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08-21-02 | Joseph Henry Blackburne Sneaky: Perhaps the students where trying to re-enact this anecdote: After deftly purloining a shot of whiskey ... |
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08-21-02 | Anand vs Ponomariov, 2002 Sneaky: Wow! I haven't gone over those moves but if you're right, then I guess morphynoman was justified in ... |
D27 |
08-21-02 | Kibitzer's Cafe Sneaky: If White plays some sort of system, like a Stonewall setup (pawns on c3 d4 e3 f4), maybe Black would ... |
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08-21-02 | Kasparov vs Dorfman, 1981 refutor: Deep theory is right! The game Kasparov ... |
D44 |
08-20-02 | Burgess vs R Miller, 1974 refutor: I think you're right sneaky...i play the ...Bc5 line v. the king's gambit and between this game and the |
C30 |
08-20-02 | Karpov vs Spassky, 1973 refutor: Can Black really get away with all those knight moves? I'm sure it's all theory, but in the first 17 ... |
C94 |
08-20-02 | Karpov vs Gligoric, 1972 refutor: what a great game by karpov...i'm sure there's improvements for black along the way, but karpov really ... |
C94 |
08-20-02 | E Rousseau vs C Stanley, 1845 refutor: i was searching through the database and is this really the first recorded ruy lopez? an ... |
C64 |
08-20-02 | Gunsberg vs Mieses, 1895 morphynoman2: I think black is lost from the very beginning. |
C30 |
08-20-02 | Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1955 morphynoman2: 59... g5!! What a move!! |
D46 |
08-20-02 | Mieses vs Rudolf Spielmann, 1910 morphynoman2: 28.Qxh3? It loses immediatelly. The only way was 28.Nd1, but 28... Qd2! wins. For example: 29.Qxh3 |
C45 |
08-20-02 | Mieses vs Adolf Anderssen, 1863 morphynoman2: 36... Rg6!! A good positional game by Anderssen. |
C51 |
08-20-02 | Penrose vs J Zapletal, 1989 morphynoman2: After 18. Rd3 the main menace is just 19. Qxh7!! |
B00 |
08-20-02 | C Pritchett vs Penrose, 1968 morphynoman2: A very curious example of a king's promenade with a mate in the 7th avenue. |
B07 |
08-20-02 | Reifenberg vs O Penrose, 1949 morphynoman2: This is one of the Evans Gambit most effective refutations. 10... Kf8! |
C52 |
08-20-02 | Ponomariov vs Ivanchuk, 2002 ksadler: Yes, but considering that White only needs a draw in this game to clinch the world title, why would he ... |
B04 |
08-20-02 | Smirin vs Y Pelletier, 2002 Sneaky: I think he was trying to put pressure on f2. Maybe he was secretly hoping for 28. Ne1?? Rxf2+ |
C03 |
08-20-02 | Joel Benjamin vs Francis, 1979 Sneaky: I see an alternate attack that I think also wins 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qb4 17. a3 +- |
B40 |
08-20-02 | P Soln vs D Pavasovic, 2002 DERIC: VERY GOOD SITE |
A57 |
08-20-02 | Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 chessgames.com: Due to a bug in the MyChess java viewer, this game was previously unviewable. You should be able |
B07 |
08-19-02 | Kosteniuk vs Carel-Peter Gouw, 2000 bishop: Nice game! Maybe ...a6 was needed before ...c5, or ...c4 instead of ...0-0, or ...f5 instead of ...cxd4. |
C00 |
08-19-02 | Alexandra Kosteniuk morphynoman2: Moreover, take a look on her official homepage, in the photo gallery. |
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08-19-02 | Fischer vs Anastasopoulos, 1968 refutor: 14.axb6! i've played a couple of IMs in simuls and just got ground down in the endgame...if i ever ... |
C69 |
08-19-02 | Mackenzie vs Bird, 1885 morphynoman2: Nice attack. |
C61 |
08-19-02 | Mackenzie vs Vincenz Hruby, 1882 morphynoman2: An esplendid endgame! |
C84 |
08-19-02 | Sergey Karjakin refutor: Remember this name and learn how to pronounce it (kar-ya-kin) ;) not only is karjakin the youngest GM ... |
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08-19-02 | Alekhine vs Klopotovsky, 1935 bishop: 37.gxf4 e4++ |
C15 |
08-19-02 | Mackenzie vs A Hollins, 1893 bishop: 13.Kd3 Nc5++ |
C29 |
08-19-02 | Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931 pawntificator: That must have been quite a surprise! |
C15 |
08-19-02 | Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935 Sneaky: 36. Qxc3 bxc3 37. Rxb6 |
E25 |
08-18-02 | T Steiner vs An Olsen, 2001 chessgames.com: Agreed. We want to focus on quality, and not quantity. A large number of games from 2000 and ... |
B18 |
08-18-02 | Bogoljubow vs Tarrasch, 1933 refutor: actual quote about this game by bogoljubow - "the game that killed dr. tarrasch" no joke |
C83 |
08-18-02 | King's Gambit Accepted (C33) Sneaky: From what I've heard, Fischer's "A Bust ot the King Gambit" is not 100% correct. Or rather I should say, |
C33 |
08-18-02 | Newell W Banks Sneaky: This must be the guy from today's quote: <In answering the question, "Which is the greater game, ... |
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08-18-02 | Capablanca vs Vidmar, 1927 Sneaky: pawntif, I think you're making it harder than it is. 37 ...Nc6 38 a6 Kf7 39 Bc5 Then will come a7 and ... |
C98 |
08-18-02 | Anand vs Ponomariov, 2002 refutor: i was impressed with the way that the world champ handled the black side of this line, anand didn't ... |
C96 |
08-18-02 | Janowski vs Samisch, 1925 Sneaky: By the way, when I put an exclamation-point in parentheses (!) I mean "A good move in a hopeless ... |
A46 |
08-18-02 | Rosanes vs Adolf Anderssen, 1863 Sneaky: Everybody beats Adolf, right up to the point where they're checkmated! |
C39 |
08-18-02 | Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913 Sneaky: I vote for Robert Jaaaaaaaames!!! |
D30 |
08-18-02 | Spassky vs Fischer, 1960 bishop: In "My 60 memorable games, Fischer writes "26...Rf8? Overlooking White's real threat. I was worried ... |
C39 |
08-18-02 | Adolf Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 pawntificator: 20...Ba6 21 Nc7+ Kd8 22 Qxa8 and black can't defend his knight...it even looks like mate soon ... |
C33 |
08-17-02 | Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen, 1858 sudiptokanti: 16. Qh4 instead of fxe3 would have been a skewer costing the black his Queen... and the situation ... |
B44 |
08-17-02 | Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927 Sneaky: I think there's an echo in here :) |
B12 |
08-17-02 | Morphy vs C Maurian, 1855 Sneaky: Morphy's quickest defeat!! Wow! OK, so he started down a rook... but hey, give poor Charlie his due... ... |
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08-17-02 | Korchnoi vs Waitzkin, 1996 pawntificator: what about 27. f5. I don't see anything immediately wrong with that |
A07 |
08-16-02 | DeFirmian vs Dlugy, 1985 refutor: fritz gives it 0-1 that extra bishop makes a difference |
B17 |
08-16-02 | Kramnik vs Shirov, 1996 refutor: Sneaky...Ra7 does look like a horrible way to cover b7 but if shirov played it, it can't be all ... |
D15 |
08-16-02 | P Wells vs N Berry, 2002 Sneaky: 45. Rxf6! |
D10 |
08-16-02 | J Wilson vs G Atwood, 1798 Sneaky: 17. Qg5+ is mate in three: 17 ...Kh7 18. Rf7+ Qxf7 19. Rxf7# or 17 ...Qg6 18. Rf7+ Kg8 19. Qxg6# My ... |
C37 |
08-16-02 | Alekhine vs Dr. Forrester, 1929 pawntificator: Very much so!! Mate with a pawn, I love it! |
C48 |
08-16-02 | Dreev vs Kasimdzhanov, 2002 pawntificator: yes...that pawn at a3, I was overlooking it. |
D42 |
08-16-02 | Morphy vs A Perrin, 1857 pawntificator: He must have been hoping Morphy would capture with the pawn...I can see why Morphy had to give ... |
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08-16-02 | Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912 Sneaky: This game reminds me a little bit of |
A43 |
08-15-02 | Bird vs Morphy, 1858 pawntificator: Good call, refutor! I am going to need a chessboard and a few free hours to go over that ... |
C41 |
08-15-02 | Tarrasch vs Steinitz, 1896 refutor: apparently you can't get away with playing crap (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6) even if you are the world ... |
C60 |
08-15-02 | Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911 pawntificator: I guess black could have also saved himself with 13...Qd6, although he would have ended up a ... |
C30 |
08-15-02 | B Lalic vs Vladimir Kovacevic, 1995 bishop: Black was far already far behind in development when he decided to go pawn hunting with his queen,the ... |
A83 |
08-15-02 | Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985 Sneaky: Yes, that is good. If White had one more pawn on f4 it really would have been a draw. |
C42 |
08-14-02 | Tarrasch vs Zukertort, 1887 refutor: is 6.Bxc6 an improvement? if not can i just play the berlin aiming for the open lopez if white plays ... |
C83 |
08-14-02 | W Janocha vs M Rutkowski, 2001 bishop: ramachess, I agree with what you are saying but here is one exception to that |
B78 |
08-14-02 | Salwe vs L Forgacs, 1909 bishop: Emanuel Lasker in notes to this game said of 26.Re6!! "an elegant move,which decides the game at once". ... |
D02 |
08-14-02 | Nunn vs T Fatin, 1982 ksadler: A convincing win by White refutor, but 8. .. Nc6 would have made Black's game a bit more competitive. |
B05 |
08-14-02 | Alekhine vs Hoelsder, 1933 refutor: A refutation of this combination is listed at |
C62 |