Nov-03-09 Jude Frazer Acers 
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jackpawn: Jude is doing very well in the World Senior Open. Check the USCF site. Even a rare Acers game is given.
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| | Oct-14-09 whiskeyrebel chessforum
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jackpawn: Good luck at the tournament. Keep us informed.
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| | Oct-11-09 G Welling vs S Williams, 1995
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jackpawn: Instructive endgame . . .
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| | Oct-06-09 Viktor Korchnoi
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jackpawn: I love Korchnoi. What a fighter! And like <TheFocus> said, what a tough old b##tard. I mean it as a compliment!
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| | Oct-06-09 Zsofia Polgar vs A Rabczewsky, 1989
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jackpawn: I found it in a few seconds. Looked for possible sacs, didn't find any, then looked for loose pieces. Bingo.
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| | Oct-02-09 Kenneth Rogoff
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jackpawn: Okay, I'm about as close to the center as you can get.
Economic left/right: - 1.00
Social Libertarian/authoritarian: -0.62
Type of player I am: Reti/English with white, French against e4, generally QGD against d4.
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| | Sep-27-09 Anatoli Karpov
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jackpawn: <Capabel> Not to be picky, but Fischer also beat Spassky 12 1/2 to 7 1/2 in games actually played. Remember Fischer's forfeit of game 2. Fischer actually lost rating points in the match! Can you imagine? Beat the World Champion by a 12 1/2 - 7 1/2 score and lose 5 rating ...
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| | Sep-23-09 Kasparov-Karpov Rapid Match (2009)
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jackpawn: Speaking of Smyslov's results at an advanced age vs. Karpov's results - while I agree that perhaps Smyslov was more hungry, I think a more likely reason is that people simply age at different rates. Karpov even as a young man had endurance problems. He almost lost two matches ...
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| | Aug-25-09 parisattack chessforum
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jackpawn: <parisattack> Copied and saved the link. Thanks.
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| | Aug-21-09 Robert James Fischer
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jackpawn: What I found so surprising about the photos was how 'normal' he looked. Seem to be enjoying himself, taking in life. I do wonder, just based on the photos, how much he was still working on his chess. Looked like maybe he didn't have the white hot drive he had before becoming ...
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