Apr-27-15
 | | tamar: You can see intimations here of "The Pearl Of Zandvoort" game Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 in how Euwe uses the pawn chain to wreak havoc, and set up the nice finish. |
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Apr-27-15
 | | offramp: And reverberations of that Euwe game continue to nowadays, eg E M Green vs S J Solomon, 1997. |
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| Jan-19-16 | | Robespierre: May I assume that the pun refers to the 'Marks & Spencer' retail chain in the UK? |
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Jan-19-16
 | | LoveThatJoker: CG Kibitzers: What does a very strong engine say about 28...Bxc3? Please provide a couple of lines.
LTJ |
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| Jan-19-16 | | Once: Interesting. On the face of it, Euwe plays a strong game on the theme of leaving his pieces en prise. Time and again he ignores threats and pushes on with his attack. This is either the work of great genius or a con trick of the first order. Fritzie says "a bit of both". Fritzie doesn't care for 20. Rae1 when 20...Bxc3 takes away most of white's advantage. 25. Bc3 is also not the strongest. Black could have played 25...Bxe1 to reduce the white attack. 27. hxg7 is not as strong as 27. Re3 to protect the Bc3. 28. Bh3? is asking too much from the position. It looks hairy, but Fritzie says that black can grab the Bc3 and survive the white kingside attack: 28...Bxc3 and now
29. Rg1+ Kf6 30. Rc1 Be5 31. Rg6+ Ke7 32. Rcg1 Rh8
click for larger viewor 29. Rd1 Be5 30. Rf3 Kf6
click for larger viewBlack builds a fortress with Be5, Kf6/ Ke7 and Rh8. White can't break through. Black should win when he activates his extra piece. Let's be clear. Euwe played well and steamrollered his opponent by a combination of strong moves and semi-bluffs. Over the board, neither player had the benefit of a strong chess engine. But I'm afraid the game doesn't stand up to modern scrutiny. A flawed gem, I'm sorry to say. |
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Jan-19-16
| | LoveThatJoker: Thanks for providing Fritz's analysis on 28...Bxc3, Once. LTJ |
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| Jan-19-16 | | kevin86: White will mate soon. |
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Jan-19-16
| | offramp: <Robespierre: May I assume that the pun refers to the 'Marks & Spencer' retail chain in the UK?> Yes, and it is a good pun. Kudos to whoever thought of it. |
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| Jan-19-16 | | sneaky pete: Euwe was no fool. I bet the gamescore is wronng and 20.Rac1 .. with 30.Rc2 .. was really played. That way the last part of the game makes sense and the thing might stand up to modern scrutiny. |
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Jan-19-16
 | | Stonehenge: 20. Rac1 (and 30. Rc2):
http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=d... |
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| Jan-19-16 | | dfcx: < sneaky pete: Euwe was no fool. I bet the gamescore is wronng and 20.Rac1 .. with 30.Rc2 .. was really played. > If 20.Rac1 were played, black would have played 22...Qxe2 |
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| Jan-19-16 | | morfishine: <offramp: Robespierre: May I assume that the pun refers to the 'Marks & Spencer' retail chain in the UK? Yes, and it is a good pun. Kudos to whoever thought of it> Yes, it would be a good pun, only if it were a pun at all, which it isn't, as usual around here at <CG>Unfortunately, this does title not qualify as a pun and not even a lame play-on-word; in fact it qualifies as nothing at all except another gigantic waste of our time Lousy, flawed game too
Nice job <CG>
You really hit it out of the park with this one LMAO
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Jan-23-16
 | | al wazir: <morfishine>: Why is it not a pun? 1. *Max* Euwe played Edmund *Spencer*.
2. "Max & Spencer" (spoken with a strong British or Dutch accent) sounds the same as "Marx and Spencer," the retailer. It can be understood in two senses, i.e., it has a double meaning; so it is a pun. |
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