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May-12-11 | | Marcelo Bruno: He and another writer did an excellent article about Jacob Yuchtman: they were awarded with the best prize for a chess biography. |
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May-12-11 | | I play the Fred: I read that article on Yuchtman. It was very interesting about a player I hadn't heard of before. |
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Jun-01-11 | | talisman: happy b'day leonid..RIP. |
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Nov-20-12 | | PhilFeeley: Another game for some reason <CG.com> does not have. Again, found on Kevin Spraggett's blog: click for larger viewShamkovitch - Kholmov, Baku, 1961.
White to play and win. |
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Nov-20-12
 | | perfidious: <Phil Feeley> Come again? L Shamkovich vs Kholmov, 1961 fills the bill. |
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Oct-26-13 | | hedgeh0g: Related to <Shams>? |
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Apr-28-14 | | whiteshark: Kevin did it again - extended biographical infos and memories + some nice tactical crumbs: http://kevinspraggettonchess.wordpr... |
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May-09-15 | | TheFocus: <The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon> - Leonid Shamkovich. |
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May-10-15 | | TheFocus: <In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated> - Leonid Shamkovich. |
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May-15-15 | | TheFocus: <A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk> - Leonid Shamkovich. |
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May-15-15 | | TheFocus: <Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistible> - Leonid Shamkovich. |
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May-15-15 | | TheFocus: <The proper timing of an attacking plan is a difficult matter which places great strain on a player's nerves. Mastery of this art is required for success in the international arena, but perfect mastery eludes even the very best chessplayers!> - Leonid Shamkovich. |
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May-16-15 | | TheFocus: <A great chess player always has a good memory> - Leonid Shamkovich. |
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Apr-22-16 | | TheFocus: Rest in peace, Leonid Shamkovich. |
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May-09-16 | | Howard: Agreed! He wrote some good articles for "Chess Life"---no doubt about it. |
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Jun-01-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Leonid Shamkovich. |
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Jun-02-16 | | Boomie: I was walking down the sidewalk at Lone Pine and saw GM Shamkovich walking toward me. He may have had an adjourned game because he was absorbed in thought. He was so absorbed, in fact, that he walked into a lamp post. Almost without losing a step, he proceeded as before. |
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Jun-03-16
 | | MissScarlett: I walked into a lamp post once. True story. |
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May-20-20 | | wordfunph: Russian chessplayers some time in the 50s called Leonid Shamkovich "The Prince" because of his aristocratic chess style. - Michael Khodarkovsky |
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Jun-01-20 | | SirChrislov: Happy birthday Mr Shamkovich - I consider your book on the Tarrasch defense an old classic! |
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Jun-01-20
 | | Fusilli: <wordfunph: Russian chessplayers some time in the 50s called Leonid Shamkovich "The Prince" because of his aristocratic chess style.> ... which prompts the question: what the heck is an aristocratic chess style?? |
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Jun-01-20
 | | perfidious: Curious; I had always thought Shamkovich earned that soubriquet due to his bearing. |
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Jun-08-20 | | SirChrislov: Fusilli: <wordfunph: Russian chessplayers some time in the 50s called Leonid Shamkovich "The Prince" because of his aristocratic chess style. ... which prompts the question: what the heck is an aristocratic chess style??> good question. sounds fancy to me. like "distinguished." - "hi honey, how did your game go?"
- not so well my dear. I was bested, though an enjoyable defeat. the gentleman beat me aristocratically. |
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May-04-24
 | | GrahamClayton: <syracrophy>
I remember a diagram from one of his games, that appeared in a book of chess problems, but does not appear in here:
Goldstein - Shamkovich, Moscow, 1946
 click for larger viewBlack to play and draw
Solutions? Anyone?
<syracrophy>
Position is #35 in John Nunn's 'Tactical Chess Endings'. Play continued 1... gxf3 2. Bxf3 Rd7 3. Bd5 Rb7 drawing, as 4. Kd6 Rxb6 pins the d-pawn. |
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Dec-04-24
 | | Gottschalk: Susan is rejecting games for pure statistical
reasons, because she likes round numbers.
Stop that crazy woman!Put her in a straitjacket! [Event "Tournament (1 Category)"]
[Site "Gorky (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich Leonid (USA)"]
[Black "Ivashin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nd5
Rb8 9. Bg5 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Nxd5 13. Qxg4 f6 14. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "Tournament (1 Category)"]
[Site "Gorky (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitsky G (RUS)"]
[Black "Shamkovich Leonid (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8.
Bxe7 Bxe7 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Bg2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Re7 14. Nb3
Rae8 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nxd4 b6 18. Ncb3 c5 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Nd2 Ng4
21. f3 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Nf2 23. e3 Rxe3 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. g4 Nxg4
27. Rae1 Ne5 28. R8xe5 Bxe5 29. Ne4 Qg6+ 30. Ng3 Bxb2 0-1 |
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