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GrahamClayton
Member since May-13-08 · Last seen Jul-25-25

I live in Sydney Australia, and have been a CC player since 1980, with my only significant OTB play being 4 years of high school chess in the late 1970's and early 1980's. I have an interest in chess history, and enjoy playing through interesting games from the past, and learning about the famous and not so famous players who have graced the great game of chess.

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Dec-18-20		Z4all: ( Kinda wish <Stonehenge> cited an (the?) example... to save me the time of digging one out... but I did, allthesame.) Consider this snippet from C.N. 11709 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Nf3 Ngf6 6 Bd3 Nxe4 7 Bxe4 Nf6 8 Bd3 b6 9 Bb5+ Bd7 10 Bxd7+ Qxd7 11 Ne5 Qd5 12 O-O c5 13 c4 Qb7 14 Qa4+ Nd7 15 Rd1 Rd8 16 Nc6 Rc8 17 d5 a6 18 Qb3 Nf6 19 Qe3 Bd6 20 f4 O-O 21 Qd3 exd5 22 cxd5 Rfe8 23 b3 Bf8 24 Bb2 Nxd5 25 Na5 bxa5 26 Qxd5 Qb4 27 Be5 Red8 28 Qxd8 Rxd8 29 Rxd8 f6 30 Bb2 c4 31 Bd4 cxb3 32 axb3 Kf7 33 Rc1 Kg6 34 g4 Bd6 35 f5+ Kg5 36 Be3+ Kh4 37 Kf2 Bf4 38 Rd3 Qe4 39 Ke2 Bxe3 40 Rxe3 Qg2+ 41 Kd3 a4 42 Rc4 Qb2 43 Ke4 Kxg4 44 Kd5+ Kxf5 45 Rf3+ Kg6 46 Rg3+ Draw <Converting it to a "standard / canonical" form is trivial with <SCID>... 1. New game (obvious) 2. Ctrl-Shift-i (import PGN) 3. Cut and paste the above into the dialogue box. 4. Import (Alt-i) 5. Paste Current Game (Alt-p) And now you can cut-and-paste a proper PGN... dots and all! * Note this will also help you find errors in the input PGN, if they existed [which they "never" do on Winter's site - ha!] * > ([Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round ""] [White ""] [Black ""] [Result ""] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 b6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Ne5 Qd5 12.O-O c5 13.c4 Qb7 14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Rd1 Rd8 16.Nc6 Rc8 17.d5 a6 18.Qb3 Nf6 19.Qe3 Bd6 20. f4 O-O 21.Qd3 exd5 22.cxd5 Rfe8 23.b3 Bf8 24.Bb2 Nxd5 25.Na5 bxa5 26. Qxd5 Qb4 27.Be5 Red8 28.Qxd8 Rxd8 29.Rxd8 f6 30.Bb2 c4 31.Bd4 cxb3 32.axb3 Kf7 33.Rc1 Kg6 34.g4 Bd6 35.f5+ Kg5 36.Be3+ Kh4 37.Kf2 Bf4 38.Rd3 Qe4 39.Ke2 Bxe3 40.Rxe3 Qg2+ 41.Kd3 a4 42.Rc4 Qb2 43.Ke4 Kxg4 44.Kd5+ Kxf5 45.Rf3+ Kg6 46.Rg3+ (FWIW - the Draw finish isn't recognized by SCID, and is ignored)

Dec-18-20		Z4all: Hope <Stonehenge> wasn't doing all that by hand!

Apr-07-21		jessicafischerqueen: <GrahamClayton> Thanks to your initiative, the Upload Utility sample PGN now has a source tag! PGN Upload Utility

Apr-07-21		jessicafischerqueen: <Z4all> Me too, for <Stony's> sake. He's certainly not work-shy at any rate eh?

Apr-20-21		GrahamClayton: <GrahamClayton> Thanks to your initiative, the Upload Utility sample PGN now has a source tag! <jessicafischerqueen> Thanks Jessica!

May-26-21		GrahamClayton: A nice puzzle by Latvian chess composer Johann Sehwers, in which the White rook cooperating together with the bishop makes the Black queen run out of safe squares: click for larger view Solution 1. Rd8 (1. ... Qg7 2. Bd4+; 1. ... Qg6 2. Rd6+; 1. ... Qg5 2. Bh4+) 1...Qh7 2. Rh8 (2...Qh8 2. Bd4+) 2...Qg6 3. Rh6+ Qh6 4. g5+ (4...Kg5 5. Be3+; 4...Qg5 5. Bh4)

May-27-21		perfidious: Clever problem.

Jul-01-21		Stonehenge: I have asked this before but please use periods after each move number when you upload games. Also, use commas in American site names like Los Angeles, CA USA.

Aug-25-21		MissScarlett: A S Jameson vs W M Ward, 1904 Think you'll find this CHYP contest took place in December, not August.

Oct-14-21		jonfrankle: Hi, Graham. I just joined chessgames.com, to reach out to you because you posted some info about my Des Moines, IA childhood friend and early chess mentor, Dan Harger (games: Dan Harger). I've kept up with almost everyone else from our (DM Theodore Roosevelt) high school [Dan '69, myself: '72] team, but lost track of Dan after he visited me in California in the early 1980's. I'm not sure how you know him, but a few of us would like to reconnect with Dan if you can help. Thanks! Jon (jonfrankle@gmail.com) PS -- My son and I took our first trip to New Zealand and Australia in spring 2019, enjoyed it and hope to return someday.

Nov-02-21		fredthebear: <GC> I've enjoyed your recent posts of miniatures. Thanks!

Feb-14-22		GrahamClayton: If anyone wants to upload some games to chessgames.com but doesn't know how to do so, I can recommend this PGN editor: http://www.caissa.com/chess-tools/p... After creating the PGN score, replace "%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor" with the [Source] tag and you can upload the game without any problems!

Feb-14-22		login: The land owns us Where the bloody hell are ya - why no editor (yet)?! Vouched (for years). Have a good one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svS...

Jun-10-22		Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> I've posted a question for you at L T Magee vs J Holland, 1948

Sep-20-22		GrahamClayton: A nice study by B Serus, published in the Polish magazine "Szachy #182" in 1959 - the White King chases the Black bishop all across the board before trapping it. click for larger view 1. Bd3 Kxf1 2. Kb8 Bd7 3. Kc7 Be8 4. Kd8 Bf7 5. Ke7 Bg6 6. Kf8 Bh7 (only move due to the threat of 7. Nf4 - this is why White played 1. Bd3, to protect this knight) 7. Kg7 winning.

Sep-30-22		GrahamClayton: An unusual example of queen sacrifices on consecutive moves - Gilg v Lamprecht, Karbitz 1924: click for larger view 1... f1=Q 2. Qxf1 h1=Q 3. Qxh1 stalemate.

Sep-30-22		GrahamClayton: During a simultaneous exhibition at the Dundee CC on November 22 1930, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky was able to checkmate his opponent by castling - a rare feat. click for larger view 1. hxg3 hxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Bh3+ 3. Kxh3 Ng4+ 4. Kxg4 Qd7+ 5. Kg5 Be7+ 6. Kxg6 Rg8+ 7. Kh7 Bf6+ 8. Kxg8 O-O-O# Znosko-Borovsky finished the 15 board exhibition with a score of +13, =1, -1.

Feb-18-23		MissScarlett: Note that <Chess Life> dropped the <& Review> from its title from the start of 1980.

Mar-23-23		fredthebear: A handful of interesting posts from you today. Thank you GC!

May-04-24		GrahamClayton: In July 1914, in Berlin, Jose Capablanca and Emanuel Lasker played 10 rapid games, with Capablanca winning the match 6.5 to 3.5. The following position is based on one of those games: click for larger view Capablanca to move as White. 1. Kc7 is stalemate, while any rook move along the 8th rank is met by 1...Nb5 with a drawn position. The rook is hindering Capablanca's chances of winning, so it needs to be removed, hence 1. Ra8+! eg 1...Ka8 2. Kc7 or 1...Na8 2. Kc8 Nc7 3. Kc7 Ka8 4. Kb6 winning Amatzia Avni, 'Creative Chess', p. 51-52.

May-06-24		GrahamClayton: Hutter-Wust, Vienna 1939: click for larger view Hutter played 1. Rh8, expecting 1...Ng5 2.h4, but Wust ignored the attack on the knight and played 1...Kf1!! after which play continued 2. Rxh3 Ng4 with ...Nf2# to follow. Hutter's only way to avoid immediate checkmate was 2. Rf8+ Nf2 3. Rf2+ Kf2, with a winning position for Black. Kurt Richter "Der Weg zum Matt - Ein Blick in die Schachtechnik", p.71.

Oct-24-24		GrahamClayton: Position after 35 moves of the consultation game Hans Seyboth/Mikhail Chigorin v Emmanuel Schiffers/Lewin, St Petersburg, 13th September 1900: click for larger view Play continued 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Rxf7 Qe3 38. R7f3 Qh6 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Rg3+ Kh8 41. Rf7 b5 42. Rg5 1-0. A curious final position - the Black king and queen are stalemated: click for larger view Edward Winter 'Chess Explorations', Cadogan Books p. 4-5

Jun-05-25		Stonehenge: You've uploaded <[Event "corr"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Pierre Morra"] [Black "Tuliette Giacomelli"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Bill Wall, 500 Sicilian Miniatures Collection II, p.18"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Bb5+ axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Rac1 f6 15. Rc7 Qa4 16. Qd3 b6 17. b3 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Qd8+ 1-0> But it's really Tilliette vs Giacomelli, 1955. See Michel Barbaut's comment here: https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/ch...

Jun-06-25		GrahamClayton: <Stonehenge> You've uploaded.... ....But it's really Tilliette vs Giacomelli, 1955. See Michel Barbaut's comment here: https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/ch... <Stonehenge>, Thank you for picking that up.

Jun-14-25		GrahamClayton: A nice study by Dutch composer Willem Korteling (1889-1964) Tijdschrift v.d. KNSB 1942 - White to draw. click for larger view 1. Rd8+ Kg7 2. Rd3 Bc6+ 3. Kb4 g2 4. Rg3+ Kf6 5. Kc5 Bb7 6. Kd4 h5 7. Ke3 h4 8. Kf2 hxg3+ 9. Kg1. White is stalemated or will win both Black pawns if the bishop moves off the a8-h1 diagonal.

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