Feb-27-15
 | | FSR: Albert and I were high school chess teammates, with him a year ahead of me in school. This game was highly atypical of our blitz encounters, since at the time he was much stronger than I. I think his first USCF rating was already over 1800, whereas my own progress followed a more normal (slower) trajectory. We both ultimately became National Masters. |
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Feb-27-15
| | FSR: This game is strikingly similar to R Gaudin vs Guerineau, 1915, which I also submitted. Both games feature the decisive shot 15.Nxc6!, the only difference between the positions in the two games being the side on which White castled. I wasn't aware of the earlier game at the time. |
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| Feb-27-15 | | Benzol: <FSR> I would love to be able to play like this, blitz or otherwise. :) |
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Feb-28-15
| | FSR: <Benzol> The more games one plays over, the more tactics one becomes familiar with. I recommend playing over the games in Graham Burgess' collection of miniatures, <The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time>. (I studied Chernev's <The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess> back in the day, but Burgess's book is much better organized.) You'll learn tons of tactical themes, as well as the standard traps in every opening. As I've written before, the same tactical themes occur again and again. http://chicagochess.blogspot.com/20... http://chicagochess.blogspot.com/20... |
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Feb-28-15
| | FSR: And no, Albert didn't normally overlook mates in one. He was obviously shell-shocked after 15.Nxc6! (And if you're thinking that the immediate 14.Nxc6! was possible, you're correct.) |
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| Apr-19-17 | | Daceo: I meet Alberto Artididiello in 2014 in Miami, Florida USA. We played several games of chess and he always beat me. Even when I manage to put him in a tight spot he manege to escape and win the game. He was a very humble kind of man, never spoke wrongly about anything. He was a quiet man, very introvert, love animals too. He really gave me a taste of playing with a master and inspired me to learn chess at a deeper level. RIP Alberto. My condolences to his sister, family and friends. A real lost to the chess community in Florida and the USA. Cordially,
Dr. Frank Tirado. |
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| Jul-30-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <FSR>
There is a similar tactic in "The Black Book", officially <The Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames> However, I know you didn't learn this tactic from that book, since the game predates its publication. |
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Aug-05-18
 | | Check It Out: I was looking at 14.Nxc6 and thinking, 14...Nxf4 also attacks FSRs queen, but 15.Nxe7 comes with check. Another neat tidbit is that if Alberto simply moves his queen away, say 14...Qe8, then 15.Nxa7#! |
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Aug-05-18
| | Check It Out: Finally, all of this could have been avoided by 13...Nxe5. |
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Jul-20-21
 | | kingscrusher: <FSR> Nice game :) And also thanks for your comments about studying miniatures etc :) |
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Jul-21-21
| | FSR: <Check It Out: Finally, all of this could have been avoided by 13...Nxe5.> 14.Qxe5, threatening Qb8+, doesn't look fun for Black. |
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Jul-21-21
| | FSR: This game was published in George Koltanowski's newspaper column. |
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Jul-21-21
 | | fredthebear: From the Los Angles Times:
"George Koltanowski; San Francisco Chess Columnist
L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES
FEB. 9, 2000 12 AM PT
George Koltanowski, 96, San Francisco chess grandmaster who wrote the longest-running daily chess column in newspaper history. Known as “Kolti,” Koltanowski began his column in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1948 and continued it daily for more than 50 years, a total of more than 19,000 columns. “Chess is an international language,” he once said. “Everyone in the world can understand it, appreciate it and enjoy it.” The Belgian-born writer learned chess at an early age and took up the game in earnest at the age of 14. By 17, he was champion of his country. Koltanowski even credited chess for saving his life--explaining that when the Nazis invaded Belgium, he was on a chess tour in Central America. He came to the United States after an American consul in Cuba enjoyed one of his demonstrations. In 1960, the Chronicle sponsored an exhibition in which Koltanowski set a world’s record by playing 56 opponents consecutively while blindfolded. Merely relying on his memory of the moves, he did not lose any of the games. His wife, Leah, however, once joked that he couldn’t remember her requests to bring home so much as a loaf of bread from the supermarket. A national chess tournament was named for Koltanowski, and in 1994, players at the National Open in Las Vegas dubbed him a “National Chess Treasure.” He earned his title as international master in 1950 and honorary grandmaster in 1988. On Saturday in San Francisco." |
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| Jul-01-22 | | TheBish: <FSR: <Check It Out: Finally, all of this could have been avoided by 13...Nxe5.>
14.Qxe5, threatening Qb8+, doesn't look fun for Black. > 14. Qxe5 Qd6! and Black equalizes. And now if 15. Qe3 Nd5!, Black is slightly better according to Stockfish. But instead after 14. Bxe5, White seems to have a slight advantage with an easier game. |
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