Dec-10-18 Fischer vs R Cardoso, 1957 
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rea: "JMJ565X: fischer's the man"
Fischer'sthe 13-year old. |
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Nov-28-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018) 
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rea: "in 1984-85 the world champion title was vacant." There has been no legitimate world champion since the Lasker-Schlecter match! |
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Aug-19-18 Milan Vukic 
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rea: Banja Luka 1979 was Vukic's Ossip Bernstein moment. (See Capablanca-Bernstein San Sebastian 1911) Vukic objected to the participation of an untitled 16 year old Russian boy, only to get crushed by him. |
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Jan-08-18 J Cori vs F Benediktsson, 2009 
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rea: Young Cori would become an exceptionally young GM later that year . . . |
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Dec-29-17 D Bekker-Jensen vs E Forsa, 2014
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rea: I have long suspected that GOTDs are chosen for their puns, rather than for the game quality. I'd sure be proud if I won this game, but then, I'm not a very good player. |
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Aug-28-17 Y Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965 
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rea: "I am a jelly doughnut" |
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Jul-23-17 Judit Polgar 
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rea: "Tal in a skirt," as Smyslov said. |
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Jun-18-17 C Chaplin vs Reshevsky, 1923 
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rea: "I don't see Chuck's moustache. Was that real, or did he just glue one on for the movies?" He grew it to mock Hitler, who no one had heard of in '21, when the picture was taken. |
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Jun-13-17 Paul Motwani 
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rea: Scots, wha hae wi' Motwani bled,
Scots, wham Rowson has aften led;
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory! |
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Jun-12-17 A Dadian vs Doubrava, 1896 
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rea: This is the guy who forced the exclusion of Chigorin from the Monte Carlo tournament of 1903, claiming that Chigorin had insulted him. |
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Jun-07-17 Westminster CC vs Paris CC, 1834 
Apr-24-17 Jackson Showalter 
Apr-13-17 Garry Kasparov 
Feb-11-17 Aleksandar Kovacevic
Feb-09-17 Fischer vs Smyslov, 1965 
Feb-06-17 Stephen Barbre
Feb-06-17 Olland vs J Esser, 1901 
Feb-04-17 Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky 
Jan-18-17 Matulovic vs I Bilek, 1967 
Dec-02-16 D Reizniece-Ozola vs Y Hou, 2016 
Nov-20-16 A Elo vs Fischer, 1957 
Nov-05-16 Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924 
Aug-25-16 Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1896 
May-04-16 Pillsbury vs C F Bliss, 1898 
Sep-21-15 W E Napier vs Steinitz, 1897
Sep-06-15 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971 
Aug-23-15 Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904 
Aug-22-15 Tartakower vs M Monticelli, 1929 
Feb-18-15 Sengupta vs S Grover, 2014 
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