| May-24-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: Unimpressive as the 'greens' are, the sunflower jerseys with blue trim are clearly worse.
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| May-24-25 |
Saemisch vs G Abrahams, 1939
Walter Glattke: Queen sac try:28.Qxd5 exd5 29.Bxf5 Kf8 30.h6 Nxh6 31.Rxh6 -also see Anderssen- Kieseritsky, is nice, too - 31.Qa3 32.Rh8+ Ke7 33. Be5 Bf7 34.Rh7 Kd8 35.Bf6+ Ke8 36.Rh8+ Qf8 37.Rch1 Bxe6 38.Bxe6 and now? 38.- Rf7 39.Bxf7+ Kxf7 ...
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| May-24-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
stone free or die: For this crowd we have this doll!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3c3U...
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| May-24-25 |
TePe Sigeman & Co (2025)
OhioChessFan: Ahh, I got lost in the tenses. I meant something along the lines of "It's a necessary thing to have had or have the softest toothbrush I've ever used."
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| May-24-25 |
P Lalic vs R Yu, 2025
PeterLalic: [DIAGRAM] White to move. Last: 11...f5.
[DIAGRAM] White to move. Last: 23...Qf7.
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| May-24-25 |
Sosonko vs Furman, 1975
Honza Cervenka: Maybe Genna was a bit lazy to calculate consequences of 15.Bxa8 and decided to not call Furman's bluff here. Of course, 14...Nxc3 was objectively bad but "better" 14...Nc6 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Bxd5 would have been hopeless. Thus Furman ...
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| May-24-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
Schwartz: JONAH
https://www.communitybiblechurch.us...
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| May-24-25 |
Ivanchuk vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025
DaltriDiluvi: This game is a nice illustration of the power of a distant passed pawn in the endgame.
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| May-24-25 |
M Bosboom vs P Tolk, 1988
chrisowen: Duh d5 xx
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| May-24-25 |
Bogdan Pietrusiak
chancho: His highest rating was 2310 according to this link which translates in Polish and Spanish: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogda...
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| May-24-25 |
H Besser vs Hort, 1967
Honza Cervenka: It was better for white to preserve Queens but decisive mistake was 37.f4 allowing black to force very elegant final. 37.Nd8 was necessary.
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| May-24-25 |
Norway Chess (2025)
Atterdag: Excellent! CG in due time - thanks!
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| May-24-25 |
B Pietrusiak vs Hort, 1967
Honza Cervenka: This game looks like an advertisement on Alekhine Defense. Already in early opening black overtakes the initiative, then wins an isolated Pawn, and smoothly converts the advantage into the win before the first time control. And ...
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| May-24-25 |
Bledow vs NN, 1839
PawnSac: Black's position above is completely resignable. He's down a rook, the exchange, and 3 pawns.
Unless he is ready to toss another one with e6-e5 (a line clearance sac), he risks a complete blockade with Be5 & f4. White can simply push ...
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| May-24-25 |
Boleslavsky vs O Moiseev, 1948
FSR: Opening play in the 1940s was not very sophisticated. This game is an example of that.
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| May-24-25 |
Keymer vs L Costa, 2025
Fusilli: <Atterdag: Black allowed white to kill his pawns on the Q-side, while his King was left unprotected.> I don't understand what 13...a4 was meant to achieve. It looks like it just created a terribly weak pawn for black.
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| May-24-25 |
Klovans vs E Sapar, 1983
DaltriDiluvi: In the final position, White can win by brute force: <52...Kf7 53.Rxe8! Kxe8 54.Kf6>.
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| May-24-25 |
Z Tan vs Ivanchuk, 2025
DaltriDiluvi: Despite the 30 seconds increment, Ivanchuk lost this game on time.
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| May-24-25 |
Leonardo Costa
Fusilli: This guy was German champion at 14? Wow.
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| May-24-25 |
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960
andrea volponi: 21 Ra1! Nf4?! (21...Nf6 )- 22 gxf4 exf4 -23 Bd2?! (23 a3! Qb3 - Bxa7 b6 - a4 Be5 - f3 Rb4 - Nd1 +- )...23 Qxb2? (23...Be5 - f3 Qxb2 - Nd1 Qxa1 (25...Qd4 = ) - Rxa1 Bxa1 = ) - Rab1 f3 - 25 Rxb2?? (25 Bxf3! Bxb1 - Rxb1 Qc2 - a)27 ...
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| May-24-25 |
German Championship (2025)
Korora: None of them were undefeated, but congrats that none of them, not even the last-place finisher. were winless!
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| May-24-25 |
Lombardy vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1979
Fusilli: <Tabanus: Lombardy lost on time, according to Larsen's book "3 points' forspring".> Black looks slightly better, and with white having to make 10 moves in seconds, white's position was likely to worsen. I was wondering what black's ...
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| May-24-25 |
Biographer Bistro
stone free or die: <<Tab> The goal is of course to cover all events ever played.> Modesty Blaise
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| May-24-25 |
L Loewenton vs J Folmer, 1908
mifralu: DSZ Nr. 8, August 1908, p. 259 has J. F<olm>er (Amsterdam), and Bohemia, 23 Feb 1913, p. 45
gives <Joh.> Folmer, and <21. Be4+ resigns.>
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| May-24-25 |
Peter M Swallow
perfidious: I never faced Susan Polgar in a simul, already being master level by the time they visited the States, but she ground me down in a Makogonov KID in New Yawk 1992. It impressed me enough to take up that line as White in the late 1990s.
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| May-24-25 |
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985
derektheducttapeman: I don't see how this is checkmate, cause Karpov can move his king to h7, how is that square being attacked?
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| May-24-25 |
R Palliser vs A Young, 2013
chrisowen: I bums its q glad Bxh6 acrid mid its coffin abe its leeway its dub its chi cao its cj aah its hark its Bxh6 do its;
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| May-24-25 |
Boleslavsky vs Keres, 1941
Stolzenberg: <offramp>: Here is the rest: 90. ... Nxe6 91. Kxe6 h2 92. d8=Q h1=Q blah blah. This endgame ♕ vs ♕ + ♙ is a draw which every endgame database will show.
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| May-24-25 |
Igor Shvyrjov
offramp: Here is a normal English word that has 9 letters and only one vowel: <STRENGTHS>.
It's possible that there is a Baltic version of this guy's surname that could have 9 letters and one vowel: <Shvyrjovs>. But Y is a half-vowel.
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| May-24-25 |
K Andreaschek vs Dr Robert M, 1901
Sally Simpson: Mr. Winter has it as Dr. Robert M. from the main source. I suspect he, or his merry band of helpers may have tried to unearthed who he (or indeed she) was but as yet no success. It is obvious to me that whilst in Hamburg John Lennon
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| May-24-25 |
Antoshin vs Simagin, 1960
perfidious: One wonders whether even Korchnoi, that exponent of heroic defence, would have gone in for the pawn snatch as Liardet did; not only does White lack shelter for the king, but he has no development.
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| May-24-25 |
Chessgames - Music
Check It Out: The Ocean - Atlantic, live in Europe.
https://youtu.be/GV5O5qvzJGg?si=pjl...
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| May-24-25 |
M Dobrikov vs Keymer, 2025
HeMateMe: "Panzers must be free!"--Heinz Guderian.
White's panzers were not activated.
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| May-24-25 |
Schiffers vs M Harmonist, 1887
Honza Cervenka: <GrahamClayton> After 23...Be6 24.Qxg7+ Kd8 white can play also 25.Nf7+ Kc8 (25...Bxf7 26.Qf8+ Kd7 27.Qxf7+ leads to a mate) 26.Qg8+ Kd7 27.Ne5+ Kd6 28.Ne4+ Kd5 29.Nf6+ Kxd4 30.Qxe6 and now if 30...hxg6, then 31.Nf3+ Kc5 ...
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| May-24-25 |
J Skoberne vs J Medvescek, 2001
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 30. ?
if 30...♗d8 31.♕xb7
or if 30...♕d8 31.♖dxd8+
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| May-24-25 |
Delchev vs I Madl, 2001
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 29. ?
29...♔xh6 30.♕e3+
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| May-24-25 |
D Horseman vs D Horne, 1955
GrahamClayton: <beatgiant>
<GrahamClayton> What's the followup after 18...Kg6 19. Qf2 cxd5 taking another piece? Then 20. Rf1 Be6 seems to cover everything, at first glance. <beatgiant>,
18... Kg6 19. Qf2 cxd5 20. Rf1 Be6 21.
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| May-24-25 |
W Henneberger vs Saemisch, 1934
WTHarvey: Black mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 37. ... ?
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| May-24-25 |
J F Barry vs W E Napier, 1904
GrahamClayton: Unusual final position, with all of Napier's pieces in the bottom left-hand corner of the board: [DIAGRAM]
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| May-24-25 |
C J Corte vs J Bolbochan, 1946
GrahamClayton: 10.Ba3 had been suggested by James Macrae Aitken in a 1937 article in the 'British Chess Magazine.' Hence, the move 10.Ba3 is sometimes called the Aitken variation. Bolbochan and Corte played each other in the 1946 Mar del Plata ...
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| May-24-25 |
Mackenzie vs S Boden, 1862
GrahamClayton: 12...gf6 13. Qh7+ Ke7 14. Qg6 d6 15. Rf6 Rf6 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Nc3 with the threats of 18. Nd5+ & 18. Rf1.
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| May-24-25 |
G Fuster vs Averbakh, 1958
ozmikey: Why not 38. Rd3? Last chance to activate the miserable rook.
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| May-24-25 |
Adams vs J Levitt, 1993
GrahamClayton: Adams avoids the obvious 23. Bb4 winning a piece due to 23. Qxb4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Rxd8+ 26. Ke2 Qxh1 27. Qe7 Rf8 28. Ng4 Qc1 (stopping 29. Nh6+).
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| May-24-25 |
A Yusupov vs J Nogueiras, 1985
GrahamClayton: Nogueiras takes the 'poisoned pawn' with 12...Qb2, hoping for 13. Nd5 Qe5, with two white pieces 'en prise' as well as the threat of 14...Qh2#.
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| May-24-25 |
Capablanca vs H J Rose, 1907
GrahamClayton: According to <Dale Brandreth> in <The Unknown Capablanca>, Capablanca only played in two telegraph matches, as he did not like the slow pace of play. He turned up late for this game, played quickly and then embarked on a
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| May-24-25 |
Colle vs E G Sergeant, 1930
GrahamClayton: Colle plays the Veresov Attack instead of his own system. Sergeant underestimates Colle's king-side attack, resulting in a strong passed pawn on f7, which causes his resignation.
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| May-24-25 |
J Balogh vs E Adam, 1950
GrahamClayton: Adam resigned as there is no defence against 34. Rh5 & 35. Rh6# - 33...Kg7 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rh5 & 36. Rh6#. 32...Kf8 was necessary.
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| May-24-25 |
C Regert vs M Villwock, 2001
FM David H. Levin: The game might seem practically over after 17. Qe7, [DIAGRAM] but Black puts up remarkable resistance.
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| May-24-25 |
L Endzelins vs G Wheatcroft, 1937
GrahamClayton: After 12...bc5 Wheatcroft has hanging pawns on c5 & d5, which Endzelins immediately attacks with 13. Na4, resulting in the capture of the d5-pawn a couple of moves later.
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| May-24-25 |
Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1979)
offramp: Larsen was "+9" and the next best score was '+3".
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| May-23-25 |
John Henley
rhmberger: John Charles Henley Jr. b. 9 Okt 1880, d. 27 Apr 1949
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/...
Henley, John Charles, Jr.–Birmingham, Ala. ‘02–Law Student
Directory of living graduates ...
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| May-23-25 |
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1970
Honza Cervenka: <areknames> Games of Thrones TV series was not bad in their early seasons but towards the end the quality of scenario went down and burried the whole story. By far the best thing of the series is Ramin Djawadi's music, ...
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| May-23-25 |
Speelman vs Short, 1983
Poisonpawns: What a way to finish!
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| May-23-25 |
Anderssen vs K Pitschel, 1878
OddGhost56: Anderssen was really good here.
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| May-23-25 |
Fischer vs Tal, 1961
OddGhost56: Great game by Fischer
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| May-23-25 |
Tolush vs Alatortsev, 1948
plang: 8 Bf4 and 8 Kf2 had each been played once previously (both White wins); 8 Qd3 was new. Black's position was already dubious when he played 8..c6; better was 8..Nf6 though he would still have been behind in development. One pretty line is ...
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| May-23-25 |
Abdusattorov vs P Iniyan, 2025
tamar: Abdusattorov goes for win at all costs with 32 Bh7, allowing his bishop to be trapped and giving away two minor pieces in succession! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5H7...
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| May-23-25 |
E Pilhal vs Steinitz, 1859
YoungEd: White's pawn grab on move 13 was the beginning of the end for him.
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| May-23-25 |
von der Lasa vs C Mayet, 1839
MSteen: Just brutal!
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| May-23-25 |
Geller vs Euwe, 1953
joeld: Euwe counters Geller's counter by countering his counter.
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| May-23-25 |
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938
joeld: I think an appropriate nickname for this game would be "On the Wrong Side of History". Capablanca, the old champion, gives way to the new generation, and allows his pieces to get stuck on the wrong side of the board and unable to help.
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| May-23-25 |
Keymer vs Bluebaum, 2025
morphynoman2: Nice game!
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| May-23-25 |
M Chodera vs Salinger, 1913
OhioChessFan: Yeah, you can't have everything I guess. The pun was used once before, but on a White win, no less. Tal vs Spassky, 1980
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| May-23-25 |
Duncan Wooldridge
MissScarlett: Birmingham Post, January 29th 1942, p.4:
<BIRMINGHAM SOLICITOR SUSPENDED The Disciplinary Committee constituted under the Solicitors Acts, sitting in public in London, yesterday suspended from practice for three years Mr. Duncan ...
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| May-23-25 |
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1996
ColdSong: How surprising.Kasparov plays a Pirc with black.Most possibly born Pirc player can have good results whatever the powerful set up one try.
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| May-23-25 |
Myagmarsuren vs H MacGrillen, 1972
OhioChessFan: Well, if you force 49...Ra8 50. Qd6, SF immediately recognizes White is winning. Very odd.
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| May-23-25 |
G Davies vs D Wooldridge, 1911
John Saunders: The same day that The Field published the score of this game (1 April), the score was also published in the Westminster Gazette. However, there the finish was recorded differently, namely <42 Rxc1 Bxe4+ 43 Ka2 adjudicated win for
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| May-23-25 |
Hans Frank
ndg2: <Happy Please Continue To Burn In ...
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| May-23-25 |
Gabriele Just
perfidious: Sleeping the sleep of the just.
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| May-23-25 |
Rhoda Bowles
perfidious: Most impressive.
I had no idea this lady served as the inspiration for Steinitz' effort vs Bardeleben.
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| May-23-25 |
A Just vs G Just, 1994
OhioChessFan: "Just the Two of Us"
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| May-23-25 |
E Ohanyan vs M Palczert, 2025
offramp: 26. Re5-e6!
[DIAGRAM]
A crucial and difficult position.
Black played 26...Bxf1.
There was a good alternative: 26...Be5!
[DIAGRAM]
In that position White could have played the shocking
27. d6!!
Here's a possible continuation:
...
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| May-23-25 |
Frederick Burgoyne
MissScarlett: Date of death comes from a notice in the <Birmingham Post> of January 28th 1941, p.6. According to an online familly tree, he worked for his father's photography business, but by the time of the 1911 census, he's an assistant ...
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| May-23-25 |
Z Tan vs Y K Erdogmus, 2025
HeMateMe: 24.R-d5 seems awful. Just loses material.
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| May-23-25 |
V Cibulka vs J Banas, 1977
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <66.Nf2??> Of course 66.Nc6+!! and Nxa4 wins in 21 moves.
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| May-23-25 |
N K Mishra vs P Mithrakanth, 1988
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Handbook 7-pieces rook ending.
<53....e5 54.g4 Re1 55.Rg6 e4 56.Ra6 e3 57.Ra4 Rb1 58.Re4 Re1 59.Kg5 e2 60.h5 Kf8 61.h6 Kf7 62.Rf4+ Kg8 63.Rf2 Kh7 64.Rf7+! (only move to win!) Kg8 65.Re7 Kf8 66.Re3 Kf7 67.h7??> Mistake
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| May-23-25 |
M Noakh vs E Kuzminykh, 1952
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <37.Rxg6??> White missed mate in three - 37.fxg6+!! Rxg6 38.Rxh5+ Kg8 39.Rh8# Two moves later black returned favor
[DIAGRAM] <39....Qxe6??>
Analysis by Stockfish dev-20230218-852330ee:
1. -+ (-#24): 39...Rxg6 ...
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| May-23-25 |
Artiom Tsepotan
mikealando: Thank you for 2700chess.com and Ushenina!!
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| May-23-25 |
J Bai vs E Ohanyan, 2025
offramp: White played this game very well.
23...Bf6.
[DIAGRAM]
Much later...
33. Bb3.
[DIAGRAM] There is this ancient game, Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
<"White Key Symphony"> that had a middlegame with the same material.
[DIAGRAM]
...
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| May-23-25 |
Yasser Quesada Perez
offramp: Um, okay, I am not a world expert on languages - but AFAIK this guy's middle name is <cheese>.
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| May-23-25 |
W A Oudheusden vs L de Vries, 1934
WTHarvey: Black mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 8. ... ?
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| May-23-25 |
F Gygli vs Stahlberg, 1934
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 32.♖d7+ ♔xc8 33.♖e7
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| May-23-25 |
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 26. ?
if 26...hxg6 27.♖h3+
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| May-23-25 |
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927
joeld: This game is covered in Eugene Znosko-Borovsky's How Not to Play Chess, a wonderful little book.
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| May-23-25 |
B Searson vs G Dawson, 2000
GumboGambit: As of now, the <Rasmussen Attack> 4.♘ge2 is unblemished in the DB: +4 -0 =0
Sample size be damned; That’s as good as it gets!
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| May-23-25 |
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865
GumboGambit: In an attempt to tame the Wild Muzio, a few 19th Century players experimented with 5..♕e7, known as the <Kling and Horwitz Counterattack>. As evident in this game, the experiment was not successful.
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| May-23-25 |
Anderssen vs Blackburne, 1862
GumboGambit: The GOTD pun seems quite fitting, as 7.e5 represented the ominous <Grimm Attack> from White, foreshadowing Black’s permanent outage.
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| May-23-25 |
Tal vs F Campomanes, 1960
GumboGambit: Campomanes left his mark in many ways within the Chess world. One of which was 3..♘f6, the <Campomanes Attack>. This apparently qualifies as an ‘Unorthodox Reply’ to White’s ‘Standard’ Caro-Kann Opening. Perhaps ...
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| May-23-25 |
W Pierce vs J Pierce, 1889
GumboGambit: So here’s a curious case: We have the <Pierce Gambit> played by its namesake. But which Pierce is it? And which piece of Pierce are we talking about? It turns out that it’s 5.d4, and the author is William Timbrell Pierce, ...
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| May-23-25 |
R Broadbent vs Bogoljubov, 1951
keypusher: When things have not gone Black's way:
[DIAGRAM]
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Kibitzing