xenophon Member since Jul-08-04 · Last seen Apr-30-25 reasonable club player.Want to play like Tal end playing like a half wit Petrosian. Favourite players-Bronstein,whom I will never forgive for that 23rd game,Tal,Petrosian and Anderson.Also from antiquity Nimzovitch and Tartakower

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May-08-19 Anand vs M Tissir, 2000    xenophon: Took me a while to get the pun but a pretty good one. Excellent book-had to read it at school,      Nov-20-18 Lev Polugaevsky    xenophon: In a way it's a shame that for my generation he will probably be best remembered for being "battered" by Korchnoi in 2 candidate matches.      Nov-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018    xenophon: if either makes 'pass' moves what can the other do?      Jun-03-18 Gufeld vs Smyslov, 1975    xenophon: surely the 'pun' is from the game. those pawns just keep advancing like the Space Invader saucers from the game.      Nov-23-16 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016    xenophon: Is Carlsen awake/alive?      Nov-21-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016    xenophon: bxc4 now I am confused.      Nov-15-16 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016    xenophon: Wasn't Tarracsh from Breslau as well?      Nov-11-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016    xenophon: Ulhumbrus- I really do suspect Carlsen may have prepared for this.      Apr-29-16 Carlsen vs Eljanov, 2016    xenophon: Still overprotecting the a5 pawn I see.      Jan-04-16 Hastings (2015/16)    xenophon: Didn't Romanishin win Hastings sometime in the 1970s ahead of Symslov, though losing to hin on the black side of a closed Silician in their individual encounter. I seem to remember Chess Magazine being the "tournament" book that month. Showing my age when memories start flooding ...

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