May-22-13 Stein vs Spassky, 1964
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ewan14: USSR Zonal 1964
What kind of a '' grandmaster draw '' is this ? ( As also featured in my '' OMGP '' )
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| | May-21-13 USSR Zonal (1964) 
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ewan14: Apparently this zonal was to give Smyslov a chance to play at Amsterdam
1964
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| | May-21-13 Stein vs Tal, 1961
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ewan14: I think Stein had a plus score against Tal ! !
and also Spassky and , maybe , Korchnoi !
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| | May-03-13 Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1956
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ewan14: Bet you Paul Keres was pleased with his '' friend '' Tigran here
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| | Sep-17-12 Efim Geller
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ewan14: How was Geller almost always second or third place in the 60s , 70s ? Not in the Candidates matches !
Not in any big tournaments
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| | Aug-27-12 Boris Spassky
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ewan14: 1 ) Fischer played Spassky 3 times in 1966
Lost one , drew 2
2 ) I do not think that Euwe wanted Fischer to be world champion. In 1969 / 1970 he thought the World Championship cycle would be '' better '' if it included all the very top players. A bit like Carlsen not being in the ...
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| | Aug-23-12 Geller vs Smyslov, 1967
Aug-23-12 Smyslov vs Gligoric, 1967
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ewan14: I read somewhere this game finished very early ( no surprise by the moves ) , Fischer therefore knew he had first place and so did not hold back in attacking Geller in their ( classic ) game
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| | Jun-07-12 Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship (2012)
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ewan14: Spassky was nowhere near the height of his powers against Karpov in 1974 (?) 1963 - 1969
1965 beat Keres , Geller & Tal in candidates matches
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| | Apr-20-12 Fischer vs Geller, 1967
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ewan14: A KGB , or similar , guy asks Suetin , or whoever , why Petrosian did not play a certain move ( maybe R x g2 ) Suetin ( or whoever ) replies '' you will have to ask Petrosian ''
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