| May-09-08 |
Andre Lilienthal
stanleys: Very nice interview with Lilienthal(in Russian) at: http://www.rg.ru/2008/05/08/lilient...
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| May-09-08 |
M-Tel Masters (2008)
minasina: ....oh, of course official....soloajedrez
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| May-09-08 |
Magnus Carlsen
hardliner: <acirce> Magnus and his father claimed he wasn't in good chape and playing on top in the beginning of Baku. This was in the firsth 10 rounds or so. In the end Henrik Carlsen told on the blog that Magnus felt better.
I don't know ...
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| May-09-08 |
K Korody vs Benko, 1951
belgradegambit: 20. KxR Ng4+ 21 Kg1 Bh2 mate
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D47 |
| May-09-08 |
Wesley So
StevenUS: Is there any live games? Thanks.
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| May-09-08 |
Huebner vs Bacrot, 1998
acirce: Hübner later thought <11.Rad1!  > also with the idea Nd5 would be better.
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A15 |
| May-09-08 |
Hans Arild Runde
rogge: good old days, but that was 3.11 (to be picky)
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| May-09-08 |
Jose Raul Capablanca
maxi: As I understand it, My Chess Career was written to pressure Lasker into a match for the world championship.
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| May-09-08 |
Kasparov vs Timman, 2001
acirce: <17 Bf4?
"A serious mistake," readily admitted Kasparov, who couldn't explain why he hadn't played what he originally intended, i.e. 17 g4 Be4 (17 ..Bxe5!? 18 dxe5 Bd7 (18 ..Bxg4? 19 Qd4!) 19 a5 Nc4!?) 18 f3 Bg6 19 Nxg6 hxg6 20 e3 Re8 ...
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A29 |
| May-09-08 |
Petrosian vs Ljubojevic, 1974
Alphastar: Odd that this great strategical gem hasn't received any comments yet. Just like in Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960 , Petrosian locks up his opponent, then proceeds to move his king to the queenside, and then breaks open the kingside to ...
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A42 |
| May-09-08 |
Capablanca vs Reti, 1922
whiteshark: 33...Ke7 34.Rxd6 Nf6 will transpose. Is there anything else? Maybe 34...Nh6 35.e5 Nf5 36.g4!, although it doesn't look any better.
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A48 |
| May-09-08 |
Grischuk vs Dreev, 2005
acirce: Grischuk criticizes 19..g5 ("A mysterious move") and above all 18..Ke7 ("...a serious mistake. There is no endgame on the board yet, and Black should have castled and tried to attack White's centre.") He says he already saw the final ...
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D52 |
| May-09-08 |
Ljubojevic vs Tringov, 1982
johnlspouge: <<whiteshark> wrote: I got 39.Bg8. After 39...Qxg8 it's a rather forced line> Nice going, <whiteshark>! I looked at the advance d6, but did not calculate accurately enough and thought that the Pd6 was lost. After a ...
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B26 |
| May-09-08 |
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2008
acirce: Carlsen <wasn't proud of his two wins against Topalov, "because I was not playing Topalov". Carlsen's win in Morelia must have been one of his easiest wins against a top grandmaster ever.> (New in Chess 2008/3)
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B04 |
| May-09-08 |
Morphy vs NN, 1857
cn1ght: Well, of course morphy would lose to today's computers. TODAY'S grandmasters lose to computers, and everything known is based on what morphy knew and then there has been more built upon that information!
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| May-09-08 |
A Moiseenko vs Svidler, 2005
acirce: <The best move of the game - and I would be even prouder of it if I had seen the idea behind it.> -- Svidler about 25..Qb5. (New in Chess 2005/4)
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D80 |
| May-09-08 |
Aronian vs Topalov, 2008
znprdx: When it is lost,it is lost! 29.g4? is the kind of patzer move I'd make. I didn't understand the opening at all - White giving up the King Bishop (creating a hole) to save the Queen Bishop - which ultimately failed to deliver. Even if ...
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E00 |
| May-09-08 |
Max Weiss vs W Pollock, 1889
whiteshark: "For winning this game Mr. Pollock was awarded the special price of $50 donated by Professor Isaac Leopold Rice for the most brilliant game in the second round." from the tournament book
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C77 |
| May-09-08 |
J Mason vs Gunsberg, 1889
whiteshark: "For winning this game Mr. Gunsberg was awarded the special price of $50 donated by Messrs. Frank Rudd and Fred. Wehle for the best game of the tournament." from the tournament book
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C50 |
| May-09-08 |
Viswanathan Anand
humangraymatter: <sheaf > I don't mind how wise you think my comment is.In fact when I wrote it I knew that "wise" and "intelligent" people like you would attack me because of it.But that is what I really think about the relative strength of
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| May-09-08 |
French Defense (C00)
GBKnight: <hrvyklly> 7a4 was often played to prevent Qa4 and to facilitate a later Ba3 by white. 7Nf3 just gets on with the game and invites black to play Qa4 anyway. In practice it usually transposes but if white persists then black will ...
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C00 |
| May-09-08 |
The World vs G Timmerman, 2007
MikeB20: The rook pawns win it for White.
The black knight can't cover both sides of the board.
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A81 |
| May-09-08 |
Eric Schiller
moronovich: right <Eric> "Dos cervezas" is the most important spanish phrase to know :)
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| May-09-08 |
M Mahmoody vs Vladimir Kase, 2001
whiteshark: <A Mate by General Tom Thumb <*>> 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Bc4 Nf6 5 Ng5 d5 6 exd5 Nxd5 7 Nxf7 Kxf7 8 Qf3+ Kg8 and ‘White announces mate in three moves’ * i.e. Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883)
Source:<C.N. ...
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C44 |
| May-09-08 |
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
M.D. Wilson: The second half of the Spassky-Fischer Match was much better than the first. Spassky, for what ever reason, started to play like his old self, yet Fischer was able to withstand the pressure, whereas others might have crumbled before ...
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B04 |
| May-09-08 |
C Van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 2008
rinus: <MarkThornton> Your request: After <41.Nb4 Ke4 42.Nc6 a5 43.Nxa5 Kxd4 44.a4 Kxe5 45.Nb7 d4 46.a5 d3 47.Kf1 d2 48.Ke2 g4 49.Kxd2 g3 50.a6 g2 51.a7 g1Q 52.a8Q> 1: Van de Loo,C - M Hesseling, Shackwick-on-sea Open 2008
[DIAGRAM] ...
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B12 |
| May-09-08 |
Gosta Stoltz
whiteshark: Bios in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosta_... German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B... Swedish: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B...
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| May-09-08 |
Kibitzer's Café
jamesmaskell: A nice win last night as White. Black pushed too many wing pawns and I clamped the middle and had the time and space to get my pieces together. This was a morale boost after losing against the same opponent with White in my last ...
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| May-09-08 |
Louis F Stumpers
OhioChessFan: Dixon
for Seventh Son lyrics.
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| May-09-08 |
Dixon
OhioChessFan: Everybody talkin' 'bout the seventh son
In the whole wide world there is only one
And I'm the one, I'm the one
I'm the one, I'm the one
The one they call the seventh son
I can tell your future, it will come to pass
I can
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| May-09-08 |
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967
Sem: Steinitz the Second!
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A08 |
| May-09-08 |
Teimour Radjabov
ahmadov: <Augalv: <...and is definitively capable of winning a tournament like MTel.>
I hope Teimour will win M-tel.> I also hope and believe!
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| May-09-08 |
REBEL vs Timman, 1997
piroflip: errrrrrrr,,,,,,,,,if you read the title
it says that this was a sim.
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C78 |
| May-09-08 |
Horace Ransom Bigelow
biglo: Hmm, they mispelled my surname. My middle name is Handsome not Ransom and I am from the UK. I visited Oxford University once. Wait I'm not really a chess player though! Maybe Resignation Trap is correct!!
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| May-09-08 |
D Antic vs I Ivanisevic, 2005
An Englishman: Good Evening, and Good Heavens: This is rather a brawl. Black launches a pawn storm in front of his own King, only to switch to an assault on White's King at the last moment. Very entertaining game for everyone except Antic.
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D44 |
| May-09-08 |
A J Goldsby vs D Baker, 1989
LIFE Master AJ: Dennis outplayed me. This game is a prime example of why I gave this variation up ... after playing it for over 35 years of (RATED) tournament play.
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C54 |
| May-09-08 |
Radjabov vs Ivanchuk, 2008
An Englishman: Good Evening: Perhaps the most interesting move of the game was 27...Qc5. Black has already sacrificed the Exchange, and now he offers to trade Queens and ruin his pawn structure in the bargain. And yet the result is an impenetrable
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E15 |
| May-09-08 |
Loop (Computer)
biglo: A derivative of Loop is used as the Wii chess engine.
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| May-09-08 |
Alexander Moiseenko
brankat: GM A.Moiseenko is only 28 years old, current FIDE rating about 2650, winning percentage 61.8 %, still very much active. And has NO Bio here! :-)
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| May-09-08 |
I Cheparinov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008
Davolni: nice play by CHepa!!!
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B90 |
| May-09-08 |
Georgi P Tringov
BIDMONFA: Georgi P Tringov TRINGOV, Georgi P.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/tringov_geo...
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| May-09-08 |
Nikolay Bakulin
brankat: To win Moscow Championship twice (in the '60s) was no small feat. Those tournaments, by participants' strength, could be compared to very strong international events of the period. So, N.I.Bakulin must have been a pretty strong master.
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| May-09-08 |
Capablanca-Alekhine World Championship Match (1927)
keypusher: <Petrosianic>
<Staunton... okay, not Staunton, but you get the idea.> Unfair! His record in the 1840s was amazing. (Not that unfairness to Staunton bothers me much...)
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| May-09-08 |
W So vs D Howell, 2007
protossmaster12: After white's 23rd move: 23. Bxe6,
[DIAGRAM] Wesley should have tried the stronger move 23. Ng4!. [DIAGRAM] If, 23. .. Qf4 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. Be6 fxe6 26. Rd7! is the crusher, [DIAGRAM] then 26. .. a5 27. g3 Bg5 28. Rd6 c5, White ...
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C47 |
| May-09-08 |
N Davies vs H Westerinen, 1988
zev22407: Siege strategy
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B03 |
| May-08-08 |
Fischer vs J H Donner, 1962
Hesam7: White had a great advantage, one way of realizing it would have been as follows: 23.Bxg7 Bxg7 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Qd4+ [DIAGRAM] 25...e5? loses after 26.Qg4+ Kh8 27.Rd7 Qc8 28.Qf5 Rf8 29.Qf6+
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B19 |
| May-08-08 |
Larsen vs Nunn, 1982
zev22407: Sacrifices and counter sacrifices
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E63 |
| May-08-08 |
Larsen vs Nunn, 1986
zev22407: A fine rook endgame.
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C24 |
| May-08-08 |
Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship (1889)
keypusher: <In reference to the Irregular (Zukertort) Opening which was invariably adopted by the author in this contest, we may state that we had never previously tried this debut in actual play. But we essayed it on this occasion for the ...
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| May-08-08 |
J L Watson vs Z Fayvinov, 1993
znprdx: ok so the really ironic point is that if Black had played ...23.d5xc4 24. Qd7+ K x[N] f8 25.Bxc5+ wins the Queen. OUCH! Once again however I rejected the obvious because I didn't look deep enough...this is another very pretty theme! It is ...
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A57 |
| May-08-08 |
Gunsberg vs Steinitz, 1890
keypusher: 2 of 2
< The defence has therefore to resort to the line of play that actually occurred in the contest in a similar position and the game would continue 12....Q-Ktsq.; 13 BXQKt, KXB; 14 P-Q6 ch., 14 K-Bsq.; 15 Q-Kt4. This is no ...
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C52 |
| May-08-08 |
F J M Costa vs R Damaso, 2001
computer chess guy: Pretty big upset by Costa (Damaso is an IM). According to ChessBase, 18. ..  f5 is new. 18. ..  e8 had ...
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C59 |
| May-08-08 |
Karpov vs M Kouvatsou, 2001
Cinco: I didn't analyze much after the 23rd move, but you are right bertusaafjes, 34. Rxd6 doesn't make much sense either. What's even worse - black only plays Rxd6 AFTER white gets to play e5. I'm assuming there were some time troubles involved ...
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A43 |
| May-08-08 |
I Kharisma Sukandar vs Li Ruofan, 2008
beenthere240: 14,,,,f5 does not look very good in retrospect.
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B42 |
| May-08-08 |
Wang Yue
Augalv: China may not repeat history at M-Tel Masters.
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| May-08-08 |
Ivan Cheparinov
Billy Vaughan: Won his first game at M-Tel Masters.
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| May-08-08 |
J Mason vs Lasker, 1899
keypusher: <Lasker was extremely lucky here. His sacrifice seems to have been based on a terrible tactical oversight > I wonder if he thought his rook was on h8 rather than h7. The second time control was probably on move 45, so he may have ...
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C50 |
| May-08-08 |
Lasker vs Blackburne, 1899
keypusher: <aazqua: At move 16 black is close to resignation.> Why do you think so?
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C62 |
| May-08-08 |
Vladimir Kramnik
hrvyklly: <DCP23: But still Kramnik's game would have been interesting to see.> I guess Kramnik would've played the 'solid' or 'correct' response, got a decent position, and then tried to outplay his opponent in a middle-game...
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| May-08-08 |
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1987
aazqua: That's pretty funny. He certainly has an easy draw here with the pawns on one side and the wrong colored bishop.
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D37 |
| May-08-08 |
S Muhammad vs E Schiller, 2003
KingG: Isn't 9.Bg5 the main (and more importantly, safer) line as it doesn't allow ...d4 ? It always seemed to me that White had a fairly pleasant positional edge, without too much risk. Anyway, nice game.
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D34 |
| May-08-08 |
Duras vs Spielmann, 1912
gauer: white plays, checkmating in two moves:
[DIAGRAM] My source indicates Gamage, 1911, 1st Prize, with a concept in two variations (Hint: this suggests that perhaps Pawn Defences are at play here, but white first needs to find a successful ...
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C11 |
| May-08-08 |
Ehlvest vs Portisch, 1989
acirce: [DIAGRAM] After 27.Bxf7+ it was fully possible to take on f7 and win with the extra rook after quite easily escaping with the king, for example 28.Qd5+ Kf6 29.Re6+ Kg5 30.f6+ Kh6  . ...
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B90 |
| May-08-08 |
Zhao Zong Yuan vs Nakamura, 2008
acirce: <Doesn't make any practical difference, of course, but it does allow a nice mate by underpromotion: 55.c7+ Kd7 56.Re7+ Kxd6 57.c8N#.> Zhao said he had seen this but was afraid that he would take a queen by mistake! Obviously, that ...
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B03 |
| May-08-08 |
Robert James Fischer
Riverbeast: <Strongest Force> Fedorowicz is awesome....I remember when he took clear first at the New York Open, beating five strong Russians in the process....The 'Bronx Bomber' did it for the home team.... (If anybody doesn't know who he ...
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| May-08-08 |
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1995
Cactus: <SicilianDragon> Actually, ...Nxc3 is <not> at all a bad move. In one of my Dragon books its said to be as good as ...e5 (though not as popular), and its my main responce against 9.0-0-0.
However, the advance 18...c5 is a ...
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B76 |
| May-08-08 |
Topalov vs Kiril Georgiev, 1994
Cactus: Topalov seemed to be struggling to hold the draw here.
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B76 |
| May-08-08 |
John L Watson
SomeoneElse: Today's puzzle was Watson v Z Fayvinov 1993, white to move at move 24. John is living in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, and is very involved in the chess community there. A great chess player, author, and just a really nice guy to work with.
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| May-08-08 |
L Rosen vs Lasker, 1900
keypusher: In the previous round Lasker had lost to Marshall. Here Rosen makes Lasker work very hard, but the world champion gets the win. Losses didn't come in bunches for Lasker. He lost two in a row at Hastings 1895, but it happened to him only
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C80 |
| May-08-08 |
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948
Wone Jone: <sanyas> <What was Black thinking when he played 18...Nc8?> Perhaps, "I really don't want to get sent to the Gulag!"
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D02 |
| May-08-08 |
G Traut
wolfmaster: No wins and 2 losses? What a fish!
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| May-08-08 |
Lapshun vs M Robert, 2003
Riverbeast: I don't know...I play the Polish in blitz games, and have had to defend against this sac often...Usually I've come out on top, and I played similar moves to what Lapshun played (Qb3, Kd1, Qd3). I could see playing the ...Rxe3 sac in a ...
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A00 |
| May-08-08 |
Pillsbury vs Magana, 1902
robinpark98: The Fred Defense, 1. e4 f5 is a terrible opening. I recommend the Guioco Piano or Philidor Defense.
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B00 |
| May-08-08 |
Freedom vs Tell, 1974
whiteshark: Janis, I can tell you a thing or two about it: Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
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D20 |
| May-08-08 |
M Helzig vs P Leisebein, 1990
whiteshark: Thank you very much, <sneaky pete>! :D
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A22 |
| May-08-08 |
Portisch vs Stellwagen, 2008
Zenchess: I agree. 22. Rc5?? walks into a simple Knight fork.
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E97 |
| May-08-08 |
J Sherwin vs Fischer, 1957
CharlesSullivan: Fischer also missed the fairly simple 35...8b4! 36. xb4
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E87 |
| May-08-08 |
Kasparov vs Chiburdanidze, 1980
KingG: <Jim Bartle> <How many examples are there of Kasparov having a winning advantage and messing it up?> In his early days it did happen from time to time, and then late in his career it happened again. For example, Kasparov vs ...
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E92 |
| May-08-08 |
Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976
KingG: <Skylark> <<KingG> I think you're neglecting the line 22. Bc3, and although the position isn't winning for black, it isn't a draw yet ie 22. ... Bf3 23. Bd4+ Kf1 24. Bd7 and black can play for a win (although it's probably ...
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E80 |
| May-08-08 |
Koltanowski vs T Allen, 1960
Salaskan: If Black played 4...Bd7 the game would continue 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.exd5 1-0, so that really doesn't matter.
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C40 |
| May-08-08 |
Bu Xiangzhi
chess61: I don’t mean to be picky, but the above bio is confusing. Given that Bu was born on 10 December 1985, it states that he won the World U-14 Championship in 2000?? Then, it says "That same year he became the youngest-ever International ...
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| May-08-08 |
Kasparov vs Vdovin, 1979
KingG: Another game from the young Kasparov where he advances the pawns in front of his King.
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E46 |
| May-08-08 |
Taimanov vs A Anastasian, 1994
Autoreparaturwerkbau: Obviously white resigned because of black's ability to queen a-pawn. But how can black make it?
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A06 |
| May-08-08 |
J Diaz vs D Freeman, 2004
dzechiel: Very nice combination to end the game.
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B23 |
| May-08-08 |
L Schneider vs Nunn, 1974
bwilson: Why didn't Nunn play 7...b5
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B08 |
| May-08-08 |
Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2008
hitman84: <Ruslan82>Welcome to CG.com! If white plays 20.Qxg6 e6 21.Qh5 Rxg5 22.Qh4 g3
and black is clearly better.
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B77 |
| May-08-08 |
J H Donner vs H Bouwmeester, 1948
dakgootje: Nah, black actually does have an advantage after 11. Nxe4 Qb4: If 12. Nc3 then obviously ...Bxg5 and black has just won a full pawn. If 12. Nbd2 then 12. ...Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qh4 14. g3 Qxg5 and black has won the full pawn again If 12. Bd2 ...
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B59 |
| May-08-08 |
Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993
keypusher: <analysethat>
That is a really great story about Karpov. Thanks for sharing it.
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E12 |
| May-08-08 |
T Lichtenhein vs Morphy, 1857
heuristic: since engines declare this a draw, then with Sergeant's comment in mind; the losing strategy might have been to switch the roles of K & N. Since I perceive the drawing strategy is to have the N watch the passed Q pawns and the K defend ...
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A80 |
| May-08-08 |
Siegbert Tarrasch
chancho: Tarrasch's eldest son Fritz died in WW1, and the third son died in 1916 run over by a tram. <whiteshark>'s info says Paul died tragically in 1912 and in the info I posted, it says Tarrasch's second son committed suicide. So that ...
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| May-08-08 |
Odd Lie
hitman84: <Jim>Vinyl is something you find ON cars, and you find CDs IN cars. <ChessNe1><Tom Dick Harry> is my counselor.
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| May-08-08 |
Susanto Megaranto
timhortons: i wonder with a very high chess consciousness in indonesia these asian pride has not so much kibitzer here. susanto megaranto is now at subic in the philippine to play in an international open competition in chess.subic is a very nice ...
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| May-08-08 |
Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1859
keypusher: Herr Hemp, perhaps?
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C29 |
| May-08-08 |
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859
Riverbeast: I don't see the win after 18..Ne7
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C56 |
| May-08-08 |
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1922
Karpova: "The Times", Aug-18, 1922, page 9
Jose Raul Capablanca: <Yesterday I had Rubinstein for an opponent, and, in accordance with my score, I had only to draw the game to be practically sure of the first prize. Under the circumstances it ...
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D02 |
| May-08-08 |
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936
kevin86: A good behind-the-scenes look by Alekhine.
Black was involved in petty doing on the queen side while white placed his pieces deep into the black king side.
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D60 |
| May-08-08 |
Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005
Whitehat1963: <Riverbeast> I agree with you completely.
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B30 |
| May-08-08 |
R Blanco Estera vs Kupchik, 1913
Whitehat1963: A different type of Monday/Tuesday puzzle after 27...Nb6.
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C45 |
| May-08-08 |
Sigeman & Co Tournament (2008)
Knight13: A 2400 took first place. Looks like you don't need explosives to blow up cities sometimes, huh.
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| May-08-08 |
P Morriss vs J McDonnell, 2006
whiteshark: More haste, less speed.
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A00 |
| May-08-08 |
Kasparov vs Yurtaev, 1981
KingG: <RookFile> <Considering that Kasparov was Botvinnik's student, this may not be too surprising.> Of course not, but it's still nice to see such a direct influence on Kasparov's play.
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E48 |
| May-08-08 |
Falkbeer vs NN, 1847
DarthStapler: Seen it before already
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C44 |
| May-08-08 |
Ludek Hucula
DarthStapler: WINNAR!
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| May-08-08 |
J Kozma vs Kholmov, 1972
DarthStapler: Clever tactics
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E55 |
| May-08-08 |
Smyslov vs K Darga, 1964
DarthStapler: Excellent game by Smyslov
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E54 |
| May-08-08 |
Petar Trifunovic
Gypsy: Opocensky-Trifunovic
[DIAGRAM]
Black to play.
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| May-08-08 |
Karpov vs Lampis Tagmatarxis, 2001
analysethat: <KKW: 6...d5 was Black's major blunder> good point. When Karpov played 7. exd5! he probably already saw the variation in which the knight would be hanging for 11.Qxd5 once the pawn was d pawn was gone. He was going to win ...
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C60 |
| May-08-08 |
Boris Spassky
Knight13: FRANCE!? WTH I wanna meet this guy. And I can....
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| May-08-08 |
Garry Kasparov
Augalv: "I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country." Garry Kasparov
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| May-08-08 |
Reti vs Gruenfeld, 1923
slomarko: this tourney was held in Moravska Ostrava. german names are for places in germany.
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A38 |
| May-08-08 |
M Narciso-Dublan vs N Medvegy, 2001
acirce: White wins in a cruel way after 55.Rxh4!
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B22 |
| May-08-08 |
Euwe vs Yates, 1922
FHBradley: Or Capablanca blundering his knight at move 12. Anyone has his/her bad days. People who ridicule these extremely strong chess masters should find out what Réti wrote about Rubinstein in "New Ideas in Chess".
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D64 |
| May-08-08 |
Karpov vs J M Bellon Lopez, 1973
Whitehat1963: A different kind of puzzle after 48...Qc1.
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A25 |
| May-08-08 |
Filip vs A Matanovic, 1965
Honza Cervenka: If 41...Kh7, then 42.Qf5+ 
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E14 |
| May-08-08 |
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981
acirce: <Only Petrosian would play a move like 17. ...e5 against Kasparov and pull it off.> <17 ... e5 is one of those weird dangling pawn moves where a pawn attacks another pawn that isn't blocked. This allows 3 options: to support the ...
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E12 |
| May-08-08 |
A Volokitin vs Svidler, 2005
acirce: In Svidler vs Rublevsky, 2005 shortly before this game Svidler had played 8.Nf3 <...with a resigned sigh. I knew I must be throwing away the last hopes of an opening advantage, and wanted to play 8.g4 quite badly. However, after ...
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B43 |
| May-08-08 |
Keene vs K Wockenfuss, 1977
whiteshark: <shr0pshire: <What is the name of this gambit? Is it merely the Bellon Gambit?>> Yes, it is. See Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
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A22 |
| May-08-08 |
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
analysethat: paladinatlarge quotes Capa as saying <After 36. Qf4 "It is curious to note that although we had foreseen this situation at move 21. calculating ,that 36. Qd3 was the strongest move, " > Now,Is this a misprint or did Capa see 32 ...
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A47 |
| May-08-08 |
W John vs Reti, 1914
Kareem: still.....computer advises:
32. ... BxN+
33. Kf1 Rd4
if:
34. Nxg3 Bxg5
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C68 |
| May-08-08 |
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883
PolishPentium: Assuming one retains the text moves until move 28, does 28...Qg7 do anything to ameliorate the difficulties for Black? It seems that the threat on the g2 square posed by that move reduces the damage that White can do (though as a ...
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A13 |
| May-08-08 |
Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez
whiteshark: Oh, wait, real <Bellon Gambit> is after <1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5 <>> and here are the games: Opening Explorer
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| May-08-08 |
L Hucula vs T Plath, 1989
whiteshark: Do elephants need to apply for planning permission when they have a
@#$%?
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C40 |
| May-08-08 |
Tell vs Ostrich, 1974
whiteshark: Baldrick: <No, there was definitely an ostrich involved, sir.>
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C40 |
| May-08-08 |
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2007
sagahelten: It seems, this was the only classical game Kramnik lost in 2007!!!
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A34 |
| May-08-08 |
Alexander Fishbein
whiteshark: I still have a bone to pick with you. :D
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| May-08-08 |
Frank J Yerhoff
brankat: Happy birthday Mr.Yerhoff!
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| May-08-08 |
Minic vs Uhlmann, 1965
achieve: I have had a reply from <brankat> at my forum re the reason(s) for this draw by repetition -- here is a copy of his post: --- brankat: "<achieve> I had not seen this game until today, but I remember the tournament and some of ...
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C19 |
| May-08-08 |
Gligoric vs M Damjanovic, 1968
Honza Cervenka: 11.Nb5 with next 12.Qb3 after 11...a6 is quite cool idea. White got powerful Bishop pair and lasting initiative for a Pawn that was transformed later into mobile Pawn centre which decided the game. Quite similar course had also the
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E53 |
| May-08-08 |
A Timofeev vs D Solak, 2007
laboratory62: Both players needed to win to qualify for World Cup and Timofeev tried the famous russian strategy for that situation: play strictly for a draw since move 1! It almost worked when Dragon Solak tried last cheap trick 48...Kf2, with ...
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B10 |
| May-08-08 |
P Korzubov vs Kasparov, 1977
spinal pat: After 34.Rd8 Bxg2+ 35.Kg2 Qg4+ 36.Kf1 Qf3+ 37 Ke1 Qf2# I think, or am I (probably) missing something?
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B80 |
| May-08-08 |
Van der Wiel vs Kasparov, 1976
laboratory62: Even more interesting: you got Kasparov's defeat to Van der Wiel! What are the odds? 1:281522!!! Incredible!
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B93 |
| May-08-08 |
Emanuel Lasker
FHBradley: The morning paper's sports section told that Lasker was elected into the Hall of Fame of German sports together with such legends as Sepp Herberger, Franz Beckenbauer and Werner Seelenbinder (at least Seelenbinder's claim to membership ...
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| May-08-08 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
MamedyarovFan: I enjoyed that video <hitman84>. GM Mamedyarov sure seems to have great motivation and determination and he acquires much strength from his many fans.
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| May-08-08 |
Henri Grob
parmetd: its practically honor for someone else to make the first move on boards in simul for a simul giver. When the russian president made the opening move for karpov on all boards as g4 he turned to him and said YOU EXPECT ME TO PLAY THAT? I ...
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| May-08-08 |
C Caturla vs D Flude, 1974
santomar731: wow watta game by the unrelentless chess warrior of mindanao philippines. Long Live Ceasar!!!
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B67 |
| May-08-08 |
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987
addiction to chess: Wow! Truly amazing!
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C97 |
| May-08-08 |
J M Bellon Lopez vs Gligoric, 1981
ToTheDeath: What the ...
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A00 |
| May-08-08 |
Stellwagen vs R Akesson, 2008
An Englishman: Good Evening: Was Akesson's 35th move sound? If yes, then we have a pretty good candidate for a weekend puzzle. But I still can't figure out what Black plays after 37.Rc1, preventing the threat of 37...Nc4.
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B12 |
| May-08-08 |
Svidler vs E Inarkiev, 2008
Hafen Slawkenbergius: Probably because of 32.Bg5.
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E63 |
| May-08-08 |
French, Winawer, Advance (C19)
hrvyklly: ...
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C19 |
| May-08-08 |
T Hillarp Persson vs A Smith, 2008
Gilmoy: White's Q moves 5 times, and her deepest forward advance was 16.Qa2. Crab walk!
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A00 |
| May-08-08 |
Steinitz vs H Nowotny, 1860
Calli: DBC (second submission) Black was Dr. Friedrich Nowotny, an attorney and a frequent Steinitz opponent in Vienna. Source: William Steinitz by Landsberger
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C55 |
