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| Oct-04-10 | | nigelsnoru: I think my last 4 or 5 comments have been something along the lines of "Monday puzzle + one star = Queen sacrifice." A.K.A. "Yawn." |
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Oct-06-10
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| Aug-14-11 | | naruto00122: white should have played 9.d4 |
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| Sep-10-12 | | Abdel Irada: The trap Del Rio sets with 6. ...♔h8 is powerfully reminiscent of some of the variations in the Traxler in which Black gives up the exchange in order to obtain similar tactics against f2. <turbo231>: Actually, White's decisive mistake may well have been 5. ♘g5, although he could perhaps have survived with only a slight disadvantage had he admitted the futility of this sortie by castling. Once he carried out his threat and took on f7, he had no more opportunity to castle save by surrendering two pieces for rook and pawn — although, as the event proves, this would still have been a wiser choice. Of course, after 8. ...♕f8; 9. ♗c4, ♗xf2†, castling was no longer possible. |
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Feb-08-13
 | | Phony Benoni: Be forewarned. You will either positively love this, or absolutely hate it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwX...
LOL. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | andrewjsacks: <Phony> I love it! Thanks for posting the link. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | Wyatt Gwyon: Great pun. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | waustad: Thanks fo the link to explain the pun. Those of us wihout kids, who are too old to have seen it as kids, were clueless. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | weisyschwarz: <waustad: Thanks fo the link to explain the pun. Those of us wihout kids, who are too old to have seen it as kids, were clueless.> I agree. How about "Lolly Gag" or "Lolly Pop"? Why do I need to go to Wikipedia or You Tube to get the context after the text? OTOH it is a great game. I enjoyed the miniature. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | rog777: I normally loved Schoolhouse Rock. But, I had forgotten how annoying this one was. "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm just a Bill" were great ones! |
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| Feb-08-13 | | Abdel Irada: <You will either positively love this, or absolutely hate it> And if you positively love it, will you negatively hate it? |
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Feb-08-13
 | | FSR: One can imagine Del Rio's thought processes:
Lolli plays 5.Ng5. <What does that achieve? Would have actually had a point if he'd played it on move 4.> [As I recall, 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! 6.d4! is known as the Lolli Variation.] Del Rio castles. <You want to give up bishop and knight for rook and pawn? Go ahead, make my day.> Lolli plays 6. a3. <Damn. I was really hoping he'd take on f7. Now what? Hmm, maybe if I make it more attractive. How about if I play 6...Kh8 - surely he can't resist it then?> Lolli plays 7.Nxf7+ Rxf7 8.Bxf7. <Ha, he fell for it. Sucker! Here we go!> |
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| Feb-08-13 | | morfishine: Lolli Gagged
Very impressive win, especially for a game played 258 years ago |
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| Feb-08-13 | | andr: <morfishine:
Very impressive win, especially for a game played 258 years ago>I also think people who lived 258 years ago knew nothing about chess beauty.
And only in 1756 they got this understanding. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | Castleinthesky: <Phony Benoni>, the video brings back Sunday mornings in my childhood, when newspapers had an ample comics section, thanks! |
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| Feb-08-13 | | kevin86: I like it when a queen to sacrifice to mate with a knight. Ok,it's not a smothered mate,but will have to do for the time being. |
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Feb-08-13
 | | playground player: Why didn't Lolli use the Lolli Attack? |
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| Feb-08-13 | | morfishine: <Phony Benoni> That was funny! I loved the background piano...the whole song reminded me of those old kid songs on Saturday morning: Conjunction Junction, etc. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | Billy Vaughan: This was one of my favorite Schoolhouse Rock songs! It, Conjunction Junction, I'm Just a Bill, and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla.. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | RookFile: No high fallutin' positional nonsense from these guys - they go straight for the throat. |
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Feb-08-13
 | | keypusher: Re 6.a3 Kg8-h8, see the post on page 1:
<Brassica oleracea: According to the article "Italian Chess 1560-1880" by Alessandro Nizzola, pdf-download on http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/s...,the game was played in Modena before 1750 under the rule of free castling. So Black's fifth move actually was Ke8-h8 and Rh8-f8, the move 6. a2-a3 Kg8-h8 has never happened, and the game only lasted 18 moves.> |
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| Feb-08-13 | | jovack: Fun game! |
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| Feb-08-13 | | ajile: Wow never saw it done that way before!
lol
6..Kh8 was a nice trap set. |
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| Feb-08-13 | | Calli: 18...Qg1+! is a nice pop from Lolli.
Cue the ladies and Andy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Du... |
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Apr-29-15
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