to poor ratings. During an interview following her firing, she broke down sobbing while insisting that "my show had value."

Apparently, it didn't have enough value. It turns out no one wants to hear progressive rabbit hole theories that have little evidence to back them up, with bitter anger and racial animosity looming over each talking point.

Another mainstream media fossil who's been put out to pasture is former CNN host and White House correspondent Jim Acosta.

Acosta, who is also anti-Trump, quit CNN back in January after receiving a humbling demotion.

He had former Bill Clinton advisor James Carville on his podcast last week and brought up the idea of "vote tampering."

"Do you worry about vote tampering in the midterms?" he asked Carville. "Do you worry about Donald Trump and Stephen Miller and some of these types monkeying around with the midterms?"

Carville replied, "Yes," adding that he "wouldn't put anything past" the commander-in-chief.

Here we have three has-beens who've almost always attacked Trump, and who were left by the wayside, claiming Republicans are going to sabotage the integrity of the upcoming election.

My, oh my, how the tables have turned. There was a time not so long ago when woke pundits and Democratic lawmakers claimed voter fraud was a "myth" and preached that it was nearly impossible.

Even when the world was on lockdown, and relied on an entirely new -- and vulnerable -- voting system with mass mail-in ballots, it was considered treason to question any aspect of Joe Biden's 81 million votes.

Yet before a single vote has even been cast for the 2026 election, which is over a year away, these pundits are trying to convince the public it's fixed. This strategy has been financially profitable for them in the past, so they will continue their pandering to fringe elements of the far-left.

Ironically, they will likely never realize that this is also the main reason they've found themselves out in the cold.

Due to a lack of self-reflection -- and too much self-importance -- they are destined to sing this same old song until the music stops, or until they come to their senses. The public shouldn't hold its breath on either account.>

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...

Jul-10-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Business as usual.

The new regime carries on in like fashion to the old.

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