User Profile: Benzol

Benzol
Member since Jul-02-03

Commander John J Adams : " Morbius, what is the Id? "
Dr Edward Morbius : " It's an obsolete term. I'm afraid once used to describe the elementary basis of the subconscious mind. "
Hi, I'm Paul Morten and I live in Auckland, New Zealand. I've been playing Chess for over thirty years (and still haven't got it right yet). My father ( Peter Morten ) taught me the moves when I was aged about ten. (He's now a venerable 83-year old).
I didn't really get "Chess Fever" until the Fischer-Spassky match in Iceland in 1972. My first chess heroes were Spassky, Fischer, Marshall, Alyekhin and Capablanca but with more maturity I'm much more appreciative of Lasker, Chigorin, Niemzowitsch, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Keres, Nezhmetdinov, Petrosian, Kasparov and many others. Collecting chess books since 1972 I now possess a chess library I'm sure any club would be proud of. Many game submissions to the database have been made from these books. Up to 25th June 2012 submissions number 4,416 games (this total will continue to grow with time).
I'm fascinated by Chess History and the players who make it so what follows is a large list of important tournaments played in the 19th and 20th Centuries. These collections have been compiled by a number of members of chessgames.com and I'm extremely grateful to them and thank them for their efforts.
1.Game Collection: WCC Index (London 1851)
2.Game Collection: New York 1857
2A.Game Collection: Paris 1867
3.Game Collection: Baden-Baden 1870
3AA.Game Collection: Vienna 1873
3AAA.Game Collection: Philadelphia 1876
3A.Game Collection: Leipzig 1877, The Anderssen-Feier
4.Game Collection: Paris 1878
4A.Game Collection: Leipzig 1879
5.Game Collection: Berlin 1881
6.Game Collection: Vienna 1882
7.Game Collection: London 1883
7A.Game Collection: Breslau 1889
7B.Game Collection: New York 1889
7C.Game Collection: New York 1889, Part II
7D.Game Collection: New York 1893, The Impromtu Tournament
8.Game Collection: Hastings 1895
9.Game Collection: St. Petersburg 1895-96
10.Game Collection: Nuremberg 1896
11.Game Collection: Budapest 1896
12.Game Collection: Berlin 1897
13.Game Collection: Vienna 1898
14.Game Collection: London 1899
15.Game Collection: Paris 1900
15A.Game Collection: Munich 1900
16.Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1901
16A.Game Collection: 1901 Buffalo
17.Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1902
18.Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1903
19.Game Collection: Monte Carlo 1904
20.Game Collection: Cambridge Springs 1904
20A.Game Collection: Coburg 1904
21.Game Collection: Ostend 1905
22.Game Collection: 99_Ostende A 1907 (Champion Tourn. to play Laske
23.Game Collection: Karlsbad 1907
24.Game Collection: Vienna 1908
25.Game Collection: Prague 1908
25A.Game Collection: Düsseldorf 1908 - DSB Kongress XVI
26.Game Collection: St Petersburg 1909
26A.Game Collection: 99_Hamburg 1910
27.Game Collection: San Sebastian 1911
28.Game Collection: Karlsbad 1911
29.Game Collection: San Sebastian 1912
30.Game Collection: Bad Pistyan 1912
31.Game Collection: Vilnius 1912 (All-Russian Masters)
31A.Game Collection: Havana 1913
32.Game Collection: St Petersburg 1914
33.Game Collection: Mannheim 1914 - the unfinished tournament
34.Game Collection: Berlin 1918
34A.Game Collection: New York 1918
34B.Game Collection: Hastings 1919
35.Game Collection: Berlin 1920
35A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1920
35B.Game Collection: 99_Kiel 1921 (under construction)
36.Game Collection: Teplitz-Schönau 1922
37.Game Collection: Bad Pistyan 1922
38.Game Collection: London 1922
39.Game Collection: Hastings 1922
40.Game Collection: Vienna 1922
41.Game Collection: Karlsbad 1923
42.Game Collection: Mährisch-Ostrau 1923
42A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1923
43.Game Collection: Lake Hopatcong 1923 (9th American Chess Congress
44.Game Collection: New York 1924
44A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1924
45.Game Collection: Baden Baden 1925
45A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1925
46.Game Collection: Marienbad 1925
47.Game Collection: Moscow 1925
48.Game Collection: Semmering 1926
49.Game Collection: Dresden 1926
50.Game Collection: Hannover 1926
50A.Game Collection: Lake Hopatcong 1926
50B.Game Collection: 99_Berlin 1926
51.Game Collection: New York 1927
51A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1927
52.Game Collection: London 1927
53.Game Collection: Bad Kissingen 1928
54.Game Collection: Berlin 1928
54A.Game Collection: Hastings 1928/29
55.Game Collection: Karlsbad 1929
55A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1929
56.Game Collection: San Remo 1930
57.Game Collection: Liege 1930
58.Game Collection: Bled 1931
58A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1931
59.Game Collection: London International Chess Congress, 1932
59A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1933
60.Game Collection: Zurich 1934
61.Game Collection: Syracuse 1934
62.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1934/35
63.Game Collection: Moscow 1935
63A.Game Collection: Margate 1935
63AA.Game Collection: Margate 1936
64.Game Collection: Moscow 1936
64A.Game Collection: Podebrady 1936
65.Game Collection: Nottingham 1936
66.Game Collection: Kemeri 1937 International Tournament
67.Game Collection: Semmering/Baden 1937
67A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1937
68.Game Collection: Margate 1937
69.Game Collection: Hastings 1937/38
70.Game Collection: Margate 1938
71.Game Collection: Noordwijk 1938
72.Game Collection: AVRO 1938
73.Game Collection: Hastings 1938/39
73A.Game Collection: Margate 1939
73B.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1939
73C.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1940
74.Game Collection: USSR Absolute Championship 1941
75.Game Collection: Salzburg 1942
76.Game Collection: Sverdlovsk 1943
76AA.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1944
76A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1945
77.Game Collection: Groningen 1946
78.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1947
78A.Game Collection: Moscow 1947
78B.Game Collection: 1948 Saltsjöbaden interzonal
79.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1948
79A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1949
79AA.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1950
79AAA.Game Collection: 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship
79B.Game Collection: Amsterdam 1950
80.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1951
80A.Game Collection: Budapest 1952
81.Game Collection: Interzonals 1952: Stockholm
82.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1952
83.Game Collection: WCC Index (Zurich 1953)
83A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1954
83AA.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1955
84.Game Collection: Interzonals 1955: Gothenburg
84A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1956
84B.Game Collection: 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship
85.Game Collection: Alekhine Memorial International Tournament, 1956
86.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1957
87.Game Collection: Dallas, 1957
88.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1958
89.Game Collection: Interzonals 1958: Portoroz
90.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1959
90A.Game Collection: Moscow 1959
90B.Game Collection: 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship
91.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1960
92.Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1960
92A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961a
93.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961 b
94.Game Collection: Interzonals 1962: Stockholm
94A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1962
95.Game Collection: First Piatigorsky Cup 1963
96.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1963
96A.Game Collection: USSR Zonal 1964
97.Game Collection: Amsterdam Interzonal 1964
97A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1964/65
97B.Game Collection: Yerevan 1965
97C.Game Collection: Havana 1965
97D.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1965
97E.Game Collection: Moscow 1966
98.Game Collection: Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966
99.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1966/67
100.Game Collection: Sousse Interzonal, 1967
101.Game Collection: Moscow 1967
101A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1967
102.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1968/69
102A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1969
102B.Game Collection: Interzonal 1970 (Palma de Mallorca)
103.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1970
104.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1971
105.Game Collection: Moscow 1971
105A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1972
106.Game Collection: Interzonals 1973: Leningrad
107.Game Collection: Interzonals 1973: Petropolis
108.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1973
109.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1974
109A.Game Collection: Milan 1975
109B.Game Collection: Moscow 1975
109C.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1975
110.Game Collection: Amsterdam IBM 1976
111.Game Collection: Interzonals 1976: Manila
112.Game Collection: Interzonals 1976: Biel
113.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1976
113A.Game Collection: 99_Bad Lauterberg 1977
113B.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1977
113C.Game Collection: Bugojno 1978
114.Game Collection: USSR First League, Ashkhabad, 1978
115.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1978
115A.Game Collection: Montreal 1979
116.Game Collection: Interzonals 1979: Rio de Janeiro
117.Game Collection: Interzonals 1979: Riga
117A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1979
118.Game Collection: London Phillips & Drew 1980
118A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1980/81
119.Game Collection: Moscow 1981
120.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1981
121.Game Collection: Phillips & Drew Kings Chess Tournament 1982
122.Game Collection: 50th USSR Championship 1983
122A.Game Collection: Niksic 1983
122B.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1984
123.Game Collection: 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings Tt
124.Game Collection: Bugojno 1984
124A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1985
125.Game Collection: Bugojno 1986
125A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1986
125B.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1987
125C.Game Collection: Plaza International Chess Tt 1988
126.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1988
127.Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1989
127A.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1989
127B.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1990
128.Game Collection: USSR Championship 1991
129.Game Collection: Linares 1994
A very large number of important tournaments can also be found in <RonB52734>'s Game Collection: 170 Major Chess Tournaments 1882-2007
Historical Tournaments that have been updated and are now candidates for "live" tournament pages Game Collection: Historical Tournaments 1: Fully Updated
In connection with the Historical tournament updates useful links are Game Collection Voting and Tournament Index
For FIDE Country Codes see : Game Collection: FIDE Codes
More recent tournaments can be accessed at
New Tournaments
Shortcut to the Soviet Championships
Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index
Index to the Hastings Congresses
Game Collection: Hastings Christmas Congress (Tournament Index)
Another fine collection compiled by <Phony Benoni> concerning the Anglo-American Cable Matches can be found at Game Collection: Anglo-American Cable Matches, 1896-1911
Other collections that are well worth checking out :
suenteus po 147's Game Collections
Phony Benoni's Game Collections
Resignation Trap's Game Collections
sneaky pete's Game Collections
capybara's Game Collections
keypusher's Game Collections
whiteshark's Game Collections
Archives' Game Collections
Hesam7's Game Collections
protean's Game Collections
matey's Game Collections
Honza Cervenka's Game Collections
jessicafischerqueen's Game Collections
AdrianP's Game Collections
Sneaky's Game Collections
ughaibu's Game Collections
Calli's Game Collections
acirce's Game Collections
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Eric Schiller's Game Collections
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chessgames.com's Game Collections
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Penguincw's Game Collections
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   Benzol has kibitzed 9247 times to chessgames [more...]

   May-21-13 perfidious chessforum

Benzol: <TheFocus> <"Neener! Neener! Neener! Na-nana-naa-nah!"> Actüally it's more likely to be "nyuk, nyuk, nyuk" based on previous posts. OK here's one for the conspiracy theorists. <AJ> is really a deep cover <cg> employee whose role is to play a Devil's Advocate

   May-20-13 J Vesely vs Jansa, 1969

Benzol: <perfidious> Alan I must have a good look at my copy of the Pirc Defence. As <Abdel> says 5.Qe2 looks artificial but this game makes it looked like a forced loss. Thankyou both for your input. :)

   May-20-13 Kibitzer's Café

Benzol: ALERT!! ALERT!! Somebody in Tampa Bay, Florida is the owner of a ticket that has won $590 million ( yes that's million ) in a lottery. Just heard this on the BBC World News. If you've got a ticket purchased at the named placed get it checked out. You could be the winner. :)

   May-20-13 R J Dive vs Q Johnson, 2013

Benzol: When I first saw this game I found it rather amazing that Black's 19...Be5 loses. It is difficult to foresee why until it happens. This would be a great game to include in someones trapped queens collection.

   May-17-13 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway

Benzol: <Abdel> Thanks for the link. Most interesting. :)

   May-17-13 J Balogh vs O'Kelly, 1959

Benzol: A fine game from the POTD.

   May-17-13 Dr. Anthony Saidy

Benzol: He looks a bit like actor Brion James.

   May-14-13 Odd Lie

Benzol: Is chesshear.com a site for deaf chessplayers? :)

   May-11-13 B Hague vs M Steadman, 2011

Benzol: Can the Dutch Defence really be this bad?

   May-10-13 US Chess Championships (2013)

Benzol: <plang> At odd times some kibitzers have compared the two tournaments and even thought that the Soviet tournament was full of patzers with the US Ch being the stronger one. <TheFocus> <The US Championship should be a strong 18 player round robin. Not a Swiss. Not a ...

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Monsters From The Id

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Feb-28-11		nescio: <It makes you wonder if the power of such an eruption would be enough to alter the Earth's orbit?> You can stop wondering. It's impossible. Altering the earth's orbit around the sun would mean changing the momentum. But momentum is conserved and you cannot change the momentum of a system from within, it would take a force from outside the system. Perhaps a nearby supernova explosion could do it.

Feb-28-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Benzol> thanks for those links- it's remarkable how fantastically beautiful your home is. The beauty of your homeland shaped in large part by such frequent tectonic events- and yet best to be as far as possible from them when they are happening.

Feb-28-11		jessicafischerqueen: <nescio> or a large enough object crashing in to the earth? Didn't the axis of the earth tilt in the past due to one of these collisions?

Mar-01-11		nescio: <jessicafischerqueen: Didn't the axis of the earth tilt in the past due to one of these collisions?> I suppose so. It's relatively easy to change the rotational motion of the earth and in fact the tilt is affected by the gravitational influence of the moon and other planets. <or a large enough object crashing in to the earth?> Well, yes, but there is nothing to worry about. The impact of a body large enough to change the earth's orbit will release more than enough energy to melt the earth entirely, so no humans will be around to measure the new orbit.:)

Mar-01-11		Richard Taylor: <<Richard> <a Magician who is now in Aussie...> His name wasn't Ross Skiffington was it?> Yes. Did you know him? He came here once. I had contact via Old Friends but I lost touch... Very bright bloke but not a close friend of mine, but good fellow I think.

Mar-01-11		Richard Taylor: <jessicafischerqueen><Benzol><etc> The mountains I meant were (I think) up in Canada I think. They are pretty large and not many people survive climbing them. Here where I live there were at least 50 volcanoes ... and the "basin" (I walked around it today, it is called the Panmure Basin or (Waipuna = spring ... there is a fresh water spring there) in Maori) was a volcanic eruption much like Taupo about 30,000 years ago but Rangitoto was only about 700 years ago. Rangi means "sky" by the way and toto ~ "blood red" Re chess <Benzol> etc I now have a draw v Luke Li, win over H Gao, loss to Daniel Shen and I beat Bruce Watson last night... Yes, OTB chess is hard (as is correspondence chess which I have played also). There's a weekend tourney here, I'm playing in that, I heard not too many strong players so I have chance for the under 2100 prize! Here's hoping. Pleased to get a win over Watson again (I didn't expect it but...) and maybe recoup some points lost over Xmas. Strange thing is I misplayed the opening (just one move out of order) but we both missed my mistake (which should have lost). So we both "blundered) then the game continued as if nothing had happened!

Mar-01-11		Richard Taylor: < jessicafischerqueen: <"whoopsie" is Pom for "gay"> LOL- the derogatory term for Brits not in quotations? Reminds me of two years ago when <hitman> proved to me, with a link and photo, that there was indeed a famous cricket player named <Pommie Bastard>. Surely that name is top ten as the coolest name ever for a sports star? > Yes. I don't know the player. My parents are English so I had an alsmot English upbringing, I must have had a slight accent (but not a "toffee nose" one) but kidsorpeel sometimes ask me if I am English or a "Pom", "Pom" used now is probably always jocular as it is not used as much as it used to be...so it was an intentional joke assay if I referred to women as "sheilas", most people know that I was being silly buggers, as it really out of date as a term here, so suing that is not so much derogatory here as showing my age! So, it is thus little joke at my own expense... I looked up Rossolimo in my Chess Encyclopedia and saw that game he played withe knights and the Q sac which you showed...very beautiful...I see he was a taxi driver as well as a chess player and a coach and also one in the US and he was a karate enthusiast.

Mar-01-11		Richard Taylor: <Benzol> Yes, Mayor Bob Parker is coming across brilliantly in this disaster... he is providing a kind of human or psychic centre. Re <Brits> etc... I once met a bloke form the SI and I asked him if he was English as his accent sounded Englishy but he was from the South where some have accent. Then there are the very kiwi "pride of the South" accents. And the: "Good on ya mate." (Who was that actor who died recently who did those adverts for Speights?).........?

Mar-01-11		Benzol: <nescio> <You can stop wondering. It's impossible.> That's good to know <nescio>. I was starting to worry a bit there. :) <jessicafischerqueen> <Reminds me of two years ago when <hitman> proved to me, with a link and photo, that there was indeed a famous cricket player named <Pommie Bastard>.> <Jess> And here I was thinking that the Australians call every English cricketer Pommie Bastard. <thanks for those links- it's remarkable how fantastically beautiful your home is.> Yes I suppose <Richard> and I are lucky to live in this country but I would love to take a train trip through the Canadian Rockies. I understand that is a beautiful sightseeing trip to make. Also from some films I've seen British Columbia looks a ruggedly beautiful place. :) <Richard Taylor: <<Richard> <a Magician who is now in Aussie...> His name wasn't Ross Skiffington was it?> Yes. Did you know him? He came here once. I had contact via Old Friends but I lost touch... Very bright bloke but not a close friend of mine, but good fellow I think.> He was friends with a cousin of mine and was a teacher at Tamaki College at one stage IIRC. I only met him once and then only briefly. I must ask my cousin more about him. Re: The Watson game. You won! Yeah! Can you post the gamescore here?

Mar-02-11		Richard Taylor: <Benzol> re Ross. I forgot or didn't know he was a teacher...I think he did mention that. He is now in Australia. Yes, second win over the FM, but I missed a simple win of a pawn as did he which spoiled the game. Then he didn't play very well. (He also lost to Luke Li the week before so he wont be feeling too good.) I lost the last game I played but in fact I unnecessarily sacrificed and was attacking him with 2 pieces down and even then it was quite a hard game to defend..but certainly I lost that one. So this game was a bit quieter but I eventually had him in zugzwang and he couldn't avoid mate or heavy material loss and resigned. I missed a faster win few moves earlier I now see on the computer but I had to watch my clock a bit.

Mar-02-11		Richard Taylor: Here is the game at move 30. I am Black. After 30. Bb1 it was now my move. What did I now play to cause Bruce to resign after some thought? It is now black to play. click for larger view

Mar-02-11		Benzol: <Richard> My initial thought was 30...Ne2 but upon further reflection I think 30...Be8 with the idea of checking at h5 makes things a bit difficult for white.

Mar-02-11		Richard Taylor: The game actually was the same variation that Peter Stuart played against me but I varied thinking I was possibly following a Kasparov game...but I had the move wrong and I nearly lost... but before the game I thought would be heading for a reversed Sicilian, now one line of THAT involves the famous game of Botvinnik's and another Czernak-Alkehine...those are at least two games I looked at for ideas...but Bruce played the 4Ns var of the Kings English with e3 which is what Peter Stuart played in the game I won but also in the silly game I lost in the NZCCs...so I should really have known it a bit better..but I had taken his c3 knight in those games... The opening and moves (except for move 30 by) me are: [Event "ACC Summer Cup 2011"] [Site "ACC, Auckland, N.Z."] [Date "2011.02.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Bruce Watson"] [Black "Richard Taylor"] [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 [The e3 move in the "quiet" variation of the 4 Knights King's English!!] Bb4 5. Qc2 Qe7?! [Here I had played 5. ... Bxc3 then 6. Qe7. But I have since seen the game is as thing of and Kasparov played 5. ... 0-0 (quite a main line) and Ehlvest played (Ehlvest-Kasparov 1988) a bit passively with 6. d3 instead of perhaps the more active 6. Nd5! That leads to interesting play and is not clear who is better. Kasparov then played a brilliant game which I played over twice since, including today! But Kasparov himself had earlier been almost winning on the white side of that line against Romanishin in 1978 or so...] 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb8? [I was out of book here but later found that a GM (Harikrishna) had played here 7. ... e4 and the game was a draw... Bruce was playing quickly and I thought he knew the book line so I was also trying to keep up (he may have thought I knew it very well also (hence his missing the win on move 8.) but I thought all my moves here were more or less forced)...] 8. a3? (8. Qxc7 probably wins) Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 d6 11. d4 [This plan might be wrong as White Bs as re shut out of the game.] e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. f3 Bd7 17. Ba2 Rae8 18. Nc4 Kh8 19. a4 a6 20. Qb3 exf3 21.gxf3? [I think 21. Rxf3 is better.] Nh5 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 click for larger view 25. ... Qh4+?! [This wins but after the game I found the more aesthetic 25. ... Nf4! but here my clock time wasn't too good.] 26. Ke2 Qxh2+ 27. Kd1 Ng3 28. Rg1 Qf2 29. f4 Rc8 30. Bb1 ... 30. .... ? 0-1 Instead of 5. Qe7 had played 5. Bxc3 which is a main line against Stuart but I was expecting either 3. g3 or 4. g3 when I would have played d5 (one variation leads to Botvinnik's famous win over Portisch but Portisch played a bad (Nb8) move. Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 I also looked at an Alekhine game which is still relevant M Czerniak vs Alekhine, 1939 I also found this game which you commented on <Benzol> aka Paul.. P Leepin vs Alekhine, 1941 BUT ... these are reversed Sicilians

Mar-02-11		Richard Taylor: <Benzol> Yes! Be7 and he thought for some time and could find no reasonable defense and resigned.

Mar-02-11		Richard Taylor: I mean 30. ... Be8 Her are the games I should have been studying! A win by White by Peter Stuart!: P Stuart vs P Mistry, 1997 A win by Black: R Claus vs M Umansky, 2001 Nice game by the one time World Corres. Chess Champion. A win as Black by the Champion of Croatia: L Kritz vs R Zelcic, 2002 Here is the great game by Kasparov: Ehlvest vs Kasparov, 1988 And this great struggle: Ljubojevic vs Illescas-Cordoba, 1993 This game is mentioned in Stohl's notes to Ehlvest-Kasparov in Stohl's book 'Kasparov's Best Games of Chess'

Mar-04-11		perfidious: <Benzol> My name is Alan Shaw; the last time I played was at Foxwoods 2001, and two of the six games from that event are in this DB, of the dozen. While I've submitted others, they seem to have vanished into a black hole. More than once I've wondered about the criteria used to select submissions, as these games were generally against other masters, and more interesting than some of the games which found their way here!

Mar-04-11		Benzol: <perfidious> Thanks for the pointer to your gamesfile. I will take a look soon when I can get away from the multiple distractions that keep chewing up my time. :) I can't see why the master games you've uploaded wouldn't have made to the DB. Chessgames usually welcomes master games. Did you try to upload them individually or en masse? I use the one at a time method and most times the games have uploaded although there have been some that have failed to upload. I know that some people have had trouble with the en masse method. The only other thing I can think of is if there is a mistake in the PGN when uploading.

Mar-04-11		Benzol: <perfidious> Regarding those games you uploaded see chessgames.com chessforum for some more info.

Mar-10-11		suenteus po 147: <Benzol> Here's another for the never-ending list: Game Collection: Havana 1965

Mar-12-11		tpstar: <Benzol> User: Hayton4 User: Jilted Rook User: Rook Battery User: Heathen Tory User: Honey Threat User: hpdrifter User: Colonel Mortimer I suspect he was also <Goldsby Lover> although that account was closed. He described my practice games against students as a "parade of limp bananas" before. Please tell your friend VJ how one of my students just made the All America Team. Twice.

Mar-13-11		Richard Taylor: The strange thing is that the real Hayton I always found to be really nice fellow. Now (I haven't seen him for a while) I was bemused by his attacks on Goldsby. I think that he was affected by The Internet Effect. When I myself first started using a computer talking on the internet seemed quite "abstract". So it is far easier for a person using this quiet unnatural medium to sound quite different from what they are. They are only words so perhaps we need to be tolerant. But, indeed, words can wound

Mar-13-11		Richard Taylor: <Benzol> With uploading games, can one load up more than one in a day? Not "more than one at a time" I take to mean not two or more PGns on the "field" provided on the PGn Upload I suppose. Which seems commonsense in any case. I have some of my own games and I keep finding games in opening books or e.g I have some games of C J S Purdy (in book of my own) that are not on here.

Mar-13-11		Richard Taylor: <Benzol> Where did you get the term "heads up" ? I have never heard before, it except by you...

Mar-13-11		Benzol: < <Benzol> With uploading games, can one load up more than one in a day? Not "more than one at a time" I take to mean not two or more PGns on the "field" provided on the PGn Upload I suppose. Which seems commonsense in any case.> Yes <Richard>, you can upload any number of games in a day so long as you do it one at a time. <Where did you get the term "heads up" ? I have never heard before, it except by you...> It's a fairly common expression. I'm suprised you've never heard it before. I probably got it from a elder cousin of mine when I was younger I think.

Mar-15-11		Richard Taylor: <Benzol> Thanks.

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