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Dec-28-11
 | | GrahamClayton: Here is a game taken from Peter J Tamburro Jr's book "Learn Chess From The Greats", which features an amazing position after 24... xg3:[Event "1965 New Jersey High School Championship"]
[Site "New Jersey"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stephen E Stoyko"]
[Black "Peter Tamburro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 f6 2. c3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 e5 5. f3 bd7 6.  g5 g7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. e2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. b4  c7 11. b3  e8 12. ad1 f8 13. h3 e6 14. e3 h5 15. b5 ef4 16. b6 xe2+ 17. xe2 axb6 18. xb6 e7 19. d2 a3 20. d1 xh3 21. d6 xf3 22. d8 xd8 23. xd8+ f8 24. g3 xg3 
click for larger viewAn amazing position - 3 Black pieces side by side on the 3rd rank and all "en prise". 25. xf8+  xf8 26. xf3 xf1 27. xh3 d2 28. h6+ g8 29. xd2 1/2-1/2 |
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Dec-28-11
 | | wordfunph: GrahamClayton, merry new year to you! |
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Dec-28-11
 | | TheFocus: Earlier this year, Peter Tamburro sold me a rare booklet I was looking for. He included an autographed copy of "Learn Chess From The Greats." Super nice man. |
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Jan-02-12
| | GrahamClayton: With the first of the US Presidential primaries just about to occur, I will mention a special chess set that was made featuring all of the Democrat and Republican candidates for the 1972 US Presidential Election. Called "The Contemporary Game - Chess '72", the set was made by LRH Enterprises and featured the following politicians: Democrats:
George McGovern - King
Eugene McCarthy - Queen
Hubert Humphrey - Bishop
John Lindsay - Knight
Edward Kennedy - Rook
Henry Jackson - Bishop
Samuel Yorty - Knight
Edmund Muskie - Rook
Republicans:
Richard Nixon - King
Henry Kissinger - Queen
William Rogers - Bishop
John Connally - Knight
John Mitchell - Rook
Melvin Laird - Bishop
Spiro Agnew - Knight
J. Edgar Hoover - Rook
Pawns are the images of each party's mascot, namely elephants and donkeys. http://tiny.cc/fpel9 |
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Feb-11-12
 | | whiteshark: Hello <GrahamClayton>! I'd like to draw you attention to the following ebay-auction. Hopefully this rare chess book (limited edition of 250 books) is of some interest for you. <The Chess Literatur of Australia + New Zealand by John van Manen, 4th ed.2009> http://www.ebay.de/itm/The-Chess-Li... The trustworthiest chessbook seller on ebay to me, who also has a players page: Bernd Schneider May you do well! :D |
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Feb-11-12
 | | brankat: <GrahamClayton> I really enjoyed going through the games of Your "Devious Chess" collection. A fabulous array of precious gems! Great work You are doing Sir. |
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Feb-19-12
| | GrahamClayton: <brankat>I really enjoyed going through the games of Your "Devious Chess" collection. A fabulous array of precious gems! Great work You are doing Sir.
<brankat>,
Thank you very much for your kind words. There are certainly some unsual and strange games in "Devious Chess". Please have a look at my other game collections as well. |
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| May-05-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <GrahamClayton> Stockfish answers your question in N Gaprindashvili vs M Czerniak, 1971. LTJ |
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May-28-12
| | GrahamClayton: Here is a blatant plug for my freelance indexing/editing/proofreading business! http://www.wordclass.com.au |
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Jun-07-12
| | GrahamClayton: I had a laugh at some of the comments on this webpage: http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/rag.htm |
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Jun-08-12
 | | OhioChessFan: <Same event, different section:
Controller: "Are there any other questions, before we start?" Junior: "Do you know how to play chess?">
Reminds me of a gym class for 2nd and 3rd grades when I was in grade school. Our gym teacher was a really large woman. She explained what squat thrusts were and had one student demonstrate. She then asked "Are there any questions?" The resident class smart aleck asked "Can you do them?" She angrily answered "Yes I can, and that's no kind of question to ask." I don't know if any group of 9-10 year old boys had to fight laughter any harder. |
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Jun-08-12
| | OhioChessFan: Thanks for all your work on this site. I am not sure how you get motivated to do it, but it's appreciated. |
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Jun-14-12
| | GrahamClayton: Here is a game where a player castles with an enemy piece adjacent to the king. Is there a term for this unusual circumstance? [Event "1981 USCF Absolute CC Championship"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Hux"]
[Black "Ken Plessett"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 e5 2. c3 c6 3. f3 f6 4. e3 b4 5. c2 xc3 6. xc3 e7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. xd4 e5 10. b4 O-O 11. b2 e8 12. cxd5 e4 13. c2 g4 14. b5 d7 15. h3 exf2 16. O-O xb5 17. xb5 xh3+ 18. gxh3 xe3+ 19. g2 g5 20. hxg4 xg4+ 21. f2 e4 22. xe4 xe4 23. ae1 f4+ 24. g1 g5+ 25. f2 xd5 26. e5 d2+ 27. e2 d7 28. d4 e8 29. d2 h5 30. f3 f5 31. fd1 f4 32. d8 xd8 33. xd8+ h7 34. d5 g6 35. d8 f6 36. f8 g7 37. xf6 xf6 38. d4 f7 39. xf6 xf6 40. d4 e5 41. b5 d5 42. xc7+ c4 0-1 |
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Jun-14-12
 | | Phony Benoni: This game doesn't seem to be in the database, but I have a vague memory of it being in Chernev's "1000 Best Short Games of Chess". George Walker vs. NN, Pre-1850
White gives odds of KN (Ng1)
<1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 Nxf2> 
click for larger view<5.O-O!? Nxd1?? 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Bg5#> |
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Jun-20-12
| | GrahamClayton: This is very amusing:
http://www.elevatormoods.com/elevat...
Click on Mildred Building, and then on #6 - Endgame |
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Jun-20-12
| | brankat: This is a great find G.Clayton! Thank You. |
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Jun-20-12
| | brankat: I hope You won't mind if I "borrow" the link and re-post it in my forum. Much appreciated. |
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Jun-20-12
| | GrahamClayton: <brankat>I hope You won't mind if I "borrow" the link and re-post it in my forum. <brankat>,
No problem! |
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Jun-20-12
| | brankat: Thank You my friend! |
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Jun-21-12
| | wordfunph: <Click on Mildred Building, and then on #6 - Endgame> very entertaining, thanks <Graham> :) |
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Jul-22-12
| | GrahamClayton: If the World Chess Championship was based on the boxing model, eg if you defeat the world champion, you become the world champion, who would be the world champion at the moment?
Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik would be a good point. Who was the first player to defeat him in a tournament game after he won the 1948 World Championship tournament? |
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Jul-22-12
| | brankat: Surprisingly in CG's games' database there is a gap on Botvinnik's page for the period 1948-51! After all this is Botvinnik, not some NN. A: N.G.Kopilov?? :-) |
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Jul-22-12
| | Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> This could get interesting very quickly. Botvinnik does not seem to have played any serious chess between the 1948 World Championship tournament and the match with Bronstein in 1951. (I'd say the training games in this period shouldn't count.) In that match, the "title" changed hands in games 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, and 23, with Botvinnik the ultimate holder. His next event was the 1951 USSR Championship in November/December. Looking at Game Collection: USSR Championship 1951, I think the sequence goes like this: Round 7: Vasily Smyslov wins the title (Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1951). Round 10: Nikolay Novotelnov wins the title
(Novotelnov vs Smyslov, 1951). Round 11: Vladimir Simagin wins the title
(Simagin vs Novotelnov, 1951). Round 12: Vasily Smyslov gets it back
(Smyslov vs Simagin, 1951). Round 13: Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian wins the title
Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1951), and keeps it to the end of the tournament. So apparently Petrosian replaced Botvinnik as champion in 1951. Ironic. |
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Aug-09-12
| | GrahamClayton: Photo of a giant chess set as a shopping mall:
http://instagram.com/p/OH87_qgtTE/
Are there many giant chess sets in public spaces? Hyde Park here in Sydney has a set that is starting to look a little tired and worn out: http://www.unilodge.com.au/newslett... |
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Aug-14-12
| | GrahamClayton: Back when I started playing CC in the early 1980's, these were the tools that you needed: 1. Portland twin sets:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/conte... I must have had close to 20 of these sets in my collection. Eventually you would lose the pieces and the boards would start to disintegrate. 2. CC postcards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P... 3. Lots of stamps:
http://www.craftumi.com.au/uploaded... Now webserver chess has made things a lot simpler and easier! |
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