Mar-02-12 J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850 
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squaresquat: I've read that Bobby Fischer thought 3.Bc4 was promising for white. I've been playing it with good results. The Queen check is just a temptation.When Black sees Bishop coming out with a juicy mate threat, it looks like the attack really has substance.But it is 'light horse ... |
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Mar-02-12 F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876 
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squaresquat: Queen's on the Fritz |
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Feb-14-12 von der Lasa vs K Schorn, 1837 
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squaresquat: As I recall, Bobby Fischer thought that 3.Bc4 led to richer fields of playful exploration than 3.Nf3. The latter bars the queen, so 3.Bc4 contemptuously insults Black,in effect saying,'go ahead, Do your worst! You don't scare me. This is a pattern where the opening moves pick a ... |
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Feb-14-12 J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 
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squaresquat: The puzzle was a hoot. It's not the pieces its the squares; be aware of the square. Fred Reinfeld |
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Feb-06-12 K Honfi vs Geller, 1968
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squaresquat: short master draws are brief,object lessons in correct opening play. |
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Feb-03-12 W G Doubleday vs Kudrin, 2004 
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squaresquat: you people are thieves and cheats. it's a sad thing to be so lacking in virtue. You charged me. I go to Java and punch buttons. you people fence me out because of my verbal mastery and your rhetorical ineptitude. |
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Jan-23-12 J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849 
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squaresquat: I'm fascinated by the Kieseritzky.Is it
a fighting phalanx or a weak chain? It can be both.Morphy won with it, Fischer lost with it. |
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Jan-03-12 L Aguirre Manzo vs A Pavlidis, 2010 
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squaresquat: I hope the resident annotator will explain why 25.1-0 is not a typo
according to the score, black resigns before white even moves. White has to pitch some material.Is it in fact white who resigns? |
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Jan-03-12 Simagin vs Boleslavsky, 1964
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squaresquat: The threat is d4,Right? Well there's ways for the bishop to escape:Bc5&Bh6.
It appears there's a lot of play still. |
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Dec-05-11 Israel Albert Horowitz 
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squaresquat: In complicated positions there are no natural moves. |
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