Jan-16-13 Aronian vs Anand, 2013 
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Capacorn: <chancho: This may offend some people and that is not mt intent. It's an analogy. This game reminds me of the Pacquiao Marquez rivalry. Manny has won most of the fights vs Marquez, and Aronian has a plus on Anand. This game reminds me of the last fight where Marquez delivered ...
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| | Nov-27-12 E Paehtz vs Klitschko Brothers, 2001
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Capacorn: <SimonWebbsTiger: Surely the reason is for the lower picture. Those guys make her look like an elf -- they are huge!> Indeed, they're big dudes. (They look like they're picking Elisabeth off the ground by the wrists like a child! lol) Vitali (left) is 6'7" and Wlad (right) is
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| | Sep-29-12 Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901
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Capacorn: The position after black's 27th move is used in an exercise in Silman's "How to Reassess Your Chess (4th edition)". Capa's play is a wonder to behold, a real pleasure to study. It's stunning that he played this masterpiece when only twelve-years-old.
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| | Sep-26-12 L Dominguez vs Nakamura, 2012
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Capacorn: <OBIT: Someone really needs to fix that glitch where the arbiter moves the kings to the middle of the board to signify the result, and the board scanner registers this as a move.> I figured it must've been some sort of glitch, but the thought of Nakamura moving his king in ...
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| | Sep-25-12 Kibitzer's Café
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Capacorn: <harrylime: The Beatles as a cultural phenomenon are in a different stratosphere to any other band or act in popular music...
Like you Trav I'm not knocking The Stones.
But The Fabs touched ALL bases and then some... No other band comes close IMO.> <Travis Bickle: In ...
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| | Sep-21-12 Korchnoi vs Stein, 1965
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Capacorn: I'm surprised no one's pointed out Korchnoi's stubbornness in playing this game out. Perhaps if people knew this encounter didn't end at the forty-fourth move, as reported here, they would have a different impression. Keene reports: "The tournament bulletin gives no more moves, ...
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| | Sep-20-12 Stahlberg vs Stein, 1965
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Capacorn: Just got done looking over this gem in Keene’s book on Leonid. The positional sacrifice on black’s fourteenth move is sweet and instructive. The knight sac ain’t too shabby either. Stahlberg probably should’ve resigned after 33...Qxg2, being four pawns down to a master like Stein. ...
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| | Sep-16-12 Robert James Fischer
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Capacorn: <Petrosianic: Maybe, but another thing to take into consideration is that there was a time when Kasparov appeared on Letterman semi-regularly. So, some will remember him from that.> Undoubtedly. Some will also remember seeing him on "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher." ...
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| | Sep-15-12 Stein vs Kholmov, 1963
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Capacorn: Once the decisive move has been played, it's relatively easy to see what the continuation is. It's much more difficult to see the possibility of 36.Qf6! when deciding on 35.Bc3! One could think black is merely being allowed to swap for an attacking piece. Kholmov might've foreseen ...
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| | Sep-07-12 L Dominguez vs Shirov, 2012
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Capacorn: <rapidcitychess> <Disclaimer: I was kidding, don't tell me how rude I am. Please. :)> It's okay. I'm not offended. lol
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