| Oct-10-24 |
Kibitzer's Café
harrylime: She was a School Mom
I was lost and needed petrol
I got out of my car expecting a man
and it was a woman with a stud in her cheek and ... then it all kicked off ..
I was in her face ... inches lol
a man came and broke it up
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| Oct-10-24 |
K Bischoff vs Buhmann, 2008
Rosbach: I didn't get this one. This was what I played 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nh4 exd4 29. Nxg6+ fxg6 30. Bxd4
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| Oct-10-24 |
Fabiano Caruana
stone free or die: <eschaton> - not often I overhear a conservation on the subway (or bus) with that one.
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| Oct-10-24 |
United States Championship (2024)
stone free or die: <Dionysius1> - don't change that name. As Rod says... "You wear it well".
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| Oct-10-24 |
D Howell vs T Stremavicius, 2024
stone free or die: I caved and played it out with SCID (also looked at Howell's "official" solution). Sometimes problems posted here are "cooked" ("pooched?") - so I run SCID with the analysis moves hidden. But the eval/depth is there, and I swear
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| Oct-10-24 |
Giri vs Firouzja, 2024
Saniyat24: Giri runs a marathon...!
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| Oct-10-24 |
Carlsen vs Anand, 2024
Bobby Fiske: It’s been a so-so tournament for Magnus, but today’s endgame was really something. The king walk, pawn sacks and - ultimately - the mate. Great stuff!
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| Oct-10-24 |
Thomas Engqvist
Sally Simpson: Picked up this lad's '300 Most Important Chess Positions' a few days ago for £1.00. Just got around to thumbing through it. He wants you to study five positions a week for a year adding the less you know is good because that way ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Rubinstein vs Flamberg, 1906
FM David H. Levin: <<NM JRousselle>: 53 b5 certainly looks like the correct path forward.> I agree that it looks good: 53.b5 axb5 54.a6 b4 55.a7 Qa2 56.Kg2 b3 57.Qe7
(If now 57...Kg7, then 58.Qf6+, and if 58...Kg8, then 59.Qd8+ and ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
V S Gujrathi vs Duda, 2024
MissScarlett: For such a peaceable chap, Vidit was visibly upset after he lost today's game with Duda on time after he failed to convert a big advantage. He accidentally knocked a piece or two off the table as he left, which he proceeded to pick ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Andersson vs E Kengis, 1992
Tabanus: This rd. 1 game, scheduled for 5 May, was postponed as Kengis arrived late due to an air plane strike in Germany. It was played on the first rest day, Sunday 10 May. (Swedish newspapers)
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| Oct-10-24 |
Abdusattorov vs V S Gujrathi, 2024
Sally Simpson: I think no real need for 10 to 30 second increment starting at move one but after the first time control yes, definitely, 10 second minimum.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
Chessmaletaja: In this game, both players made several inexact moves. For example, Fischer's <20 cxd4> gave the square e5 for Black's pieces. Better was 20 b4. Petrosian's <21...♔b8?!> was needless. Better was 21...c4!. At times,
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| Oct-10-24 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Natalie Martinez.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Petursson vs A Lagunow, 1996
Stonehenge: Nice find. Could be a puzzle some day.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Chessgames - Odd Lie
whiteshark: Over 50* people have reportedly contracted herpes after drin♔ Instagramm Star Belle (Computer) Delhine's bath water. * I am sure that the number here has been accurately determined.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Huebner vs Korchnoi, 1980
ewan14: Huebner resigned the match with Petrosian due to the noise he had to endure where the match / final games were played Petrosian had hearing problems and just turned his hearing aid off
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| Oct-10-24 |
T Markowski vs Smirin, 2000
perfidious: It is something of a surprise that the well-prepared Smirin got caught out in this idea and did not play the more flexible 6....e6, which would likely have transposed into the same Closed Sicilian lines.
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| Oct-10-24 |
R Daher-Khater vs A Barra, 2022
offramp: The black pawns have besported themselves in a unique way:
[DIAGRAM]
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| Oct-10-24 |
T Markowski vs M Manik, 2000
Everett: Black’s Qside initiative succeeds in putting his own N offside and out of play. White had the even stronger <38.h5!>
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| Oct-10-24 |
United States Women's Championship (2024)
offramp: Second!
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| Oct-10-24 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: Great God Teeveemoney calls the shots as always. And yeah, that commute from LA to San Diego is nasty; could anyone here imagine being on the 5 as they are (not)?
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| Oct-10-24 |
Philidor
FM David H. Levin: <YoungEd: Here's a non-chess Philidor fun fact: according to "Music Alive!'s Percussion" by Daniel Glass, Philidor composed the first timpani duet in 1685, "March for Two Pairs of Kettledrums."> Might that have been 1785, ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Demis Hassabis
stone free or die: For protein folding.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Fischer vs Keres, 1959
Chessmaletaja: <W Westerlund>: <"Practically all others had Jewish roots, just as his [Fischer's] own father, who he never knew, and his own mother who was, according to some sources, a communist."> And McCarthy committed suicide in ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Rubinstein Memorial (1972)
Chessdreamer: Round 13, Lutikov-Liebert was a draw. The game score seems unavailable.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Karpov vs Gligoric, 1972
Mathematicar: <Brandon D Davis>, Capablanca should be included there as well.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858
Freelance Assassin: Anderssen lost here because of a simple blunder, not because Morphy straight up outplayed him, but it's still a nice little tactic.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Hans-Joachim Federer
perfidious: Nadal says sayonara following a brilliant career: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/te...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Izidor Gross
cameosis: dob: 1866.07.25
dod: 1942.??.??
Father of Mavro and Herman Gross. Born in Kislőd, Hungary, died in the Jasenovac concentration camp, NDH (Independent State of Croatia). Croatian chess problemist and cantor for the local Jewish ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
A Jordan vs NN, 1860
cameosis: second edition from 1923 as pdf:
http://elibrary.matf.bg.ac.rs/bitst...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Mavro Gross
cameosis: dob: 1893.03.22
dod: 1945.02.??
Son of Izidor Gross.
Born in Karlovac (Karlstadt), AUH, died in Kiseljak, NDH (Independent State of Croatia). Croatian internist and balneologist who published frequently about his field of work. Link
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| Oct-10-24 |
TechM Global Chess League (2024)
1300patzer: Firouzja has had excellent results since the Candidates, rivalling Carlsen. Nakamura, after losing to Firouzja here, titled his daily video, "Today I played the future of chess." However, in a subsequent game between the same two, ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
B Assaubayeva vs Koneru, 2024
fredthebear: Yes, a nice simplifying combination making use of the knight intermezzo check. 43.g5 was my preference, advancing instead of exchanging, but it doesn't much matter which is played. See diagram of 43.g5: [DIAGRAM] I also had 58.a7 ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
L Barden vs Rossolimo, 1950
offramp: Nicko took away the old man.
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| Oct-10-24 |
A Lombard vs J Diez del Corral, 1973
GrahamClayton: Appearances can be deceptive - Lombard has an extra rook and his king looks to be safely castled, but Del Corral launches a winning counterattack.
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| Oct-10-24 |
A Huzman vs de Firmian, 1989
GrahamClayton: It must have been a thrill for De Firmian to play 25...Qc3! and 26...Qc2!! on consecutive moves.
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| Oct-10-24 |
J Murey vs A Zapata, 1986
GrahamClayton: Position after 33...Qc2:
[DIAGRAM] It looks like there is no way to stop Zapata's b-pawn from queening, but Muray finds an ingenious defence with 34. Qe5!, taking advantage of the 8th rank weakness. 34...h6 35. Bd4 wins the b-pawn ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Chiburdanidze vs N Gaprindashvili, 1978
GrahamClayton: 55... Bxc5 56. Kxc5 b3 57. Na3 e4 58. fxe4 Ke5 59. Kb4 Kxe4 60. Kxb3 with a draw due to insufficient mating material.
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| Oct-10-24 |
C Bielicki vs K Darga, 1964
Straclonoor: Very interesting pawn ending appeared in the game. Initially
[DIAGRAM] it drawn. Later black played <50....Ke7??> (50....Kd6!! needed keeping the draw) and ending became lost for it. [DIAGRAM] Analysis by Stockfish ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
B Ullrich vs W Spengler, 1949
Chessist: Spengler, Walter
Died on April 10, 1984 at the age of 83 (Schach, 1984, page 284, with photo).
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| Oct-10-24 |
Najdorf vs Reshevsky, 1952
GrahamClayton: Trying to contest the c-file with 26... Rc8 is hasty, due to 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxc8 Qxc8, and Najdorf has a rook and two pawns against two pieces, along with the weakness of Reshevsky's pawn on d6.
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| Oct-10-24 |
J Behrensen vs L Marini, 1955
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Unusual 7-pieces ending, won for black.
<68....Nf6+ 69.Kd4 Kf7 70.Rh6 Kg7 71.Rh1 Nxg4 72.Rb1 Nf6 73.Kd3 Kg6 74.Ke2 g4 75.Rb5 Ne4 76.Kf1 Nd6 77.Ra5 Kf6 78.Kg2 Be5 79.Ra4 Kf5 80.Ra8 Ne4 81.Rc8 Nf6 82.Ra8 Nh5 83.Rf8+ Kg5 ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Hans Herrmann
Chessist: Ludwig Herrmann was the brother of Josef Herrmann. Neither of them were related to Hans Herrmann.
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| Oct-10-24 |
A Bisguier vs Reshevsky, 1957
GrahamClayton: 33...Rf4 rips open Bisguier's position and allows Reshevsky's rook on b8 to enter the game decisively with 34...Rg8+.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Ludwig Herrmann
Chessist: Ludwig Herrmann was the brother of Josef Herrmann. Neither of them were related to Hans Herrmann.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Kotov vs H Steiner, 1955
GrahamClayton: Position after 33. Qg2:
[DIAGRAM] If Alekhine's Gun is the queen behind the two rook, does the formation with the queen between the two rooks have a name as well?
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| Oct-10-24 |
Korchnoi vs S Nedeljkovic, 1957
GrahamClayton: Korchnoi mobilises his two inactive pieces with 26. Rg1, 27. Be1 & 28. Bh4 before starting the K-side attack with 30. Qh5.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Spielmann vs Alekhine, 1912
GrahamClayton: <ughaibu>Is 26.Rf1 any good? <ughaibu>,
26. Rf1 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Ng5 and the rook on a1 and bishop on h7 are en prise.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Santasiere vs W Adams, 1946
beatgiant: Is there anything wrong with the obvious 9. Bb3 Bc5 10. Qe1 to win material? And as <dafish298> asks above, why resign so early? On 10...Kxf7 11. Rxf2+ Kg6, seems like it will still take a while for White to put Black out of his ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Anderssen vs Staunton, 1851
Freelance Assassin: <Dionysius1> I meant only if he didn't want to play ...Bxe3, which I assumed he didn't since he played ...c5 instead of ...Bxe3. That's why I said "That White Bishop on e3 is an important attacking piece," but I just ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
L Barden vs W Adams, 1950
FSR: Larry Evans noted that one of Adams' problems was that he published his home preparation. That allowed his opponents to prepare for it themselves, as Barden did here to great effect. The Two Knights with 5...Nxd5 is a bad line. Both 6.Nxf7! ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
M Ulenaers vs F Rhine, 2024
FSR: With colors reversed against the same opponent, I played 21.Rh5. F Rhine vs M Ulenaers, 2024 . That move was also seen in my games as Black S Valladares Caron vs F Rhine, 2024 and O Thau vs F Rhine, 2024 . In each case, Black held on for a ...
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| Oct-10-24 |
William H Boultbee
cameosis: middle name is horace
he was british (english) / canadian, not united statesian. dob: 1832.03.15
dod: 1902.11.05
https://boultbee.info/bfh/willb.htm
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boult...
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/p...
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| Oct-10-24 |
Bobby Fischer
cameosis: no, that’s a different one.
izidor’s son’s bio can be found here:
https://zbl.lzmk.hr/?p=120
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| Oct-10-24 |
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1902
KEG: Post III
21... Be6
"!"--(Tournament Book)
"White threatened 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Qh5 attacking the Queen [i.e., via a Knight fork] and threatening mate." (Tournament Book) All true. But the text creates other problems for White as we will see.
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| Oct-10-24 |
Hort vs J Augustin, 1966
Honza Cervenka: Black was quite struggling in cramped position but in the end he lost due to a mistake in already equal position. 45...Nc5 was correct, 45...Ke7? allows white decide the game by pretty tactical shot. Of course, 46...Rxa7 is not ...
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