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Vincent Keymer vs Boris Gelfand
Isle of Man Masters (2018), Douglas ENG, rd 8, Oct-27
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45)  ·  1-0

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Oct-28-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  jaime gallegos: Great game!
Oct-29-18  Saniyat24: brilliant game from young Vincent Keymer...!
Nov-02-18  Bruce Graham: Being called the 'Game of the Century'. Hmm.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-...
Nov-02-18  hashtag: YT clickbait
Nov-04-18  Saniyat24: #nice video :D
Mar-12-19  TheBish: Just saw the video before locating the game here. Very nice!
Apr-21-19
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  Korora: <Being called the 'Game of the Century'.>

Well, I hope Keymer's story in the long run proves less tragic than Fischer's was.

Aug-15-19  csmath: Fantastic game. What is happening to this kid lately?
Aug-15-19  whiteshark: https://www.vincent-keymer.de
Jul-22-20  savage sanctuary: Wow. He was 13 when scalping GM Gelfand here, now he's 15 and stampeding IM's and GM' at Biel (2020)
Dec-23-24
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  Open Defence: It seems from the computer annotated score that the engine didn't choose 39.Qxd8+ at the 22 ply it analysed this game.
Dec-23-24
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  offramp: "I was born in the freezing Ukraine, but I moved to Israel. Then I left for this??" He looked out the window.
He stared at the driving rain at Douglas (and vice versa).
Douglas, he thought. "Douglas??"
Dec-23-24
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  perfidious: Far more salubrious climate in much of Israel than in Ukraine.

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