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| Mar-10-11 | | TheFocus: <kingfu>< Monaco 1967 Fischer v. Geller, Sicilian Poisoned Pawn.
Geller uses Fischer's own favorite variation of The Sicilian back at him and smokes him in 25 moves from the Black Side. Great stuff.
Efim Geller ALWAYS plays for mate.>
Yep. Fantastic game. |
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Apr-14-11
 | | Penguincw: Quote of the Day:
< "Players who are devoted to certain opening systems know how unpleasant it can be to play against oneself in the purely psychological sense." > |
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May-25-11
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Efim Geller>
Correct pronunciation of his name-
audio/visual file:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbuu... |
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Jun-27-11
 | | ketchuplover: Seems he was a knight afficienado-to me anyway. |
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| Oct-01-11 | | Korifej: Efim Geller had a positive score with Fischer |
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| Oct-01-11 | | whiteshark: "Yefim Geller, who died several years ago, seemed to be an outstanding representative of such dynamic strategy. I met him many times over the board, many times we analysed together, many times we discussed chess problems and, of course, I learned a great deal about chess from him." -- Vlastimil Jansa |
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Oct-02-11
| | jessicafischerqueen: Geller v Smyslov LIVE FOOTAGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxI3... |
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Jan-03-12
 | | kingscrusher: I covered some interesting Geller Games in my weekly Chessbase radio show earlier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKJ... |
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| Feb-09-12 | | whiteshark: <Quote of the Day>
"Players who are devoted to certain opening systems know how unpleasant it can be to play against oneself in the purely psychological sense." -- Efim Geller |
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Feb-09-12
| | Penguincw: Quote of the Day
< "Players who are devoted to certain opening systems know how unpleasant it can be to play against oneself in the purely psychological sense." > --- Efim Geller |
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| Feb-12-12 | | brankat: <whiteshark> <Penguincw> You two are like Siamese twins :-) |
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| Feb-22-12 | | whiteshark: <brankat: <You two are like Siamese twins :-)>> Yes, but he's the evil spamming one. :D |
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| Feb-22-12 | | brankat: <whiteshark> Yep, he seems to follow You around whichever page You go to :-) |
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| Feb-22-12 | | brankat: Often follows me around, too :-) |
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| Mar-08-12 | | brankat: Happy Birthday GM Geller! |
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| Mar-08-12 | | wordfunph: <brankat: <whiteshark> Yep, he seems to follow You around whichever page You go to :-)> he lives up to his handle <Penguin> who often trails, just like this one.. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qimi...
happy birthday Efim! |
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Mar-08-12
| | Penguincw: R.I.P. Geller. |
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| Mar-08-12 | | parisattack: Power Player Extraordinaire! |
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| Mar-08-12 | | talisman: happy birthday. |
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Jul-16-12
 | | perfidious: While poring over some of Kevin Spraggett's blog, some items caught my eye, one of which was the blog by Dan Scoones, in which he wrote on the topic of Geller on 3rd December 2010. While presenting a sharp attack by Geller in a Sicilian Kan sideline (Geller vs Suetin, 1981), Scoones made these remarks amongst others: <Today we present a little-known but pleasing attacking game by the Ukrainian grandmaster Efim Geller, a perennial world championship candidate but arguably never a serious contender for the title........Despite his reputation as something of an also-ran, Efim Geller made a number of contributions to opening theory....> In whose eyes might Geller be considered an also-ran? If one were to ask players of experience, I rather doubt anyone would classify him thus, and the blogger is a strong player. From posts I've made on this page, as well as elsewhere, it will be clear enough that, despite his impressive resume vs world champions, I don't rate Geller in that pantheon of all-time greats who held the title, or even at the very top tier of non-champions (not counting FIDE champs such as Khalifman or Kasimdzhanov, who don't come close to Geller). At the same time, Scoones' assessment seems over the top. I'm still laughing. |
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| Jul-16-12 | | Jim Bartle: Honestly, I think it's just a sloppy use of the term "also-ran." I think he's just repeating what he wrote in the earlier paragraph, that Geller was always a strong candidate, but never really a threat to win the title. |
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| Jul-16-12 | | Petrosianic: Well, if he hadn't lost a won game against Fischer, he might have sat down against Botvinnik in 1963, and who knows what would have happened then? His lifetime record against Botvinnik was +4-1=7. I think he was a serious threat in 1962, but I think I see what you mean. He was in the Candidates lots of times, but wasn't always one of the favorites to win. He wasn't like Keres, where every time people asked "Will this be the time he breaks through and does it?" But I wouldn't use the term also-ran to describe anyone who spent as much time in the Top 10 as Geller did. |
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| Jul-16-12 | | Jim Bartle: "His lifetime record against Botvinnik was +4-1=7."
!! I'll bet nobody who sat down to play him (in his prime) thought of him as an "also-ran." |
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| Sep-15-12 | | Conrad93: Geller was almost always second or third place from the 1960's to the 1970's. Very remarkable. |
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| Sep-16-12 | | RookFile: We've heard a lot about Geller, but perhaps not enough about Paul Keres, who was 2nd at least as many times, had a lifetime plus over Geller, and who had his own impressive list of world champion scalps to his credit. |
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