Jul-07-25 Kenneth Rogoff 
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| plang: <The "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam" was #19 on the list at the Wikipedia site I previously linked to. It took place in 1969. The war ended in 1972. Do you call that "very effective"?> Yes, I do. |
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Jul-05-25 Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1948
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| plang: This was the only game where the Sicilian Defense was used in this tournament. 7 Be2 is a relatively rarely played alternative that avoids mainline theory but is also quite harmless. 9 Ndb5?! spends several tempi to give Black the two bishops and an open g-file. Keres suggested 14 f5 ... |
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Jul-04-25 Curacao Candidates (1962)
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| plang: Grandmaster draws are not "collusion". There was no rule against short draws - there is nothing in the rules (at least then) against them. As for analysis of adjourned games there are plenty of stories of players going to bed while letting their seconds/assistants analyze overnight. ... |
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Jul-04-25 S Slonim vs N Riumin, 1931
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| plang: Very pretty attack. |
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Jul-04-25 Petrosian vs F Olafsson, 1959
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| plang: 14 Ba2 had been played two times previously; 14 Rfe1 was new. White never achieved any real initiative in this game. The doubling of the rooks along the 6th rank looks pretty awkward and ineffective. Nice little endgame trick. |
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Jul-04-25 Chessgames - Sports
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| plang: I am sure there were more triples (and Inside the Park HRs) in some of the old ballparks: Polo Grounds, Griffith Stadium, Forbes Field etc. |
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Jul-03-25 J Eslon vs T Horvath, 1983
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| plang: I am reading one of Sosonko's old columns; this one on the blitz genius Genrikh Chepukaitis. He played 5..Nxd5?! (and won) against Zak in a blitz game. I had never heard of him but he was well known among grandmasters. He played numerous blitz games with Tal and fully held his own. |
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Jul-02-25 Adams vs Svidler, 2005
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| plang: After 10 g4 the game had transposed into the English Attack of the Najdorf. This game was played in round 8; in the 2nd round Morozovich had played 10..Nd7 against Leko and the game had ended in a draw. 16..Bxg5 had been played on two previous occasions; 16..Ne5 was new but later ... |
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Jul-02-25 Vladimir Kramnik
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| plang: "But this lament should be directed at Kasparov and not Kramnik, shouldn't it" I'm not "blaming" Kramnik - I just think the whole situation stunk. |
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Jun-30-25 H Haeusler vs Tarrasch, 1893
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| plang: Nice attack but White could have tried 14 Nxg4..Qxg4 15 Nxc7+. |
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