| Jun-24-21 | | RookFile: The knight on the rim is dim. |
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| Jan-02-22 | | checkxmate: Sometimes you have to resign, and in this case, Bacardi was definitely in a resigning position. After Kxe8 would come a mate in one. A sophisticated game played by the master chess player Bobby Fischer. |
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Jan-03-22
 | | HeMateMe: black made a rum for it |
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| Jan-03-22 | | Cibator: <RookFile: The knight on the rim is dim.> Or, as we in NZ are often said to notoriously pronounce it: the knight on the rum is dum. (The 'u' in both words being said like the 'oom' in "oompah".) Pretty poor play by Black - "bacardi" have done any better with a different opening? Probably not. |
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Jan-03-22
 | | ajk68: 11...c6?? Self-trapping the knight.
16...Bb4? wastes a tempo.
18...Bb4? looses a pawn
Not the way you want to play against a future world champion. |
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Jan-03-22
 | | Dionysius1: Ah <ajk68>, if only one had the wisdom to do it early enough and slaughter the infant! The closest I've ever come was to play Nigel Short in a London tournament in 1979. 12 moves on the dark side (very dark for me) of a Richter Rauzer, 10 moves of our own, and I was dust. I wish I could claim his Mum bringing him soup put me off, but I would be special pleading beyond my right. I didn't even understand what was happening by the time I lost. Happy days!
Dion |
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Jan-15-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Nice pun, too bad about Black's play. Most interesting aspect of the game consists of Fischer's choice of opening, starting with the Reti and then transposing into a sort of Catalan. Not like him. |
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Jan-15-25
| | HeMateMe: Now THATS a pun! |
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| Jan-15-25 | | FM David H. Levin: <<An Englishman>: [...snip...] Most interesting aspect of the game consists of Fischer's choice of opening, starting with the Reti and then transposing into a sort of Catalan. Not like him.> As White, I would find this transposition irresistible, once Black blocks his c-pawn by 2...Nc6. |
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| Jan-15-25 | | InspiredByMorphy: 11. ...Nc6 leaves White with a positional advantage still but is far better than c6. The knight should have never gone to a5 to begin with. |
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| Jan-15-25 | | FM David H. Levin: <<InspiredByMorphy>: 11. ...Nc6 leaves White with a positional advantage> 11...Nc6 would also seem to allow White to safely win a pawn by 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Nd5 14. Qc4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 e5 17. d5. |
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| Jan-15-25 | | SeanAzarin: Excellent pun, and wonderful game from young master Bobby. |
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Jan-15-25
 | | piltdown man: Great pun and game, though Mr. Bacardi was pretty dreadful. |
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Jan-15-25
 | | OhioChessFan: Nice pun |
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Jan-15-25
 | | fredthebear: Looks like a Catalan.
Per member <Bill Wall>'s page: In May of 1956, he (Bobby Fischer) played in the U.S. Amateur Championship in Ashbury Park, New Jersey (held on May 25-27, 1956), winning 3 games, drawing 2, and losing 1 game. At 13, he was the youngest player in the 88-player event (won by Hudson, Cotter, and Lyman). He tied for 21st place. His USCF rating after this event was 2003. |
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| Jan-15-25 | | newzild: 10...Na5? and 11...c6? are dreadful moves even for an average club player. |
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Jan-15-25
 | | MissScarlett: At the risk of repetition, what ties <Fermoselle-Bacardi> in with chess? If memory serves, this game originally had the opponent simply as <F Bacardi>? My pun offering - snubbed, it would seem - was <Bacardi Breezer.> |
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| Jan-15-25 | | stone free or die: My question is why the tie <Fermoselle-Bacardi>? He's given as
<Joaquin Fermoselle Bacardi> (no hyphen) in CL&R v34 p270. |
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