Nov-25-09 Von Scheve vs Teichmann, 1907
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Wayne Proudlove: I was looking at Chernev's analysis; above all he wants use this game as an example to point out to students of the game the problem of weakening a castled position with a) the h3 move preventing the pinned Knight and b) moving the Knight from f3, quoting Steinitz: "Three ...
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| | Nov-25-09 Kibitzer's Café 
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Wayne Proudlove: Here's a beautiful performance of Jungleland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGU0...
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| | Nov-23-09 Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1850
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Wayne Proudlove: The Pirc is pronounced "peerts". I contested this with someone who went on that he'd been playing chess much longer than me but you can look it up, and pronunciation is important, as I've learned in my travels and immersion in different cultures.
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| | Nov-17-09 S Ernst vs J Hekhuis, 2000
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Wayne Proudlove: Interesting, I'm new to the Catalan but I'm interested in the idea of transposition at the moment and from what I understand this opening can arise from several different move orders. Should be LOTS OF FUN taking a closer look at it.
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| | Nov-15-09 S Johannessen vs Fischer, 1966
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Wayne Proudlove: I browsed through Bruce Pandolfini's "Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves" this weekend and this for me was a stunning example of bold sacrifice and calculating several moves ahead. If White takes Black's Queen 27.Bxc6, then 27...Rxh4 28. Bxb7 Rxh3 4. Bxa8 Rxg3+ 5...Bxg5 ...
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| | Nov-15-09 Fischer vs Soos, 1967
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Wayne Proudlove: After 39. Rc8+...
if Black Qxc8, 40.Qe7 is mate.
If Black moves his King to d7 or f7, Qf5 is mate.
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| | Nov-14-09 Fischer vs Benko, 1963
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Wayne Proudlove: Fischer wants to move his e-pawn ahead to e5 to mate with the Bishop and the Queen but Black could defend with f5.
19. Rf6!! (...Bxf6 20.e5 21. Qxh7#)
19...Kg8 is followed by 20.e5 h6 21. Ne2! where Benko resigns because 3...Nb5 (to counter 4. Rxd6) leads to 4. Qf5, ...
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| | Nov-14-09 Travis Bickle chessforum
Nov-08-09 Kasparov vs G West, 1977
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Wayne Proudlove: Wow, I understand what happened in this game. This is my introduction to Kasparov's playing, a big day for me.
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| | Nov-01-09 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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Wayne Proudlove: Re: the infamous 29...Bxh2 blunder, is it possible that it was a move of psychological warfare, to throw a wrench into Spassky's thinking and nerves? It seems possible considering Fischer's temperament and eccentricity.
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