Jan-11-20 Reti vs Capablanca, 1928 
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| Albion 1959: I wonder why Reti played e4 instead of his usual Nf3 Reti opening system ? |
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Nov-09-19 Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1979
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| Albion 1959: Only the second win for Tal against Polugaevsky. His first one was in 1959 and had to wait 29 years for his second one! Only Tal could play a game like this. Carlsen couldn't do this, nor could Fischer! All done on pure intuition and some calculation. Move 17.Nb5?? was bad, he ... |
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Oct-27-19 Kasparov vs Smyslov, 1984
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| Albion 1959: I remember looking at this game at the time it was played. The BBC used to cover chess back then.
I recall that when I saw how Kasparov had allowed his a-pawns to be split and isolated, it did look weak to me. Surely, Smyslov can get something out of this? The passed pawn on c6 ... |
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Sep-12-19 Lasker vs Nimzowitsch, 1934
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| Albion 1959: Odd to think that this was the second and last meeting between these two players, played twenty years apart ! They competed in many tournaments and yet the only met each other twice ! |
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Sep-12-19 Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1927
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| Albion 1959: I had a look for a few minutes at the final position, before realising that Alekhine's was a total loss:
A possible continuation could have been
57. Qc4+ Kd1 (Kb1 is met by Kxh2)
58. Qxb4 Kc2
59. Qe4+ Kc1
60. Qc4+ Kc2
61. Qb3 Kc1
62. Qc3+ Kb1
63. Kxh2 After which ... |
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Aug-26-19 Tal vs Robert E Byrne, 1978
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| Albion 1959: Vintage Tal !! how does he always create so many open lines for his pieces ? One other statistic, Byrne had the black pieces in all of his six games against Tal: |
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Aug-20-19 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
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| Albion 1959: Morphy would never played the Evans Gambit like this. Those rip-roaring flashy sacrificial attacks from the 1850's against Amateur,or AN Other, where he wins in about 25 moves are far removed from Alpha Zero's handling of this vintage opening. A very deep, subtle and ... |
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Aug-04-19 D Howell vs Adams, 2019
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| Albion 1959: Why did Howell agree a draw here? He is chasing Adams for first place and has the white pieces? Surely he could have extended himself push a bit harder if he really wants to win? |
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Jun-09-19 Ulf Andersson vs G Sigurjonsson, 1979
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| Albion 1959: An Ulf in sheep's clothing ! |
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Jun-06-19 Miles vs S Webb, 1975
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| Albion 1959: Where is the rest of this game ? It was listed as 64 moves! So what happened to the other 21 moves ? This game features in Simon Webb's book Chess for Tigers - 1980 I think if memory serves me well: |
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