May-09-13 Kenneth Rogoff 
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gezafan: There are allegations that when the attack in Benghazi occurred American forces that wanted to assist were told to stand down. Is this true? What really happened?
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| | Dec-07-12 A W Fox vs Capablanca, 1916
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gezafan: Capablanca once described himself as being exceptionally strong in positions with queens off the board. This was, of course, true. If one had to play Capablanca the best chance might be to play for complicated positions which require hard calculation. Of course, that probably ...
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| | Dec-07-12 Emanuel Lasker
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gezafan: IMO no one would have crushed Lasker in his prime. There may have been a handful of players who could beat him but none of them would have "crushed" him.
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| | Dec-03-12 Gawain Jones
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gezafan: Gawain Jones is a great name!
Does he handle knights well?
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| | Dec-03-12 Robert James Fischer
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gezafan: Bobby Fischer was an ardent anti-Communist. This is to his credit.
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| | Oct-22-12 Fischer vs B Patterson, 1964
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gezafan: I think Patterson gave a good account of himself here.
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| | Oct-22-12 Keres vs Fischer, 1959
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gezafan: Wasn't there a computer analysis done which concluded that the two top players were Capablanca and Fischer?
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| | Sep-13-12 Huebner vs K Rogoff, 1972
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gezafan: Rogoff should have taken the win after 5.Qxd7.
This type of game reflects badly on chess.
There are many well known drawing variations. The players could have simply played one of those.
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| | Aug-07-12 Tartakower vs Nimzowitsch, 1928
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gezafan: Fought to the bitter end!
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| | Aug-07-12 Lisa Lane
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gezafan: It's too bad Lane stopped playing.
The derogatory comment attributed to Fischer reflects badly on Fischer, if he actually said it. One wonders what kind of effect Fischer's comments had on Lane. Fischer should have encouraged Lane rather than insult her. Perhaps he was jealous of ...
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