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| Mar-08-17 | | zanzibar: Thank you <Paarhufer> for that information. I was hoping to find the 1950 edition with Keres' pure notes. I also found that link you cite, and indeed, it is very useful. (One has to be extra careful with some of those "other" Russian chess - that seem to bait their hooks with chess books a lot.) For the record:
<Матч-турнир на первенство мира по шахматам, Гаага-Москва, 1948 (Таллин 1950) > google translates into:
<Match-tournament for the World Chess Championship, The Hague-Moscow, 1948 (Tallinn, 1950)> I'm still looking for it, and will report back if I find anything. BTW- The Russian wiki page has more stamps than the English version: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9... |
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Mar-13-17
 | | keypusher: I posted some of Keres' notes (from the recently published English translation of his book) along with computer annotations to this (in)famous ending: Keres vs Botvinnik, 1948 |
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Mar-21-17
 | | plang: <zanzibar: Botvinnik indicates that Kere's also wrote a tournament book. I wonder if it's available somewhere online? My Russian needs some work.>
An english translation of Keres book has just been published by New in Chess. I am hoping it will be available on Amazon soon. |
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Apr-05-17
 | | Sally Simpson: From the introduction above.
"Botvinnik reportedly announced that he would not play in the Netherlands. He was angry about a Dutch news report that suggested his fellow Russians might collude to help him win the title." However in CHESS November 1946.(page 63 - cover story). It reads that the original claim which upset Botvinnik came from a Dutch newspaper about possible fellow Russians collaborating prior to and regarding the Groningen (1946) tournament and not the 1948 World Championship event. (It appears all these game fixing rumours can be traced back to a bored Dutch Hack with column inches to fill.) |
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Apr-05-17
 | | tamar: <An english translation of Keres book has just been published by New in Chess. I am hoping it will be available on Amazon soon.> I will just wait for my free version once keypusher copies it all here:) |
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Apr-05-17
| | Sally Simpson: Hi tamar,
Is this the Keres Book of this tournament? |
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Apr-05-17
| | keypusher: <Sally> Yes. <tamar> You are going to wait a long time, my friend. :-) That is not a small book. I should have thought harder about the copyright issue, I guess, crazy as current copyright law is (Keres has been dead for more than 40 years). Obviously when I did the Tarrasch book it wasn't an issue -- I got that book off the internet, since it had entered the public domain long ago. I strongly recommend the Keres book, and I'm very glad I got it, though it is pricey. |
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Apr-05-17
| | keypusher: <I should have thought harder about the copyright issue, I guess, crazy as current copyright law is (Keres has been dead for more than 40 years).> This, of course, is an absurd thing to say. Copyright law <is> crazy, but there is nothing crazy about wanting copyright protection on a translation you just published, especially if it is the first edition in English. Lord knows I couldn't have done much with the Estonian or Russian versions, even if I could have found them. I've thought of one way to assuage my guilt -- I could get you a copy, <tamar>. I think that would more than make it up to the publisher, and I've been grateful for your posts on the Keres-Botvinnik games and dozens if not hundreds of other games over the years. If you would like a copy, please post your address in my forum, and I'll delete it afterwards. |
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Apr-05-17
| | tamar: Ever since I read "The Art of the Middle Game", I look for Keres writings. BTW I recently discovered that this is online, and I am rereading "The Art of Analysis" http://educacion-holistica.org/note... |
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Apr-06-17
| | keypusher: <tamar> so is that a yes? |
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| Jan-15-18 | | GT3RS: My man Botvinik had an easy ride. Didn't have to face Euwe due to his strong influence. Of course this doesn't prevent him from being one of the weakest champions in history. Haha |
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Jan-15-18
 | | perfidious: <tamar>, excellent book--got to read it as a young player and it made a strong impression. |
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| Jun-03-18 | | OrangeTulip: So Euwe had an off-tournament. But what about the contrast to the tournament of Groningen in which he scored only 1/2 point behind the winner Botwinnik?
Was it he pressure? Or the stronger opponents?
Or? |
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| Aug-05-18 | | 1d410: cuz Smyslov and Keres were competent players |
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| Nov-06-18 | | PJs Studio: My balls no Russian official told an Estonian Jew (who’s homeland had recently been occupied by Stalinists, multiple times!) “Maybe tings go bit smoother if chess games go somewhat baddly for comrad Paul? Da?” Corruption was rampant in those days... no way did some Stalinist not take it upon himself to say something even if Stalin did not. And why would Botvinnik have gotten so angry at Russian officials had Keres not been prompted anyway?! Keres was twice the player Botvinnik was and thrice the man! Possibly the greatest to never hold the title - with my favorite Victor Kortchnoi being a very, very close second. |
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Nov-06-18
| | keypusher: <Keres was twice the player Botvinnik was> Sorry, that's just wishful thinking, PJ. |
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Nov-06-18
| | perfidious: Reading Taylor Kingston and his polemic on ethics in journalism is vastly amusing, given his own practices. |
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| Nov-09-18 | | PJs Studio: You’re right Keypusher. I was exaggerating. My apologies. Keres was a very decent and kind man. I also think a better player than Botvinnik in ‘48. But that’s just my opinion. |
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| Aug-02-19 | | Chesgambit: no world championship 1946-1948 |
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| Aug-02-19 | | Chesgambit: http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... |
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Aug-13-19
 | | Honza Cervenka: <I also think a better player than Botvinnik in ‘48.> In fact Keres played quite badly in that tournament. He was very close to -3=2+0 debacle in his mini-match with Reshevsky, not to mention his loss to Botvinnik, and there were quite a lot of inaccuracies in his play in other games as well. His final result was not so disastrous only thanks to his dominance over poorly playing Euwe and a gift he had gotten from Reshevsky who lost a game with sound extra Pawn from the opening. |
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May-22-20
 | | Stonehenge: Photo of all players here:
http://chessmateok.com/2018/10/22/%... |
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| Oct-25-24 | | stone free or die: Some archival video footage of the arrival of the Soviet contingent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XJ...
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| Oct-26-24 | | chessmaster102: when alekhine died should have awarded the title to Keres and this is something they never corrected. just as they honor deceased players in the present with GM titles Keres rightfully should have been given the title as he was supposed to be Alekhine rightful challenger (even tho he and Fine tied Keres had a significant lifetime plus score over Fine) |
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Oct-26-24
| | perfidious: An advantage of 7-5 in individual encounters--whose outcome can be influenced by any number of external factors--is flimsy grounds indeed to bestow the title of world champion on anyone, especially as Botvinnik was, without doubt, the strongest player in the world at the beginning of 1948. One wonders how the Soviets would have reacted to the idea of Keres simply being awarded the title in this hypothesis, the more so as Botvinnik was in negotiations for a match with Alekhine at the time of the latter's death. |
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