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Chris Ward vs Igors Rausis
Le Touquet op (1992), Le Touquet-Paris-Plage FRA
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense. Queen Attack (D02)  ·  0-1

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Sep-02-18  wordfunph: "The advantage of having a poor memory is that eventually I've managed to forget them. I will, however, always remember my 1992 clash with Igor Rausis. 11 moves into the game my opponent had all of his pieces out and had castled, whereas as white all I had to show for my development was having placed my queen in front of my king. Six moves later it was game over, and not in my favour. A big, big lesson: just because you are good (or think you are!), you'd better be sure before breaking general principles."

- GM Chris Ward (when asked for his memorable worst move)

Source: Chess Monthly 2017 December

Sep-02-18
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  MissScarlett: I still think Tarrasch's <It is not enough to be a good player; you must also play well.'> has a better ring to it.
Oct-17-20  Messiah: <wordfunph: "The advantage of having a poor memory is that eventually I've managed to forget them. I will, however, always remember my 1992 clash with Igor Rausis. 11 moves into the game my opponent had all of his pieces out and had castled, whereas as white all I had to show for my development was having placed my queen in front of my king. Six moves later it was game over, and not in my favour. A big, big lesson: just because you are good (or think you are!), you'd better be sure before breaking general principles."

- GM Chris Ward (when asked for his memorable worst move)

Source: Chess Monthly 2017 December>

Wise wards.

Dec-16-24
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  FSR: The greedy 3.Qb3 against 2...Bf5 (the Baltic Defense to the Queen's Gambit) got a bad reputation as a result of this game. I (and more importantly Stockfish 17) think it is a strong move, but White should respond to 3...e5! with 4.Nf3! instead of grabbing every pawn in sight.
Dec-16-24
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  perfidious: Only able to find one game in the DB with 4.Nf3: Ljubojevic vs S de Wachter, 1994, the irony being it originated with White, who was known for exploring the byways as he rose to the elite.

The idea of playing Qb3 in an Albin never crossed my mind, but in effect the ever trickful Ljubojevic went in for that.

Dec-16-24
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  FSR: <perfidious> Dunno if you play online blitz. Most players there who play 2...Bf5 have no idea what they're doing. They'll let you grab a pawn or two starting with Qxb7, or play 3...Nc6? 4.cxd5 Nxd4?? 5.Qa4+.
Dec-16-24
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  perfidious: <FSR>, rarely, and have never faced 2....Bf5 either online or OTB.
Dec-17-24  Damenlaeuferbauer: <FSR> Indeed 3.Qb3? is a weak move and 3.-,e5! and 4.Nf3! are strong moves! I am challenging you as a master of correspondence chess to an e-mail thematic game after 1.d4,d5 2.c4,Bf5 3.Qb3,e5 4.Nf3. You will have the white pieces and I will get the black pieces. If you will accept or decline, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2025 with a lot of health and success in (correspondence) chess!

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