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May-01-25	Kibitzer's Café harrylime: Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now https://youtu.be/eEv6jy_7PQQ?si=--a...
May-01-25	Henry Jennings Nowell perfidious: <jnpope>, I first saw that in the late 1970s, then attributed to those fierce rivals, but, same as a few other utterances, the truth was not quite so clear.
May-01-25	Gennadi Sosonko Sally Simpson: Hans Ree in his book 'My Chess' explains, or at least has a theory as to why the cover of Sosonko's book 'Smart Chip from St. Petersburg ' has what looks like Tal and Spassky playing chess on a board the wrong way round. ...
May-01-25	Bobby Fischer Sally Simpson: Yesterday I was reading Ree's book, 'My Chess' and he mentions the long walks and talks he had with Fischer during the Netanya (1968) tournament. He did ask Fischer about some of the antisemitic statements that he had apparently ...
May-01-25	O Bernstein vs Rubinstein, 1912 sudoplatov: Stockfish, (current edition) suggests that after 11.Be3 Ne5, 12.Nxe5 is better than Bxd4; after 12...Bxd1, 13.Nf5 is about equal nach Stockfisch.
May-01-25	Biographer Bistro stone free or die: <jn> just passing by, so no time to digest the new findings (or lack thereof), but it looks like I owe you a big thanks for taking up the request. .
May-01-25	M Lagarde vs R Makhmutov, 2012 PawnSac: < pittpanther: Why does Nxg6 not work on move 25? > It DOES! White just didn't play it till move 26. Apparently he was a little unsure, and wanted to get the Nc3 one jump closer to the enemy king in case he came up short and ...
May-01-25	Chessgames - Sports saffuna: In the 1960s outside shooting was not nearly as good, Jerry West, Lou Hudson, Hal Greer and a few others excepted. But more than that, big players (6-8 and taller) did not shoot from outside, beyond 12-15 feet. It was assumed they ...
May-01-25	Theodore Steward vs Allies, 1858 jnpope: Allies were members of the Stafford Chess Club.
May-01-25	Allies vs Hart / Steward, 1858 jnpope: Allies were members of the Brewood Chess Club.
May-01-25	Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977 ewan14: 20 Nc6 was a brilliant move !
May-01-25	Thomas Bauer BIDMONFA: Thomas Bauer BAUER, Thomas http://www.bidmonfa.com/bauer_thoma... _
May-01-25	Beetlestone jnpope: Is the H. A. Beetlestone mentioned in the <British Chess Magazine>, v45, 1925, p115 and p161 a descendant (as chess sometimes runs in families)?
May-01-25	Chessgames - Guys and Dolls chrisowen: Beatthemastermind a q https://www.chess.com/game/computer...
May-01-25	Savon vs Browne, 1972 MissScarlett: Clips from the interview are familiar. When Bobby searched for the name of a talented young English player, he happened upon Keene as the current British champion. A few months later and he may have name checked Brian Eley .
May-01-25	Albert White jnpope: I did find mention that Senior also played chess, however I haven't found any games played by him so far.
May-01-25	Petr Neuman ketchuplover: R.I.P.
May-01-25	Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972) Petrosianic: <but they do not say it is 'The Chair.' > If they don't even claim that it's "The Chair", you should assume that it isn't. Even if they did claim it, I'd trust but verify. In Deadwood, South Dakota, the No. 5 Saloon has "The ...
May-01-25	Sutovsky vs Kramnik, 2005 plang: At the time of this game 4 d3 was not yet in fashion as a response to the Berlin Variation. Sutovsky's justification for 6 d4 is the relatively slow Black setup. 10 a4 had been played in the draw Morozovich-K.Georgiev 2004 Calvia (Ol); 10 ...
May-01-25	Smyslov vs Filip, 1957 stone free or die: <Filip Filleted>
May-01-25	Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 tbontb: Euwe opens with a critical test of the Slav and Alekhine again responds aggressively but with a dubious continuation 10....Qb6 (better Bd7). A long semi-forced line ensues resulting in an ending where Euwe has a far-advanced passed a-pawn ...
May-01-25	J Donaldson vs T Gordon, 1853 morea: White's attack was careless and unsound. At move 20 Black had many ways to win: Qd5, Nd7, even the simple h6. Instead, 20... Bg4?? and lost in two moves. But "21. ? White to play" would be a great choice for a Monday puzzle.
May-01-25	D Wyeth vs J Narraway, 1916 NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, July 09, 1916 "A fine game played in the Correspondence Tournament of the Pennsylvania Chess Association between J.E. Narraway, Correspondence Chess
May-01-25	Akiba Rubinstein stone free or die: Winter has recently posted a photo of Rubinstein in C.N. 12131 , which can be found at its original source here: https://www.mjb-jmb.org/wp-content/... I couldn't find a game to match the position, so the color having the move ...
May-01-25	Duda vs C Aravindh, 2025 offramp: 25...Bxb2. [DIAGRAM] Jan-Krzysztof Duda , White, could have played a very ancient checkmate. Do you know it? It's from the days of Aladdin.
May-01-25	N Sarin vs Ivanchuk, 2025 HeMateMe: White's rook play was horrible.
May-01-25	Chigorin vs A Weber, 1898 andrea volponi: 12...BB6!? - 13Bxh6! Nxe5 - Bxg7 Nxg7 - Qxe5 Qh4 - a4 ⩲/+- .
May-01-25	L Comas Fabrego vs P Cramling, 1990 morea: It's quite possible with such an intense game. There were some mistakes throughout, but the demonstrated fighting spirit was awesome as both players went for the kill! Some additional information as the game score today is missing a few ...
May-01-25	L Comas Fabrego vs V Akopian, 1986 areknames: White handles the opening poorly. I'm no Dutch expert, but I reckon 10.Ng5 is the right move here. 11.Nd2 appears to be the first mistake, White gradually gets an awful position after that.
May-01-25	A Zaitsev vs Huebner, 1969 Ziryab: Tablebases give four options for Black at move 57 that draw. 57…Rb4, as Dvoretsky gives in <Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual> draws. Also drawing are 57…Ra5 and Rc5, both restraining White’s king. 57…Kf8 draws as well. Of course,
May-01-25	Vachier-Lagrave vs Firouzja, 2025 offramp: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played 57. Kd1. It looks harmless. [DIAGRAM] BUT NOW Alireza Firouzja could have played 57...e4!! [DIAGRAM] If White played 58. dxe4 d3! [DIAGRAM] <MATE IN 2!!>.
May-01-25	A Erigaisi vs N Nguyen, 2023 MarcusBierce: The London has so many layers. The early 5.Ne5 iinstead of 5.Bg3 has become a viable and interesting way to seek an advantage from the opening.
May-01-25	Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1951 Petrosianic: At the IM level (Petrosian wasn't a GM in 1951), the game was resignable at the end. But there are still some pitfalls. For example, if the game had continued 51...Bxf3 52. g5+ Kf7, the natural-looking 53. Kh7?? is only a draw. White ...
May-01-25	Shankland vs E Gurel, 2025 MarcusBierce: It may not be best, yet I’m curious if Black considered 13..e5 here, at least getting his LSB involved.
May-01-25	V Fedoseev vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025 offramp: There was a truly superb sequence of moves and checks. [DIAGRAM] 68. Rxc6? Ooh - bad one. <68. Rc7+ was a winning move.> 68...Rd3! <Black is now winning.> 69. Bd5! Ba2. [DIAGRAM] 70. Rc7+ Kxb6 71. Rc6+. Black now ...
May-01-25	Chigorin vs Alapin, 1883 andrea volponi: 11...Kh8?! ( 11...Kxh7! - Ng5+ Kg8!? - Qh5 ⩲ . )
May-01-25	Chigorin vs Yakubovich, 1879 andrea volponi: 27...Bc5! (27... Bxf2 = ) = :29...Be7?! ( 29...Bxf2! = ) .
May-01-25	Dorfman vs K Grigorian, 1977 scormus: How strange. Early this morning I opened the page, went straight to move 1, and played it through to the puzzle position. Which move was it now? Memory said 16 W to play. I figured either Rxb6 or d6. Thought 16 d6 (expecting ... Qd7) ...
May-01-25	Topalov vs V Fedoseev, 2025 offramp: Where has been Topalov? I haven't seen him for <ten years>. He is rated 2717! Where have those points come from? Black was rated 2739. In this rapid game Topalov <outplayed> Vladimir Fedoseev . [DIAGRAM] 51. Kg4. White ...
May-01-25	Superbet Blitz Poland (2025) offramp: 🍰♡ ༘*.ﾟ🧸🎀 ♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ. <Super, Super the Bet Everybody say his name Super, Super the Bet Everybody come and join In all of his games!!> ♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ.
May-01-25	F Rhine vs H Ingersol, 2024 FSR: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Qe4 Nb6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qh4 Nc6 15. g4 e5 16. Ng5 h6 17. gxf5 exd4 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Bg2 dxe3 20. Bxc6 Rab8 21. Nf3 ...
May-01-25	Aronian vs A Ipatov, 2013 Thegamelover: A beautiful and smart finish! Give credit to Ipatov who saw it and resigned!
May-01-25	J Tin vs K Willathgamuwa, 2017 FSR: <An Englishman> 6...Qe7?! is inferior. Black should immediately ruin White's pawn structure with 6...Bxc3+! Then 7.bxc3 Qe7 8.Qd5 f6 gives Black some play for the sacrificed pawn. Stockfish 17.1 says 6...Bxc3+ is better, and Opening ...
May-01-25	Delen Sean Heisman perfidious: This once, the old man got it.
May-01-25	W Pietzsch vs G Garcia, 1965 FSR: A rout. Black's opening was atrocious.
May-01-25	D S Heisman vs D Stubblebine, 2002 sakredkow: Don Stubblebine was a club player out of Rochester, NY. Quiet, unassuming, and deadly in the 1900-2100 range. At the appropriate moment, usually when some third party was moaning over the board or going over a post mortem loss he ...
May-01-25	A Teters vs P Parr, 1971 Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending for sure won for white. <57....Ke7 58.Rg5 Rf6 59.f5 Rf7 60.Rg6 Rxf5 61.Re6+ Kf7 62.Kxd6 Rf1 63.Re2 Ra1 64.Kc7 Rc1+ 65.Kd7 Rf1 66.d6 Rf3 67.Kd8 Rd3 68.d7 Rd1 69.Re5 Rd2 70.Kc7 Rc2+ 71.Kd6 Rd2+ ...
May-01-25	P Dankert vs O Palos, 1991 Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces ending won for black. <46.Kf4 Kd5 47.Ke3 h6 48.Ne1 Bg5+ 49.Kf3 Bd2??> mistake missing win Right is 49....c3 50.Kg4 Be3 51.Kh5 Kc4 52.Nc2 Bf2 53.Na1 (53.Kxh6 Kb3! picking the knight) Kd3 54.Kxh6 Bc5 55.h4
May-01-25	A J Norris vs P Motwani, 1982 Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Sure this 7-pieces pawn textbook ending elementary won for white. <49.Ke3 Ke6 50.h4?> mistake White have a lot of moves to win. I.e. 50.g3! Kd5 51.h3 Kc4 52.f5 b3 53.Kd2! (of course only move to win) Kd5 54.g4 Ke5 ...
May-01-25	M Pranesh vs Ivanchuk, 2025 Saniyat24: Agadmator's video on his game- https://youtu.be/RURHfyc5qbA?si=MyO...
May-01-25	D Andreikin vs S Zhigalko, 1999 WTHarvey: White mates in 4. [DIAGRAM] 28. ?
May-01-25	Chizh perfidious: Two games only here, but facing two formidable opponents. They call him <Mr Chizh>.
May-01-25	Chigorin vs Chizh, 1899 offramp: ❝<♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ﾟ. Six foot six, he stood on the ground He weighed two-hundred-and-thirty-five pounds But I saw that giant of a man brought down To his knees by love... ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹>❞ - Johnny Cash.
May-01-25	H Steiner vs A Dake, 1935 WTHarvey: Black mates in 4. [DIAGRAM] 30. ... ? if 31.♖e1 ♘h2+ or if 30...31.♖g1 ♘h2+ 32.♔e1 ♖gxg1+
May-01-25	M Lagarde vs G Jones, 2019 Saniyat24: Nice little game by Gawain Jones, with a nice Bishop pair...!
May-01-25	Duda vs Nakamura, 2018 WannaBe: <ECRVZZZ> Dragon is B70-B79, you can input that in the advanced search range on the home page. Here is one example from 2025 E Amar vs F Avdic, 2025
May-01-25	M Petkov vs Ivanchuk, 2025 Saniyat24: Agadmator's video on this game- https://youtu.be/uXOsDOcjGIU?si=IGp...
May-01-25	K Vygodchikov vs P Romanovsky, 1923 KEG: Post II 16. BxN? There is often a tendency when playing a higher-rated opponent to trade down to a possibly drawn ending. But this trade was plainly ill-advised. White's dark-square Bishop had a major role to play in any king-side attack, ...
May-01-25	Larsen vs R Bogdanovic, 1955 K Any: After 31...gf4, do you think Larsen saw all the way to 38.Re5? Not a really difficult combo, still a nice finish to the game.
May-01-25	Balashov vs J Sunye Neto, 1979 Ruanpablo1: Sunye is a seven-time Brazilian champion. He certainly had more potential, but in addition to focusing on his career in engineering, he dedicated himself to the development of chess in Brazil, was president of the national chess ...
May-01-25	Firouzja vs Topalov, 2025 beatgiant: Maybe 11...a6 improves. After 11...a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Ne6, Black has the bishop pair to compensate for the broken pawn structure, and at least I don't see any quick win for White.