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Jul-30-10 Richard Palliser    blair45: << I received a copy of his "The Complete Chess Workout" today. Does anyone else here have it? What do you think of it? How are you using it? Any general advice would be nice too :) tia>>ketchuplover. I'm working problems from Palliser's "The Complete Chess Workout". ...      Jul-27-10 P Goluch vs N Paikidze, 2010    blair45: The lesson to be learned is the primacy of check. The position seems complicated until one realizes that White has to answer 22. ...Nf3ch. before any other play -- and there is no answer to 22. ...Nf3ch.      Jul-08-10 D Dumitrache vs D Baratosi, 2008    blair45: <<I think White showed both good judgement and a flair for risk with his pawn sacrifice 20.d5!?, which does "nothing" but open the d-file. An Englishman>> Second this comment. In playing over the game, I never would have guessed this move. Dumatrache gives up a passer ...      Nov-10-09 Keene vs W Reichenbach, 1975    blair45: The pun is a lot better than the game.      Nov-04-09 Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893    blair45: Someone once told me that the "Old Master" was a tip of the hat to Frank Marshall. Seems ironic that the cocky youth, in real life, was an American, Bobby Fischer.      Dec-06-08 Caruana vs E Berg, 2008    blair45: <<dzecheil>> and black doesn't have time for the zwischenzug 20...Bxg3 because once white recaptures with 21 fxg3 the rook now protects the knight against capture. So... Other interesting lines develop after 21.Nxh6 ch.gxh6 22.Qg4 ch.Kf8 23.fxg3ch.Ke8 24.Qxe6# or 21. ...      Aug-07-08 A Lukin vs G Timoscenko, 1979    blair45: After 21. Rxf6 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Qd1+ 23. Ng1 gxf6 24.Bxf6+ Kg8 25.Qh6 White wins.      Jul-11-08 Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958    blair45: Aside from the queen sac, I think the impressive part of this game is how beautifully coordinated Tal's minor pieces are. Each piece supports the attack. I suppose this was part of Tal's calculations.      Mar-21-08 G Sigurjonsson vs L Ogaard, 1978    blair45: << Magic Castle: The main purpose of the key move d6 is to keep the bishop from guarding f8 paving the way for the mating attack of Qf5 which can no longer be defended by g6 in view of Qg6 followed by rf8 etc.>> Thank you Sir! After guiding my way through all these ...      Jan-26-08 Fischer vs Benko, 1959    blair45: <<weary willy: Oh! A little learning (and a lot of stupidity) is a very dangerous thing. I thought I remembered this game and recalled the motif of Rf6 to block the f pawn ... and tried to make it fit here ... wrong game ... that's another Fischer-Benko! Fischer vs Benko, ...      Jan-21-08 Fischer vs Euwe, 1960     Jan-19-08 Bobby Fischer     Jan-10-08 Bagirov vs A Vooremaa, 1981     Dec-26-07 A V Filipenko vs F Lipinsky, 2000     Dec-06-07 Van der Wiel vs Timman, 1988     Nov-26-07 G Mammadova vs O Girya, 2001     Nov-19-07 Greco vs NN, 1620     Nov-18-07 Spassky vs A Beliavsky, 1988     Nov-12-07 H Neustadtl vs O Valenta, 1889     Nov-01-07 Geller vs Furman, 1959     Oct-18-07 Smyslov vs Pilnik, 1956     Oct-08-07 Max Judd     Sep-20-07 J Emms vs Tukmakov, 1996     Sep-14-07 P Winston vs Browne, 1972     Aug-01-07 J Cervenka vs J Netolicky, 1991     Jul-26-07 Van Wely vs Motylev, 2007     Jul-23-07 L Didier vs Marshall, 1900     Jul-19-07 M Klinova vs D Spence, 2006     Jul-11-07 Reti vs Capablanca, 1924     Jul-04-07 Spielmann vs H Gebhard, 1926     Jun-25-07 R Slade vs D V Hooper, 1947     Jun-22-07 Z Doda vs Portisch, 1969     Jun-15-07 J Penrose vs M Blau, 1957     Jun-05-07 Dreev vs J Piket, 1996     May-27-07 M Ghinda vs C Partos, 1975     May-20-07 L Hazai vs W Schmidt, 1975     May-18-07 Reshevsky vs Fine, 1941     May-13-07 Kibitzer's Café     Apr-03-07 Adams vs V Dimitrov, 1993     Mar-29-07 S K Bru vs Movsesian, 2001     Mar-23-07 M Brodsky vs J Maiwald, 1994     Mar-19-07 S Duron Godoy vs V Garcia Castro, 2004     Mar-16-07 G Gessner vs N Whitaker, 1916     Mar-05-07 I Goutioudi vs L Rogule, 2006     Feb-21-07 Nunn vs E Bhend, 1978     Feb-20-07 Greco vs NN, 1620     Feb-13-07 Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1896     Feb-12-07 Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971     Feb-01-07 L Prins vs L Day, 1968     Feb-01-07 Panno vs H Bravo Sedamanos, 1975     Jan-27-07 Yates vs A Haida, 1925     Jan-16-07 Velimirovic vs Szabo, 1976     Jan-07-07 Fedorov vs N Miezis, 2000     Jan-04-07 P Mertens vs E Eichhorn, 1968     Dec-31-06 Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946     Dec-18-06 Bledow vs K Schorn, 1839     Dec-16-06 N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965     Dec-12-06 Shamkovich vs Bronstein, 1971

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