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| Oct-07-22 | | stone free or die: Somehow I always believed he would last forever... Still do, I suppose. |
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| Oct-07-22 | | stone free or die: Reported. |
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| Oct-08-22 | | jerseybob: Sad news. Never met the man but enjoyed many of his games down through the years. |
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Oct-08-22
 | | chancho: His obituary:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituarie... |
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Oct-08-22
 | | perfidious: Was in Maine for a few days of fun and visiting friends and was in Portland when I read here of John's passing; it brought back memories of the first time we met heads-up, in 1978, at the YMCA in Forest Ave in downtown Portland. John was then the strongest player in New England and I (~1750 at the time) was nervy very early on, but settled in and put up a hard fight before losing, for not the last time in our dozens of encounters. |
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| Oct-10-22 | | stone free or die: Guess it's safe for Jack to come back East, at last. |
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Oct-10-22
| | perfidious: Never met Peters, but recall his 1977 interview in <CL&R> in which he mentioned tiring of playing Curdo, having faced him 35-40 times. Little did I know, not yet having sat across the board from him, that this would be my fate also! |
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Oct-10-22
 | | Korora: In pāce requiēscat. |
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| Oct-10-22 | | stone free or die: <perf> Here's more of Peters' quote, which is really about why he moved to LA, with the exact ref: J A Curdo vs J Peters, 1973 (kibitz #4) |
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Oct-10-22
| | perfidious: By the early 1980s, had Peters stayed, one would suppose he and I would have had a few meetings, especially after I moved to Boston. In July 1976, I took part in the Downeast Open, at another venue in Forest Ave, Portland, and there was much talk of Peters' having just left for gentler climes. |
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| Oct-13-22 | | RookFile: John Curdo, a strong player. and a gentleman. |
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| Oct-17-22 | | technical draw: It's pretty strange that Curdo and Fischer played basically in the same time period but never played each other. However Curdo did play most of the top players of that era. |
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Nov-07-22
 | | OhioChessFan: Nice story from Us chess:
https://new.uschess.org/news/fm-joh... |
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Nov-07-22
| | perfidious: Fine tribute from an old foe, the man who supplanted John as the strongest player in New England by 1981. |
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Nov-07-22
 | | keypusher: <technical draw: It's pretty strange that Curdo and Fischer played basically in the same time period but never played each other. However Curdo did play most of the top players of that era.> It's funny, there's a similar discussion about Botvinnik and Tal at Tal vs Botvinnik, 1966. Fischer and Curdo were just at different levels. After the mid-50s Fischer played in very few events in the USA other than the US championships, and after 1967 he wasn't even doing that. Curdo rarely played outside New England, and as far as I know Fischer never played in New England. |
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Nov-07-22
| | perfidious: <keypusher.... Curdo rarely played outside New England....> Until the 1990s, that was true; then he played events such as the US Senior Championship. |
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Mar-25-23
| | chancho: Just watched a youtube video where George Mirijanian said a Mike Bergeron asked John how many tournaments he had won, and John said 947. Curdo won 17 Massachusetts opens.
(Alex Ivanov has 14) |
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Mar-25-23
 | | fredthebear: Back then, the New England Patriots weren't any good so a fellow could spend his weekends pushin' pawns. That's a LOT of wins and a LOT of weekends. |
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Aug-04-23
| | keypusher: Nice finale to a game against Alex Keyes, Brockton, Mass. (1974). Curdo used this game in lectures about the two bishops, according to <40 Years at the Top> Position after 42….h5:
click for larger view43.Bb5 Bxb5 44.Nxb5 Bc5 45.Nc3 Kf7! Black can happily let the pawn go. 46.Nxa4 Bd4 Now the knight is trapped. 47.Kd2 Ke7 48.Kd3 Kd6! Zugzwang — Black is easily winning despite being a pawn down. White really should have resigned here, but instead he took the bishop, allowing the f-pawn to queen. He resigned a few moves later. |
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Aug-04-23
| | perfidious: In addition to John's tactical flair, he was a fine endgame player; giving him a clearcut path in that phase spelled defeat and I strove to avoid such positions whenever possible. |
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Aug-04-23
 | | Joshka: <technical draw> I see one game against Browne, that's it. Care to share a few more? Wonder how he would have faired against Korchnoi, they were the same age. |
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Aug-04-23
| | keypusher: <Joshka: <technical draw> I see one game against Browne, that's it. Care to share a few more? Wonder how he would have faired against Korchnoi, they were the same age.> Just sticking with the B's, he also played Benko and (R.) Byrne. Of course we have just a fraction of his games here. |
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Aug-04-23
| | perfidious: One of John's most interesting games to me has always been J Dunning vs J Curdo, 1979, a hammer and tongs slugfest. |
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| Aug-11-23 | | technical draw: <Joshka> Curdo has games against top players of his era. Besides Benko and Berliner there is Edmar Mednis, John Fedorowicz, and others found here: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... |
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Dec-18-23
| | perfidious: <keypusher....Of course we have just a fraction of (Curdo's) games here.> Looking to rectify that in my small way; I have submitted two more of our meetings recently, and have unearthed some back numbers of <Chess Horizons>, which should provide fertile ground for more action, and not only involving John or me. At 365chess, there is a long gap, but there appear to be some games which are not duplicates. |
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