| May-06-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
Schwartz: https://youtu.be/MXa0CamaXVA
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| May-06-25 |
Charles Cutler
jnpope: "Charles Grubb Cutler, the oldest member of the City of London Chess Club, died on October 22 last at the great age of 92, being born on July 1, 1839. He joined the club in 1873, was soon elected to the committee and became..." <British
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| May-06-25 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: I solved the mystery of <W. J. Taylor> in the Testa-Taylor game. Turns out no such player exists. Poor reporting led us astray. I did more research into the event itself:
Minnesota State Championship (1914)
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| May-06-25 |
Carlsen vs S Randjelovic, 1999
Bobby Fiske: In Norwegian Chess tournaments, there are all together 6 age groups, available to be used by the tournament organizer.
And/or they can split the groups by Elo rating, of course. Age groups mostly in National Championships.
Senior ...
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| May-06-25 |
Fritz Baumbach
Damenlaeuferbauer: Today I got the sad message, that my compatriot, the former correspondence chess world champion Dr. Friedrich Baumbach, already passed away on April 24th, 2025 in the German capital. I had the great pleasure to play a ...
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| May-06-25 |
William Russell
jnpope: Ok, so the 1894 born Russell, was the accountant, and was the son of a Sr. who was the one associated with Hogan Co. Ltd. The stenographer must be a whole other William H. Russell... double checking the 1900 census I see that William H. ...
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| May-06-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
stone free or die: Doc Watson!
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| May-06-25 |
Vladimir Kramnik
stone free or die: <perfidious: Tal is obvious and it is difficult to imagine missing him...> No kidding, even down to his right hand. Like I said, I don't know where I missed that left in Albuquerque! It is interesting to compare the ...
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| May-06-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
plang: <Three teams with 60+ wins losing their first game in the second round. > I predict that one of them will lose in this round.
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| May-06-25 |
Tomislav Music
OhioChessFan: Lester Young -There Will Never Be Another You
https://youtu.be/SsekKA-_FNw?si=p5G...
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| May-06-25 |
M Testa vs G Taylor, 1914
jnpope: This game, as were all the games played in the 20th Annual Minnesota State Chess Association championship, was played on Monday, Feb. 23, 1914, at the Radisson hotel, tenth floor, due to Washington's birthday falling on a Sunday that year.
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| May-06-25 |
Lasker vs E Hamburger, 1900
MissScarlett: <Hamburger ...
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| May-06-25 |
D Gavrilescu vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025
Andrew Chapman: I would have thought that Gavrilescu would have considered Nf3+ when he played c3. He must have missed something I guess. One of the problems with c3 is that it removes one of the protections of the bishop on d3. Correct is 22.gxf3
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| May-06-25 |
A Neumann vs D Przepiorka, 1904
Hercdon: I too first thought Qxh6 but overlooked KxQ and thought Black escapes! But just a bit deeper you find that it works A great Tuesday puzz
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| May-06-25 |
Grosslobming Women's Grand Prix (2025)
Atterdag: Explain, explain, explain.
How on earth should I know who does what on these pages? Is there a credit list somewhere I haven't seen? Acknowledgements of the voluntary contributors? Like a colophone in a chess magazine. During the twenty
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| May-06-25 |
Gramatikov vs J Dubois, 1996
VerySeriousExpert: 16...Qc7?? attracts attention, and 3...Bb4? 4.c3 Bc5? attracks attention: it is one of the strangest games.
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| May-06-25 |
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1850
offramp: <sudoplatov: Stockfish suggestion of 28.Ne1 isn't obvious.> Stockfish doesn't have a dictionary. Google suggests "outré".
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| May-06-25 |
R Ekstrom vs A Huss, 1995
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Quite instructive 7-pieces knight ending!
<46....Nb6??> Mistake at the begin! Wins only 46....e3!! 47.Kg3 Ke4 48.Nb5 e2 49.Kf2 Kd3 (obviously only move to win) 50.Ke1 Nd2 51.a7 Nf3+ 52.Kf2 e1Q+ 53.Kxf3 c4 54.Kf4 Qe4+ ...
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| May-06-25 |
Miles vs K Berg, 1993
moronovich: There is a sad story connected with this game.
My friend, Klaus Berg, would have achieved the third and final GM-norm if he had converted the win. But he failed and never accomplished the third an final norm ): Chess is a cruel game.
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| May-06-25 |
M Carlhammar vs N Maisuradze, 2008
Sally Simpson: a Double Excelsior!
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| May-06-25 |
M Ginsburg vs Dzindzichashvili, 1979
Sally Simpson: <Hi mginsburg> Without vying for a nit-pickers badge a true 'Excelsior' is when a pawn goes from it's starting square to make a promotion in consecutive moves. Not too common in OTB play but your post (Thank You) has given me ...
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| May-06-25 |
M Muzychuk vs A Muzychuk, 2025
stone free or die: The queen do-si-do.
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| May-06-25 |
Swiderski vs H Caro, 1905
Chessical: [DIAGRAM] Caro could have saved the game with <45...Re8> as White cannot escape perpetual check. <46. c7> Rc3 47. Bxh6 (not 47. c8=Q? Rcxc8 48. bxc8=Q Rxc8) 47...gxh6 48. b8=Q Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Rc2+ etc. If <46. Bxh6> gxh6 ...
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| May-06-25 |
Balashov vs J Sunye Neto, 1979
Fusilli: <Ruanpablo1> Thank you. I checked and edited his bio based on the summary you provided.
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| May-06-25 |
George Reid
MissScarlett: The source for Blackburne game gives only 'Reid', but the City of London CC Annual Report for 1901 lists <G T Reid> as a member. Eastern Mercury, May 9th 1911, p.4:
<Essex journalism has lost one of its brilliant ornaments ...
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| May-06-25 |
H Epsteen vs L Rosenblatt, 1909
offramp: I would like to see the other games from this match. <Mechanics> play chess in an undecorated way.
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| May-06-25 |
William Woodbury
NewspaperChessArchiv: Had photos and articles about him for his engineering in bridge architecture. William Nicholl Woodbury
February 14, 1886 - April 11, 1979
https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/...
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| May-06-25 |
A Strauss vs J Krebs, 1999
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] SF gives as main line in this pawn ending -
Analysis by Stockfish dev-20250418-7beff18e:
+- (3.13): 55...Kf6 56.Kf2 Kf7 57.Kf3 Kf6 58.Ke4 g4 59.h7 Kg7 60.f6+ Kxh7 61.Kxe5 so it's won according to 7TB
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| May-06-25 |
Augustus Beckman
NewspaperChessArchiv: ...
August Henry Beckman
1870-January 06, 1956
Born in Pennsylvania, Died in New Jersey
Gloucester County Times, Woodbury, New Jersey, Saturday, January 07, 1956, p.1
OBITUARY
AUGUSTUS H. BECKMAN
Augustus Henry ...
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| May-06-25 |
C Aravindh vs V Fedoseev, 2025
PaulPetrovitj: With 44. Qb1?? white lost the game immediately. 44. Qe8 would have kept the game level, since -, Qxg3 leads to a draw by perpetual check, 45. Qe7 ch etc. In rapid and blitz chess, things like these can happen in time trouble.
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| May-06-25 |
V Gagarin vs J Westerberg, 2015
Straclonoor: Interesting game!
[DIAGRAM] <38....Bf6??> White here could make draw - 39.Qa7+ etc. Black had a choice for win - 38....Qc1+ & 38....Qc3+! Analysis by Stockfish 070222:
1. -+ (-9.92): 38...Qc1+ 39.Ke2 Qc2+ 40.Ke1 Qc3+ 41.Kd1 ...
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| May-06-25 |
D Gavrilescu vs Topalov, 2025
tamar: I noticed the 1 second too.
If the move 26…Rfd8 was made and clock punched that could never be possible since the increment adds two seconds. So likely a time forfeit.
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| May-06-25 |
K R Charlton vs S Hawes, 1977
Sally Simpson: <areknames>
I never knew about the Wedberg game, so thanks for that. The 5...h5 idea appealed as it has the look of a complete duffer about it. Moving a piece twice in the opening to set a trap (4.Nxe5?) and then playing h5. ...
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| May-06-25 |
William Belden
rhmberger: Correct link: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.321...
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| May-06-25 |
Edmund Seymour
rhmberger: Directory of living graduates and former students of Princeton University:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Reco...
1902, p.97: Seymour, Edmund Bayly, Jr.–‘98 Law--260 W. Johnson St., Germantown, Pa.
1905, p. 125: Seymour, Edmund ...
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| May-06-25 |
M Testa vs S Mlotkowski, 1917
NewspaperChessArchiv: From The Los Angeles Times, Chess, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 07, 1917 GAME NO. 65—ROSENTRETER'S GAMBIT.
(Notes by S. Mlotkowski.)
Offhand game recently played at the clubrooms, Mr. Testa, director, actor ...
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| May-06-25 |
V Iordachescu vs S Williams, 2013
Check It Out: I tried 40.Re8+ but then realized whites king would be in check. So I tried what I've learned: change the order: 40.Qh7+ Kxh7 41.Re8# beautiful ending.
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| May-06-25 |
J F de Saboya vs E Stenzel, 1967
MarcusBierce: Even though this is a loss on time, Black seems to be better, with his LSB about to come alive much more than White’s DSB.
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| May-06-25 |
Anand vs Kamsky, 1994
MarianoFreyreX: This is one of thr best games ever played.
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| May-06-25 |
A Yusupov vs Dautov, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 32. ?
32...♖xg8 33.♕xf6+ ♖g7 34.d8/♕+
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| May-06-25 |
Sutovsky vs Dautov, 2000
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 30.♘xd8 if ♗g7 31.♕f7+
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| May-06-25 |
A Bezgodov vs A Feoktistov, 1999
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 39. ?
if 40...♔h7 41.♕e4+
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| May-06-25 |
Ivanchuk vs A Espinosa Aranda, 2025
Olavi: It is also clear that Ivanchuk knew that he allowed the engine evaluation to drop when he played 10.b4. It doesn't mean anything to him - and hopefully the rest of the bunch.
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| May-06-25 |
Francesco Cassani
jnpope: <May-06-25 WilhelmThe2nd: <j> I suspect it was the problemist <Francesco Cassani>.> Can we dig up more on Francesco?
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| May-06-25 |
Giovanni Arata
WilhelmThe2nd: <j> I suspect it was the problemist <Francesco Cassani>.
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| May-06-25 |
John Brunnemer
NewspaperChessArchiv: This really made me feel for John Brunnemer when yet a youth of 16. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Monday, November 16, 1914 DROPS DEAD WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL
W. H. Brunnemer, Extra Club Pitcher, Dies ...
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| May-06-25 |
V Finek vs Carlsen, 2025
stone free or die: Got a chuckle from your comment <cehertan>, but the pedantic in me says it's not "normal" till the bish0p clears out from a1!
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| May-06-25 |
Kasparov vs Seirawan, 1989
ColdSong: Looked very far this queen sacrifice variation with help of Stockfish16.It looks like a perfect weapon till today if black is ready,the horizon of all subtelties is perfectly hidden and white will never really know where it goes.
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| May-06-25 |
Carlsen vs N Grandelius, 2025
cehertan: PawnSac—Are you sure Black was not winning at some point? He certainly got outclassed though.
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| May-06-25 |
E Espinosa vs J J Perez Leiva, 2025
takebackok: Andy Soltis NY Post 5/4/25 puzzle after 21...Qc7.
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| May-06-25 |
Henry Waters
jnpope: In all of the newspaper accounts he is only ever mentioned as "H. E. Waters". If it wasn't for the mention of him graduating from Rutgers I probably wouldn't have been able to track down his first name (and without that piece I wouldn't ...
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| May-06-25 |
K Mayerhofer vs Anderssen, 1851
stone free or die: <Missy>'s suspicion of the game being from 1851 seems supportable from the evidence. Not sure about <Mayerhofer>'s location during 1852+1853 outside Vienna, but <Anderssen> seems to have traveled little during ...
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| May-06-25 |
K B Richardson vs Y Estrin, 1972
FM David H. Levin: I liked White's endgame technique. After 33...Bd8, [DIAGRAM] White prepared the exchange of two pairs of kingside pawns so as to gain space and to saddle Black with at least one weak pawn there. The final position
[DIAGRAM] ...
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