Mark Diesen vs Curt Brasket (1977)

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Mark Diesen vs Curt Brasket
Lone Pine (1977), Lone Pine, CA USA, rd 9, Mar-30
English Opening: Symmetrical. Rubinstein Variation (A34) · 1-0

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Jan-06-09		Maynard5: Some nice positional play here by Mark Diesen. At first sight, White's knights appear misplaced. But with the maneuver, 22. Nac1 0-0, 22. Nd3, White brings both knights to bear on the critical square c5. Black overlooks the tactical threat posed by White's rook on c3. But even if he had avoided this, White's strategic advantage -- complete control of the c-file -- would have been decisive.

Aug-21-19		Messiah: Poor Justin - what did that knight do on a8?

Aug-21-19		Yuridmi: Mark Diesen was a real talent and a real gentleman too. He beat me mercilessly in a club game in Louisiana many years ago. The game was published in the Mississippi Chess Journal with a headline reading something like "How not to play the Queen's Gambit Declined." Mark stayed a few minutes afterwards to analyze. He went to my fatal opening error and said, "You're better than that!" I was impressed. Sad to hear that Mark passed away, way too young, and was a great family man

Sep-16-21		Cheapo by the Dozen: Interesting game. Black tries for control of his QB5 and fails. Then White eventually achieves control of his, uses it to immediately exchange a pair of minor pieces, then wins via the same forces on the file that allowed him to get that control. And all this was despite closing off the light-squared long diagonal that pointed at the key square of c6. There should be a pun here. Both players' first names are common words, and "diesen" means "this" in German.

Sep-16-21		Granny O Doul: A black and blue Brasket.

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