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Dimitar Ilievski vs Paul Graul
Sandomierz Open (1976), Sandomierz POL, rd 1, Aug-29
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation (C03)  ·  1-0

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Jul-26-10  soma: Textbook Queen sac.
Jan-21-15
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  tpstar: White to Play and Win after 16 ... Nd5.
Jan-01-21
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  ChessCoachClark: Stockfish finds the continuation 17...Kxh7 18.Rh4+ Kg8 19.Rh8# which is Mayet's Mate.
Jan-01-21
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  perfidious: The trip to Sandomierz was a most inauspicious one for Graul, as he scored but two draws from eleven games--this miniature was not even his shortest defeat!

J Misiuda vs P Graul, 1976

Jan-01-21
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  jessicafischerqueen:

Way off topic but <Sandomierz> is where they found one of the oldest chess pieces in Europe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi3...

Jan-01-21
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  jessicafischerqueen:

They were constructed from deer antlers.

I heard over on the cg.com chesspiece sub-reddit that <perfidious> owns a valise constructed from deer antlers, but I cannot provide a photo.

Yet.

Jan-01-21
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  perfidious: <jess>, don't know who blew that secret, but lemme tell ya, it is awkward as all Hail lugging that thing with me when I go on the road.
Jan-01-21
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  Stonehenge: Perfidious and his deer antlers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua5...

Jan-01-21
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  jessicafischerqueen:

heh...

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