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| Jan-08-18 | | Petrosianic: <Jim Bartle>: <A Catholic priest wrote "@#$% YOU!"?> Former Priest. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | Granny O Doul: Bill Wall's Lombardy timeline ( http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/a... ) shows Mednis being in Lombardy's way a number of times in their early careers. I had gathered myself on a number of occasions that Bill was not very fond of Edmar, but I did respect that in Bill's late book he did not go beyond reporting the fact that they were often at odds. Since Edmar was already gone, he might have used it as a chance to put out his own side without fear of rebuttal. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: So......... where's the link to that 'story'? 😊 |
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Jan-08-18
 | | jinkinson: <WorstPlayerEver> I actually read it in the current (January 2018) issue of Chess Life (p. 17). |
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| Jan-09-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: <jinkinson>
Ah, they waited until Lombardy died, I suppose. |
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| Jan-09-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: PS this story is so dumb, if one considers that the arbiter opens the envelope.. |
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| Jul-27-21 | | RookFile: By the way, this game illustrates that bishops of opposite colors don't always secure the draw. |
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| Jan-25-22 | | jerseybob: <Phony Benoni: You know the type. You may even be the type......I also have the feeling (of an amateur psychoanalyst, of course) that Lombardy was resentful of the attention paid to Fischer.> If that's true, then all the more reason for him to have played in the Stockholm Interzonal! It would've been the biggest tourney of his career, he was at the very height of his powers, and who knows what might've happened? |
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| May-19-23 | | Granny O Doul: I'm guessing this is the game Speelman refers to in his "Best Games" collection in 1997. Some details are off, but Lombardy himself made similar errors in retelling his own stories (which never included this game, as far as I ever heard). Anyway JS has Black sealing the move "Good morning, @#$%*@!", though he puts the event in Reykjavik (where Lombardy did play in '78 though not Mednis) and does not ID either player beyond "one of our American cousins". So, what's the point? I guess I'd like to be confident about the exact quote. The version Speelman cites strikes me as more plausible because less cliched, but maybe it's just a more British mode of expression (aside from "@#$%*@!" vis-a-vis "arsehole"). |
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Jun-28-23
 | | HeMateMe: You have to be a certain age to remember the Bill and Ted movie
Some great kibitzing attached to this game, above. |
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Jun-28-23
 | | Breunor: Nobody can say black resigned too early! |
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Jun-28-23
 | | Check It Out: How the heck could this game be adjourned after 90.Qxe1? The arbiter would think it's ridiculous. |
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| Jun-28-23 | | Granny O Doul: Bill Goichberg's CCA scoresheets used to include, among various rules and advice, that the TD reserved the right to adjudicate ridiculous positions. But this was not a CCA event. (Nice title, btw. It takes me back.) |
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| Jun-28-23 | | Brenin: <Breunor: Nobody can say black resigned too early!> Only 2Q+P down, with his single P blocked, Black could have played a few more moves in the hope of stalemate, e.g. 90 ... Kg2 91 Qbe3 Kh2 92 Qf3. |
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| Jun-28-23 | | goodevans: With Black's R and B stuck on the Q-side leaving Black's K-side vulnerable, it's odd to say the least that Mednis chose to pursue a notoriously difficult opposite coloured bishops endgame rather than a middlegame slaughter. For instance, 32.Qf5 would have threatened both 33.Qc8 and 33.Rh7 (Δ 34.Qe6+) and would probably have cut the length of this game in half. 
click for larger viewIt's pretty clear that for the last ten or so moves, Lombardy was just playing on to reach the adjournment so the hilarious story about his 'sealed move' does ring true. |
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Jun-28-23
| | HeMateMe: White doesn't have time to go hunting --it will leave f2 undefended. |
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| Jun-28-23 | | goodevans: <White doesn't have time to go hunting --it will leave f2 undefended.> I beg to differ.
As things stand (if it were White to move) then 33.Qc8 Qxf2 34.Kh3 is totally winning for White as his K is fine on h3. But that does suggest an interesting defence <32...Rb4!?> after which 33.Qc8 Qxf2 34.Kh3 Rh4+ would be darned complicated. However White doesn't have to leave f2 unguarded just yet as he has <33.Rh7> instead after which Black needs to sac in order to prevent being mated after 34.Qe6+. |
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| Jun-28-23 | | Brenin: <goodevans, HeMateMe>: After 32 Qf5 and 33 Rh7 (in either order, but maybe Qf5 first, threatening Qc8 with a mating attack), it seems to me that Black's only way of avoiding mate by 34 Qe6+ is to give up material with 33 ... Qxf2+ 34 Qxf2 Bxf2 35 Kxf2 with a clear win for White: Black's h-pawn will fall and White's will promote. |
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Jun-28-23
 | | perfidious: As another GOTD featuring two former opponents sees the light of day.... |
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Jun-28-23
 | | Honza Cervenka: 32.Rh7 would have been much better. |
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| Jun-28-23 | | Lloyd Gross: Honza Cervenka: <32.Rh7 would have been much better.> Followed up with 33.Bg6? |
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| Jun-28-23 | | Lloyd Gross: 32.Rh7 Kd8 33.Qxf6 Be3 34.Rh8+ Kd7 35.Qxf7# |
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Jun-28-23
| | HeMateMe: Anyone here ever play in a bill goichnerg tournament? |
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Jun-29-23
| | Honza Cervenka: <Lloyd Gross: Honza Cervenka: <32.Rh7 would have been much better.> Followed up with 33.Bg6?>
It is one possible idea. Another can be 33.Qf5 with intention Qe6+. |
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| Jun-29-23 | | Lloyd Gross: <Another can be 33.Qf5 with intention Qe6+.> Good one! Could be better than my idea. |
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