Apr-01-15
 | | Domdaniel: Ouch! Zhao, dead lost, swindles a mate. Black blunders in the face of a desperate attack. |
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Apr-01-15
 | | Sally Simpson: Good Try Domdaniel: but you are not going to catch me with thus obvious attempt at an April 1st gag. (Though good on you and C.G. for getting together in an attempt to pull it off.) I spotted it right away, the clues being..
1) Nobody would get caught like that as Black.
2) The first names 'Art' and 'Daniel A' make an anagram of
"Ran Data Lie.". Which translate to the game score is not correct. Of course the anagram could be "Ran Real Data" in which case it's not an April Fools gag. Own up Domdaniel and don't be in 'denial' (that is an anagram of 'Daniel') because I have you 'nailed' (so is that.) |
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Apr-27-15
 | | Domdaniel: <Sally S.> Heh. Anagrams, eh? We see the truth through the binoculars of the people... I think you'll find that "Daniel A. Yeager" is a combination of a computer intelligence (AI), a magician (Dee), and, um ... <Gary Lane>. |
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Sep-05-19
 | | OhioChessFan: "How Great, Zhou, Art" |
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Oct-15-19 | | SeanAzarin: Doesn't 38... Q-KB2 kill White's attack? |
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Oct-15-19 | | Bobby Spassky: Doesn't 38... Q-KB2 kill White's attack?
39. Qd8+ Qf8
40. Qf8++ |
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Oct-15-19 | | paavoh: 36.-h5 and 37.-Qf7 to block Q access to h6 and guard the squares around Black King. |
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Oct-15-19 | | Gouvaneur: Really? This game literally is of no chess value. White plays like a patzer and swindles a mate. Choosing games as the GOTD just for the sake of a good pun is really unnecessary. There are so many magnificent games played in tournaments daily. Can't be too hard to choose a decent game at least.
P.S.: The pun sucks. |
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Oct-15-19 | | hdcc: <P.S.: The pun sucks.> Maybe Yeager chucked the game? |
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Oct-15-19 | | RandomVisitor: After 36.Qg5 the computer has difficulty making progress against strong defense click for larger viewStockfish_19100908_x64_modern:
<74/91 3:18:38 -0.49 36...Qf7 37.Qh4 f4 38.Bxf4 h5 39.Bc1> b5 40.Ba3 Kh7 41.Qe4 Qc7 42.Qe3 c4 43.Bd6 Qf7 44.Ba3 Bf5 45.Qb6 Bd7 46.Qe3 Kg7 47.Qg5 Qe6 48.Bd6 Bc6 49.Qd8 Kh7 50.Bc5 Be8 51.Bd6 Qd7 52.Qf6 Qa7+ 53.Kh2 Qf7 54.Qd8 Bd7 55.Qg5 Qe6 56.Bf8 Kg8 57.Ba3 Bc6 58.Bd6 Qf5 59.Qd8+ Kg7 60.Kg1 Qe6 61.Qf8+ Kh7 62.Qd8 Qe8 63.Qg5 Qf7 64.Qd8 Qa7+ 65.Kh2 Qd7 66.Qf6 Bd5 67.Qg5 Qf7 68.Bc5 Bc6 69.Bd6 Kg7 70.Bc5 Qe6 71.Bd6 Kg8 72.Qd8+ Be8 73.Kg1 Qd7 74.Qf6 Qa7+ 75.Kh2 Qf7 76.Qd8 b4 77.Bxb4 Qf4+ 78.Kg1 Qe3+ 79.Kh2 Qxe5+ 80.Kg1 Kf7 |
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Oct-15-19
 | | mjmorri: The game quality is not great, but it does illustrate the danger of letting one's guard down. Queens and opposite colored Bishops can be difficult to play. Not nearly at the level as Spassky-Fischer Game 3, but in both cases the wrong colored Bishop proved nearly worthless when the game was on the line. |
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Oct-15-19 | | catlover: It's true that Zhao swindle a win out of a lost game, but swindles do happen in chess. I rather like the pun. "How Great Thou Art"...how often do we get a pun based on a Christian hymn? |
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Oct-15-19 | | Momentum Man: Yeager had the wrong stuff |
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Oct-15-19 | | ajile: After Black went up 2 pawns he needed to secure the k-side dark squares before considering pushing his q-side pawns. No way Black should lose this game. |
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Oct-15-19 | | morfishine: What an all around waste of time |
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Oct-15-19
 | | moronovich: <morfishine: What an all around waste of time> Spot on <morf>! |
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Oct-15-19 | | Kay Sadeeya: Good game. Black was up a pawn with two good pawn islands and white had three isolated. But that was the deal of the Art. |
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Oct-15-19 | | CJC: I'm hoping that enough of us start (or continue) begging to make a GOTD based on its chess merits and artistry as opposed to some stupid wordplay that ChessGames.com starts to take notice. This game is completely worthless from a spectator's point of view. Please, let's change this dumb practice, and start showing games that are actually notable. |
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Oct-15-19 | | thegoldenband: <I rather like the pun. "How Great Thou Art"...how often do we get a pun based on a Christian hymn?> You got one just 10 days ago!
(I like the pun too, BTW) |
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Oct-16-19
 | | OhioChessFan: <CJC> you are free to submit high quality puns for high quality games. Let's see what you got. |
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