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Samuel Reshevsky vs Paul Keres
First Piatigorsky Cup (1963), Los Angeles, CA USA, rd 6, Jul-11
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Keres Variation (A23)  ·  1-0

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Jun-14-05  woodenbishop: WOW! Reshevsky played beautifully in this game, not to mention his end game left the great Keres without any hope of salvaging a draw, let alone a win.
Mar-26-06  Whitehat1963: Reshevsky seems to have no trouble whipping Keres at his own game. (Opening of the Day)
Jun-13-14  zydeco: I feel like in every other game that Reshevsky wins as white he gets a passed d-pawn and just pushes it up the board. Reshevsky, annotating this game in the tournament book, finds no mistakes for black.
Jun-13-14
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  kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s
Jun-15-22  jerseybob: <kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s> Which means Reshevsky had lots of time to school himself on white's best play. For example 4.Nf3!, better than 4.Bg2. I wonder how many years he waited to play this line against Keres? The Pillsbury-Lasker Queens Gambit story is legendary of course. Nice work by Sammy nursing his small edge to a full point, and in also beating Keres in the second leg of the tourney.
Jun-16-22
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  keypusher: < jerseybob: <kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s> Which means Reshevsky had lots of time to school himself on white's best play. For example 4.Nf3!, better than 4.Bg2. I wonder how many years he waited to play this line against Keres? >

Two. Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961

Jun-16-22  jerseybob: <keypusher: < jerseybob: <kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s> Which means Reshevsky had lots of time to school himself on white's best play. For example 4.Nf3!, better than 4.Bg2. I wonder how many years he waited to play this line against Keres? > Two. Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961> Thanks for the game link, and a fine game. What I meant was how long was Reshevsky hoping for a matchup against Keres in that line. A banal question to begin with. I should wait 30 seconds before hitting the send button!
Jun-16-22
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  keypusher: <jerseybob> Thanks, you requited my churlishness with grace. :-) Glad you liked the Botvinnik-Tal.
Jun-16-22  jerseybob: Well, I can be churlish too; just ask any number of my friends and relatives! That Botvinnik-Tal matchup has always fascinated me, ice vs fire. If the rematch provision, which I've always hated, hadn't been in effect, we wouldn't have seen the 50-year old Botvinnik regain his title from a man half his age(and I know if Tal hadn't abused his health like he did it might not have happened). But to people who asked in 1992 whether Bobby Fischer could've come back and been competitive I point to that match. Unfortunately, he didn't, with an assist from the stupid U.S. State Dept. (still stupid to this very day U.S. State Dept.)

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