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| Apr-15-08 | | Karpova: A game from Bad Gastein, 1948:
Danielsson v Abrahams
1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Qc7 6.c4 e5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.e4 O-O 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Re1 Rae8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Nc5 17.Qc2 e4 18.Nd2 Bd4 19.Re2 e3 20.Nf3 exf2+ 21.Kf1 Be3 22.b4 Na6 23.Qb3 Qe7 24.Rd1 Qe6 25.a3 c5 26.b5 Nc7 27.g4 Qe4 28.Rd3 Rxf3 29.Bxf3 Qxf3 30.Rexe3 Qh1+ 31.Kxf2 Ne6 32.Qd1 Qxh2+ 33.Ke1 Rf8 34.Rf3 (The ChessBase Megabase has a different move order: 32...Rf8 33.Rf3 Qxh2+ 34.Ke1.) 34...Nf4 35.Rxf4 Re8+ 36.Kf1 Qxf4+ 37.Kg1 Re4 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Qd3 Qxg4+ 40.Kh1 Qh5+ 41.Kg2 Qg6+ 42.Kf3 Qf5+ 43.Kg3 Rg4+ 44.Kh3 Qxd3+ 45.Rxd3 Rxc4 46.Rd7 Rc3+ 47.Kh4 Rxa3 48.Rxb7 c4 49.Kh5 c3 50.Rc7 Ra4 51.b6 c2 52.b7 c1(Q) 0-1 <Described as “an extremely interesting game”, it was annotated in the Games Department of the BCM, conducted by C.H.O’D. Alexander, with the following remark after move 27: “Abrahams plays the ending somewhat maliciously, holding out tempting hopes of stalemate to his opponent only to disappoint him unkindly at the end.”> <However, on page 259 of Not Only Chess (London, 1974) and page 137 of Brilliance in Chess (London, 1977) Abrahams himself wrote: “The Bad Gastein organizers promised me a brilliancy prize for this [i. e. Abrahams' game against Toth, Karpova], but all I got was a free copy of the tournament book.”’> http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (scroll down to 4220) |
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| Jul-12-08 | | whiteshark: <Chess is a good mistress but a bad master.> -- Gerald Abrahams
QotD on gmchess.com |
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| Apr-15-09 | | wordfunph: "I've wasted a black." (Gerald Abrahams after drawing a game with the black pieces) Happy Birthday G. Abrahams! |
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| Apr-15-09 | | WhiteRook48: Happy birthday G Abrahams |
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Sep-24-09
 | | Domdaniel: <The frozen blue eyes stared at me for some seconds. “Yes”, he said, I remember, Liverpool 1923.>
I love that story about Alekhine. Funny how often the great players are seen as having 'chilly' or 'mesmeric' eyes. Fischer and Tal were said to hypnotize opponents. And Gufeld had a story about looking up, after playing a sac in a team match, and finding the laser-beam eyes of Botvinnik fixed on him. |
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| Apr-15-11 | | andrewjsacks: His "The Chess Mind" is an extremely interesting and rather unusual chess book. Should be required reading for any true lover of our game. |
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| Apr-15-11 | | BIDMONFA: Gerald Abrahams ABRAHAMS, Gerald
http://www.bidmonfa.com/abrahams_ge...
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| Jan-27-12 | | Antiochus: "Exclusively the Strategist knows what to do when there's nothing to do." Gerald Abrahams. |
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| Mar-29-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: Heartily concur with other posters re. the Chess Mind. I picked up a copy, in good condition, for a mere 5 Danish Kroner recently! <Why some persons are good at Chess, and others bad at it, is more mysterious than anything on the Chess board.> Abrahams |
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| Jan-17-13 | | cornwallman: Only one of his books is currently in print, Technique in Chess published by Dover Books, they also at one time published his Teach Your Self Chess. |
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Jan-18-13
 | | perfidious: Another vote for The Chess Mind-a most fascinating book. |
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| Jan-18-13 | | Eduardo Bermudez: About the CHESS MIND : "The author express the combined influence of Inmanuel Kant and Enmanuel Lasker" G. Abrahamns (1952) |
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Sep-22-13
 | | Penguincw: ♔ Quote of the Day ♔
< "In chess there is a world of intellectual values." > -Gerald Abrahams |
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Sep-24-13
| | Penguincw: ♔ Quote of the Day ♔
< "Chess is a good mistress but a bad master." > -Gerald Abrahams |
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Jun-29-14
| | perfidious: <Karpova> Interesting story of the first encounter between Abrahams and Alekhine. |
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| May-23-15 | | ughaibu: Abrahams wrote of Alekhine that he often wrote a book "post prandially and sans voir". Do you think he intended that as a euphemism for 'blind drunk'? |
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| May-26-15 | | TheFocus: <Games are usually lost, not through the taking of chances, but through the failure to apprehend certainties> - Gerald Abrahams |
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| May-26-15 | | TheFocus: <Once a chessplayer begins to understand how far from perfection his game is, and perceives the necessity of learning from others, he has made the first important step on the road to mastery in chess> - Gerald Abrahams. |
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| Jun-01-15 | | TheFocus: <Good positions don’t win games, good moves do> - Gerald Abrahams. |
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| Apr-15-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Gerald Abrahams. |
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Feb-10-17
 | | Dionysius1: <ughaibu> <Abrahams wrote of Alekhine that he often wrote a book "post prandially and sans voir". Do you think he intended that as a euphemism for 'blind drunk'?> Oh yes, for sure. |
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| Feb-11-17 | | PhilFeeley: I wonder why there aren't more of his games here. |
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| Feb-11-17 | | Retireborn: <Phil> Abrahams was a lawyer by profession, and seems to have played in only a couple of international tournaments. Most of his games are from various British championships. 90 is quite a good number for him. |
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| Apr-15-19 | | oolalimk1: Teach yourself chess was a great help to a young man who had never even seen a set of chessmen until he was seventeen years old. Happy birthday Gerald Abrahams. |
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| Apr-15-19 | | Nosnibor: I seem to remember that Abrahams was a diabetic which may well have affected his staying power while playing long games. He was also partial to oranges as I recall him peeling one during play and then placing the segments on the table to be eaten at various times. |
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