| Feb-09-10 |
Raymond Keene
ray keene: btw i devote all my columns this week in the times from today onwards to mickey and /or gibtelecom also with a mention of conquests feats!
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| Feb-09-10 |
Tatiana Kosintseva
wanabe2000: Both Kosintseva sisters take down 2600+ Grandmasters in round 1 Areoflot!
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| Feb-09-10 |
D Bojkov vs Ala Bennett, 2009
YouRang: Quite easy since 31...Qd1+ is the most obvious move to consider and 32.Kh2 is forced. Just spend a moment at that position looking for tactics, and you can hardly miss the rook fork that wins a piece.
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B22 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Kenneth Rogoff
Jim Bartle: Oh, gee...thanks for reminding me. "Nauseateingly" doesn't begin to cover it. They performed at halftime at the 1985 game at Stanford. And it was all lip-psynched. I believe the start of the big-name performances began in 1993 when ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Wesley So
prensdepens: Wes drew the first game playing the black pieces, not bad. BTW aside from Ikong Sevillano, Ricky de Guzman and many others,
Marlo T Micayabas is also one of the filipino promising chessplayer who emigrated to the US. I read somewhere
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| Feb-09-10 |
Viswanathan Anand
yalie: My guess about Topalov's seconds:
Cheparinov, Georgiev, Dominguez & Nisipeanu with Mamedyarov also being a possibility. Danailov may also include the 13 year old Bulgarian kid in the team.
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| Feb-09-10 |
Hermanis Karlovich Mattison
offramp: <sanyas: He lost two brilliancies in the same tournament! Very lucky... or not.> Try saying Mattison without saying Mmmm...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Magnus Carlsen
timhortons: did frogbert claim he guided magnus career?
and nobody argue with him in this page? if he did at least he should be recognize in magnus biography and should be written above this page that its frogbert post in CG that guided magnus ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Moscow Open (2010)
PhilFeeley: <I suppose one could argue that if you have more wins than your opponent, then it also means you have more losses > I don't see the logic of this. Why does it mean you have more losses? If they're tied it could be because of ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Yifan Hou
laserlight: <HeMateMe: a country with 1.3 billion should have some more GMs, and some with higher ratings.> Ah, maybe Yifan, Wang Yue and Wang Hao are just talentless patzers. The really talented Chinese players exclusively play xiangqi, but
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| Feb-09-10 |
Aronin vs Petrosian, 1951
Sem: Not yet the Petrosian we would come to know.
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C91 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Keres vs Book, 1952
VargPOD: Eero Einar Böök, one of Finland's all time greatest players. He could have become a professional, but chose a civil career for economical reasons. In his career he won e.g. Euwe and Reshevsky in the 1930's. Euwe describes this game in his
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D47 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Kam Nuri vs J Pettersen, 2010
jrofrano: talk about embarrassing.
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C00 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Homer (Computer)
I Like Fish: if you're going to get mad at me...
every time i do something stupid...
then i guess i'll just have to stop...
doing stupid things...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Hikaru Nakamura
Riverbeast: <Frogbert> I think it's the height of arrogance for you to claim that Nakamura's current success is due to "your" recommendations Didn't you say he should have played in Corus B? And that his tournament schedule was not the ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
V Popa Matei vs J M Bellon Lopez, 2010
jrofrano: amazing, somebody is ballsy enough to play the smith morra against a 2400. It is clear from this game that black doesn't have to do much in order to refute this line...although that doesn't stop me from playing it against the occasional ...
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B21 |
| Feb-09-10 |
A Bennasser vs S Salhi, 2000
TheTamale: 19) ... Rb8!!!
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C50 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Glenn Umstead
Marmot PFL: According to Hallman, his USCF rating was under 2200, yet on ICC he was over 2550.
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| Feb-09-10 |
Le Quang Liem
Billy Vaughan: It's OK, all are forgiven ;)
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| Feb-09-10 |
Odd Lie
technical draw: I produced the movie, "Night of The Living Corpseman". When the teleprompter turns on the living dead start talking! And they won't stop until your brain is turned to mush! They will save or create dead end jobs. Watch rich people ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Garry Kasparov
protean: <a most interesting read> Yes it was - not much of a book review though!
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| Feb-09-10 |
Carlsen vs Anand, 2009
rogge: <Aspirador: Anand was not a prodigy btw.> Well, he's a former Junior World Champ, isn't he?
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D45 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Kibitzer's Café
kormier: <PinnedPiece> i really hope you remember: <While you were off I posted my best, most brilliant kibitz ever, tying together chess, world politics, and human nature in a novel and inspirational way>....even if it would be parts ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010
polarmis: It's interesting that Lebedev doesn't mention 18...Bb7 either - he just says:
<If you give up the pawn on d5 then its clear that black's opening strategy has suffered a complete collapse> (he gives a line with 18...Nb6 and says ...
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E04 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Bernard Rometti
Mibelz: Bernard Rometti and Barbatto Rometti is the same person.
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| Feb-09-10 |
Alan Benson
malthrope: <Open Defence: <Alan (aka Malthrope) is a frequent visitor around the internet chess community.> and is known for his trademark <sheepish grins> :-D> Hahaha! Thought you could quietly slip that one in, eh Deffi? ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Corus (2010)
badest: <Shams: <badest> Carlen's lack of megalomania is a feature, not a bug.> LOL ... but honestly ... got to have some megalomania ... it goes with the territory ;)
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| Feb-09-10 |
Gata Kamsky
Troller: Kamsky-Sjugirov after 3 moves at the Aeroflot Open:
[DIAGRAM] This could become interesting, Sjugirov is no boring player either.
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| Feb-09-10 |
Francisco Vallejo-Pons
whiteshark: <A Karpov Fan> LOL
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| Feb-09-10 |
Timman vs Karpov, 1979
duplex: Poisonpawns. Kasparov learned alot from the matches with karpov.Imagine how much Karpov would have learned if he had the chance to engage Fischer in the 70`s.I feel Karpov was cheated by caissa. Absolutely Had Karpow played three matches ...
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A28 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Parimarjan Negi
wordfunph: happy birthday GM Negi!
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| Feb-09-10 |
Taimanov vs Fischer, 1971
BearJr: Taimanov missed the blow 27.Ba6!,Rb6 28.Bb5!,Qf7 29.Rc7!,Ne7 etc... (says Rybka3).
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E97 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Jose Raul Capablanca
FHBradley: <maxi: That's right! And Alekhine was captured by the German occupation forces. It was a fun time.> 'Hilarious' is the adjective I'd use.
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| Feb-09-10 |
Alan Bennett
whiteshark: He lost an <n> here in 2 years; Ala Bennett
http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Rolf Keller
Mibelz: Rudolf Keller played against Klaus Junge in Warsaw/Lublin/Krakow (the 3rd General Gouvernment Chess Championship) in October 1942.
( http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables1... )
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| Feb-09-10 |
Book vs A Hiidenheimo, 1925
TheaN: <al wazir: After 10...Kc6 white has nothing better than 11. Bxd8 Bh6+ 12. Kb1 Rxd8. Material is even, though black's king has had a bad scare. But that would have spoiled the fun. Nullifidian: <al wazir>
The material may be even, ...
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C27 |
| Feb-09-10 |
F Caruana vs Nakamura, 2010
Atking: Yes I like your idea <MarmotPFL>, e.g 38.QxQc4 dxQc4 the question is : Can white King stop the 2 rabbits b&g?
a) 39.d5 Nf4 Already dangerous for white 40.BxNf4? gxB 41.Kc1 c3! or 40.Kc1?! Ne2+ 41.Kd2 c3+! 42.bxc b2 43.Kc2 Nxc3 ...
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B67 |
| Feb-09-10 |
P Cafolla vs F Guerrero, 2006
asianwarrior: Maybe black horse is hungry at that time, ha, ha, ha! Anyway,it teaches amateurs like me not to be so greedy. Black failed to see the purpose of white's bishop going to d3 decreaing protection of d pawn.
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D02 |
| Feb-09-10 |
O Bernstein vs Lasker, 1909
ughaibu: I see the Salwe game was played first.
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C66 |
| Feb-09-10 |
Hans Arild Runde
Billy Vaughan: Frogbert, I'm no math expert but I figured we could compare a hypothetical maximally drawish player with a maximally winnish player and see how it affects their consistency. Suppose two players score 60% in 75 games. One of them is ...
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| Feb-09-10 |
Humphrey Bogart
chancho: <BishopofBlunder> Rick: Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
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| Feb-09-10 |
K Lyons vs W Mohamed, 2004
blazerdoodle: Why is this game in here?
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C57 |
| Feb-09-10 |
L Dominguez vs Oral, 2000
OBIT: Aw, why did Black concede the draw? After 96...Qf2, this is a tablebase win in a mere 51 more moves.
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B47 |
| Feb-09-10 |
J Wanjiru Wambugu vs S Swartz, 2006
blazerdoodle: Is 8...Ke6 the normal move?
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C57 |
| Feb-09-10 |
David Cork
tpstar: The original post was deleted
There's no way anyone could repeat it
A rather rude limerick
Some cheap PR gimmick
But if you can do better, then beat it
=)
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| Feb-09-10 |
Spielmann vs Schlechter, 1906
beatgiant: <psmith>
Good point, 30...Kd7 first followed later by ...c5 and the plan above.
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C26 |
| Feb-08-10 |
D Andreikin vs A Bezgodov, 2010
OBIT: <johnlspouge>On zanshin's computer analysis of the B vs N ending that arises after the inferior 24. Bh6, I like the bot's analysis through move 32, but I think 33. c5 is too quick. Instead, play 33. Kd4, trying to get the king to d5. ...
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A49 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli
ConLaMismaMano: Supposedly Ricardi was shocked with Mareco's talent and incredible tactical vision. He together with Perez Ponsa and Lemos are the natural replacements (in the short term future) of the "older generation" composed by Felgaer, ...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Einstein vs Oppenheimer, 1933
darook: <chancho> Chuck could crush a walnut with his Nuts.
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C70 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Alexander Alekhine
beatgiant: <blazerdoodle>
See discussion above. The source claimed, <Capablanca and Alekhine agreed to a match, having raised the stakes by their <<joint influence in Argentina>>, the match took place towards the end of ...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Portisch vs Zhu Chen, 1997
Jonathan Sarfati: Good point re 18. e3; Kotov praised such "creeping moves" highly, e.g. 26. b6 in Spassky vs Korchnoi, ...
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D11 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Alekhine vs Poindle, 1936
brucejavier: Heya i strongly feel that white queen is stuck after 21.Qg8 ..black plays 21...d6, 22.Q*R and 22....Kf7 i believe that whites queen is stuck and has no escapes after black plays Be6 and Rh8, im no GM, but can someone give further ...
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C67 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Schabelski vs Chigorin, 1885
Rookheight: nice "random game" to come across! 19.Nd5 is very pretty, leaving the queen hanging because of Nf4# and the rook hanging because of deadly discoveries.
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C25 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Vladimir Kramnik
rapidcitychess: Yay! Another blazing attacker sees the beauty of the draw.
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| Feb-08-10 |
W Abdul Sattar vs R Prasca, 2004
HAPERSAUD: owned is the best way to describe this, black didnt really need to gambit the pawns at the end for the race but it was still a very nice touch
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C18 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Nakamura vs M Geist, 2003
Poisonpawns: Hikaru and I after the game, he was so kind to show me what i should and could have done.
http://tinyurl.com/meandhikaru
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C18 |
| Feb-08-10 |
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1960
technical draw: Fischer "loses" the exchange and then 2 pawns. Easy win for Byrne right? No, everything is calculated. Just take the draw and run.
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E62 |
| Feb-08-10 |
A Meek vs Morphy, 1857
Honza Cervenka: Also 19...Qb4 20.Bd3 Nf4 21.Qf3 Rd8 was much better than 19...Qb2, which is far less clear after 20.Rb1! Qa3 21.gxh6.
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C44 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Salome Melia
whiteshark: <Is it ??> Oh no,sorry, it is not. Sorry, I didn't read it carefully enough. Actually I read it on the FIDE page http://www.fide.com/component/conte...
and thought it was longer... inner confusion...
And the passage I meant is ...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Gunsberg vs Max Weiss, 1889
backrank: You surely mean 30. Kg1 Bd6.
The finish has been played very lovely by Black, but White has lost too many tempi here (b3, Bd3-e2-f1) and finally, he opened Black the f-file voluntarily by Nxe4.
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C42 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Robert James Fischer
TheFocus: Urns will be offered in the shape of chess pieces. I want to be in a Rook urn. Bobby didn't get his Rook shaped house, but I can get my dream fulfilled.
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| Feb-08-10 |
Alapin vs Harmonist, 1887
backrank: This is what usually happens with opposite castling ... your own pawn storm doesn't make any substantial progress, while your opponent's pawn storm is so much faster and succeeds in a few moves against which you're just helpless.
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C44 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Karel Mokry
TheFocus: I made a large order from Karel Mokry (40 books). He gave me a 10% discount just for asking. A gentleman.
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| Feb-08-10 |
R Yumol vs Igor Ivanov, 1995
Bradah: Bradidik, hehehe
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B40 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Nigel Short
HeMateMe: you've forced us to watch Simon Cowell once a week. Turnabout is fair play.
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| Feb-08-10 |
Hartston vs E Torre, 1974
spawn2: GM Eugene exhibited his endgame prowess in this game..
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B07 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Chigorin vs Gossip, 1889
backrank: This game shows the strength of a nearly forgotten opening :D
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C44 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Blackburne vs N MacLeod, 1889
backrank: This is what can happen when an experienced Grandmaster plays a 'lesser' opponent and tries to smash him in a few moves. The 'weaker' player finds always the right way to defend, and in the end he exchanges into a pawn endgame that ...
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C21 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Timman vs J Santos, 1982
OBIT: This is a duplicate of Timman vs L Santos, 1982
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B31 |
| Feb-08-10 |
E Schallopp vs A Fritz, 1889
backrank: Really a strange and funny game. 11. g4? (preventing f5) is bad, of course, but Black's attack looks a bit premature, too, since he hasn't enough pieces developed. So White can undertake a little walk with his king without any ...
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C44 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Chigorin vs Gunsberg, 1889
backrank: Yes, 37. b4 is a mistake, of course. But Black had already winning chances by his passed pawn on the d-file which Black achieved due to White's faulty combination beginning with 18. c4?.
The decisive mistake, however, was 43. Kc3?. ...
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C45 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Plachetka vs A Planinc, 1991
Dimitrije Mandic: Wait, wait, wait. That's a Velimirovic Attack if I know one!
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B86 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Gunsberg vs Steinitz, 1890
Petrosianic: <Lasker found a more pragmatic approach to Steinitz' goal: 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Bb6, and the pawns on c3 and e5 remain in place. Of course White can regain his gambit pawn, but only by entering a disagreeable ending.> That would be ...
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C52 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Bronstein vs A Levin, 1969
Everett: <OBIT> After 13..Qe7 14.Nb5 looks promising for white.
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B50 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Burn vs Gunsberg, 1889
backrank: Total opening desaster in the Berlin Defense of Ruy Lopez. However, Burn made a couple of very strong moves here. Black's first mistake, as it seems, was 7. ... Nd6 (7. ... d6 looks better to me). Strange, but from that move on it seems ...
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C67 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Nazi Paikidze
Tabanus: Winner (shared or not?) yesterday of the Women's section of Moscow Open 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr299... , congratulations!
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| Feb-08-10 |
Ernesto Inarkiev
Tabanus: He placed 4th (or shared 1st) yesterday in Moscow Open (2010) : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr299...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Evgeny Bareev
Tabanus: He placed 2nd (or 3rd?, see official page) yesterday in Moscow Open (2010) : http://www.chess-results.com/tnr299...
http://www.moscowchessopen.ru/press...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1990
rapidcitychess: Why 27 h4?
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B12 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Konstantin Chernyshov
Tabanus: Surprise winner of Moscow Open 2010, ahead of a whole bunch of 2600+ GMs: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr299... , congratulations!
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| Feb-08-10 |
R Moor vs D Good, 2005
Ratul: Moor did Good here :)
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A09 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Michael Fallone
mike fallone jnr: My father was born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire and didn't move to Dundee until 1967 after the Havana Olympiad.
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| Feb-08-10 |
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
DrDave: "OK - let me rephrase - any English book references?"
I've just edited the re-issue of Harry Golombek's booklet from 1960.
"The spectators had their money's worth in excitement, at any rate, in the 22nd round. The focus for this was the ...
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B84 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Alekhine vs Keres, 1935
jmboutiere: firn: Why did Keres resign here?
I believe that after f6 and Rxe2 the position of the black king and rooks is very bad
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C79 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984
SatelliteDan: even there hum-drum games are worth looking at.
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E15 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Guimard vs Fischer, 1960
Riverbeast: NOBODY could defend like Fischer!
His iron logic prevails once again........
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A48 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962
Chessical: If <22... Kxh7> then 23. Rxf7+ Kh6 (23... Kg8? 24. Bxe6) 24.Bg7+ Kh5 25. Bxe6 Qe8 26. Bf6 winning.
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B35 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Arpad Elo
Tomlinsky: I started to explain... but can't be arsed. Sorry. :)
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| Feb-08-10 |
K Lie vs Li Chao, 2010
jon01: 61. Qxf7+ Kxf7 62. Kh7 should be at least a draw for white.
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C43 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1860
playground player: What the chess world needs is an Adolf Anderssen action figure.
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C51 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Gibraltar (2010)
Ezzy: Congrats to my fellow countrymam 'Mickey' Adams for winning Gibralter 2010. He han't been winning much for a while and is a good tonic for the new year ahead. He must have desperately wanted the number 1 British spot back.
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| Feb-08-10 |
Jude Frazer Acers
wanabe2000: <uscfratingmybyear> I was there in Chico CA on 9/28/1973 when I, as well as others, beat Master Robert E. Burger in the simul in 29 moves. Chico had some strong players back then including the CA Junior Champion. Burger lost ...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Gipslis vs J Lieberum, 1995
Sem: <JohnBoy>. Yes, I goofed with the move numbers. And I see what you mean by 19. Bb8; White will be an officer down.
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B40 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Roger Moor
HeMateMe: I was mated by Ursula Andress.
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| Feb-08-10 |
Reshevsky vs Lombardy, 1957
HeMateMe: It just should have been Favre v. Manning, a QB matchup for the ages.
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E99 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Rybka (Computer)
imag: <Wood Mover: Just expanding on this line of thought. I read on the rybka forum that for each additional ply of rybka analysis, the ELO goes up 75. But for Rybka to achieve that extra ply takes twice as much processing time.> I don't ...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Martyn Kravtsiv
chessfootball: please visit Martyn homepage www.grandcoach.com/kravtsiv
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| Feb-08-10 |
Hastings Chess Congress (2010)
elpotro: Why in the game between carlsen and karjakin, karjakin don't play move #24 rook d5!
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| Feb-08-10 |
Beliavsky vs Kupreichik, 1973
kevin86: I like an attack where the opponent take pieces,but the attack just grown in intensity.
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B72 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Bird vs J Heral, 1873
rich187113: I've only played the french defence birds invitation once or twice winning both of them, I've played the portuguese opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bb5 3 times losing 2 and winning one. But I much prefer to open with d4 and hope to play the ...
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C00 |
| Feb-08-10 |
2009-2010 Bundesliga
whiteshark: Standing after 9 rounds:
Rnr Club MP BP
01 OSG Baden-Baden 18 54,5
02 SG Solingen 16 45,5
03 Werder Bremen 16 43,5
04 SV Mülheim Nord 14 44,5
05 SV Wattenscheid 1930 13 42
06 Hamburger SK 11 41,5
07 SK Turm Emsdetten 10 ...
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| Feb-08-10 |
Bird vs M Fleissig, 1873
rich187113: This opening e4 e6 2.Bb5!? is called French Defence Birds invitation, I've played it myself and won, but my opponent responded with Bc5 not Qg5.
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C00 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Bacrot vs R Felgaer, 2010
Fusilli: Very exciting game. As <ConLaMismaMano> said, in this position: [DIAGRAM] ...Black had 34...h5! and White's position is hopeless. But again, Bacrot also missed stronger moves.
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E91 |
| Feb-08-10 |
N Efanov vs Le Quang Liem, 2010
DiscoJew: I agree with both of you. After 4...a6 I said "But what about the Bind"? and sure enough, Le has to get very creative in the opening/middlegame, fighting against all the factors that make white white. He wins splendidly indeed, but this ...
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B53 |
| Feb-08-10 |
E J Diemer vs Kayser, 1953
tommer: Unless the poor position of the black king...
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D00 |
| Feb-08-10 |
J Tomczak vs J Carlstedt, 2008
FSR: As far as I know, 13.Qxe5! d5 14.Qxd5! is still winning for White, as in Spassky vs D Ciric, 1962
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B29 |
| Feb-08-10 |
S Kaplan vs J C Ibarra Jerez, 2006
FSR: As far as I know, 13.Qxe5! d5 14.Qxd5! is still winning for White, as in Spassky vs D Ciric, 1962
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B29 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Tal vs Gheorghiu, 1968
ughaibu: Anyone know why Tal and Gheorghiu agreed so many short draws?
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B31 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Bisguier vs J McCord, 1946
FSR: 7...Bg4+?? (TN) is a horrific blunder. After the normal (and forced) 7...a6! 8.Ba4 Bd7 White has no more than a slight advantage.
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B21 |
| Feb-08-10 |
B Savchenko vs Obodchuk, 2010
ounos: Ouch. Extremely crushing finish.
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B62 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Fischer vs B Costaras, 1964
FSR: <Dick Brain> To very belatedly respond to your question, Emms and Palliser recommend 4...d5 in their 2006 book "Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian." Personally, although the variation is not completely busted, I'd rather not get all those ...
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B32 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Alexander Grischuk
kramrich: Grischuk will Linares again and become 2800 by year end....
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| Feb-08-10 |
R Montero Melendez vs V Bhat, 2010
Uchiha.Madara: I think white started going wrong after move 20. I think his idea after 21. Nh5 was to may be play Rg4 which looks like a good offensive and defensive move. Also, 21. Rd1 looks good. He is 2 pawns down but his lead in development ...
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D10 |
| Feb-08-10 |
J Sloth vs W Watson, 1991
LoveThatJoker: <Once: <LoveThatJoker: PLEASE put me on your ignore list.> Done.>
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
LTJ
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A04 |
| Feb-08-10 |
M Bosiocic vs C Flear, 2007
An Englishman: Good Evening: 46.White to play, if sound, would make an excellent puzzle some day. The key variation is 46...fxe4; 47.Rxg5+,hxg5; 48.Qxa6 with Queen, Bishop and Pawn for two Rooks.
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B31 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Krishnan Sasikiran
indianchessupdates: Indian hope Krishnan Sasikiran finished 5th in the Moscow Open 2010 with 6.5/9 after drawing Evgeny Bareev in the last round. He will be in action today in the Aeroflot Open 2010
For More on Indian Players
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| Feb-08-10 |
W So vs A Giri, 2010
dejavu: So seems to want to end his opponent swashbucking attack once and for all by resorting to the cute knight fork of Q&R and ignoring black knight (ironically, as it turned out the black knight figured in black's calculated R sac and eventual
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C42 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Ponomariov vs Topalov, 2007
notyetagm: *Tremendous* <KNIGHT PLAY> by Topalov to end an excellent win.
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E71 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Tal vs Gipslis, 1981
Dravus: Power chess by Tal.
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B89 |
| Feb-08-10 |
Aivars Gipslis
monrealis: Latvia was not in USSR in 1937.
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| Feb-08-10 |
Carlsen vs L Dominguez, 2010
notyetagm: Game Collection: New queen makes old queen expendable 45 Qf7-f4! old queen drops to remove guard but new queen mates!
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D97 |
