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Jan-18-07
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| Phony Benoni: <sneaky pete> I agree with Bird's line of play. When you get a position like that against Steinitz, you want to savor it as long as possible. |
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Jan-18-07
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| kevin86: White delivers a smothered mate variation by a pawn,helped by two pins. He did miss a pedestrian mate in three earlier as pointed out by sneaky pete-and before that by Irving Chernev in his book, 1000 BEST SHORT GAMES OF CHESS. |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| schnarre: f7# just adds insult to inury! |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| ex0duz: Kevin86, isnt that 3 pins? Queen pins Rook, Bishop pins Pawn, and Rook pins Bishop. Quite a unique and beautiful mate. Gotta love Bird, and the romanticist style of play they had back then.. |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| Themofro: great game by Bird, i especially love f7#, lol. |
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Jan-18-07
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| playground player: Bird and Steinitz played some good games together, didn't they? |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| Rocafella: I can imagine Bird's face when he saw f7#. A proud man with an estute look on his face. Excited by the mate he had created. At the same time he looked up to meet Stenitz's eyes, and for a split second, saw him mumble under his breath. 'You smug b******' |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| Brettwith2ts: Haven't they used that pun before? |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| GeauxCool: <Brettwith2ts> Hello! 1.)"A bird in hand": Morphy vs Bird, 1858 2.)"And this Bird You Cannot Change": Bird vs J Mason, 1876 |
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| Jan-18-07 |
| Billosky: It's hard to believe such a game was ever actually played. How could Black allow it to come to such? |
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May-30-07
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| InspiredByMorphy: <Sneaky Pete> <he could have played 15.exd7++ Kf8 16.Qe8+> Why not 15. ...Be7 ? |
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| May-31-07 |
| beatgiant: <InspiredByMorphy>
On the suggested 15. exd7++ <Be7>, White has dxe8=K! The king is dead, long live the king! |
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May-31-07
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| malthrope: I was wondering when someone would post a response... :-) That was brilliant <beatgiant> 16. dxe=K# - <The king is dead, long live the king!> wishing that I would have thought of it! ~lol~ ;-) - Mal |
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Sep-04-07
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| TheaN: What is it with Bird and f4? If he isn't playing it on move one he has to play it at some other move.... a harder to achieve goal with Black, but I guess he would just resign if it would no longer be possible XD. |
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| Sep-04-07 |
| ughaibu: Sibahi: This game: Bird / Dobell vs Steinitz, 1866 is in Game Collection: World champions lose miniatures 1. |
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| Sep-27-07 |
| RookFile: This game is just a fairly typical example of Steinitz getting slapped around in an open game. He did much better in closed positions. |
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Sep-27-07
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| chancho: <RookFile> Bird got some slaps in, but in the end the majority of the slaps were administered by Mr Steinitz. In their last 11 games, Steinitz went +9 -1 =1 |
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| Sep-27-07 |
| RookFile: Agreed, Steinitz was a better player than Bird.
Hey, it's lunch time, I'm going to KFC in honor of Mr. Bird. |
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Feb-25-08
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| Knight13: Trapped in Bird's nest. |
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| May-30-09 |
| WhiteRook48: spectacular win!! |
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| May-31-09 |
| I Like Fish: bird-like... |
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| May-31-09 |
| Sicilian Dragon: bird-nest...
indeed... |
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| Jul-15-09 |
| YoungEd: Great game! I only wonder why it took Bird 9 moves to get in f4! :) |
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| Jul-15-09 |
| Emma: What a great mate |
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| Sep-17-09 |
| kooley782: Wow, this shows where romanticism can win when the opposition doesn't put up solid defense. |
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