| Nov-05-03 | | Resignation Trap: This is a game from a sumultaneous exhibition by Flohr in June of 1942.
I believe Flohr never tried this defense in a serious game. |
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| Nov-16-05 | | GreenCastle: Why not? 5...♘xf2 looks pretty interesting. |
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| Oct-28-06 | | Benzol: <RT> I believe you're right but why was Flohr playing the Black side? |
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| Oct-28-06 | | RookFile: Smooth technique for a young man.... who would later develop into world champion! |
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| Aug-19-07 | | ChessDude33: <GreenCastle> yea...that definately loses, g3 makes Qh4+(after 5...Nxf2) look kinda silly and if Bc5+ then Kg3-h2 looks safe enough for me. |
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| Sep-12-07 | | GreenCastle: <ChessDude33> 5...♘xf2 6.♔xf2 ♕h4+ 7.g3 ♕xe4 8.♘f3 ♗c5+ is hardly 'silly'. Still, Black probably doesn't have enough for the piece as it is difficult to get his pieces out. |
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| Sep-15-07 | | ChessDude33: <GreenCastle> I don't know how to say this but...sac'n a piece to to reach a losing (yes I am calling your line losing...it is) position is silly to me. |
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| Jan-29-08 | | Knight13: This is what you get for leaving your king in the center too long. |
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Jul-31-11
 | | kbob: Flohr was about 34 and Petrosian was about 13 years old |
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| Jan-28-12 | | supergeckoh: Petrosian is an under-appreciated player among some juniors, including myself. But we could learn so much from him. Look at this game. He completely outplays a strong Grandmaster with a maturity that is well beyond his years. |
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| Jan-28-12 | | supergeckoh: Position after 11...f5? 
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I think 11...f5 was the first mistake from Flohr. In my opinion better was 11...O-O 12.O-O-O ♗d7 13.f5 ♘ge5  although even here Black's position is difficult. But 11...f5 open's up the position in Petrosian's favour. |
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| Jan-28-12 | | SChesshevsky: <<I think 11...f5 was the first mistake from Flohr.>> I agree. Playing for attack with the B still on c8 and no King cover w the Q in front on a soon to be open file doesn't seem like a very good idea. But if one of the other comments is correct that this was a simul ex then he probably didn't calculate out to the 17. Bg5 pin. |
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| Jan-28-12 | | SChesshevsky: <<Petrosian is an under-appreciated player among some juniors, including myself. But we could learn so much from him.>> I think you're right. Petrosian had a very rare understanding of chess. I think if you play over the following game and can work to explain each of Petrosian's moves it's a great learning experience. Petrosian vs Fischer, 1959 |
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Jan-28-12
 | | Penguincw: < Budapest Defense: Alekhine Variation > Well, at least I know now that there is more than the Alekhine's Defence. |
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| Feb-04-13 | | RAlehin: What about 14... Nxg2 ? That looks like a typical simul move |
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| Mar-28-14 | | Morphized: <Penguincw> There is actually a lot of opening variations named after AAA, for instance in the Slav, in the Dutch, in the french, in the Queen's indian and much, much more! |
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| Jan-11-17 | | TheFocus: This simultaneous game is Game
#1 in <The Games of Tigran Petrosian>, Volume. 1.This was Petrosian's only win against Flohr, who had a record of +1-0=5 in tournament play against him. |
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Jun-17-23
| | marcusantoinerome: <Benzoi> Some masters let their simul opponents choose the color. I played a simul against Bronstein in California in 1991 and my friend also played. My friend was a King�s Gambit enthusiast so when Bronstein offered to switch colors to anyone who�s wanted, my friend took him up on it. After all, how often do you get a chance to play the KG against Bronstein?! My friend lost, but it was a fun game. |
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| Jun-17-23 | | faulty: Why was Flohr playing black?
There can be two reasons that i could think of.
The first involves team competitions where teams of pioneers supervised by masters were playing in simuls. in such 'simul-tournaments', the player giving the simul would get half whites and half blacks.
The second is that there could have been a tradition that minors could have asked for white. I remember reading a story by a Soviet chess journalist who told about the early Stalin years. he was playing in a simul against Duz-Khotimirsky (if my memory serves right). he asked for white, and the master smiled and said OK no problem |
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Jun-17-23
 | | perfidious: In the mid 1970s, three strong players gave displays at my school club, and offered us the choice of colours. Never did I dream that I would face all three heads-up one day. |
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