Aug-28-12 Alfred Flatow
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franksp: Fred's father, Kurt, was a good chess player. I joined Ashfield Chess Club shortly after I had learned the game. I asked the club president who was the best player in the club. He pointed out Kurt Flatow. So I challenged Kurt to a game of chess. He beat me. I played many games ...
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| | Feb-24-12 Capablanca vs J C Rosenthal, 1909 
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franksp: I feel I have found a treasure. I have two Capablanca game collections - one by Golembek and the other by Chernev. This game is in neither collection. Rosenthal seems to see he is losing and so sets up a pretty checkmate for Capablanca by 20...Nh5. If 20...N elsewhere, then 21.Be2 ...
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| | Feb-24-12 S Slipak vs F Braga, 1998
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franksp: My idea was 29.Rxf6 gf 30.Qxd5 Kh8 31.Bh6 (threat 32.Bg7+ Kg8 33.N checks winning the Queen) Rg8 32.Bg7+ Rxg7 33.Qxa8+ Rg8 34.Qxg8+ Kxg8 35.Rb8+ etc. Is there a counter to that?
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| | Jan-24-12 Edith Bilek
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franksp: Is Edith Bilek related to Istvan Bilek?
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| | Jan-24-12 Paul Morphy
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franksp: So many strong contemporary masters Morphy never played against - Steinitz, Blackburne, Chigorin, Zukertort, Mason, MacKenzie, Weiss, Winawer. What a shame.
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| | Jan-06-12 Duras vs H Wolf, 1907
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franksp: 36.Rxc6 starts a nice combination. 36...Rxc6 37.Q-d4 threatens 38.Q-d8 mating.
The only defenses to that without giving up material are 37...Q-f6 (already covered) and 37...K-g8.
Then 38.Q-d8+ K-f7 39.Q-d7+ K-f8 If 39...K-g8 40.Q-e8# If 39...K-f6 40.Qxc6+ winning.
After 39...K-f8, ...
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| | Dec-25-11 Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978
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franksp: At move 38 White has a mate in 4. 38.Q-g5+ K-e6 39.R-h6+ f6 40.Rxf6+ ef 41.Qxf6#
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| | Jan-07-11 R Vera vs G Lebredo, 1982
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franksp: Nice variations from move 26.
If 26...f6, 27.Qh6 wins at least a rook
If 26...Kd6, 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qf6 and, after Black moves the rook or protects it with the queen, 29.e7 or ef wins queen or rook or the pawn queens at f8.
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| | Nov-12-10 O Korneev vs R Perez, 2000
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franksp: Had Black played 27...Kh8, then 28.Qh6 Rf7 29.g6 Kg8 30.gf+ Kxf7 31.Qxg7+ Ke6 (If 31...Ke8 32.Bd6 soon mates.) 32.Qf6+ Kd7 33.Qf7+ Kd8 34.Bd6 etc.
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| | Nov-11-10 D Howell vs N Giffard, 2009
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franksp: At the end, Giffard made it easy. Now, after 39...Qxd3, 40.Qh7 wins the Black Queen. If 38...Kh5 39.g4+ Kh4 40.Ng6+ Bxg6 41.Qg3#.
If 38...Kf6 39.Nxd3 Qxd3 (Now Black Queen has no immediate access to h2-b8 diagonal.) 40.Qxb7 Qxc3 41.Qc7 (Threatens both 42.Qxc3 and 42.b7) 41...d4 ...
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