Bubo bubo Member since May-14-14 · Last seen Sep-19-23 Mathematician from Germany, back to chess after a hiatus of 20 years. Former rating approx. 1750 (DWZ).

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Feb-08-22 Yuri Averbakh    Bubo bubo: The first centenarian grandmaster! Happy birthday, Juri Averbakh! 💯🍾🎂 P.S: Dear cg.com, don't you think that a living GM turning 100 is worth of being POTD? 🤔      Feb-29-20 Niclas Huschenbeth    Bubo bubo: Happy 7th birthday, GM Huschenbeth! Are there other notable players born on that special day?      Jan-06-20 Tal vs Benko, 1959    Bubo bubo: Mate-in-two: 30.Rh8+ Bxh8 31.Nh7# or 30...Qg8 31.Qf7# My first post here in 2020 - Happy New Year to all!      Jul-20-19 Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1855   Bubo bubo: A foreshadowing of the Evergreen Game... 29...Kxd7 30. Rcd1+ Ke6 31. Qc4+ Ke7 32. Rd7+ Kxd7 33. Qxf7+ Qe7 34. Rd1# would have been a nice finish.      Feb-06-19 A Gulbrandsen vs O'Kelly, 1937    Bubo bubo: <Removal of the guard> with 27...Rxc3 is so easy for a Wednesday that it is almost difficult again - I wasted some time searching for some hidden snag.      Feb-06-19 Denise Bouah    Bubo bubo: <zanzibar: <wtpy> google is your friend... https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstre... That's her doctoral dissertation; the thesis about chess as a therapeutic tool is her Master's thesis: https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstre...      Dec-08-18 Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858    Bubo bubo: Dear <keypusher>, it seems as if you like the Mammoth Book and so my comment offended you. That was of course not my intention - I apologize! In fact, I did not take any further look into the book until today - discovering the absence of the Opera Game and the presence of ...      Nov-14-18 D Perrett vs I Efimov, 2008    Bubo bubo: Black forces mate with 26...Re2+: A) 27.Nxe2 Qxe2+ 28.Kg/h3 Qf3+ 29.Kh4 Qg4# or 28.Kg1 Nf3# B) 27.Kh3 Qf3, and White cannot prevent 28...Qg4#.      Nov-13-18 K O'Brien vs D Salter, 2008   Bubo bubo: Mate-in-4: 20...Qxh2+ 21.Kxh2 Nxg3+ 22.Qh4/h7 RxQ+ 23.Kg1 Rh1#      Nov-12-18 M de Jong vs V Akotchik, 2008    Bubo bubo: 41.Rxe8+ Qxe8 42.e7+ Qf7 43.dxe5 and mate next move, but the simple 41.dxe5 also works (41...Qb7+ 42.Kg1 Qxc8 43.e7+ and mate next move), and so does the modest 41.Qxg6+ Kf8 42.Rxe8+ Qxe8 43.Qxe8+ Kxe8 44.dxe5.

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