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Kamran Shirazi vs John A Peters
Ch USA 1984  ·  Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit. Marshall Variation (B20)  ·  0-1
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Dec-23-03  Bears092: Samisch vs Capablanca, 1929

I think that's worse

Jan-29-04  popski: <Bears092> C'mon ... :/
Jan-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: Shirazi in a better light.
K Shirazi vs Alburt, 1981
Mar-21-04  Eatman: I am reasonably sure that Shirazi's opponent is Californian IM Jack Peters.
May-10-04  poktirity: H Peters other game is also quite nice =)
May-23-04  zugzwangninja: This is the shortest decisive game in US Championship history. I just looked it up when GM Larry Christiansen mentioned it online. This just goes to show that even very strong players sometimes make simple oversights.
Oct-07-04  Morty: This is known as the Sicilian Wing Gambit. I have read that Paul Keres tried some of his ideas related to this gambit a few times in his youth.
Oct-07-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: <Morty> You might enjoy this interesting game with analysis by several kibitzers = Bronstein vs Deep Blue, 1996
Oct-07-04  Morty: Thank you for the reference. That was quite the strange game.
Jan-31-05  Jaymthegenius: I am confidant that Shirazi would easily defeat Greco, Philidor, or Morphy, so dont say "he sucks" just in this one game he blundered,
Feb-02-05  Karpova: <jaym>

you seem to be some kind of a comedian!
at least your statements suggest this point of view.

Nov-26-05  Chopin: <Jaymthegenius>: <I am confidant that Shirazi would easily defeat Greco, Philidor, or Morphy> Will most probably beat Greco, maybe Philidor, I'm very confident that he'll never beat Morphy. Morphy's rating was calculated to be around 2700.
Jan-21-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  An Englishman: Good Morning: I actually watched this game as it was played, and Black was IM Jack Peters, as <Eatman> suggests. As I recall, Peters did not reply right away, sitting very still and staring at the position. He might have been shocked. I stood next to WNM Inna Izrailov and whispered, "Shirazi blundered away a Rook." She whispered back, "No way--oh, my God."
Mar-22-06  mcgee: This was not Berkeley 1986 either, it was the US Champ 1984.
May-06-06  Paintbucket: Wonderful example of the wing gambit. (Kidding)
Apr-17-08  wrap99: I think Shirazi had a fairly bad result at the 1984 championship.

I was there, too. I remember it was played in the student union or something and there were musicians outside who had to be quieted. So in Shirazi's defense, this event was not played under anything like ideal conditions.

Apr-13-09  Dredge Rivers: What do you expect? The Sicilian Wing Gambit is garbage!
Apr-13-09  Riverbeast: This game was played when Shirazi was on serious 'tilt'...Of the 17 games he played in the US Championship, he only drew one and lost the rest
Apr-13-09  Dredge Rivers: Why was Shirazi in the US championship? Wasn't he an Iranian?
Apr-13-09  AnalyzeThis: Whatever he was, Jackie Peters didn't mind.
Apr-13-09  Riverbeast: <Wasn't he an Iranian?>

Naturalized American, I'm assuming...He played in several US Championships.

It's a bit unfair to judge him just from his poor performances in the US Championships, because he had some decent results after 1984, including a plus score in the US Championship a few years later.....

But after he went 1-14 in the 1992 US Championships, a rather unkind joke was going around the Manhattan Chess Club..."Shirazi wanted to prove that his 1984 performance wasn't a fluke!"

May-07-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Marmot PFL: This game as well as any demonstrates the power of the Sicilian. White seems psychologically beaten from the start.

<AnalyzeThis> Strong master from Boston. Vas Rajlich studied chess with him while learning about computers at MIT.

Dec-17-11  King Death: I witnessed this fiasco, and it was played in 1984, like others have said, not 1986.
Apr-30-12  gredow: this game reminded me of a miniature I watched on playchess.com Is there any escape for black? Here is the game: 1. e4 b6 2. 2. d3 e6
3. Nf3 h6
4. Be2 Be7
5. O-O Bb7
6. Nc3 Nf6
7. h3 O-O
8. Re1 d6
9. Nd4 e5
10. Nf5 Re8
11. Bxh6 gxh6
12. Nxh6+ Kf8
13. Bh5 Nxh5
14. Qxh5 Kg7
15. Nf5+ Kg8
16. Qg4+ Bg5
17. Nh6+ Kg7
18. Nf5+ Kf8
19. h4 f6
20. Qh5 Kg8
21. hxg5 fxg5
22. Qg6+
May-01-12  DanielBryant: <Riverbeast> Why didn't he just withdraw?
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