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| Apr-20-08 |
| OBIT: I don't know... nice mate, but it's a huge stretch to call this an immortal game. All you have to see is that 11. axb4 wins a piece, since if 11...Qxa1+ 12. Kd2, Black has no move that boths saves his queen and stops the mate in two. |
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| Apr-20-08 |
| OBIT: After 12...Ne5 13. Bxe5 Qxa1, White can force mate by 14. Qxf7 Ne7 (or 14...Rd7 15. Qe8+ Rd8 16. Qxe6+ Rd7 17. Qe8+ Rd8 18. Bg4mate) 15. Qxe6+ Rd7 16. Bg4 Rd8 17. Qd6 |
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| Apr-20-08 |
| maxi: Peruvian, uh? Not the Panama Canal then. |
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Apr-20-08
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| playground player: Poor NN! Bet he could've sworn he was going to win this one. |
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| Apr-20-08 |
| GreenArrow: As is so often the case with Scandinavian defence players, tactical ineptitude leads to a quick rout. |
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Apr-20-08
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| PinnedPiece: <get Reti: It should be "A Man, a Plan, a Canal:Panama" so people who haven't seen that before could understand the pun.> This is a palindrome...
The very first one ever uttered was "Madam, I'm Adam." |
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Apr-20-08
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| FSR: <The very first one ever uttered was "Madam, I'm Adam."> To which the reply reportedly was "Name no one man." (weird) or simply, "Eve." Returning to the game: The Peruvian Immortal, yay! I wrote the Wikipedia article on this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvi... |
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| Apr-20-08 |
| OBIT: So, since the title is a palindrome, the joke must be that "NN" is also a palidrome. To finish with another palindrome: aha! :) |
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Apr-20-08
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| acirce: Dan Scoones vs K Spraggett, 1986 <--- a Dan, a clan, a canal - Canada! |
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Apr-20-08
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| Chessmensch: Here is THE reference on palindromes:
http://norvig.com/palindrome.html
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Apr-20-08
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| waustad: Diemer did several with this mating pattern. I think it is one of the main reasons he kept playing Qf3. |
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Apr-20-08
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| Sneaky: Do geese see god? |
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Apr-20-08
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| FSR: We really need some comments from Otto, Bob, Anna, Hannah, Ava, Ana, Eve, and Aviva. That guy Lon Nol, whom some of you may remember from the Viet Nam war, would be good too, but I'm pretty sure he's dead. |
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Apr-21-08
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| percyblakeney: <FSR> There's always this Romanian athlete: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuta_... |
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| Apr-21-08 |
| Cibator: <FSR>: don't forget Elle (though I'm pretty sure she doesn't play chess). |
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| Apr-21-08 |
| Cibator: There's at least one strong palindromic chess player - Jiri Nun. |
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Apr-21-08
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| kevin86: I love this one-may even be better than the Anderssen "immortal" game. |
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| Apr-22-08 |
| Cibator: Here's another double-rook sac, played by Jacques Mieses in a London League club match when he was about 80 years old: 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Bg4 7.Qb3 Rb8 8.Nd5 Bc5 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qxb8+ Kd7 12.Qxh8 Qf3 13.Kd1 Qxe2+ 14.Kc2 Qxc4+ 0-1 |
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| Apr-22-08 |
| maxi: <Cibator> Evidently White miessed the mate. |
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Jun-05-08
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| whiteshark: A beautiful finish. A trifle perhaps, but with lashings of sherry. |
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| Dec-11-08 |
| WhiteRook48: This is a weird game. Not to mention the sacrifices.
1. e4 d5!? 2. exd5 []  xd5 3.  c3! a5 4. d4!? c6!? 5. f3  g4 6. f4 e6? 7. h3! xf3!? 8 .xf3 b4 9. e2 d7 10. a3! 0-0-0???? 11. axb4!!!!!!!! xa1+???????????? 12.  d2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xh1 13. xc6+!!!!!!!!!!!!! bxc6 14. a6# 1-0 |
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| Dec-21-08 |
| WhiteRook48: How to checkmate when you're down a Queen and Two Rooks |
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| Dec-21-08 |
| WhiteRook48: There was also another NN-E Canal game. NN got checkmated in 9 moves with some removing the guard thing |
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Feb-02-09
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| patzer2: After 10...0-0-0??, White's 11. axb4!! sets up a Boden's mate pattern following 12...Qxh1 and 13. Qxc6+! |
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| Sep-03-09 |
| Whitehat1963: Excellent Monday puzzle after 12...Qxh1. |
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sac: 11.axb4