Sep-13-09 Karpov vs J Enevoldsen, 1972 
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OlimpBase: That was 100% Enevoldsen. Some journalists noted World Champion facing old Danish veteran who fist appearead in 1933! He chose obsolete 3...f5?! and lost quickly.
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| | May-19-09 Keene vs Robatsch, 1971 
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OlimpBase: Richard Keene is how late GM Isaac Kashdan wrote it. That's a piece of history nonetheless!
GM Schmid scored 4.5/6 compared to GM Keene 5/7 which is superior on point count but mere 71% compared to Schmid's 75%. All your wins are in there, but not the draws - do you keep your ...
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| | Dec-25-08 Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1908
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OlimpBase: Chess classics stripped off its magic... Actually Black blundered three times in this ending which for many years was an example of pure masterplay.
Nalimov tablebases claim that 88...Rb4?? was blunder (h3 or any robust move of the Rook on g file) but then White lost due to ...
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| | Jan-14-07 Vidmar vs V Mikenas, 1931 
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OlimpBase: What a game! It should have become famous, shouldn't it?!
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| | Oct-05-06 Ralf Lau 
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OlimpBase: Not only in 1986 did he compete at the Olympiads but also in 1984 and 1988
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| | Sep-03-06 Lilienthal vs Jacobo Bolbochan, 1937 
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OlimpBase: Things are not as simple as they seem. Both Cozens in his book on 1937 Olympiad and Miroslawa Litmanowicz in her work on 1935 summit provide *the same* moves. I have checked Cozens thoroughly and it is not error free. Litmanowicz's pioneer research was based on original ...
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| | Aug-20-06 M Lange vs NN, 1855 
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OlimpBase: Nice game, but White's play is suicidal.
8.Nd6+? leads only to perpetual check while obvious 8.Nc3 wins on spot. 9.Qf7+?? loses on spot after 9...Ne7
10.Nc3? is wrong (10...Bg4+!), he should have played Qd5+ instead.
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| | Aug-20-06 Mir Sultan Khan 
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OlimpBase: Allegedly he was illiterate.
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| | Aug-17-06 Olaf Barda 
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OlimpBase: Before WWII he used to appear as Olaf Olsen. I don't know what was the story behind his name being changed.
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| | May-05-06 Laszlo Papp
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OlimpBase: =Laszlo Navarovszky (he used two names, don't know why though)
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