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Robson vs Mishra, 2024
Sally Simpson: Yes it does look like he missed 55.Qa2 and the pin on the e6 Rook. 16 moves later the e6 pin with a trade down in mind did appear and Misha resigned. [DIAGRAM] A good game by Robson. I liked the 42 Kg3 idea to remove the BQ from the
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A Liang vs L Dominguez Perez, 2024
sudoplatov: After 800 1.a3 d5, shouldn't White go for a more QGA reversed than play Nc3? White's timing seems a bit off.
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| Oct-23-24 |
United States Women's Championship (2024)
stone free or die: OK, Skipworth dropped out, but his games weren't annulled (I don't think, have to double check). The tournament was RR2, and I have Z losing to Mackenzie, Sellman, and Mortimer, but the Mackenzie loss was in R16, followed by 7 ...
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United States Championship (2024)
Twilight of the Idol: After 40 moves, Shankland had a solid if difficult position. However, he slipped up, winding up with a bad bishop and weak king. So... Fabiano Caruana has won the 2024 US Championship with a final score of 7/10 or +4, -0, =6.
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| Oct-23-24 |
Smirnov
AngeLa: gm igor? 😂
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| Oct-23-24 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Christy Turlington.
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| Oct-23-24 |
Chessgames - Sports
unferth: <Didn't Christy Mathewson win 373 games with it? See, this proves that pitchers back then were throwin' it like Gabriela Sabatini's second serve.> lol, not biting.
couldn't find pitch counts for Fernando's first eight starts, but ...
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| Oct-23-24 |
Biographer Bistro
Tabanus: <jnpope> I also found the Messemaker problem. Bedtime now, here's the rather hopeless status: Game Collection: 1851
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| Oct-23-24 |
K Honfi vs Korchnoi, 1965
Volcach: Can anyone figure out the point of 59... Kf8 over Kxe7??
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| Oct-23-24 |
Smirnov vs S Polgar, 1981
OhioChessFan: There was a TV show called "Suddenly Susan.". But I'm at a loss to identify "Simply Susan."
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| Oct-23-24 |
C Yoo vs Caruana, 2024
stone free or die: <<SugarDom> I�m gonna say something racist and say Koreans have a temper> Hey, that's OK, so long as I can say Filipinos are racist. Well, not all of 'em, but I might have an example or two.
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Kibitzer's Café
cormier: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readi...
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| Oct-23-24 |
A Zatonskih vs C Yip, 2024
Gregor Samsa Mendel: <Nosnibor>--39..Qf7 would have been equal, although the game maybe wasn't really at the endgame stage yet.
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| Oct-23-24 |
R Urbina vs F Chinchilla, 2003
King.Arthur.Brazil: Monday again: 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qe6+ Kf8 16. Qe8#.
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| Oct-23-24 |
Henry Seymour
MissScarlett: The older Conway was a long-time friend of Philidor: <The Right Hon. Henry Seymour Conway, a great lover of chess and one of Philidor’s
most valued patrons. In 1746 he was aide de camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the
battle of ...
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Adams vs J Rudd, 2024
takebackok: Ny Post Andy Soltis 10/20/24 puzzle. White to play and win at move 33. Better is i think 33. Ba6! and wining. If 33...Rxh4 34. Rxc3 Rc7 35. Rfc1 Kd7 36. Bb5
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| Oct-23-24 |
Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno
Gottschalk: 2349 Mar 2010
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/21...
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| Oct-23-24 |
Yuri Averbakh
Gottschalk: Great Game!
[Event "Match/Federation Moscow-BLR"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "91"]
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Nakamura vs Aronian, 2011
stone free or die: Hey <CIO>, you know that you can embed the time in a youtube link don't you? Just use the time bar on the video to position the video, and then right-click on the mouse and pick <Copy video URL at current time> Like ...
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| Oct-23-24 |
Kirill Shevchenko
Sally Simpson: I'm thinking Shevchenko will have possibly welcomed the Yoo incident as it knock him off the bad boy headlines for a day or two. The official FIDE link for those amongst us who have chess.com phobia. https://www.fide.com/news/3266
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| Oct-23-24 |
James Sherwin
paulalbert: To: HeMateMe
Many years ago some of the banks oriented towards recruiting chess players for the trading area, mostly fixed income which has some complex mathematics and trading strategies. If i had to pick a financial area especially ...
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| Oct-23-24 |
Arjun Erigaisi
Mayankk: Given how well Erigaisi has done in last 12 months or so, it is surprising that his page has generated little excitement here, so far. That may well change if he rises to world no 2, which seems very likely given his ratings trajectory. ...
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| Oct-23-24 |
M Houna vs H Marko, 1986
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] White have pawn up and for sure should been win this pawn ending. Analysis by Stockfish dev-20241004-81c1d310:
1. +- (8.37): 33.Ke2 h5 34.b3 Kc5 35.c3 Kb5 36.h4 c5 37.Ke3 c4 38.b4 Kc6 39.f4 exf4+ 40.Kxf4 Kd6 41.e5+ fxe5+ ...
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| Oct-23-24 |
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1873
Sally Simpson: Played over this landmark game this morning. When finished I went back to here just before Steinitz does his 4 move Knight hop on move 12. Ng8-e7-c6 d4. [DIAGRAM] I was toying about with Nd7-f8-e6-d4 thus making two backward Knight ...
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Ivkov vs A Bradvarevic, 1963
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces pawn moves lost for black
<62....Ke7 63.Ke3 Kxd7 64.Kf4??> Fatal mistake Wins only 64.Kd3!! Kd6 65.Kd4!! (only move to win again! Opposition!) g5 66.g4 Ke6 67.Ke4!! (only move to win) Kf6 68.Kd5 Kf7 ...
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M Rohde vs Seirawan, 1988
Granny O Doul: In reporting on an Amateur Team tournament, Rohde once wrote that the lowlight, for him, was when "Michael Rohde the Boat Ashore" was nominated for the Best Name prize.
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Kholmov vs I Belov, 1990
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] <35....Qc5?> why not simply 35....c5! with big advantage? Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
-+ (-6.33): 35...c5 36.Qxb5 Qd6 37.Qxa4 cxd4 38.cxd4 Bxd4 39.Kb1 Qb6 40.Ka2 Bg7 41.Rxd8+ Qxd8 42.Qc2 Qb6 43.Qe2 Qe6+ 44.Kb1 Qd7 ...
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Samuel Sevian
Troller: Some parts of the bio could use an update. Specifically first and last sentence.
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| Oct-23-24 |
Hort vs Furman, 1966
Honza Cervenka: 15.e4 was worth of consideration.
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Niemann vs Mishra, 2024
Sally Simpson: Hi Perfidious,
Could be he just off form which is a spell all players go through from time to time. The trouble is when it happens to a young one they might not yet have the experience to realise it and deal with it. He will want ...
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G Stoltz vs Bronstein, 1948
WTHarvey: Overworked piece:
[DIAGRAM] 21. ... ?
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H Rossetto vs P Michel, 1948
WTHarvey: Double attack:
[DIAGRAM] 14. ... ?
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I V Rohacek vs Yanofsky, 1948
WTHarvey: Pin to win:
[DIAGRAM] 37. ... ?
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Hector Delgado Ramos
BIDMONFA: Hector Delgado Ramos DELGADO, Héctor
http://www.bidmonfa.com/delgado_hec...
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| Oct-23-24 |
Greco vs NN, 1620
Ziryab: Greco is the first person known to have discovered 14…Ke7.
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J Pinter vs Timman, 1982
Honza Cervenka: I would like to know what white was thinking when he played 26.a4? and then allowed trade of both Rooks. The ending of Bishop against Knight was absolutely hopeless for him.
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S Polgar vs Ftacnik, 1982
Honza Cervenka: According to the database of 365chess.com the final move was 41...Nd2.
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| Oct-23-24 |
Granda Zuniga vs Kamsky, 1996
Cecco: According to this engine 21. Nc6 is a mistake.
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A Lee vs G Tokhirjonova, 2024
keypusher: A real heartbreaker for Black.
Lee makes a last winning attempt from here:
[DIAGRAM] 42.f5+ Kxg5 43.Rxg7 Kf4 44.f6 Kxe4
[DIAGRAM] 45....Ke5 46.Rf4! Kxf4
Going in to a R+2P v. Q ending, because if 46....Rc3 47.f7 Rc8 48.f8/Q Rxf8 ...
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Kibitzing