| Nov-07-09 |
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2009
spawn2: I believe, it's just a matter of time before Kramnik wraps this game up
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E32 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Magnus Carlsen
obientag: hi <spawn2> dito muna ako, malamig dito sa norway... :)
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| Nov-07-09 |
Tal Memorial (2009)
Paragua: The gane to watch is between moro and kramnik to determine the best russian player.
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| Nov-07-09 |
Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2009
Eyal: <birthtimes: 22.Qf4 Rb6 23.Be7 Re8 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.Bc5 Rb2 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.e5 Bxe5 28.Bxd4 Rxa2 and Black is up a pawn...> White doesn't have to give up the pawn - he can play 27.a3, for example - but such line does give Black more ...
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D80 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2009
Chnebelgrind: 21...a6 22.QXe8?
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| Nov-07-09 |
Viswanathan Anand
SetNoEscapeOn: Thanks for the interview again <yalie>. Using babelfish yields a charmingly quaint translation of that interview. "Champion of the world" turns to "Champion of peace", and apparently "computer cheating" is "computer prompts."
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| Nov-07-09 |
T Luther vs C Gabriel, 1990
sneaky pete: <Whitehat1963> Reach your finger here; see my rooks, queen and knight. Reach your hand here and put it into c7, e6 and f6. Be unbelieving no longer, but believe:
24... Re6 25.Nc7+ ..; 24... Kd8 25.Qc7+ Ke8 26.Re1+ Re6 27.Rxe6+ ...
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C65 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Ioannis Nikolaidis
Tabanus: Winner of the 17th International Chess Tournament "Honour to National Resistance" (Nikaia Greece), August 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr246...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Rogelio Antonio Jr
spawn2: <ruylupit>
<naibalik na ang RP sa FIDE list, nagising din ang NCFP. Kaya malamang susuportahan ng NCFP ang ating 3 GM's na lalahok sa WC.> buti naman bro at nabayaran na nila yung dues. maliit na halaga lang naman yun para ke ...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Kenneth Rogoff
Jim Bartle: I read about Carrie Prejean and her sex tape as well, thought about making fun of her. But honestly, they showed her the tape and suggested she abandon her suit. Isn't that blackmail?
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| Nov-07-09 |
Borki Predojevic
Tabanus: Winner of the strong 24th Acropolis tournament (Greece) in August 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr230...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Kamsky vs V Tukmakov, 1990
timhortons: though white queenside majority is unable to create a passed pawn, it can provide the decisive spare tempo. [DIAGRAM] full explanation could be found on the book secrets of pawn ending. just an example of kramniks expertise in end ...
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B22 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Wesley So
Winter: Happy birthday to <piatosblue> and <arman07>. Back to Live Game...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2007
BobbyDigital80: Why was this game drawn? :( There was still a lot play left in this position.
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B81 |
| Nov-07-09 |
E Schiller vs Bornack, 1971
FSR: Better was 14...Ng6 15.Qxg4 Nxh4 and White cannot play 16.Qxh4?? because of 16...Bxg5+ winning the queen.
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B98 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Robert James Fischer
talisman: <SetNoEsapeOn> <ok now i understand you cannot read>... you talking about minds right?...tell you what I'm going to do, just for you. at my leisure, i am going to pull the fischer volume and quote for you what GK has to say ...
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| Nov-07-09 |
E J Gausel vs T Ernst, 1992
patzer2: <RV> Could you provide a breakout of the 26...Nxg3+ line? I'm without a chess program this week and am having difficulty finding a winning variation there.
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A04 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Roland Ekstrom
Tabanus: Mergeable with IM Roland Ekstroem
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| Nov-07-09 |
Shirov vs D Lapitan, 2009
pngchamp: Black offered a draw which was against simul protocol, however, GM Shirov accepted so a draw despite White having a clear advantage after 29.Bh5!
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B33 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Roland Ekstroem
Tabanus: 16 more games here: Roland Ekstrom
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| Nov-07-09 |
Eugenio Torre
spawn2: <Iskubadayb:>
Nice story which shows what kind of a person our beloved GM Eugene is. Pero sayang yung isda, ano kaya ang masarap na luto dun, sinigang sa miso? or inihaw? : )
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| Nov-07-09 |
Alberto David
Tabanus: He is born 23 June 1970? GM in 1998. Now rated 2583, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Biography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert...
Pictures:
http://www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/...
...
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| Nov-07-09 |
R Ekstroem vs P Hugentobler, 2001
Roleks: In a serios game against the strong GM I mean.
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B05 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Aronian vs Svidler, 2009
Eyal: <In fact that suggestion of computer was the move 13 d5.> Svidler himself said that he feared this move, as well as 13.Ng5 Bd5 14.e4 Bb7 15.Bxc4, where after 15...cxd4 16.cxd4 Nf6 White has "huge advantage" ( ...
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D80 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009
tamar: This game will remain a classic picture of Kramnik and Carlsen at this moment of time. Kramnik superior still in delving the depths of chess truth in openings, Carlsen surprising in still attempting to navigate for a win amid multitudes of ...
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E32 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Evgeny Najer
Tabanus: Final ranking crosstable of the Paleochora tourn. mentioned by <indianchessupdate> and <returnoftheking>: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr239...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Morozevich vs Leko, 2009
Eyal: In fact, Morozevich may have missed good winning chances with 31.fxg7! (instead of Rh7), e.g. 31...Rxc2+ 32.Kxc2 and Black cannot avoid an exchange of rooks and the loss of a5 - 32...Ra7 33.Rh8+ Kxg7 34.Re8 Ne6 35.Rhh8 Nxg5 36.Ra8 Rb7 ...
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C45 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Alexander Zubarev
Tabanus: Now rated 2535. Winner of the 7th International Open Tournament of Lesvos (Greece) 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr240...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Antonios Hadzimanolis
Tabanus: He is an FM from Greece born 1978 and rated 2346. Winner of the 41st Summer Cup (Porto Carras, Greece) 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr238...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922
patzer2: The most surprising thing here is that Tarrash apparently prepared his fantastic King march as early as 33. f3!, eschewing the easy capture of a pawn for this amazing attack with the one piece he must defend above all others. So sometimes
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B10 |
| Nov-07-09 |
McShane vs I Cheparinov, 2009
Nina Myers: Of cource, God is Bulgarian, why doesn't he understand or respond to our prayers?
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B20 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Robert Kempinski
Tabanus: Winner of the Ikaros Chess festival/Aegean Open (Greece) July 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr237...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Evgenij Miroshnichenko
Tabanus: He is now rated 2686. Winner of the 1st Leros Open (Greece) July 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr237...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Hikaru Nakamura
pawn to QB4: <The only thing that cannot be argued is that Nakamura can beat anyone here>. Well, that remains to be proved. He will be playing one of the chessgames.com kibitzers in the forthcoming London tournament, should be a game to ...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Raymond Keene
Paint My Dragon: Ray, thanks for the reply. I share your concerns for Mickey and David, but I'm probably not strong enough to pinpoint whether they are suffering more from a loss of confidence and form, or from failing repertoires. Perhaps it's a ...
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| Nov-07-09 |
Mikhail Chigorin
Tripler: "The Chigorin style of our opponents is the guarantee of our victory!" So Petrosian is supposed to have said before team matches - I don't know if it's an authentic quotation, but he probably never said it while Stalin was alive - given ...
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| Nov-07-09 |
R Ekstroem vs G Sargissian, 2009
Roleks: Yes, I am me.Thank you ! Everything ran well until this moment.
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C54 |
| Nov-07-09 |
I Hatem
Everyone: Why is it always me?
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| Nov-07-09 |
C Gabriel vs B Voekler, 2007
Whitehat1963: Ooops!!!
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E92 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Short vs Wang Yue, 2007
The Chess Express: It seems like 9. Qe2+ killed a lot of the winning chances in this game. I'm surprised the usually attack minded Short didn't play 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 [DIAGRAM]
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C47 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Ruslan Ponomariov
Check It Out: I undertook a long study to determine the essence of being a clown and discovered it was long shoes, a red nose, a unicycle, and a fire engine. Does that sound like pono?
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| Nov-07-09 |
Rubinstein vs Nimzowitsch, 1928
Once: "The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
Lewis Carroll
We have a strange ...
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E32 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Levon Aronian
Ghost of Merlin: I think Aronian will score his full point in this round.
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| Nov-07-09 |
F Santacruz vs Smejkal, 1990
Check It Out: This game features an astounding six consecutive captures in a row by the black rook.
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A28 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Dimitri Gurevich
whiskeyrebel: I faced GM D. Gurevich at his simul at the Western States open a couple weeks ago. There were 18 of us players in all. I hoped for more so I could have more time between moves. He was very generous with "passes" however. He played an
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| Nov-07-09 |
Team White vs Team Black, 2009
weszhang: <eisenherz> ?
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| Nov-07-09 |
Vassily Ivanchuk
LaFreak III: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassil...
ilove this guy!
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| Nov-07-09 |
Karpov vs Anand, 2007
PeterB: This game is a perfect illustration of what Kasparov said, that Black shouldn't be afraid to be a pawn or so down when playing the KID!
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E71 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Ernesto Inarkiev
GrahamClayton: Inarkiev does not like to leave the board during his games, as he thinks he will loose his concentration. During the 2009 European Individual championships, the hot conditions led to Inarkiev refeshing himself by placing drops of ...
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| Nov-07-09 |
S Sjugirov vs Van Wely, 2009
GrahamClayton: <parmetd>Loek's Qa5 move iscurious... Why not Qb6 immediately? Parmetd,
10... b6 would stop 12.d6, ...
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B96 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Nunn vs J Bellin, 1976
jerseybob: Dr.Jana's 2nd disastrous loss in this collection with the 6..g6 line, which also failed Botvinnik vs. Tal in the 1966 Spartakiad(also in this database). In all 3 games black assumes(fantasizes?) that white's doubled d-pawns will be a ...
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B10 |
| Nov-07-09 |
Kibitzer's Café
e5d5UziGalil: <It took hundreds of tries.)> I did it in my First try.
With assistance from the latest Fritz 12.
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| Nov-07-09 |
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
improperchess: people like habu don't become legends man, capablanca like guys do.
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D92 |
| Nov-06-09 |
J W Te Kolste vs Tarrasch, 1925
GrahamClayton: Te Kolste offered a draw after 31. c6, but Tarrasch declined. Te Kolste wagged his finger at Tarrasch, and said that if Tarrasch did not accept his offer then, he ...
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C66 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Aronian vs L Dominguez, 2009
GrahamClayton: <DrGridlock>
Rybka gives 3 continuations with values greater than 1.4, preferring Nf5+ (1.57) to the game's continuation Rh7+ (1.47). The most direct way to win the pawn is Ne4 Ned4, Bxd4 exd4, Rxf6 (1.41). DrGridlock,
...
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D27 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Rubinstein vs Janowski, 1925
Eduardo Leon: Is there a problem with 23. g8? If 23...d7 ...
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A50 |
| Nov-06-09 |
A Kochyev vs Miles, 1974
jerseybob: 9..e6 was Miles' "improvement" over 9..Nd7 as in his 1973 game w/ J. Littlewood(qv), but 10.OOO(instead of 10.Nbd5!?) might've kept an edge, according to the BCM.
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B76 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Tarrasch vs Mendelson, 1879
psmith: I meant: But White had a clincher with 28. Nxf7! Nxh6 29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. fxg6 Qxg6 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Rf3 winning! (Again, due to Fritz 5.32) (Amazingly I seem drawn back to this page after a year...)
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C51 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Seidman vs Reshevsky, 1942
jepflast: This game is featured in Chessmaster 9000 as one of the "Match the Masters" tests. Incredibly difficult. Amazing game.
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C86 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Janowski vs Pillsbury, 1896
keypusher: As you would expect, these two played creative and forceful -- though often imperfect -- chess against each other. Here are some notes from Tarrasch's tournament book, supplemented by Shredder. Tarrasch's notes are in plain text; ...
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C67 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Aron Nimzowitsch
parisattack: <Cees Verhagen: Happy Birthday Grandmaster Nimzowitsch.> My boyhood chess hero!
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...
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| Nov-06-09 |
A Kunte vs W So, 2009
blazerdoodle: Well, theirs no way to get past the Black king. He just has to sit tight, trade any pawn that moves in. On the other side, the Bishop just moves back and forth defending his pawn.
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E06 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Fischer vs J H Donner, 1966
AnalyzeThis: Hey, good for you, green. You knew that Fischer couldn't have overlooked this if it was any good. A lot of people haven't learned that yet.
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C89 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Blackburne vs Schlechter, 1895
Starf1re: Rybka evaluates the position after every move as within + or - .10. Amazing. At a depth of 14 it analyzes the final position as 0.00!
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A07 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1960
JG27Pyth: What lame kibitzing on an strategic miniature -- a fast kill for Black in the Caro Kan, now that's a rara avis... but Petrosian's exchange sac is lovely and I think completely sound. This is game of the day material. I just can't think ...
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B10 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Rolando Redzepagic
Tabanus: He changed surname in 1993, and is now known as GM Rolando Kutirov
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| Nov-06-09 |
Rolando Kutirov
Tabanus: GM Rolando Kutirov, Macedonia, born 23 January 1962. Now rated 2336, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Rating peak 2525 in 1996. GM in 1996. Played in the olympiads 1994 (board 4), 1996 (board 3) and 1998 (2nd reserve). Biography:
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| Nov-06-09 |
Ponomariov vs Aronian, 2009
SetNoEscapeOn: Larry Christiansen in the ICC game of the day presentation: "Ponomariov made his bones playing 1.e4"
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D87 |
| Nov-06-09 |
C El Idrissi vs A Laaroussi, 2001
WhiteRook48: 51 Bf8 is just natural, however 51 Bd6 or 51 Bf6 is better
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B23 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Adam Tukhaev
Tabanus: GM Adam Tukhaev, Ukraine, born 14 February 1988. Now rated 2540, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 2005, GM in 2007
Winner of Rethymno Open (Greece) July 2009:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr237...
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| Nov-06-09 |
Filip vs K Darga, 1961
WhiteRook48: 32 Qd3+?!
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E06 |
| Nov-06-09 |
B Lasker vs Lasker, 1890
WhiteRook48: nice game
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D13 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Portisch vs Z Kozul, 1993
WhiteRook48: 121 Bg6+ Kg8 122 h7+ Kh8 123 Kh6 Rf8 124 Rc1 Rd8 125 Rg1 Rf8 126 Bf7 Rxf7 127 Rg8#
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E92 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Robert Huebner
WhiteRook48: happy birthday!
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| Nov-06-09 |
Fischer vs Shocron, 1959
WhiteRook48: 39...fxe6!
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C97 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1960
WhiteRook48: 44 Rd1...?
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B87 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Tal vs NN, 1973
WhiteRook48: 21...Qxe7
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B99 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Samuel Reshevsky
AnalyzeThis: The only one I've seen is the final position of a game where he beat Lasker. His strength at blitz is well documented, though.
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| Nov-06-09 |
D King vs Tal, 1985
WhiteRook48: 40 Na4 looks clumsy
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B90 |
| Nov-06-09 |
J Gallagher vs M Dzevlan, 1989
alexrawlings: This is quite a game!
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C30 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Maric vs K Darga, 1964
WhiteRook48: 24 g4
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B04 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Jure Skoberne
Tabanus: IM Jure Skoberne, Slovenia, born 20 March 1987. Current rating 2498, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 2007. Played in the 2008 olympiad (1st reserve). KID, Pirc and Robatsch player. ICC name: Zirafa Pictures:
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| Nov-06-09 |
Dutch Defense (A91)
MaxxLange: Anyone here play the Classical Dutch? I have never once encountered a class Dutch player who uses anything but the Stonewall or Leningrad.
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A91 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Niebult vs Tal, 1954
TheaN: 3/4
Okay I completely missed that Black isn't down anything after 18....dxc5, so anything exchanged in the combination is in Black's advantage. And I kinda messed up my board vision after 22....Bh3, 23.Qd2 ain't so good :P. No score here ...
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E92 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Svidler vs Ivanchuk, 2009
desiobu: One disadvantage is that c3 seems to restricts the bishop's mobility a bit.
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C65 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Yanofsky vs Botvinnik, 1946
reztap: hooray for the underdog.!!!
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C99 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2009
KamikazeAttack: <The Nimzo is such a great defense, maybe Carlsen should just avoid it in future :-)> Nah, it is back to the drawing board to find a way to that particular line. What are computers for?
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E25 |
| Nov-06-09 |
R Boger vs S Goerlinger, 2002
Stonehenge: Heh, or "9...Qe7 and if 10.Bxe7 then I'll take my move back".
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A15 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Fischer vs Tal, 1959
Everett: "American" is a race?
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B90 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Tal vs NN, 1973
jmboutiere: 8...Qc6 + 0.56 Rybka 3; 8...dc + 0.38
9.Bf4 + 0.16 corect answer 9...b4 ; 9...Bb7 + 0.55; 10...Rc8 + 0.58; 10...d6 + 0.87
13...Qc7 +1.70; 13...Nf6 or Be7 +0.93
16...ef4 +6.56; 16...Nf6 +1.80
19...Ne7 mate in 10; 19...Be7 +9.18
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B46 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Svetozar Gligoric
TheFocus: <keypusher> Thank you. I have submitted them already.
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| Nov-06-09 |
Unzicker vs Fischer, 1966
SugarRaySam: After 63.c4 e4! I believe is a better move for black (64.Bf1 f4 65.Ng4 e5! and black is blocking white to a very small area, eventually switching rooks to the e file) so: 64.fxe4 f4! is the main idea
65.Ng4 f3! and White can't ...
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B92 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Viestur Meijers
Tabanus: Correct spelling seems to be Viesturs Meijers. IM in 1993, GM in 2004 Latvian champion in 2000. Played for Latvia in the olympiads 2000 (table 4), 2004 (1st reserve), 2006 (table 4) and 2008 (table 3). Biography:
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| Nov-06-09 |
Veisturs Meijers
Tabanus: Correct spelling seems to be Viesturs Meijers. IM in 1993, GM in 2004 Latvian champion in 2000. Played for Latvia in the olympiads 2000 (table 4), 2004 (1st reserve), 2006 (table 4) and 2008 (table 3). Biography:
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| Nov-06-09 |
Hugo Munoz
ILikeFruits: indeed...
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| Nov-06-09 |
Bogoljubov / Reti / Spielmann vs J Englund, 1919
sneaky pete: After 24.. Kxg7 not 25.Qg5+ .. but 25.Qe7+ .. and # next move.
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C33 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Billy Vaughan: <Remember, this isn't an event in his backyard, he is being asked to fly around the world, overcome jet-lag, dress up in his suit and tie and strut his chess stuff. How many times a year do you think a professional player could ...
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| Nov-06-09 |
Zurab Javakhadze
Tabanus: He has gained almost 200 rating points the last year. Georgian U16 champion 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr221...
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| Nov-06-09 |
Fischer vs J H Donner, 1962
TheFocus: Prior to this game, Bobby had a win and a draw over Donner.
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B19 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Lodewijk Prins
Stonehenge: More dead than right, if you ask me.
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| Nov-06-09 |
Baadur Jobava
Tabanus: He is now rated 2696. Winner of Tblisi Cup in June 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr230...
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| Nov-06-09 |
Alexander Morozevich
KamikazeAttack: Moro could surprise tomorrow by giving his pal Kramnik a good old kicking. Very unpredictable this guy..
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| Nov-06-09 |
Achilles Frydman
Karpova: He came in fifth (+7 -4 =5) at the polish championship in warsaw, 1935: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/s... He defeated the winner - Savielly Tartakower - in their individual encounter!
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| Nov-06-09 |
G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965
Granny O Doul: Yes, Gildardo would have been a little young for this one. Lots of Garcias out there.
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E10 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Feuer
Karpova: Crosstable of the Belgian Championship in Liege, 1934: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/s... Feuer was the runner-up behind Victor Ivanovich Soultanbeieff
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| Nov-06-09 |
SCORPION83
kellmano: I haven't played any ELO rated games. Can i declare my rating to be 3419?
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| Nov-06-09 |
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993
timothee3331: Impressive! Wonderful! Fantastic!
WHO can now imagine chess is a sport or a game? WHO can possibly think it is exhausted?
NO, new possibilities are discovered, and that makes chess one of the greatest arts never invented!
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E70 |
| Nov-06-09 |
D Frank vs M Backes, 2004
OnlyBelieve: Oopsies!
Haha, yes, I think that's basically what happened.
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C47 |
| Nov-06-09 |
B Wall vs Isenhower, 1977
kooley782: "Wall for President!"
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B33 |
| Nov-06-09 |
B Wall vs Watts, 1978
kooley782: Bill Wall's goal here? "Kill-o-Watts!"
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B90 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Alekhine's Defense (B03)
shaqcosteau: Knight13:
The idea is on 10...Ne5 white can play 11. Be2 and the knight is likely to get trapped after f4. This is probably the sharpest line against 5...cxd6, and is the reason for many players choosing the more solid 5...exd6. ...
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B03 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Ray Robson
Susan Polgar: Breaking News: I have just been notified that Ray Robson will receive an invitation to Corus C. Full field will be announced soon. The 72nd Corus Chess tournament will be held from 15 January - 31 January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee.
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| Nov-06-09 |
Zsuzsa Polgar
Susan Polgar: Breaking News: I have just been notified that Ray Robson will receive an invitation to Corus C. Full field will be announced soon. The 72nd Corus Chess tournament will be held from 15 January - 31 January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee.
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| Nov-06-09 |
Bishop's Opening (C23)
parisattack: <Zombie Grenadier: Just my two cents.
>
And a valuable two cents, I'll be bound!
As a mathematician, what is the most reasonable estimate of the total number of chess games and related numbers you have seen? I know the space ...
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C23 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Eric Schiller
parisattack: IM Schiller -
Any word on the Pterodactyl eBook?
Also - One of my favorite books of yours is Hypermodern Opening Repertoire for White. I use it with John D's Strategic Opening Rerpertoire. The latter was recently revised. Any chance
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| Nov-06-09 |
Daniel Gormally
Marmot PFL: Is it true that Gormally now works on Wall St.?
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| Nov-06-09 |
Leko vs Gelfand, 2009
Billy Vaughan: The two most drawish players in the tournament gave us...well, the longest draw of the second round.
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C42 |
| Nov-06-09 |
A Benson
malthrope: <SwitchingQuylthulg: Happy birthday <malthrope>!> Now don't get started over here <Switch> because I don't want to have to explain for the umpteenth time who <A Benson> is? ~lol~ As, for the other 3 impostors - ...
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| Nov-06-09 |
48th World Junior Championship (2009)
17.Bxg7: Well, objectively, if you participate in the World Junior Championship, is because you are young and want an opportunity to draw more attention and get invitations to compete at the top level with the "big boys". That's the purpose of all
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| Nov-06-09 |
Anand vs Topalov, 2005
Udit Narayan: <humANANDroid> great handle ;) I agree!!! Anand is simply amazing...words fail me!!!
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B90 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997
Mostolesdude: <Also, I remember following the event when it happened. It really seemed Kasparov had lost his mental/emotional balance - or perhaps he was just exhausted.> I remember this game very well and Kasparov left the room very very ...
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B17 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Spassky vs Pilnik, 1955
howian1: This is one of the games thought to be brilliant with a black loss inevitable until a computer looks at the position, and shows just two before resignation, the position could probably be held.
Accepting the second sacrifice,
22. exd5
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B98 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Salov vs Shirov, 1995
suenteus po 147: <returnoftheking> D44 used to be Shirov's bread and butter, back in the day when he, Kamsky, and Kramnik all played it to the great delight of spectators and opening theorists alike.
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A21 |
| Nov-06-09 |
V I Lenin vs M Gorky, 1908
markygod: hisadasdqwewqswqweq
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B03 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Koltanowski vs C Hansen, 1960
aragorn69: <pretty good for a negative-eleven-year-old.> Must be part of the great Winter-Hansen anti-Koltanowski-Keene-Schiller crusade Eric Schiller denounced! LOL
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C55 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Carsten Hansen
Karpova: <Eric Schiller: As for the termite Hansen, he just didn't like my idea of using the words of Frankenstein and Dracula to annotate the games and analysis in my book. That's like criticizing Life of Brian because it insults the church. ...
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| Nov-06-09 |
Keres vs Kotov, 1947
Pawn and Two: <LIFE MASTER AJ> The Chigorin Memorial Tournament - 1947, was held from November 25th to December 23rd, 1947. You can read about this tournament in Pachman's book, "Decisive Games In Chess History". You can read from this book,
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B20 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Christiansen vs Kasparov, 1982
kbeyazgolge: Why not 15.bxc5?
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E76 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1894
jonico: Why Black didn't play 18...Qxe3+? Please answer me...
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C53 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Karjakin vs Anand, 2006
JonathanJ: black to play, move 24 would make a good doomsday puzzle.
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B90 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008
JonathanJ: <tivrfoa> i doubt that. i think the nasty surprise was Ne3.
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D49 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Vladimir Kramnik
VaselineTopLove: Is Kramnik still without a second?
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| Nov-06-09 |
Kramnik vs Anand, 2009
yalie: Looks like Kramnik learnt something from Bonn. When faced with an Anand novelty, do not try to win on principle - just force the draw (here with 20..dxc instead of 20..d6).
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D85 |
| Nov-06-09 |
D A Holmes vs Hebden, 1989
OlavDalkeith: very nice final move. Knight on d3 is pinned and cannot take. Pawn on c3 is pinned against the queen. Taking with c3 looses the queen. And King to b1 is mate in one by Re1++ as knight on d3 is still pinned.
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C39 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Anatoli Karpov
The Rocket: the kasparov-karpov match is canceled at least for this year... after anatolys big defeats this year I read on a web-site.. poor guy
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| Nov-06-09 |
R Ekstroem vs J Gallagher, 2004
aragorn69: <WHite prepaired with the book "c3 Sicilian" of Joe Gallagher.A bit unethichal considering that it was a gift from black> LOL
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B22 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Razuvaev vs Meduna, 1979
Tubba324: You are absolutely correct.
It happens that in the actual game it was played 15.Qg4, h5 16.Qg3, Ne7 17.Ba3 Re8 18. Nxe6 1-0 (Completely different now)
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D41 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Veselin Topalov
KamikazeAttack: what a 'tard lol.
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| Nov-06-09 |
A Le Corre vs G Evans, 2003
GrahamClayton: 6.b3 giving the Queen some "luft" was a much better option.
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D09 |
| Nov-06-09 |
P D Bolland vs L Dewing, 1924
GrahamClayton: 8....c3 9.f3 d5 10.bc3 0-0 11.g5
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C47 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Larsen vs Wade, 1972
Cees Verhagen: <Cees Verhagen:Why not 19..Nxc5?> 19...Nxc5? 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21.b4 After 21...Rc2 I do not see how white can win. Better is 20.b4 Qb6 22.bxc5. Or am I wrong?
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A01 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Kasparov vs Judit Polgar, 2006
ycbaywtb: the ending w/Rd7 and Rd8 threatented is cool
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E60 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Kosteniuk vs J Jackova, 2009
Aspirador: Bien sur. Ca c'est tres tres belle.
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C89 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Taimanov vs Gligoric, 1960
Xeroxx: <40.c7 Ne6 41.c8=N!> Kool Very early Bayonet Attack. In 1960!
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E97 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Charousek vs Englander, 1894
VishyAnandFan: after 22.Rxf7 i found the mate while searching for the right continuation to go to the endgame (the moves were forced, white had to protect his bishop), and i am only a weak amateur, therefore charousek must have found it right from
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C20 |
| Nov-06-09 |
T Van De Berkmortel vs Bronstein, 1993
Tubba324: To Jim Bartle.
Well, he was facing the threat of Nb4  already :-)
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A69 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Mackenzie Molner
Plato: <meth0dSNK> apparently you've lost to this guy one too many times...
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| Nov-06-09 |
V Tukmakov vs K Hulak, 1999
ozmikey: Not every day you see a grandmaster pass up a mate in one, not that it made a great deal of difference!
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E04 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Lutikov vs Gipslis, 1969
An Englishman: Good Evening: If Black's combination beginning with 35...Rxf3 is sound, then we have a spectacular finish to a forgotten brilliancy. However...
It looks more like both players blundered under horrific time pressure (not a great ...
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B03 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Zhu Chen vs Taimanov, 1997
GaeBulg: I love the knight moves at the end. The two knights just outgun that lone rook.
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E11 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Capablanca vs Kevitz, 1924
Dravus: A Knight in Capablanca.
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A00 |
| Nov-06-09 |
Tal vs Smyslov, 1977
An Englishman: Good Evening: Nearly three years too late, I agree with <larsenfan>. Black doesn't really sacrifice the Exchange, he ahem, exchanges a Rook for Bishop and 2 pawns. The most impressive aspect of this game is how one of the ...
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C80 |
