| Nov-28-09 |
Kibitzer's Café
MaxxLange: those "innocent" girls were playing me like a Nashville Autoharp, at the time, of course. So it goes!
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| Nov-28-09 |
Wesley So
kingknightflo: hahaha..the girlfriend thing again! it makes me laugh..it would be better if wesley will have a girlfriend na grandmaster din..yung pwede niyang maging second..yung ganda eh mala alexandra kosteniuk...or maybe pwede na yung ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Miles vs Z Mestrovic, 1990
ComboKal: I believe that after <19.f6 exf6>, white must play <20.Bf5>, attacking the knight and preventing castling. Black then must play <20...Bc8>. The bishops are then traded off, and white is a pawn down and I don't see a ...
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A40 |
| Nov-28-09 |
R Hardarson vs G Livshits, 2001
psmith: <cgaros>: It seems that 27...Kb8 wins (according to Fritz 5.32).
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C54 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Philippe Jolivel vs Thomas Hisler, 2001
psmith: <Autoreparaturwerkbau>: 17. Rd4 seems to be a better reply for White. Fritz 5.32 thinks chances are equal.
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C54 |
| Nov-28-09 |
W So vs Kamsky, 2009
Bradah: aren't we giving too much info to wesley would be opponent.? just asking.
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A86 |
| Nov-28-09 |
BNbank Blitz (2009)
hedgeh0g: I expected Carlsen to win based on his dominant performance at the World Blitz Championship and the presence of increment in the games, but man how I was wrong! The fact that Nakamura is Chess960 champion and beat the world blitz ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Dgebuadze vs D Svetushkin, 2008
SufferingBruin: I never get tired of watching this.
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C50 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Borin Topic
OhioChessFan: Oprah
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| Nov-28-09 |
C Van Tilbury vs M Guevara, 1981
SufferingBruin: Unbelievable game. 'Nuff said.
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A40 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Magnus Carlsen
Etienne: "besides 9:34, he shakes hand as if he's ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Hikaru Nakamura
returnoftheking: I was exaggerating a bit. You can read his post on the Carlsen page; supposedly Carlsen didn't want to win as much as Nakamura.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Bitia Cruz vs L A Guiseppi, 2008
sfm: Oops! It's an easy draw after 55.-,b5
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C51 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Raymond Keene
bmulligan: "i dont recall kasparov asking for any special conditions or any being offered-i think his reason for not competing was that he felt the qualifier was too short and therefore -in his opinion-open to chance." A second "fortuitous" loss ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Bareev vs Shirov, 2002
hedgeh0g: Well, it was blindfold. My guess is he forgot Black's bishop was on the somewhat unusual b5 square.
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E00 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009
timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rK5...
check out this video, pay particular attention to frame 9:34. is it proper to analyze the game after it is done, why did magnus storm off?
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E32 |
| Nov-28-09 |
M Vachier Lagrave vs N Dzagnidze, 2005
brucejavier: what a crazy game and yet no comment made.. needs some explainin!!
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B12 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Shirov vs Huebner, 1992
hedgeh0g: After a move like Qd3+??, there's not much you can do besides sigh, sign the scoresheet, leave the playing hall and try to get on with your life.
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D20 |
| Nov-28-09 |
M Bezold vs H Baumgartner, 2000
kooley782: Amazing endgame.
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A01 |
| Nov-28-09 |
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914
maxi: <FSR> In this case I am sure Chernev was victim of some sort of confusion. This misunderstanding strikes me as extremely peculiar, because these two games bear no comparison. The Moscow game, the one in this thread, is a rather ...
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D63 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1951
pericles of athens: what a fantastic game by smyslov. 28. a4 is very nice. 15...Kf8 seems really risky since the queenside has already been opened up. it's all downhill for botvinnik after that.
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B24 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2009
timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rK5...
check out this video, pay particular attention to frame 9:34. guess what magnus say in that segment.
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D85 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Areshchenko vs D Jakovenko, 2009
Paraconti: In playing through all the openings from Scotch to Bishop's Opening to Grunfeld one realizes the greatness of Kasparov. His influence is everywhere! I wonder what chess would be like if he hadn't come onto the scene.
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C45 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009
timhortons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rK5...
check out this video, guess what did magnus carlsen say at frame 9:34 when he got ...
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E32 |
| Nov-28-09 |
William Allen Ruth
jerseybob: I remember Horowitz publishing a Bill Ruth win in his N.Y. Times column around 1964, a game that Ruth had recently played though he was well in his 70s. But if the dates given are correct, Ruth was only 10 years old when he drew Napier?
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| Nov-28-09 |
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2009
thetodd: Video of this game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRPW...
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A22 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Ulf Andersson vs Piket, 1988
waustad: It appears that he got the GM title the next year.
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A26 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Gelfand vs Judit Polgar, 2009
Paraconti: Now THAT'S classy chess.
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E15 |
| Nov-28-09 |
World Cup (2009)
HeMateMe: I'm just following Gary Kasparov's edict: "Life imitates chess." I find people's opinion's on various topics to be very interesting, instead of 58 posts that all say "so is great!" "So OWNS Ivanchuck!!"
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| Nov-28-09 |
Nisipeanu vs Judit Polgar, 2009
Stanley Yee: Black could have claimed a draw 50 moves after 60. Rxh2 ie after Whites 110th move. Although a technical draw, I have seen the side with the Bishop win due to an error on the other side. I guess that is why Nisipeanu played on.
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B30 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Sergey Karjakin
returnoftheking: <dude> ^^
Sergey is coached by Dokhoian (former second of Kasparov) but I don't know if he is there.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Paul Morphy
parisattack: A player cannot go wrong studying Morphy's games. He seems remarkably modern if one can get through the poor play of some of his opponents. I don't think we will ever know how strong he was, really. He rarely got the chance to open it
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| Nov-28-09 |
Kenneth Rogoff
whatthefat: <Dredge Rivers: Rule #2: If love of country dies in the heart of its people, that country will not long survive, and does not deserve to.> Well in that case America is finished. Only 62% of the population voted in 2008.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Hort vs Petrosian, 1970
parisattack: Now THAT'S a Winawer!
French seemed a good fit for Petrosian but he didn't play it too often. He liked the non-c5 Nimzovitch lines, also.
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C18 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Samuel Reshevsky
AnalyzeThis: I'll try to help you out, Plato. We've been talking about this statement: <Plato: Reshevsky is a legend, but he was not stronger than Botvinnik at any time from 1946 to 1956, if ever.> I explained that there were probably ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Zhou Jianchao vs V Gashimov, 2009
falso contacto: white's play between 8-14 allows some strategical black's aims.
central tension is needed.
certainly, better than allowing blacks counterplay with no weaknesses.
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A35 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Odd Lie
weisyschwarz: Ketchup is a vegetable.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Judit Polgar vs Gelfand, 2009
VishyAnandFan: its not moves, this one or that one, that leads to gelfands loss or judit s win. its romanticism on judits side and scientific and materialistic play on gelfands side. beginning with 15.nh4 judit decides to attack, taking great ...
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C24 |
| Nov-28-09 |
V Gashimov vs Li Chao, 2009
17.Bxg7: <uaregg: this is so gay> No need to be disrespectful. If a top player like Gashimov almost loses the first game and was willing to offer a draw with white so early, it is probably an indicator that he might be sick, or definitely ...
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C43 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Reshevsky vs Botvinnik, 1948
Lt.Surena: 13.Ne2 I'd prefer Nf3 to put more resources in protecting the d4 and freeing up the queen. Later on Ng5 could pressure the e6. *This is what the French game boils down to for white. By the 20th move, white clearly has an advantage.
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C18 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Gata Kamsky
spawn2: A true Gentleman of the game..
Goodluck on your next endeavor!
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| Nov-28-09 |
Shirov vs E Tomashevsky, 2009
Eyal: ...Actually, it seems that Shirov could have reached a winning position a couple of moves earlier by 39.Bd6! Rf7 40.Nd2! with the idea of Nb3-Nc5 (...Ra7 Bf8+ Rxf8 Qxa7+), but with 39.Bg3 gave Tomashevsky a chance to save himself.
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C78 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Wang Yue vs Bacrot, 2009
falso contacto: at first sight its  . pretty drawish.
its called "strategy".
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E04 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Sakaev vs N Vitiugov, 2009
kingfu: Ecellent analysis and excellent avatar. That is not Lurch , it is Ted Cassidy. When I was a kid in Fort Worth , Texas , Ted was doing the Sports Report for the local news! My favorite Ted Cassidy role is in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance ...
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D16 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Harriet Hunt
Dredge Rivers: <Tabanus> According to that picture, she has RED EYES! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA! She's POSSESSED!
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| Nov-28-09 |
Akiba Rubinstein
Phony Benoni: I have a quick question about a German phrase, and this seems as good a place as any to ask. http://books.google.com/books?id=uS... Leopold Hoffer is annotating a Rubinstein game here, and gives a quote in "Rubinstein's quaint ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Kiril D Georgiev
Tabanus: Biography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiril_... (English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiril_... (Polish)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiril_... (Italian)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiril_... (German)
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| Nov-28-09 |
Vassily Ivanchuk
timhortons: as what wesley say, he study his would be opponent games 5-6 hours per day, and he discover they are capable of making mistakes too. wesley did not focus on perfection of any player rather he know that each one could create mistake in ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Dafnae Trujillo Delgado
SirChrislov: <Whitehat1963> flabbergasted(laughing). never heard that one before. can I use it as in:
Man! I'm flabbergasted! those burritos were a bad idea.
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| Nov-28-09 |
M Vachier Lagrave vs Y Yu, 2009
Eyal: That was a very impressive maneuvering game by Vachier Lagrave. It's obvious for a long time that Black is passive and under pressure, but it's far from obvious how White should go about in cracking his defenses. I especially like the ...
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B33 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
Tabanus: WFM from Iran. Born 1997 or 1998. Now rated 2018, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... WFM in 2008. Vice champion of Iran 2009!
U12 Asian champion. World U12 champion 2009:
http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/componen...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Nikita Vitiugov
DCP23: Vitiugov crosses into 2700+ territory on LiveRating today.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Renzo Mantovani
Dredge Rivers: <Marmot PFL> What a coincidence, my uncle was dubbed, "The Potentate of Totin' Freight"!
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| Nov-28-09 |
City of Hague
Dredge Rivers: <Rubenus> Ya think?!
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| Nov-28-09 |
I Chirila
Dredge Rivers: Hey, I Chirila, too!
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| Nov-28-09 |
Franklin Knowles Young
Dredge Rivers: Does Young Knowles Franklin?
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| Nov-28-09 |
I Hatem
Dredge Rivers: Sarah Palin
Enough with Going Rogue! How about going away!
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| Nov-28-09 |
Atousa Pourkashiyan
Tabanus: Err.. I thought at first only the player record A Pourkashian existed.
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| Nov-28-09 |
A Pourkashian
Tabanus: Megable with Atousa Pourkashiyan
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| Nov-28-09 |
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918
FSR: <M.D. Wilson: This was a blindfold game.> What is your source for this claim? Winter's detailed article on the game doesn't indicate that it was anything other than a (sighted) offhand game: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... ...
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C62 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Karjakin vs Navara, 2009
whiteshark: <23...Bg5?> was the wrong plan. Better looks 23.<axb5 24.axb5 Kg8> when the upcoming passed pawn on c6 seems relative easy to blockade.
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C10 |
| Nov-28-09 |
S Gonzalez De La Torre vs R Mantovani, 2008
hedgeh0g: Funny how a knight gets trapped in its own territory after just 12 moves of a standard-looking Spanish! Yet another example of the dangers of pinning without thinking.
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C78 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Karpov vs Quinteros, 1980
Everett: 32. White to move is a position from Imagination in Chess, a remarkably challenging puzzle book.
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B25 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Ioan Cristian Chirila
Tabanus: 43 more games here: I Chirila
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| Nov-28-09 |
Sanan Sjugirov
hellopolgar: is it me or he looks like he has some Mongolian/Chinese/Asian genes? can't tell anything from his name, but i wouldn't be surprised if his grandmother is , say, Chinese.
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| Nov-28-09 |
S P Sethuraman
Tabanus: Interview: http://www.imchess.com/2009/03/i-fi... World U16 champion Nov. 2009:
http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/componen...
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| Nov-28-09 |
R C Balinas vs Gligoric, 1975
Marmot PFL: Gligoric misses the winning 48...Qxf3+ 49 Kg1 g5, and at the end white is probably winning, as he can interpose the rook and avoid the loss of the queen.
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B00 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Travis Bickle: <Red October> Yes Red maybe you could hold an mango in a similar suit by the waterfall! I would study all your games!! ; P
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| Nov-28-09 |
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2007
notyetagm: GM Joel Benjamin analyzes this game in an ICC video: https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/i...
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B09 |
| Nov-28-09 |
M Rodshtein vs A Diamant, 2009
notyetagm: GM Joel Benjamin's ICC Game Of The Week (GOTW): https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/i...
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D27 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Stahlberg vs Kotov, 1953
Pawn and Two: At move 37, Fritz preferred (-.06) (20 ply) 37.Rb1 Bd4 38.Kh2 Bf7 39.Rfd1, with an approximately equal position. After 37.h5 Bxe1, Stahlberg's 38.hxg6, was a better choice than 38.Rxe1, although the later move also gave drawing ...
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A55 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Amsterdam vs The Hague, 1834
WhiteRook48: 22 Qxe7+
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C41 |
| Nov-28-09 |
I Pogrebissky vs Savon, 1959
WhiteRook48: highly interesting balance
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B50 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Steinitz vs Zukertort, 1886
WhiteRook48: you don't see Steinitz-Zukertort this peaceful
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C67 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Rubinstein vs Mieses, 1909
WhiteRook48: 17 Bxc5 has pros and cons
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D02 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Gossip vs Max Weiss, 1889
WhiteRook48: 31 Nf5 looks really tempting
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C49 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Morphy vs H Knott, 1859
WhiteRook48: 22 Qg8+ then, if 22...Rf8 23 Qxf8#
22...Ke7 23 Rxf7+
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| Nov-28-09 |
D Bojkov vs J Borisek, 2005
WhiteRook48: STALEMATE
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C50 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Zukertort vs Dufresne, 1870
WhiteRook48: after 20 Bd4 there are three games, all won by Zukertort
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C51 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Bronstein vs Larry Evans, 1955
Everett: 16.Rxc6!
If 17..dxe5 18.Bxf7+ followed by Nxe5. Is this better for white than what black played in the game?
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C78 |
| Nov-28-09 |
David Bronstein
Everett: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Bronstein won Sonas' "Chess Oscar" in both 1950 and 1955. In the latter year, he posted an outstanding +18 =18 -1 record. His lone loss was against Szabo, and he racked up wins against Keres, ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Seirawan vs Timman, 1990
Once: <Everett> No worries!
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E12 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Anatoli Karpov
Everett: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
The above link discusses "Chess Oscars" as concluded by Sonas (of chessmetrics fame) It was interesting to note that Karpov was the statistically best player in the following years: 1973-77, ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Kiril Georgiev vs M Grunberg, 2008
fm avari viraf: After 21...Bxf5 White has a nice intermezzo 22.Be5+ [and not 22.Bxh8 since ...Rxh8] 22...Kc8 23.Bxh8 
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A81 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Randisi vs Klausner, 1990
metspride07: the better variation is nxf3 khl, ne5 and black is winning
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C64 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
Everett: I was revisiting some old pages, and was reminded of Sonas' "Chess Oscar," supposedly a statistical, rather than popular, analysis of the best player per year. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Petrosian won it in 1962 and 1969. I ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Larry Monk
sneaky pete: Lucebert: Monk
de duizelingwekkende mandarijn beveelt
afbraak van het porseleinen paleis
wulpse slaven slopen terwijl hij
in zijn jaden grot zich hinnikend inspint
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| Nov-28-09 |
Blackburne vs D M Martinez, 1889
offramp: Martinez, who finished 18th out of 20, rather shows up his famous opponent, who finished 4th.
[DIAGRAM]
21...Bxa5.
But with a touch of la grande stratégie, JHB liquidated all the pawns on the queenside, so the advantage of
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C25 |
| Nov-28-09 |
G K Sandiford vs Keene, 1962
fred lennox: Wonderful game. I've been studying queen exchanges of late to improve my game in this area.
Once Keene did 16...bxf3 the queen exchange comes next. The only advantage is central, after move 15 black has a passed pawn. While ...
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B30 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Ruslan Ponomariov
lorker: ponomariov is great at the knockout format, i think he has great chances to win the world cup
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| Nov-28-09 |
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923
Max Lange: Wow, that move 30. Bxf7 was slick boy! The Last Knight of the King's Gambit scores one against Dr. Tarrasch.
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C30 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1918
bengalcat47: In Kmoch's book Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces he gives the following variations after White's move of 28. f6! and Black's reply 28...Nc5. (Kmoch here gives this move an exclamation point.) "Forced. The threat is obviously 29. PxP ...
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A53 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Zvonimir Mestrovic
vsadek: <M.D. Wilson> The Mestrović surname that sounds familiar to you is probably Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. Here is the Wiki article about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_M...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Keene vs W Reichenbach, 1975
Jupp53: <kevin86>:
Was your comment ironic? If not, show the game to one of the 2200+ players in your neighbourhood, tell him of your comment, ask for a hint what to read next except tactics! It is impressive to me, how black was outplayed ...
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A06 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Karpov vs Seirawan, 1982
Lt.Surena: 25.. f6? I just don't see what this move accomplishes. 31.. Qxg5?? loses a piece. Black plays a very solid/impressive game for the first 20 moves but falls apart afterwards. I believe black had good advantage up to that point. Cornering
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E15 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Keene vs Stein, 1972
ray keene: <starfire> thanks for the rybka analysis-however i am a bit baffled by it-the assessment is around +1 but the final variation- which black has trouble avoiding- seems to me to leave black the exchange down with white's passed "a" ...
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D80 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Karl August Walbrodt
Pawn and Two: In the Hastings tournament book, edited by Horace Cheshire, the biographical section gave Walbrodt's name as Carl A. Walbrodt. The tournament book noted: <"His hand writing is peculiar, and the scores that he handed in at Hastings
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| Nov-28-09 |
D Ciric vs E Paoli, 1966
spotkicker: The last and very simple analyse: 27...Re5 28.Qh6 The theme is always the same threatening: checkmate on dark squares(g7,h8).
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B88 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Judit Polgar vs Karpov, 1993
Cercatore: Qd1???????
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B14 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Shahnaz Safira
arifattar: Safira Shahnaz was, I believe, an engineering student from Chennai. She was a regular at chess tournaments in India some years back. I think she was an IM, but not sure. Haven't heard about her since.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Suetin vs Botvinnik, 1952
Eduardo Leon: <The Long Diagonal>, I wouldn't call that being a jackass. You just didn't see something.
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B63 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Gunsberg vs W Pollock, 1889
offramp: Black should have played 42...Bc7 so that the white queen cannot check on d8.
[DIAGRAM]
43.Qxg5+ Kh8! Make your time!
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C77 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Lipschutz vs M Judd, 1889
offramp: Have you ever had one of those days when you just could not get your pieces into position?
22.Qh5...
[DIAGRAM]
Black beat off the attack, and then started to counterattack.
[DIAGRAM]
33...Rc1 would have been a good move.
White ...
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C11 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866
Pawn and Two: <who> In your diagram, after the move 32...Nxd4, Fritz indicates the ending is untenable for White, his pawns are too vulnerable. Here is Fritz's analysis: (-5.43) (22 ply) 33.c3 N4f3 34.a4 Kc5 35.Ka3 Ne4 36.Kb3 Nxf2 37.Kc2 Ne5
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A46 |
| Nov-28-09 |
N MacLeod vs E Delmar, 1889
offramp: Black gave up a pawn; instead of exchanging queens he could have got some compensation by 17...f5!
[DIAGRAM]
If 18.Qxg6 then ...Rhh8 leaves the queen a bit short of squares.
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C20 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Darwin Laylo
pulsar: GM Darwin, thank you for helping out Wesley in the World Chess Cup. The Filipinos are proud of you and GM Joey. God bless!
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| Nov-28-09 |
Fischer vs Tal, 1959
edbermac: < ChessYouGood: Fischer was american - americans can't play chess> Just an idiot troll.
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B90 |
| Nov-28-09 |
M Judd vs D G Baird, 1889
offramp: Baird, clearly an extremely good player, is not to be denied in this game. With tremendous will-to-win and savoir-faire he ruthlessly plays to win. He plays the opening in very modern style, and gets a huge position:
[DIAGRAM]
Here I ...
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C77 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Hammargren vs E J Diemer, 1974
whiteshark: Oh, now I see what you've meant. :D
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A04 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Rogelio Antonio Jr
rjsolcruz: GM Joey,
Nakabawi ka na rin kay Kamsky!
Kasama namin ang PARA Team kanina for the 4th episode of the fund-raising simul which you have started. GM Mark starred this time and scored 14 wins and 2 draws; vs Alexis Elinon of PARA and ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Kamsky vs W So, 2009
Atking: <Eyal: <Atking> No, there aren't any games with 14.f5 - this can be your novelty...> If that one is mine I will probably not play it :( Indeed 14...Ba6 looks logical and good.
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C11 |
| Nov-28-09 |
D M Martinez vs Lipschutz, 1889
offramp: He might as well have played 51.Kf4 Re4#
[DIAGRAM]
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D05 |
| Nov-28-09 |
D Laylo vs Navara, 2009
Chessical: <17.Re1?> loses, instead he had to play <17.g3> to cover his weakness at <h2> If:
<20.Bb5> Rb8 21. Ba4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Ne5; or <20. Be2> Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Re8+
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E10 |
| Nov-28-09 |
D Mihajlova vs T Galunova, 2008
psmith: 9...Na5?! Better was 9...Bxc3 10. bxc3 Na5  .
After 13. Ne5+ White is clearly better; but 15. Qf3+ gives up the advantage. If 13... Kg8, then 14. Qxe4 d6 15. Qd5+ Qe6 16. Qxa5 b6 17. ...
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C54 |
| Nov-28-09 |
J Mason vs Showalter, 1889
offramp: Black did not play well in the opening, and when white played 20.Ng6
[DIAGRAM]
he found that his world had been rocked to such an extent that he very nearly crashed his gyrocopter.
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C50 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Ponomariov vs Motylev, 2009
whiteshark: Better was <58...Qa1!>, which looks counter-intuitive, giving up the position behind White's passed pawn. [DIAGRAM] But on the other side how shall White protects  d4?
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A07 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Peligroso Patzer: To summarize the key conclusion from my prior comment, against Korchnoi's suggested <36. ... Bc6>, White would still have been able to hold the draw in the line beginning with <37. Nf3!>.
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B99 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Ponomariov vs V Akobian, 2009
znsprdx: 35.Kh2!! enabling a Bg2 defense against a 2nd rank rook check despite the risk of a bishop pin on the long diagonal is supreme defiance...when 47.Bf3+ comes it is the icing on the cake and the cherry on top the final humiliation of ...
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C10 |
| Nov-28-09 |
W Pollock vs Blackburne, 1889
offramp: Two Knights can meet in the strangest places...
[DIAGRAM] Later, in this position, white played 40.Ne7+
[DIAGRAM]
as a novel method of exchanging knights.
After 40...Rxe7, he would have been wise to recapture straight away with ...
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C53 |
| Nov-28-09 |
E Gichuru Wanjiru vs E Kholoud, 2006
psmith: Black just drops a piece for no reason.
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C54 |
| Nov-28-09 |
S Muratoglu
spotkicker: He is a veteran. Despite his old age, he is a good player. He plays blitz very well, but unfortunately there is only one game of his in chessgames.com. Because his blitz games aren't in tournaments.
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| Nov-28-09 |
Judit Polgar
Method B: Bravo!
I was afraid of the Bishop opening to avoid the Petrov but finally Judit was able to organize a crushing attack on the king's side. Best of luck for the tie-breaks.
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Taubenhaus vs Max Weiss, 1889
offramp: White's queen's bishop never gets a minute's peace.
This opening looks very good for Black.
I think that he should have played 13...Qf6, forcing that restless bish to relocate yet again.
[DIAGRAM]
Probably 14.Be3. Then I think ...
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C82 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Areshchenko vs F Corrales Jimenez, 2009
Eduardo Leon: Now after looking at the position for 15 (!) minutes, I understand Eyal's suggestion <29... g4!!>. Black first ensures white won't create any further trouble in the
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B77 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Lipschutz vs W Pollock, 1889
offramp: [DIAGRAM]
21...Qxc2 was too greedy... It opened up the c-file for White's rook.
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C29 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Reshevsky vs F Vasconcellos, 1944
whiteshark: <Dillinger: Is black better if not for 16...Nb4?> Yes it looks like the decisive mistake.
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C02 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Shirov vs S Fedorchuk, 2009
Stanley Yee: It is lost after 10...d5?? I guess 10...Qc7 prolongs the agony. Really, 9...Nge7 trying to play the pure Taimanov was the first mistake, as 9...d5 was required to control the c4 square.
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B42 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Ruth Sheldon
Tabanus: WIM Ruth Sheldon, England, born 3 May 1980. Now rated 2250, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... WIM in 1997. Rated 2310 in 1999-2002.
Played in the olympiads 1996 (board 3), 1998 (board 3), and 2002 (1st reserve). She has few FIDE ...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Mark Paragua
rjsolcruz: Results of the Mark PARAgua para sa PARA Team Simul Match is 14 Wins and 2 Draws. The draws were from Ronnie Dellota of MERALCO and Alexis Elinon of RP PARA. There were 11 paying players plus the 5 from PARA Team. Ang PARA Team ay lubos
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| Nov-28-09 |
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
funkymihir: fischer @#$%ed petrosian up. congrats
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B42 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1975
funkymihir: nice game. great play by karpov
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B92 |
| Nov-28-09 |
G Guseinov vs W So, 2009
johnde: Proud to be Pinoy!!!
Nice one again Wesley!
Congrats.
ADKH
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C05 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Alisa Maric
Tabanus: Interview with her 30 March 2009 with several good pictures (NB three pages): http://latestchess.com/showIntervie...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Karjakin vs A Timofeev, 2009
messachess: This was quite a work of art by Karjakin. Effortless looking.
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B30 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Martha Lorena Fierro-Baquero
Tabanus: On a drier note, she won the American Continental Championship in Cali (Columbia) Sept. 2009: http://www.fideamerica.com/htmltonu...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Meri Arabidze
Tabanus: World 16G vice champion 2009, behind WIM Deysi Estela Cori Tello http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/componen...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Deysi Estela Cori Tello
Tabanus: She was 2nd in the American Continental Ch Sept. 2009: http://www.fideamerica.com/htmltonu... World 16G champion in Nov. 2009 (ahead of Meri Arabidze ):
http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/componen...
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| Nov-28-09 |
Zirka Frometa
Tabanus: WGM Zirka Frómeta Castillo, Cuba, born 7 June 1963. Now rated 2132, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... WIM in 1985, WGM in 2008.
Played in the olympiads 1984 (board 3), 1986 (board 3), 1988 (board 2), 1990 (1st reserve), 1994 (board
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| Nov-28-09 |
Spassky vs Hort, 1977
ToTheDeath: did you get an autograph?
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E14 |
| Nov-28-09 |
C K Pedersen vs Carlsen, 2005
VishyAnandFan: white could have walked to the h1 corner, there he has defensive resources connected with stalemate: for example white: kh1, bh2 black: kh3, rh8
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C92 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Svidler vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008
DiscoJew: I liked 42.h4!
The ideas that commence after this quite move, both tactically and positionally,were interesting for white. Peter mapped a route through a very complex minefield and tormented Bu, solidly throughout the end middle game ...
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D45 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Naiditsch vs Onischuk, 2009
notyetagm: CHESSBASE -> http://chessbase.com/cbm/reeh2009e/...
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C78 |
| Nov-28-09 |
D Jakovenko vs Areshchenko, 2009
notyetagm: <pastpawn: In the final position, Black’s position is unpleasant, but is it really time to resign?> http://www.thechessmind.net/storage... <29.Bd1
It might seem premature, but White has so many strong threats Black can't meet
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D86 |
| Nov-28-09 |
J Elbilia vs Shirov, 1993
hedgeh0g: Now that's what I call a dynamic attack!
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E76 |
| Nov-28-09 |
Yusupov vs Karpov, 1989
A Karpov Fan: 4...b6?? is a blunder, the first of many in this game. Bad day at the office for Karpov :-)
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