stoy Member since Oct-09-06 · Last seen Apr-17-25 I live in Philadelphia. Currently rated 1981. I teach mathematics. Now retired!

stoy has kibitzed 246 times to chessgames   [more...]

Jan-27-24 Emanuel Lasker    stoy: David Hilbert was one of Lasker's teachers in mathematics.      Dec-01-23 Dimitri Komarov    stoy: Do you mean the deceased Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov?      Apr-26-23 German Titov   stoy: Gherman Titov was a soviet cosmonaut. He was the second to orbit the Earth, after Yuri Gagarin in 1961.      Jun-25-21 Duda vs Dubov, 2021    stoy: Dear paulalbert: look up the eleventh match game between Alekhine & Capablanca. There you will see four queens and the WC Capablanca resigning one move before mate! A great game!      May-13-21 Kasparov vs Averbakh, 1974    stoy: Averbakh is currently the oldest living grandmaster at 98.      May-08-21 Winston Churchill Doby    stoy: Is he possibly related to Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League?      May-14-20 Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1970    stoy: The engine for Chessgames says 0.00 even!      May-07-20 Browne vs A Bisguier, 1974    stoy: According to the engine on this website the evaluation is +0.50 if black takes the bishop with g x h6.      Apr-20-20 Olga Viewer chessforum    stoy: I do not see any way to describe a problem other than by a kibitz. I use google chrome with windows. A few days ago I started or renewed an antivirus software. Now when I replay a game the pieces visibly move in non-direct paths from their initial square to their destination square. ...      Apr-16-20 Alekhine vs Echiquier Notre-Dame, 1925    stoy: Some previous commentators refer to Dr. Alekhine as world champion here in 1925. He became champion after defeating Capablanca in Buenos Aires in 1927.

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