Jan-21-09 Spielmann vs J Szekely, 1912
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DoctorD: In a 2006 correspondence game I think I improved on this variation with, instead of 12. Kh1?: [12.Rf2 Qxb4 13.c3
A) 13...Qe7? A1) 14.Qxf4± Be6 (14...Qe1+ 15.Rf1 Qe7 16.d4) 15.Bc2; A2) 14.d4± ; B) 13...Qd6 B1) 14.d4 g5 (14...Bf5? 15.Bxf4 c7 is a good target, if Qe7? Bxc7 or Qd7 16.
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| | Dec-09-08 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 
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DoctorD: From espn.com:
FISCHER KING
In his sport's "game of the century," Bobby Fischer upset 1953 U.S. chess champ Donald Byrne by sacrificing his queen to take a rook, two bishops and a pawn (all without pads). Did we mention that Fischer was just 13?
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| | Dec-02-08 Wesley So
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DoctorD: Bradah is correct.
All true learning is self-learning.
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| | Nov-26-08 Karl Kockelkorn
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DoctorD: Yes, co-author of one of the most wonderful books in my possession, "Das Indische Problem".
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| | Nov-08-08 Phony Benoni chessforum
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DoctorD: I saw your comment about "talking chess."
Yes this interests me and I agree it is hard to find folks who want to do so. I've never been able to string together any kind of tournament career, and like you, I don't trust my abilities these days enough to plunge back in that pool. ...
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| | Nov-07-08 Dr. Eduard Mazel
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DoctorD: Mazel's problems:
http://www.bstephen.me.uk/cgi-bin/m...
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| | Oct-31-08 A Nickel vs The World, 2008
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DoctorD: newton296:
Bb7 voters , < please check rv's deep ply runs on this move !! > It is precisely this overreliance on engine analysis that will lose the game.
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| | Oct-26-08 Bent Larsen
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DoctorD: Jackpawn, there is no doubt that Fischer was stronger. But giving the weather as an excuse (everyone has an excuse) seems reasonable to me. Larsen should certainly have done better than he did, and naming poor environmental conditions - to which he was always sensitive - seems ...
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| | Oct-25-08 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960
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DoctorD: Eggman:
The fact that the players and officials all agreed to call it a draw doesn't make it a draw for the same reason that having the players and officials agree to call it Scrabble wouldn't make it Scrabble. That is an incredibly specious argument, given that a draw is an ...
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| | Oct-19-08 Anatoly Alekseevich Chepurnov
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DoctorD: One of the founders of FIDE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol...
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