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| Jun-28-06 | | joe barnett: i'm always amazed by how far away from e1/e8 the king can get in some games.... |
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| Oct-28-06 | | dfelix: <morphynoman2>: 1.e3 f5 2. d3 f4 3.e4 f3 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nxc3 Nb8 6.Ng1 Nc6. |
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| Oct-31-06 | | Rubenus: Deschapelles was a good player for his time...amazing that there are only two games of him in the database. And an odds game in a match, that seems strange. |
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| Jul-06-07 | | sanyas: <Rubenus> It used to happen all the time, to even it up between a strong master and a weaker player. Nowadays we have the rating system. |
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| Feb-09-08 | | wolfmaster: Even though Cochrane lost, it was still a great Honore to play Deschapelles. |
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| Apr-09-08 | | Whitehat1963: iamverywellatchess! |
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| Jan-01-09 | | WhiteRook48: Cochrane played so badly in this game |
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Jan-01-09
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| Jan-01-09 | | WhiteRook48: he has such a weird name. |
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| Jan-04-09 | | WhiteRook48: there was a Philidor game where Philidor gave odds of f pawn. the first two moves were
1. e4 Nh6 2. d4 Nf7 intending to shore up the f7 weakness |
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| Jan-04-09 | | just a kid: <Whiterook48>Here is the game you're talking about.Maseres vs Philidor, 1783 |
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| Jan-05-09 | | WhiteRook48: what does the pun mean? |
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| Jan-05-09 | | Jim Bartle: There was an American TV show called, I believe, "Chapelle's Show," starring comedian Dave Chappelle. |
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| Jan-06-09 | | WhiteRook48: thanks for explaining the pun.
One thing I don't get about the game is why White would move his king 4 times in the opening. He should have let him stand on e1. |
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| Jan-09-09 | | WhiteRook48: White has for sure messed it up with 7. Kd2. |
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| Jan-10-09 | | WhiteRook48: 23. Ne3? |
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| Jan-19-09 | | WhiteRook48: the final position looks messed-up. |
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| Jan-22-09 | | WhiteRook48: excellent king hunt |
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| Jan-24-09 | | WhiteRook48: supposedly Cochrane sued his opponent for winning |
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| Feb-04-09 | | WhiteRook48: he was Honored.
1. d5 seems better to me, because the knight will lose tempo:
1...Ne5 2. f4 Nf7 |
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| Mar-16-09 | | dwavechess: 17/27 concur with rybka 3 at 3 min. per move with rybka.abk book for Deschapelles |
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| Mar-19-09 | | WhiteRook48: a horrible loss |
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| Jul-23-09 | | Knight13: John Cochrane was supposedly a very strong player, but this game shows that in 1821 he probably wasn't. 1. d5 is better, as it keeps the initiative. |
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Sep-29-09
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| Dec-31-11 | | Penguincw: 7.Kd2. Seriously? Another game with a king walk! |
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