| Jul-04-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
saffuna: Dodgers are pretty sure to keep hitting. And the pitching is bound to get better.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
diceman: <MissScarlett:
Can't we all just admit that the last 249 years have been a massive mistake?> About 8 months ago the American People
agreed with you.
At least on about the last 70 years.
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| Jul-04-25 |
SuperUnited Rapid Croatia (2025)
NrthrnKnght: The Coffee House Open has now concluded..
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| Jul-04-25 |
Curacao Candidates (1962)
plang: Grandmaster draws are not "collusion". There was no rule against short draws - there is nothing in the rules (at least then) against them. As for analysis of adjourned games there are plenty of stories of players going to bed while letting ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Biographer Bistro
Tabanus: Schlechter Memorial (1951) CG had all the games but without round number and dates. It seems https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/... has more stuff now than before.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974)
Sally Simpson: <Hi Petrosianic> "I guess what I'm saying is that if I were a Soviet authority, I'd have taken the chicken way. Hold Karpov back for next time." If I was the Soviet minister in charge I would have viewed it as if Fischer plays
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| Jul-04-25 |
Glenn Hartleb
perfidious: That bit of Hartleb being named a Master Emeritus strikes me as passing strange, and one would have hoped that common sense rather than rigid enforcement of rules and regulations would be the order of the day.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Geoff Chandler
Sally Simpson: I spent a while fixing that cooked study today. Success! Geoff Chandler (kibitz #270) Just needs tidying up pruning.
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| Jul-04-25 |
A Greet vs J Rowson, 2005
Sally Simpson: Andrew Greet himself notes up this game in CHESS October 2005 and confirms when Rowson claimed a draw it was done in all good faith. Andrew wanted to slip in an extra move as he was on the edge of time trouble and played 35.Qe6+ ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Norman Whitaker
Petrosianic: Checking further, I find that Fischer did the Log Cabin Chess Club did send Fischer to Cuba in 1956 as part of a tour. I never knew that, and none of the games are in the database. But it's at least possible that Whitaker went too, ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
stone free or die: Paul Darrow
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| Jul-04-25 |
H Steiner vs H Morton, 1936
stone free or die: <<KEG> (Carlsen arguably being the greatest endgame player of all time)> Ooh, this caught my eye, arguably I'll let it slide by! .
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| Jul-04-25 |
D Gukesh vs So, 2025
TheaN: So probably underestimated or miscalculated the clamp White will have on g6 after 16....Qc6? 17.g4/Nh4 ±. Principally, walking into the discover on the long diagonal seems like a disaster waiting to happen which did immediately, ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Saemisch vs Z von Balla, 1921
marcusantoinerome: I think the big blunder was 28 Qxc4?? The bishop only appears to be pinned by the rook.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Spassky vs Larsen, 1968
N.O.F. NAJDORF: Or
34...g4 35. Bxg4 Re8 36. Rf5 Rh8 37. Rh5 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Nxh5 39. Bxh5 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Qg5 41. g4 Re8 42. Qd3 Qf4 43. Qf3 Qd2+ winning queen for rook
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| Jul-04-25 |
V Kunin vs T Burg, 2024
al wazir: To play this combination, white must have foreseen 37...Qf7 38. Qxd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxd8+, etc. I didn't.
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| Jul-04-25 |
S Slonim vs N Riumin, 1931
plang: Very pretty attack.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Yanofsky vs Korchnoi, 1962
Petrosianic: <13 years on and no one has " attacked " ICCM Bart for his disgraceful statement that the non Fun Boy three pre - arranged their draws " Standards " are slipping !> I'd pay to see a debate between ICCM Bart and Lt. Surena. But ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Z Mestrovic vs C Navrotescu, 1990
FM David H. Levin: <<Straclonoor>: It seems something wrong with scoresheet of the game> I suspect that the moves 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Ke4 Re2+ should be deleted. I'm about to submit a correction slip. Thanks for mentioning the issue.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Petrosian vs F Olafsson, 1959
plang: 14 Ba2 had been played two times previously; 14 Rfe1 was new. White never achieved any real initiative in this game. The doubling of the rooks along the 6th rank looks pretty awkward and ineffective. Nice little endgame trick.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008
Sally Simpson: Just saw your post <Olavi> another shout for move 25. Or was that based on the 2008 interview.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Petrosian vs Reshevsky, 1953
ewan14: Petrosian was not ready in 1956 per his mistakes shown in Petrosian v. some of the Elite for example
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| Jul-04-25 |
Reshevsky vs Bronstein, 1953
ewan14: Apologies to saffuna !
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| Jul-04-25 |
Borin Topic
stone free or die: Oasis reunion tour kicks off today.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Duda vs D Gukesh, 2025
offramp: An old opening: Center Game (C22) .
It's like meeting a really old friend.
[DIAGRAM] This game is all-action all the way through; there are no <longueurs>, no <periods of manoeuvring>, no <tacking> in the ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996
andrea volponi: 21Qg7 (=)...Bxg7 - fxg7 Rg8 - Nxc5 d4!? - Bxb7+ Rxb7 - Nxb7 Qb6 - Bxd4 Qxd4 - Rfd1 Qxg7! - Rxa7 Kb8 - Rda1 Re8 - Nd6 Re1+ - Rxe1 Kxa7 - Nc4 Qd4!(=) .
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| Jul-04-25 |
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961
andrea volponi: 21 Qxf4!? (=). : 21...Bh4! (=).
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| Jul-04-25 |
H Kauder vs R Gruenberg, 1982
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] 7-pieces rook ending won for minor side
<54....Kd5 55.Rg4 Rc8 56.Rg8 Rc1 57.Kg4??> Mistake! Wins backtrack - 57.Rg4 Rc8 58.Rxb4 Kc5 59.Rb7 a6 60.Rc7+!! (only move to win!) Rxc7 61.h8Q Kb6 62.Kg6 Ka7 63.Qd4+!! (only ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
T Pekin vs C A Blanco Gramajo, 2018
perfidious: <FSR: Incidentally, the tablebases will tell you that this position, with Black to move, is a win for White, but that with perfect play it will take 517 moves! No doubt you can all see that . . .> Even this <life 1200 ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
I Baraeva vs M R Owens, 2005
Straclonoor: Nice game!
White could won three times in the game.
In middlegame
[DIAGRAM] <25.Re4?> - white missed 25.Rb8!! Analysis by Stockfish dev-20240117-a5675f19:
+- (21.88): 25.Rb8! Qg6 26.Qa3 Ke7 27.Re1+ Kf7 28.Rxb7+ Kf8 29.Rb8+ ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Korchnoi vs G Borisenko, 1950
ewan14: I think modern day computers have white's bishop moving on the sixth turn
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| Jul-04-25 |
Carlsen vs D Gukesh, 2025
Atterdag: Around move 29 Carlsen seemed to underestimate the power of the rook on d8. Gukesh elegantly used his knights to gain material. Well played by the young champ, who didn't lose composure against his terrifying opponent.
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| Jul-04-25 |
L Evans vs Larsen, 1957
Dionysius1: For most of this game I'm going "Stop it Larsen! I don't even understand what you're doing. Does chess even work this way?"
I guess this iconoclastic way of playing isn't my cup of tea, not even with Donner's analysis in The King (2nd ...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Saemisch vs J H Donner, 1968
Olavi: <Sally Simpson> Donner's The King is a book to recommend to non-chess players. Like your girlfriend, if you want to break up with her...
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| Jul-04-25 |
Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2011
moronovich: <Jul-04-25 Darksquare1: Can any body tell me why 12... Qxb2 not possible?> I think you mean 11- Qxb2. It is met by 12. Na4 trapping the queen. A classic which is very usefull to know.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
Stolzenberg: After <26. Qxf4> the obviously best move would have been to resign. Excellent game by Euwe.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Chessgames - Music
Check It Out: <gezafan> The Gits were great. Mia's murder was a real blow here. She reminds me of a raw version of the Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NX...
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| Jul-04-25 |
M Basman vs B Thipsay, 1991
Check It Out: <FM David H. Levin> Thanks for that. I went through all your lines.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Goryachkina vs Karjakin, 2025
Saniyat24: Nice game by Karjakin...!
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| Jul-04-25 |
B Warnock vs C Hertan, 1988
perfidious: <Granny...I also never pronounced Hertan as "hurtin''"....> Neither did I.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Tal vs Larsen, 1969
takebackok: Another try was 22. Bxa6 (not) Ra8? 23. Re8+ Kxe8 24. Bb5+ Ke7 25. Rxa8 wining so 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Rxa6 looking good. Game line was also interesting.
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| Jul-04-25 |
Louis Stumpers
beatgiant: "5-move game ending in NxR mate"
<Did I get that right?> I've already found one mistake in my work above. I'll post a correction later (unless another kibitzer spots it first).
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| Jul-04-25 |
Abdusattorov vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025
cormier: sf 17.1 depth=38
-2.16 18... Bh3 19. a3 Rbb8 20. Rf2 d5 21. Qd3 Bc5 22. e5 Qe6 23. Re2 Bf5 24. Qg3 g6 25. Bb3 Bg4 26. Rd3 Bxe2 27. Nxe2 Rb7 28. Ba4 Ba7 29. Qh4 h5 30. Qg5 Kh7 31. Rg3 Bc5 32. f5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Rh3 Rfb8 35. Kd2 ...
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