Nov-05-09 P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik, 1935
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RookFile: I remember going over this game with a master I was taking lessons from, once. First time we had both seen the game. He asked me: "What happens if 37. Ne3?" My instantaneous answer was: "37.... Nxe3 and Qxa2, of course"..... He said: "You're right...."
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| | Oct-31-09 Steinitz vs Marshall, 1893 
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RookFile: Listen, I love Marshall's games, especially his ideas in the openings. Regarding the openings, Marshall may have been one of the most profound inventors this game had ever known. Marshall just wasn't world champion strength, that's all. I'm not sure why Bobby Fischer comes up in ...
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| | Oct-14-09 Akiba Rubinstein
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RookFile: Try to focus, Plato!
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| | Jul-24-09 Kenneth Rogoff
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RookFile: <acirce: Of course, even if the 30's were warmer than the 00's, it wouldn't mean global warming isn't real. But let's start somewhere.. > What it comes down to is, the temperature was whatever it was in 1934. Then we had 38 years of moonbats wondering why it was getting ...
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| | Jul-24-09 Jose Raul Capablanca
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RookFile: <keypusher: Sorry > Well, at least you got this word right.
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| | Jul-24-09 Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895
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RookFile: He just made a mistake, that's all.
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| | Jul-23-09 Lasker vs Pillsbury, 1895
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RookFile: But you need to guard the c5 pawn if you do this. Pillsbury just plain old won a pawn with his play. His mistake didn't come until later.
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| | Jul-23-09 Pillsbury vs Burn, 1895
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RookFile: <ughaibu: Burn beat Pillsbury in 1898 and 1900, I guess we can say that during this period in time, Burn was at least as strong as Pillsbury.> I agree that Burn was at least as strong as a dying Pillsbury, who had syphillis. After Pillsbury died, it was probably the case the ...
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| | Apr-17-09 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1970
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RookFile: A few comments. One of the unappreciated point of this game is that Fischer recommended 13....g6! and said that black could put up tenacious resistance after 14. 0-0 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bg7. Whatthefat - the rationale behind 14....h6, believe it or not, is to prevent 15. Bxh7. I realize ...
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| | Feb-20-09 Robert James Fischer
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RookFile: Just think - if all those games weren't prearranged, and the Russians didn't analyze games in progress, Fischer would have been world champion at the age of 19! Woo hoo!
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