| Apr-09-25 |
Biographer Bistro
Petrosianic: <stone free or die>: <what brought that topic up?!> I came across the US Open incident as part of searching for something else, and it sounds bizarre.
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| Apr-09-25 |
M Aymard vs F Rhine, 2025
FSR: I should have posted the Syzygy link for the second position, the one where 41...Nf6+! is the only drawing move. Here it is: https://syzygy-tables.info/?fen=6n1...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
Petrosianic: I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did. If Mario Mendoza had been a pitcher, Verlander would definitely be over the Mendoza Line at this point.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978)
Petrosianic: One thing I've never heard about the fallout from this match is whatever happened to Steven Dwyer and Victoria Sheppard, Korchnoi's two Ananda Marga meditation guru's? Both of them were out on bail during the match, and had already ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
stone free or die: One man steering this bus, weaving side to side tossing the passengers back and forth. Congress better investigate who made money on this roller-coaster ride.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Freestyle Grand Tour Paris (2025)
stone free or die: Agree with <tamar>... please allow me to amend: Freestyle isn't real chess(, especially at these time controls).
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| Apr-09-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
stone free or die: I don't know her name, but this woman was a doll for sure! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_lNT...
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| Apr-09-25 |
R Ermakov vs Savon, 1962
beatgiant: <al wazir>,<dheilke> I'm actually not seeing the blockade after, say, 23. Bb4 Rd8 24. Ne3 b6 25. Nd5 <f5>. How would White keep it closed?
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| Apr-09-25 |
L Herrmann vs Saemisch, 1935
Chessist: Nonsense. Why is such an obscure source cited here? Deutsche Schachblätter, May 1, 1935, page 128, with comments by F. Sämisch.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Hans Niemann
metatron2: <Sally: A simple 'family related personal issue' and everyone would understand and back off> Yup, it just that its not that simple in case that wasn't really the reason for his withdrawal .. Because of the huge interest around ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Fischer vs J Bednarski, 1966
Honza Cervenka: A cute alternative finish could be 22.Qxb7+ Nc7 23.Nd5 Qb8 24.Ne5+ dxe5 25.Nb6+ Ke8 26.Qc6+ Kf7 27.Rd7+ Be7 28.Bxe7 Nxe7 29.Rxe7+ Kxe7 30.Qd7+ Kf6 31.h4 Ne6 32.Rf1+ Nf4 33.Nd5#
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| Apr-09-25 |
J Magem Badals vs Shabalov, 2001
Honza Cervenka: Why 18.Rf1 instead of 18.Bxc6+? And after 19.Bf4(?), why not 19...0-0 pinning the Bishop? There must be something wrong with the gamescore or both players were drunken.
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| Apr-09-25 |
N Riumin vs Euwe, 1934
FM David H. Levin: <<andreapetreni.it>: Why didn t Black played 32...Rg3 ?> Hi. Assuming you meant 32. Rg3..., White probably figured that since he
has to give back an exchange no matter what he plays at that point, he might as well ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
J Smythe vs S Mlotkowski, 1903
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game comes from Evening Star, Chess, Washington, D.C., April 28, 1903 Queen's Pawn Opening
Comments by Reichhelm
2. P-QB4 P-K4(a) Adopted by Tarrasch, but discountenanced by Pillsbury. Lasker says it is a fair ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
S Semkov vs Geller, 1988
Honza Cervenka: Excellent game by Semkov. 22...0-0-0 was a mistake, which eased white's task but white would have been better anyway.
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| Apr-09-25 |
W Ju vs Z Tan, 2025
beatgiant: 17...f5 seems to leave Black with a lot of weak points that are hard to defend. Is there an improvement there? I looked at 17...d6 18. Be3 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Qc7 20. Nxb7 <Nxf4> 21. Rxf4 Qxf4 but again White comes out with 2 pieces for
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| Apr-09-25 |
Cristhian Rios
moronovich: <offramp: His first name used to be <CHRISTIAN>. Every year the letter <H> in his name moves towards the end, and eventually it will drop off and disappear.> LOL !
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| Apr-09-25 |
Bent Larsen
perfidious: Merely quoting what I remembered; been a long while since I read that passage.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Leningrad Interzonal (1973)
perfidious: I played in/attended the NY Opens from 1984-89 and Cuchi was usually about. There were no airs about him; he seemed a nice man.
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| Apr-09-25 |
M Bednarska-Bzdega vs M Rachunek, 2001
offramp: I wonder if Malgorzata Bednarska-Bzdega knows about the 60MG Fischer vs J Bednarski, 1966 . Nah.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Francis Burden
MissScarlett: <The description says that Burden was 51 when he died; he was actually 52.> 51 is the age given by Belfast City Council:
https://dof.belfastcity.gov.uk/buri... When I searched for the name of his father <William Burden>,
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| Apr-09-25 |
S Mlotkowski vs G Koehler, 1902
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game comes from The Philadelphia Times, Chess Problems, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, June 15, 1902 "MLOTKOWSKI'S WIN
"The Koehler family are all born chess players, but Gustav is the strongest of the lot. In the
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| Apr-09-25 |
Michel Roethel
stone free or die: <Actualisation : la Librairie Jules Verne a malheureusement disparu depuis 2017.>
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| Apr-09-25 |
Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025)
takebackok: Game 5 both players again stirring play some miscues along the way but fun match so far.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Adolf Chern
stone free or die: (Ever see the <Grapes of Wrath> (1940) movie? Or read Steinbeck's book (1939)? Both highly recommended)
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| Apr-09-25 |
Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1860
PaulPetrovitj: When you lose in 16 moves with White, some major mistakes must have been committed. The White line is indeed dubious, but after eleven moves, White is only slightly worse, by no means lost. However on his following three moves he ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Short vs Ljubojevic, 1986
offramp: Short played 33. c6?
[DIAGRAM]
The game was drawn in another 10 moves.
Ljubomir Ljubojevic could have played a neat rook manoeuvre. He wanted to get his rook to c4.
33...Rd5+!
34. Kc2 Rd4
35. c7 Rc4+ -+.
Very clever!
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| Apr-09-25 |
I Spero vs H Borochow, 1930
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game comes from Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Chess by Hermann Helms, October 02, 1930 "Title for Brooklynite
Harry Borochow, one-time Brooklynite and star player at City College, has achieved new honors in the Far West and ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
G Walcott vs I Spero, 1929
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game comes from Cincinnati Enquirer, The Game of Chess by P. G. Keeney, March 17, 1929 "Irving Spero, chess editor of the Cleveland News, returned from his honeymoon to participate in the tourney. After winning a game ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
W H English vs S Spero, 1934
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game cames from the Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, December 09, 1934 "The second part of the tournament will be played at the rooms of the Los Angeles Chess and Checker Club, 130 South Broadway, each ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
S Spero vs A Chern, 1936
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game comes from Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, February 23, 1936 with no fanfare by Herman Steiner
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 1—February 08, 1936.
Simon Spero vs. Adolph Chern
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| Apr-09-25 |
Ljubojevic vs Short, 1985
offramp: Nigel Short , as Black, played a standard move.
[DIAGRAM]
30...Rb7?
Ljubomir Ljubojevic could have given up a ♖ for a checkmating attack:
31. h5! Rxc7
32. hxg6.
[DIAGRAM]
Black is lost. The moves are similar to the game ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
LeRoy Johnson
NewspaperChessArchiv: <stonehenge> Forgive me, I assume all the biographers have subs to newspapers (com) or an equivalent. I'll try to keep that in mind. Here's a photo of LeRoy Johnson if you like from my trusty but ever skeptical
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| Apr-09-25 |
Rapport vs Carlsen, 2025
Bobby Fiske: Youtube is the place to be, watching the live games from the Freestyle Grand Tour Paris. I usually follow the <chess24> channel, starring Leko/Polgar. <chess.com> with Howell/Tania is good, too. <Chessbase India> is ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Y Boidman vs C Kannenberg, 2011
Sally Simpson: Thinking they were losing a Knight Black resigned in this somewhat famous position. The stem game with this position is famous enough to have it's own Edward Winter page. https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... [DIAGRAM] See; ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Capablanca vs Ed Lasker, 1913
Sally Simpson: Cue the well known C.G. phrase; 'I'm surprised at the lack of comments.' but in this case it seems apt. Edward Winter has a page dedicated to this game. https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... Ed Lasker misses the drawing move by ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
A Chern vs L Johnson, 1935
NewspaperChessArchiv: Game comes from Los Angeles Times, Chess by Herman Steiner, Sept 01, 1935 Nothing substantial noted beyond the game is from the (1935) Los Angeles, California city championship tournament. The player of note however is LeRoy ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
K Treybal vs G Stoltz, 1933
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Very instructive 7-pieces rook ending!
<65....a3??>
Black had only move to win 65....Rd4!! 66.Kc5 Re4!! (only move to win again!) 67.Rh7 Ke8!! (third only move to win in the row) 68.Kd5 Re5+ 69.Kc4 Ra5 70.Rh8+ Ke7 ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
N O Bodey vs F Wenman, 1923
perfidious: My name is nobody.
To coin a phrase.
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| Apr-09-25 |
L Engels vs I Solin, 1936
WTHarvey: Black mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 35. ... ?
if ♔b1 ♕c1+
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| Apr-09-25 |
H Grob vs K Helling, 1936
WTHarvey: Black mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 32. ... ?
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| Apr-09-25 |
V Uulberg vs H Max, 1936
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 28. ?
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| Apr-09-25 |
Tseitlin vs Suetin, 1971
Straclonoor: Quite interesting 7-pieces ending appeared in the game! [DIAGRAM] It won for white
<53....Rd3+ 54.Kc7??> Principal mistake! Wins another move 54.Kc6!! Kf7 55.Qb7+ Kf6 56.Qc8 Rd2 57.Kb6 Rb2+ 58.Kc7 Kg5 59.Qf8 Ra2 60.c6 Rd2 ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
G Tunik vs A Shariyazdanov, 2003
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] White missed nice shot here - 22.Nxc5!
Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
+- (10.61): 22.Nxc5 Qe8 23.Nxe6 Nd4 24.Bxb7 Nxe6 25.Bd5 Qf7 26.e4 Rf8 27.exf5 Nc7 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Qe4 Rd8 30.a4 Ne8 31.b4 Bf6 32.Ba3 Re7 33.Qd3 Rc8 ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
Carlsen vs Abdusattorov, 2025
Check It Out: <tamar> That's a good one. Magnus was already a lock for the knockout stage here, so he could go for broke comfortably. Still, he's the type of player who has the courage to do so.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Hort vs Larsen, 1973
xjian77: From "Der beste Zug" by Hort & Jansa (1982).
30.Kf1! Nd2+ 31.Ke1 Ne4 32.Bf3 Qd6 (32...Nc3 33.Kd2 Na2? 34.Qa5 Qf6 35.Be2 +-) 33.Qxd6 Nxd6 =
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| Apr-09-25 |
Jansa vs B Gasic, 1972
xjian77: From "Der beste Zug" by Hort & Jansa (1982).
18.Ra1! (18.Rc8 Rc8 19.Rc1 =) Qb3 19.Bd3! Nd7 20.Rfb1! a5 (20...Nc5 21.Ra3 Qb6 22.b4 +-)21.Rxa5 Ra8 22.Rb5 +-
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| Apr-09-25 |
Henry Bernard Uber
FSR: He is 146 years old now and a successful car-ride entrepreneur.
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| Apr-09-25 |
D Rajkovic vs Hort, 1972
xjian77: From "Der beste Zug" by Hort & Jansa (1982).
25.e6 Rxe6! (25...fe6? 26.Bg4 Qg4 27.Rh3! g6 28.Rg3 Qd4 29.Kh1 +-) 26.Bxe6 Bxe6 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Rd2 ⩱
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| Apr-09-25 |
Arthur Eva
beatgiant: <FSR> If you make a "Did You Evah" related pun, I might try to come up with some lyrics. But I'm never sure whether I'm being more amusing or annoying with those things.
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| Apr-09-25 |
Jansa vs A Bisguier, 1972
xjian77: From "Der beste Zug" by Hort & Jansa (1982).
12.Nxg5 (12.h4 Nh7) hxg5 13.Bxg5 Kh7 (13...Kg7 14.f4 Qe8 15.f5 +-; 13...c6 14.f4 Qb6 15.c5! Qc5 16.d4 +-) 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Rg8 16.Qe1! Qe7 17.f5 Bd7 18.fxg6+ Rxg6 19.Qh4+ 1-0
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| Apr-09-25 |
N Lessing vs R Drummond, 1935
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game comes from: September 01, 1935 It's Your Move by W. H. Steckel, Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania "Here are two games from the recent New York state championship tournament."--and one of the games (Horace Ransom
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| Apr-09-25 |
Keres vs Hort, 1972
xjian77: From "Der beste Zug" by Hort & Jansa (1982).
57.Rxh8 Kxh8 58.e6 Kg8 59.e7 Ra8 60.Bf6 (60...Kh7 61.Kb6 Kg8 62.Kb7 Re8 63.Kc6 Ra8 64.Kc7! Kh7 65.Bd4) 1-0
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| Apr-09-25 |
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
KEG: Post IV
28... c4
"!"--(Tarrasch)
"Lasker immediately seizes on the weak move [i.e., 28. b3--KEG] , and avoids the difficult defense of the c-pawn"--(Tarrasch) "The only pretty move in the game, and this Tarrasch overlooked. Black not only ...
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| Apr-09-25 |
G Abrahams vs W Winter, 1929
Sally Simpson: <Hi FSR>
You are right, in hindsight he should have castled before even thinking about 9...Nxe4 but I do not think he missed 12.Nxd6+ Winter was not that bad a player. I think it's round one and he underestimated Abrahams ...
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