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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... ...
000
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 ...
000
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



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