| Aug-08-04 | | Everett: iron maiden, I'm guessing this is the game where Stein takes Spassky's place. This endgame is no joke. I always understood that Larsen was strong in this area, but with material identical, he exploits space and pawn-island weaknesses to grind out a win. |
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Feb-04-06
 | | perfidious: <Everett> You're correct; Larsen was none too pleased about Spassky's rest day, so took it out on Stein. It's a pity Leonid Stein passed on in his prime; the chess world is poorer for his loss. |
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Feb-04-06
 | | plang: How did Stein die? |
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| Feb-04-06 | | aw1988: Heart attack. |
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Feb-05-06
| | plang: At 39? That makes me feel lucky. |
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Feb-10-06
| | perfidious: <plang> Stein had a heart attack just before the Leningrad Interzonal, not long before his thirty-ninth birthday.
Korchnoi,in noting his passing in his auto-biography, referred to this cause of death as 'the chess player's occupational disease'. |
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| Mar-02-06 | | Everett: I don't want to spread rumors and so state now that I have no facts or research done on this matter. That said, I have heard Stein's passing was an embarassing accident covered up. |
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| Apr-26-06 | | DP12: I have heard the same. |
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| May-29-06 | | stanleys: Larsen's position after the opening is really suspicious.There must be a way for black to exploit the bad placement of whites' pieces |
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| Nov-12-06 | | sfm: <stanleys: Larsen's position...suspicious. .. must be a way .. to exploit the bad placement..>
What position, after which move, do you have in mind? |
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| Dec-12-06 | | stanleys: <sfm: <stanleys: Larsen's position...suspicious. .. must be a way .. to exploit the bad placement..> What position, after which move, do you have in mind?> Let's say after 17.R:e4.There are interesting possibilities such as 17...c5 or 17...Nf7 |
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| Aug-07-07 | | Helios727: So Larsen actually had a plus score in this event in spite of his embarrassing 17 move loss to Spassky. That's good to know. |
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| Aug-12-07 | | paul1959: <stanleys> 17...c5 19 Nc2 is OK for White.
17...Nf7 (wins material) 18 Rxe8 Qxe8 19 Re1 Bxd4+ 20 Kh1 Be5 21 f4 Nxg5 22 fxe5 then after either 22...Nf7 or Ne6 , 23 exd6 followed by Bd5 (or Bh3) and White will have strong counterplay on the pinned Knight at e6. At the 17th move White has a dnagerous lead in development in an open position and that is why Stein simplifies but keeps the important Bg7 for defence of the King side. |
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Mar-24-08
 | | whiteshark: Round 4: A surprise move by the captain of the USSR team [ namely Lev Yakovlevich Abramov ] before the last round added to its tension. He replaced no one else than the World Champion, Boris Spassky, whose loss in the previous round [ i.e. Spassky vs Larsen, 1970 ] was his first defeat after he won the title last summer. He was replaced with <Stein>, three times USSR Champion. ...
On the top board, <Larsen> felt himself obliged to play for the public. He triumphed again in an exciting game with <Stein>, thus winning the Best Game of the Round Award, and a car for himself, too. |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Interesting to follow the player's annotations in detail. From the Bulletin... |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Position after <9...Re8>:
click for larger viewbetter is <10.h3> (Larsen); better is <10.Be3> (Larsen) <10...Nc5 11.f3!> (Stein) |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Position after <13...f5!>:
click for larger view <14.exf5?? Ned3!–+> (Larsen)
<15.Re2 Rxe3!> (Stein) |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Position after <14.Qd2!>:
click for larger view <14...Ned3! 15.Re2 fxe4 16.Nxe4> (16.fxe4 Ne5 17.Bg5 Nxc4!) <16...Nxe4 17.Qxd3 Nc5> (Stein) |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Position after <15.Bg5!>:
click for larger viewI) <15...Bf6!> (Stein) <16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 c5>
(18...Bf5! (!=Larsen)/(?! (Stein) 19.Rf4 (!=Larsen)
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a) 19.Ree1  Nd3;
b) 19.Re3 Nc6 (19...Nd3 20.Nc2 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Nb4! (Stein)); <>> 19...Nc6 (19...c5 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Qc3 Re6 22.Bh3±) 20.Rd1 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Re7= (Stein)) <19.f4! cxd4 20.Qxd4 Bf5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Re2 Re7=> (Larsen); II) <15...Nxc4?! 16.bxc4 Bxd4+ 17.Qxd4 Qxg5 18.Nd5!>‚ (Larsen) |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Position after <17.Rxe4>:
click for larger view I) <17...d5 18.cxd5 Qxd5 19.f4> (19.Rae1! with the idea of 20.f4 (Stein)) <19...Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 Rxe4> (Stein):
click for larger view. . .
II) <17...Nf7!–+> (Murej) <18.Rxe8+> (18.Bh3 Rxe4! 19.Bxd7 Rxd4; 18.Rae1 Bxd4+) <18...Qxe8 19.Be3 c5>: 
click for larger view |
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Aug-29-08
| | whiteshark: Position after <17...Nc6>:
click for larger view <18.Nxc6!>
[18.Rxe8+? Qxe8 19.Be3 Qxe3+ –+ (Larsen/Stein);
18.Be3 Rxe4= (Larsen) 19.fxe4 Qe8 (Stein)] |
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