Nov-28-09 William Allen Ruth
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jerseybob: I remember Horowitz publishing a Bill Ruth win in his N.Y. Times column around 1964, a game that Ruth had recently played though he was well in his 70s. But if the dates given are correct, Ruth was only 10 years old when he drew Napier?
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| | Nov-25-09 Gligoric vs Keene, 1973
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jerseybob: The similarities - and dissimilarities - between this game and game 5 of the 1972 Spassky-Fischer match fascinate me. I'm trying to figure out why black(Keene) played 11..Kh8 instead of 11..h6. (In the analagous position in Spassky-Fischer neither player was yet castled). It looks
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| | Nov-07-09 Nunn vs J Bellin, 1976
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jerseybob: Dr.Jana's 2nd disastrous loss in this collection with the 6..g6 line, which also failed Botvinnik vs. Tal in the 1966 Spartakiad(also in this database). In all 3 games black assumes(fantasizes?) that white's doubled d-pawns will be a liability.
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| | Nov-06-09 A Kochyev vs Miles, 1974
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jerseybob: 9..e6 was Miles' "improvement" over 9..Nd7 as in his 1973 game w/ J. Littlewood(qv), but 10.OOO(instead of 10.Nbd5!?) might've kept an edge, according to the BCM.
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| | Nov-01-09 Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967
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jerseybob: Following up Charles Sullivan's post about the move a3, I'm thinking of a game I saw around 69 or 70 with Uhlmann as black against maybe Wade, though it's not in this database. In that game white(Wade?)didn't play a3 and allowed BLACK to play a3, to which white replied b3. Black ...
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| | Oct-28-09 N Gaprindashvili vs G Lee, 1964
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jerseybob: Sure this isn't Peter Lee?
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| | Oct-24-09 O'Kelly vs Stein, 1970
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jerseybob: This is a beautiful game and I'm surprised it's not better known. I love Stein's uncompromisingly ferocious 8..c6, rather than the boring c5 that I've usually seen played in positions like this. Since I don't play this for white, I've no idea where the improvement lies: maybe ...
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| | Oct-24-09 O'Kelly vs Stein, 1968
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jerseybob: Interesting game. The stereotypical strategy for white in this Benoni-type position would be 8.Nd2,Bxe2 9.Qxe2 and if 9..a6, 10.a4 should give an edge. I'm assuming O'Kelly knew this and just wanted something different. As played, allowing the swap of bishop for knight, white gets
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| | Oct-24-09 L Lane vs Keller-Hermann, 1966
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jerseybob: First off, I despise this whole opening system for white! But if you MUST play it, it's best to have the skill of say a Smyslov or Larsen(or even Sokolsky or Santasiere). White's losing move comes very early on: 9.cxb5?, allowing herself to be swamped in the center. 9.axb5 was the
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| | Oct-24-09 C Hon vs O'Kelly, 1978
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jerseybob: With 22..c5, O'Kelly totally loses his head and destroys his admittedly shaky position. White's 22.Rc3 threatens 23.Rb3 with lots of problems for black. So how about either 22..Nxg3ch right away or maybe even 22..Nf4!? Either way, Rb3 could then be answered with Rb8.
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