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Feb-16-05 | | schnarre: <panigma> Which Guiness commercials would those be? |
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Feb-16-05
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http://www.guinness1759society.com/... |
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Feb-16-05 | | schnarre: Thanks tpstar! |
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Dec-07-06 | | Chicago Chess Man: If black hadn't played 16 ... Kb7, would he still have been lost after BxN+? QxB, RxQ, KxR and black is ahead in material, right? |
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Mar-03-07 | | benba57: gambles (gambits) have given way to more precise computer-type chess. Things go in cycles-maybe they will return. I am a bit puzzled by this comment. As I understand it, and I'm not very good with the Italian language, but, I believe the origin of the English term "gambit" is an Italian word for a tricky wrestling move, so I take issue with the popular association of gambits on the chess board with gambling. Any further thoughts??? |
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Sep-12-10 | | sevenseaman: Maroczy's game has a river like charge to it, overflowing all obstacles.
Chigorin's ..9. cxd5 is a poor move that marks the onset of all his later troubles.
I am sure Maroczy left his tempting N on d5 hoping for the bait to be taken. It helped open the 'e' column and easier for white to keep e1 covered during his attack using this column. |
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May-28-11 | | metamorphysis: Was Maroczy's knight sacrifice on d5 sound ? I don't know, but I do know that it was this move which inspired me to think about positional sacrifices when I first chanced upon this game at 17 (he dares to play it against Chigorin, no less !). |
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Feb-16-12
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May-03-12 | | chessmaster102: why was 18.Qe2 played ? |
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May-04-12 | | Shams: <chessmaster102> Either 18.Qe2 or 18.Qf1 is forced to guard both of White's loose pieces. |
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Jun-07-12 | | vinidivici: After sacrificed 2 knights, would have been black still could hold a draw (at least) if both sides had played maximum (e.g all moves following the strong engine)? |
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Jun-08-12 | | vinidivici: anyone, please? |
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Jun-08-12 | | vinidivici: nobody answer? |
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Jun-08-12 | | vinidivici: walah walah |
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Nov-26-12
 | | chrisfalter: kingscrusher gives a nice analysis on Youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aWM... |
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Mar-03-13 | | Eduardo Bermudez: Harmony and economy of motion for the Maroczy's pieces ! |
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Dec-05-18 | | Whitehat1963: Perhaps the game is too well known and the position is not balanced enough, but I see a decent Wednesday puzzle after 21...f6. |
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Jan-19-19 | | Pyrandus: Maroczy was better than
Portisch? |
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Mar-03-19 | | Momentum Man: Nice game! I really enjoyed move 19.Bf6+!!
Capturing the bishop results in immediate checkmate, in a kind of diagonal epaulet pattern |
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Dec-09-22
 | | GrahamClayton: Is the title a pun on the English rock group Roxy Music? |
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Jul-09-23 | | generror: Not overly impressed with this one, to be honest, but then I'm not a big fan of this crazy all-out attacking chess. Gambiting a pawn in the opening for a development lead is fine, but gambiting a piece is just plain stupid. Call me a sissy but I do prefer a solid opening with a pawn structure that deserves its name. It may be boring, but I just prefer the resulting position. To me, this game starts with a badly played opening by both sides, and then Maroczy got lucky that Chigorin played two very bad moves, first throwing away his advantage with <14...Kf8?> and then blundering the game with <18...Nf8??>. Definitively not his day. (I'm not saying I'd do better, but then nobody hails me as one of the greatest players of all times :) |
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Jul-09-23
 | | perfidious: <generror>, all games in this event were mandated to begin 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4; actually Chigorin, a great exponent of the King's Gambit, performed better with Black in Vienna, scoring 6.5 in eight games played to 5.5/9 as White. |
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Jul-10-23 | | generror: I know it was a gambit event (although I read that the Evans Gambit was allowed too). I'm not against the King's Gambit per se, you can play it in a relatively solid way, it's just that the way it's played here just annoys the hell out of my little autistic brain -- that's why I'll never really be any good at this game, I just suck at tactics :) |
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Jul-11-23 | | sneaky pete: The 1903 Vienna gambit tournament was KGA only and sissies were not welcome. |
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Jul-14-23 | | generror: Were there several Vienna gambit tournaments around that time? "Sissies were not welcome" -- you mean they wouldn't have invited me? Tsk, tsk. Like some other user once said, I would beat Morphy because I got the Theoretical Edge! I have read modern books, you know! |
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