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ianD
Member since May-01-04
I would describe myself as an average player, a chess enthusiast who occaisionally has produced some blitz brilliancies against much stronger players(>2600) / My rating vares from 1450-1650.

Here is a short 2-0 Game played against WARGAMES on the playchess server. Some have suggested that this is Peter LEKO. If so I got very lucky. His Playchess Blitz rating at the time was 2743 . Played: 5 Sept 2004

1.e4 Nf6
2.Nf3 Nxe4
3.d3 Nf6
4.Be2 e6
5.o-o Bc5
6.Re1 o-o
7.Bf1 d5
8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Be3 d4
10.Bg5 dxc3
11.Bxf6 Qxf6
12.bxc3 Qxc3
13.Re4 Nd4
14.Nxd4 Bxd4
15.Qg4 Qxa1
16.Rxd4 e5
17.Re4 Bxg4
WARGAMES resigned Time left on Clock
White 1:30 Black 1:25
> 30 players watched this game live including 7Haar (Blitz 2578) Perhaps I was playing his dog/ wife who knows!? Certainly far from perfect play....but certainly my biggest scalp.

This strange blunder in the opening has been made by even the greatest!

Fischer vs G Thornell, 1964 Players I most admire

...MORPHY (genius)
...CAPABLANCA (the Natural Genius)
...TAL (the Creative Genius &The ARTIST)
...FISCHER (The Greatest Genius)
...KASPAROV (The Dominant Genius)
...CARLSEN (The Genius of the next generation?)

My favourite game:
Are to be found in the following collections:

Morphy:
Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time

Capablanca:
Game Collection: Capablanca's My Chess Career Game Collection: Immortal Games of Capablanca, F. Reinfeld

Smyslov:
Game Collection: Smyslov's Best Games of chess 1935-1957

Botvinnik:
Game Collection: BOTVINNIK"S BEST GAMES VOL 1: 1925-1941 Game Collection: BOTVINNIK'S BEST GAMES: VOL 2,1943-1956 Game Collection: BOTVINNIK"S BEST GAMES: VOL 3: 1957-1970 Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (2)

Petrosian:
Game Collection: MY TRIBUTE TO THE "IRON TIGER" Game Collection: Tigran V. Petrosian - A Stupendous Tactician

Tal:
Game Collection: Mikhail Tal's Best Games Game Collection: Mikhail Tal's best games 1956-1961 Game Collection: The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Game Collection: The Magic Of Mikhail Tal

Spassky:
Game Collection: Boris Spassky's Best Games Game Collection: Spassky The Legend

Fischer:
Game Collection: My 60 Memorable Games/Fischer Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (4) Game Collection: Road to the Championship - Bobby Fischer Game Collection: fischer-spassky

Amazing :
Game Collection: Unbelievable chess games Game Collection: Sneaky's Scrapbook Game Collection: Bizarre games Game Collection: unique themes Game Collection: spraggets gems/unique themes II (51-100) Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats Game Collection: unique themes three Game Collection: unique themes :fourth division

Miniatures:
Game Collection: Exceptional miniatures Game Collection: Charming Miniatures Game Collection: quick knockouts by traps

Surprising Tactics:
Game Collection: 0 Game Collection: pins and needles-knives and forks. Game Collection: Windmills

attacking patterns:
Game Collection: The Art of Attack - By Vladimir Vukovic Game Collection: Super sacrifices Game Collection: The Art of Attack - By Vladimir Vukovic

Openings:
Game Collection: Historically Important Alekhine's Defense Games

The greatest games of all time:
Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time Game Collection: World's Greatest Chess Games- Nunn Emms Burgess Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games Game Collection: AdrianP's Bookmarked Games Game Collection: kevin86's favorite games

Kasparov “My great predessors”
Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (1A) Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (1B) Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (2) 3.>>>
Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (4)

Blunders by the best:
Game Collection: Funny games

The worst kind of blunder:
Game Collection: The Ultimate Blunders

Underpromotions:
Game Collection: Underpromotions

Stalemate:
Game Collection: Stalemate!

Endgames:
Game Collection: Endgames World champions - part one Game Collection: Endgames World champions - part two Game Collection: Endgames World champions - part three Game Collection: Endgames World champions - part four Game Collection: Endgames World champions - part five Game Collection: Master the endgames

Here is a good place to start:

Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

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   ianD has kibitzed 1037 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Mar-27-10 Vasily Smyslov (replies)
 
ianD: Rest in Peace.
 
   Feb-24-09 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2009 (replies)
 
ianD: would be amazed if Kamsky gets anything out of this game. 1/2 best he can hope for. What a waste of the white pieces.
 
   Feb-20-09 Anand vs Aronian, 2009 (replies)
 
ianD: Fritz had it 5.5
 
   Oct-15-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008 (replies)
 
ianD: 0-0 probably best but probably only good for a draw. Anything else would be a gamble but would be a sign of agression...not entirely whatKramnik is renowned for.
 
   May-21-08 H Runde vs Morten Jensen, 2003 (replies)
 
ianD: Somantics...I would have played Bg5#.
 
   Apr-29-08 V Olexa vs M Ujtelky, 1948 (replies)
 
ianD: Got it. Easier than yesterday.
 
   Apr-05-08 Psakhis vs A Kochyev, 1990 (replies)
 
ianD: Got it
 
   Mar-11-08 Magnus Carlsen (replies)
 
ianD: Hi I e-mailed Jeff Sonas w.r.t. this issue last week. specifically I asked him about Magnus Calsen. This was his reply : "Hi Ian, it is computerized but I haven’t updated it in a few years because it does take some effort to bring up to date. I still plan to but my personal life ...
 
   Mar-06-08 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2008 (replies)
 
ianD: Looks equal but Anand is trying to complicate thuings and possibly force a win. Chucky looks like he has accepted the complications perhaps he is looking for a win and does not perceive any danger. If anyone were to win this game my money is on Anand.
 
   Feb-29-08 Nigel Short (replies)
 
ianD: "Very much alive and still potent - as Cheparinov discovered" N.Short. Nice one.
 
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