Aug-25-12 Paul Morphy 
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Pawn Ambush: <When seated before the chessboard, his face betrays no agitation even in the most critical positions; in such cases he generally whistles an air through his teeth and patiently seeks for the combination to get him out of trouble. - Ernst Morphy> I tried this once and ...
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| | Aug-18-10 Robert James Fischer
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Pawn Ambush: I read his mom use to take him to the brooklyn public library a few blocks from their lincoln place apartment in the early 50's. She soon had to find other places as the very young bobby could find no players there that could give him any competition.
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| | Nov-16-09 Magnus Carlsen
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Pawn Ambush: Thanks to all for clearing that up!
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| | Nov-16-09 World Blitz Championship (2009)
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Pawn Ambush: Top 3 leaders
Vishy 12.0/14
Carlsen 10.0/14
Karpov, 9.0/14
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| | Sep-04-09 Ron W Henley
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Pawn Ambush: Ron Henely plays Jp in speed chess winning 5-0.
Jp is a strong speed player who frequents Liberty Park in Manhattan, Ron works in the Wall st. area and occasionally stops by few a games during his lunch break. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPsE... ...
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| | Aug-02-09 Harry Nelson Pillsbury
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Pawn Ambush: <myschkin>
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| | Jul-28-09 Asa Hoffmann
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Pawn Ambush: <Riverbeast:> Liberty park is still there with new tables, all the strong chess and backgammon players occasionally play there, they only go to 660 Wall street when it rains or when it gets dark, 660 is like 4 blocks away and it's indoors.
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| | Jul-26-09 Jose Raul Capablanca
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Pawn Ambush: <IMO Capa thought it too drawish. If White wants a draw in the Lasker defense, there is hardly anything Black can do about it. Capa managed to keep on winning against Marshall even using the Lasker because Marshall always complicated things> Makes sense I do recall Capa ...
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| | Jul-06-09 Ludek Pachman
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Pawn Ambush: Here is Pacmans 3 strategy books and his 2 tactical books, all are in French. http://www.scribd.com/word/removal/...
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| | Jun-18-09 Fred Reinfeld
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Pawn Ambush: <Petrosianic> Thanks, but I had that particular book I think it was gold and blue with a red color title. The book I'm talking about I saw as an 7 year-old kid back in '71, I remember not being able to play chess and remember the cool Civil War soldier sketches that were ...
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