Apr-23-14 Jeremy Lim 
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unferth: yeah, Kobe had a point about Shaq's work ethic, but it didn't justify his behavior. that team would have been good for another two titles at least had he not torn it apart with his tantrums.
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| | Apr-11-14 Viswanathan Anand
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unferth: it's "no" to a wager that doesn't reflect my views ... is it also "no" to one that does reflect yours?
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| | Mar-26-14 Nezhmetdinov vs Krogius, 1965
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unferth: <olinart: I think black has a nice counter and gave up too soon. From the position at the end of the game 45:Bb1xe4 .. Bxe4
Qxe4 Qe3
Qxf5+ Kg8
g3-g4 B-d4
Black has a winning attack and White will at least have to give back material.> 48 Rg2 (not g3-g4) stops black's ...
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| | Mar-21-14 Tal vs B Dudley, 1964
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unferth: Tal did this in a SIMUL?
I quit.
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| | Mar-12-14 Robert James Fischer
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unferth: <john barleycorn> that's one of ChessBase's annoying annual April Fool's pranks.
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| | Feb-22-14 Kenneth Rogoff
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unferth: The Soviets might have prevailed absent aid from the west, but they certainly would not have done so without British and American military participation on multiple fronts. the vast amounts of men and materiel tied down and lost in France, Italy, North Africa, and elsewhere would ...
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| | Feb-20-14 J Hanken vs Santasiere, 1957
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unferth: 38 Kg5 isn't forced. I think it's more likely that Hanken resigned because either Kf4 or Kg5 allows a knight check that picks up the bishop via discovery, while Kh4 runs into Be7#.
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| | Nov-20-13 S Foisor vs E Formanek, 2012
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unferth: <FSR> that must be his FIDE rating: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...
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| | Nov-18-13 Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)
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unferth: <badest: <peddagunnu: Chess is now turning into tennis... I like to see shot making and winners in tennis, not unforced errors. I much prefer brilliances that take your breath away in chess than the trench warfare that we have now.> Unfortunately my friend, this is the ...
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| | Nov-13-13 Rublevsky vs Z Varga, 2001
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unferth: is it more embarrassing to lose a miniature cleanly or to flop around for ten pointless moves to avoid the appearance of having done so?
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