| May-05-25 |
Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962
FM David H. Levin: Here are some thoughts on chess principles.
They came about because it was observed that certain kinds of moves were found to generally work well (for example, developing knights before bishops) or to work poorly (for example, ...
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| May-05-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
MissScarlett: <Hazz>, bed...
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| May-05-25 |
A Yusupov vs Kasparov, 1989
ColdSong: Dramatic game for Kasparov,who made much more mistakes than usual.
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| May-05-25 |
Povilas Lasinskas
BIDMONFA: Povilas Lasinskas LASINSKAS, Povilas
http://www.bidmonfa.com/lasinskas_p...
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| May-05-25 |
W Russell vs NN, 1918
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, June 16, 1918. The following brief game was furnished us by W. M. H. Russell, Jr., who informs us that he is now contesting
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| May-05-25 |
William Russell
NewspaperChessArchiv: William H. Russell, Jr., was a chess player in Philadelphia, Penn USA, but the name is so common it gets lost in the records. The news reports about the games and activities of William Russell are so vague that it's near ...
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| May-05-25 |
So vs A Liang, 2019
eternaloptimist: Awonder played the endgame exceptionally well to get the win! I'm actually the first person ever to get an autograph from Awonder! That's the only “first” autograph that I've ever gotten. I saw him @ the 2018 US Championship ...
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| May-05-25 |
Edward T Babinski
NewspaperChessArchiv: "...I also had the honor of playing a contender for The World Chess Championship, Victor Korchnoi, when he visited New York City. I was one of 50 opponents he played simultaneously at an exhibition at Chess City. And I was ...
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| May-05-25 |
Vladimir Kramnik
metatron2: <Sally: https://www.gambit.lu/wp-content/up... > Great image, never saw it before.. I don't recognize the guy between Kramnik and Capablanca and he has a camera, so I guess that is the artist of that painting? <fabelhaft: The ...
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| May-05-25 |
K R Charlton vs S Hawes, 1977
perfidious: Playing a la Parham was a good way to stay one step ahead of Kupreichik. Other than the motivation noted by <Geoff>, it looks ropey. In A Shaw vs R Gutman, 1989 , the only time I ever faced Bird's line, I probably would have ...
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| May-05-25 |
S Mlotkowski vs E Gruer, 1918
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, June 16, 1918 with the following analysis: 4. … Bxb4 (a) It is always a pleasure to see the Gambit accepted. For the past
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| May-05-25 |
Henry Waters
stone free or die: I see, assuming Helms described the correspondence tourney then. (FWIW- I miss the <Tab> standard of footnoting.)
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| May-05-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
stone free or die: Jack London.
"The Story of Keesh"
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| May-05-25 |
H Epsteen vs L Rosenblatt, 1909
fredthebear: An interesting endgame to consider as well, but it's a win for Black.
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| May-05-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: Anyone else catch the cameo of Laura and Dubya Bush in that clip? The one time I saw Ryan pitch was at Fenway, also in 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiN...
Nice to see Boston book the win, but their meeting five days earlier ...
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| May-05-25 |
I Rogers vs J Harkins, 1982
fredthebear: Black likely saw the N+ fork, but did not see the Black king climbing the diagonal for his own fork.
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| May-05-25 |
Movsesian vs Adams, 2009
Clement Fraud: I've arrived at the conclusion that 13... h6?! was 'too slow' (and the point at which the Black position becomes inferior). 13... Bxc4 (alternatively), and whichever way White recaptures, 14... Rd7 (planning to shuffle the King to ...
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| May-05-25 |
S Vupputuri vs I Nikolayev, 2003
fredthebear: You certainly don't know the meaning of "candour."
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| May-05-25 |
Biographer Bistro
fredthebear: Looks to be from the UK: https://he-water.co.uk/
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| May-05-25 |
A E Jordan
jnpope: There is no medical doctor "A. E. Jordan" registered in New York according to <Polk's Medical Register and Directory of North America>, v1, 1902.
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| May-05-25 |
D Vucenovic vs Velimirovic, 1959
DaltriDiluvi: This game was decided by the ugly move <16.Bg5??>. Simple development with <16.Nbd2> was much better.
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| May-05-25 |
G Marco vs R Loman, 1892
Check It Out: I found 22.Nd5 so I consider that solved. Agree, this is more a Tuesday type puzzle. Looks like black decided to fall on his sword.
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| May-05-25 |
Vachier-Lagrave vs V Fedoseev, 2025
PaulPetrovitj: The move 40. b4? was a decisive mistake. This was a rapid game, so White was most likely in time trouble, the correct move was 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Nd4 Ke5 42. Nc6+ Kf6 (Kf4 43. Nxa7 Kxg4 44. Nb5) 43. Nd4 =. The tournament of rapid and ...
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| May-05-25 |
Ivanchuk vs A Espinosa Aranda, 2025
sleepyirv: Stockfish can play 10...Bxb4 11. axb4 Qxa1 12. Nb5 Ne7 13. Nd6+ I'm sure, but I'm sympathetic to any human being who does not want to deal with a nailed down knight shoved down his throat.
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| May-05-25 |
Jaenisch - Staunton (1851)
MissScarlett: Walker in <Bell's Life in London>, October 5th 1851, p.8: <The describing games played by Major Jaenisch and Mr Staunton, as games played in the St George's Chess Tournament, is part of the old humbug we so constantly set ...
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| May-05-25 |
Bogoljubov vs B Koch, 1933
marcusantoinerome: In "A Chess Omnibus" by Edward Winter, page 146, he notes that Bogoljubov gives his own 3rd, 5th, and 6th moves question marks! Apparently Bogo's notes were published in the Deutsche Schachzeitung, August 1933.
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| May-05-25 |
Hans Niemann
MissScarlett: <Hans Niemann @HansMokeNiemann Now that some of the dust has settled, I want to address my withdrawal from Paris. I didn't immediately issue a public statement because, frankly, I was deeply frustrated by the organizers' and ...
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| May-05-25 |
Morphy / Barnes vs Staunton / Owen, 1858
andrea volponi: 38...Rh8!? - h5 Bxh5 - Rh1 f5 - c4 Kf6 - Re3 a5 - Rxd3 Kg5 - Rd6 e5 - Rxb6 +- .
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| May-05-25 |
F Brown vs H Atkins, 1900
MissScarlett: Van Vliet's column in <To-Day>, September 20th 1900, p.255, adds the move pair: <29. Ne2 Rc2 0-1>.
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| May-05-25 |
Anderssen vs Horwitz, 1851
jnpope: <Schachzeitung>, v7, 1852, p9, gives 31...Ke8 as well.
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| May-05-25 |
I Szabo vs Anderssen, 1851
MissScarlett: According to the score in <Bell's Life in London>, January 4th 1852, p.8, White stumbled on with <26. Nf3 Qg3 0-1>.
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| May-05-25 |
Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2019
paulalbert: Nakamura played 2.Q-h5 against GM Sasikiran at the Sigme & Co. Tournament in 2007. He lost, but not because of the opening choice. It certainly violates the principles we are taught as children about early queen moves and trying for ...
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| May-05-25 |
Westerinen vs J Kristinsson, 1973
Pyrandus: Interesting: Westerinen!
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| May-05-25 |
J Zhu vs H Dronavalli, 2025
HeMateMe: Zhu's King was safe on the h file, despite no pawn cover
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| May-05-25 |
Seirawan vs R Kasa, 1992
Stonehenge: 32. f5?? oops.
Seirawan was lucky Black took the draw at the end.
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| May-05-25 |
Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2023
tonsillolith: <55...Nb3> as <agadmator> points out in a YouTube video (about another game), this is a defensive pattern that is very handy when you've a knight for defense against a queen, especially in blitz, when you'ven't much time ...
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| May-05-25 |
H Lahdelma vs S Nyysti, 2025
offramp: <Play Nyysti For Me>.
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| May-05-25 |
V Babula Sr vs Z Rigo, 1999
WTHarvey: White mates in 5.
[DIAGRAM] 27. ?
if 27...♔g8 28.♗xf7+ ♔f8 29.♗a3+
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| May-05-25 |
J Nogueiras vs Dominguez Perez, 1999
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 32. ?
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| May-05-25 |
A Poluljahov vs S Sivokho, 1999
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 28. ?
if 28...♔e6 29.♕xd8 ♖xd8 30.♖h6+
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| May-05-25 |
G Jones vs Nijboer, 2004
kingscrusher: 8.Nxd5 is an incredible tactical shot
[DIAGRAM]
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| May-05-25 |
Russell Almer Scott
Sally Simpson: 😊
"Many old residents of Red Deer will remember Russell Scott, a watchmaker... ...It was his first experience of playing by the clock."
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| May-05-25 |
K Richter vs G Kieninger, 1940
Stolzenberg: <WTHarvey>: White wins: After 23. ... Qc8 24. Qc5 0-0 25. Qxe7 Black can still fish in troubled waters with 25. ... Kg7, 25. ... Qb8 or 25. ... c5. At least this would be better than to resign too early.
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| May-05-25 |
Superbet Rapid Poland (2025)
Atterdag: In two days, i.e. 7 May, the Superbet Chess Classics commences in Bucharest. Gukesh, Caruana, Firouzja, Abdusattorov, Aronian, Praggnanandhaa, Vachier-Lagrave, Duda, So, Deac. No Carlsen, alas, but somewhat expected. Preview here: ...
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| May-05-25 |
A Dadian vs Boulitchoff, 1882
Granny O Doul: One sees the clear influence of Napoleon in White's play here but then what better model for a lieutenant general? Specifically, the game Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804 . Harder to understand is Boulitchoff's choice ...
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| May-05-25 |
B Colias vs Nunn, 1985
Granny O Doul: Apparently White is ok until 24. Rb2, where instead 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Qg5+ Rg7 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. Bg6+ Rfxf6 28. Qh5+ Rh6 29. Rh8+ leaves Black unable to escape the perpetual. Btw, when I say "apparently" I mean the apparency that ...
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| May-05-25 |
I Vainerman vs G Timoscenko, 1987
Straclonoor: Nice game!
[DIAGRAM] <47.Kc7?> 47.Nb6! or 47.Nb2 wins immediately Analysis by Stockfish dev-20241031-7f386d10:
1. +- (#30): 47.Nb6 Nb8+ 48.Kc7 Na6+ 49.Kc8 g4 50.Nd5 f3 51.gxf3 gxf3 52.Nc7+ Kf7 53.Nxa6 f2 54.b8Q f1Q 55.Qc7+ Kg6
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| May-05-25 |
H Epsteen vs L Rosenblatt, 1909
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The San Francisco Call, Chess, San Francisco, California, Sunday, June 22, 1913 "The following two games occurred in a match played in 1909 between Dr. H. Epsteen, now of San Rafael, and Mr. L.
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| May-05-25 |
E Cotta vs E Asfora, 1966
Straclonoor: Quite interesting pawn ending. It initially drawn [DIAGRAM] Here black instead of 42....h5 with equal played <42....g5?> that goes to [DIAGRAM] after 48 moves. This 7-pieces ending won for white <49.Kd4 h5 50.Ke3?> this ...
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| May-05-25 |
C Waterman vs S Gammell, 1900
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The San Francisco Call, Chess, San Francisco, California, Sunday, June 22, 1913 "We call the attention of our readers to two games illustrating the Waterman variation in the Falkbeer Counter ...
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| May-05-25 |
B Altman vs R Ray, 1918
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, April 28, 1918 "..The following interesting game was played in one of the minor tournaments of the National Correspondence ...
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| May-05-25 |
E R Perry vs S Mlotkowski, 1918
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Los Angeles Times, Chess, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 13, 1918 CHESS. Game No. 107—Queen's Pawn Opening. The first game of the play off in the tie for the championship of the
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| May-05-25 |
M Testa vs S Mlotkowski, 1918
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from Salt Lake Tribune, Chess, Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, March 15, 1918 with the following analysis: 4. d3… (a) The usual move is P-B3 and the Handbuch gives as a reply 4. … BxN saying 4. ...
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| May-05-25 |
John Fedorowicz
perfidious: A yet earlier picture of Fedorowicz below, from 1975: https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C...
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| May-05-25 |
F Szente-Varga vs V Gagarin, 2014
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] It seems 67....Rc2! wins
Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
-+ (-62.60): 67...Rc2 68.Rb6 Rxf3+ 69.Kg1 Rxc4 70.Rb7+ Ke6 71.Rb6+ Kd7 72.Rb1 Rxe4 73.Kg2 Ra3 74.h3 Ke6 75.Rb6+ Kd5 76.Rb2 c4 77.Rb5+ Kd4 78.Rb2 Ree3 79.h4 gxh4 80.g5 ...
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| May-05-25 |
H Borochow vs E Grabill, 1922
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from Los Angeles Evening Express, Chess, Los Angeles, California, February 23, 1922. "The finals tourney at the Los Angeles Chess club for the 1922 city championship is nearing completion with S. ...
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| May-05-25 |
C Waterman vs N Voss, 1902
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The San Francisco Call, Chess, San Francisco, California, June 22, 1913 https://fischer-notes.blogspot.com/... A date for the game is not provided. However, relying on a details about Nicholas ...
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| May-05-25 |
Nicholas Voss
NewspaperChessArchiv: While completing the genealogical chart, there was a contradiction in sources whether he was born in Hamburg, Germany or Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
His name is prolific among correspondence chess tournaments including a win
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| May-05-25 |
M Labollita vs R Leitao, 2005
MarcusBierce: That�s a crazy concentration of pieces and pawns in the middle of the board after Black�s 28th
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| May-05-25 |
Sereno Gammell
NewspaperChessArchiv: Prolific resume for academic, military and occupation background, with Harvard U qualifying as a main source. Rev. S. D. Gammell was a regular name associated with Correspondence Chess.
A contributor on Ancestry provided a ...
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| May-05-25 |
Dvoirys vs V Malaniuk, 1989
An Englishman: Good Evening: One of our daily Puzzles (5 May 2025) inspired a hunt for games in the 3...g6 Ruy Lopez, and found this one. 26.White to Play will constitute a decent midweek Puzzle some day.
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| May-05-25 |
Robert Ray
NewspaperChessArchiv: I spent a few hours on this one, it is properly Hon. Robert J. Ray or Judge Robert J. Ray. I could not discover the middle name, though I tried with several sources. Contains geneaological chart, and a few news items. He was ...
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| May-05-25 |
V Fedoseev vs Duda, 2025
cehertan: Or better yet how about Qf3 for black on move 34 forcing quick resignation.
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| May-05-25 |
K Vygodchikov vs P Romanovsky, 1923
KEG: Post VII
Actually, and as I look at the position again, Vygodchikov had more than a "ray of hope"; he had a clear road to a draw: 68. Rxe4 RxR [anything else is obviously a draw] 68. Kd3 [exploiting the pin] Kg3 69. KxR Kxh3. Black has a ...
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| May-05-25 |
C Aravindh vs V Fedoseev, 2025
cehertan: How in gods name does a Gm not play 43.Qxc7 Bxc7 44.g4 and f3 with a stone cold elementary draw? Is he trying to win on time or something? Omg. He can trade his g2 pawn for a blockade and an instant handshake.
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| May-05-25 |
Firouzja vs Duda, 2025
cehertan: Yikes not what white had in mind. I like the classic London system v the Reti.
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| May-05-25 |
James Rizzitano
perfidious: Outside of the occasional event at the Boylston Club, I never saw Harry play in those days, so that is surprising.
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| May-05-25 |
Superbet Blitz Poland (2025)
cehertan: Pretty wild going 14-1 against this field at a speed. That’s some performance rating.
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Kibitzing