Jul-30-22 Fischer vs Larsen, 1971 
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Allanur: Bobby Fischer on this game:
"we started our first game and around the 10th move he threw something at me. He figured to catch me by surprise. But when I looked at the position, I remembered it was something that Steinitz had tried against Lasker in the 1894 championship match. If I |
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Jan-13-22 Second Piatigorsky Cup (1966) 
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Allanur: Yes, Willibob. I do agree that other non-Soviet player fared worse than Fischer did against the Soviets. But what makes Fischer's case different than theirs is: 1) Fischer had been asserting that he is the best frequently, yet failed.
2) Fischer, by many, is considered the best ever |
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Jan-10-22 Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978)
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Allanur: Moreover, I believe, Korchnoi should have demanded that he is not gonna play unless his family is released from the Soviet Union. Karpov won the title by defeault and if he was to 'defend' his title by default, the world simply would not have accepted him second time by default. The |
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Jan-05-22 Boris Spassky 
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Allanur: @beatgiant, I even forgot he was a world Champion.It seems, as far as I know, he is on the side of Spassky and Smyslov |
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Dec-21-21 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970
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Allanur: Fischer called 1.e4 the best. So, why not call 1e4 a6 line as "Best opening - Incorrect defense"? :-) Btw, Spassky was not the white side in the opening he named - nor was Karpov the black side in the defense he named ;) |
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Dec-21-21 Geller vs Gligoric, 1970
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Allanur: Geller was awarded the best game by a Soviet player prize for this game. The RotW equivalent went to Larsen's victory over Stein. Though I would say Spassky's victory over Larsen should have been awarded the brilliancy prize. |
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Dec-20-21 Spassky vs Karpov, 1982
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Allanur: It is good to see Spassky being able to not bottle a leading endgame to Karpov. I know of 3-4 games where Spassky was superior yet somehow managed to lose to Karpov but in this endgame he somehow managed to win. |
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Dec-18-21 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
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Allanur: <<Petrosianic><Somebody, Bronstein, I think, said that if Petrosian sacrifices a piece, then resign. But if Tal sacrifices one, take it, because he might sacrifice another, and then who knows?> That quote has always eluded me, although I'm also sure that I've heard it |
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Dec-18-21 Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975) 
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Allanur: <That was the point of and interview made in 2015?>
Yes, as 2015 is AFTER the moment Fischer called Korchnoi among "the lowest dogs around". |
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Dec-14-21 Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1969) 
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Allanur: Before this match, Korchnoi asserted that Spassky will win it but no matter who the next challenger is, Spassky will lose the title. Because, he reasoned, Spassky is too lazy for chess. Years later, Spassky similarly prophecied: Korchnoi will never become world chess champion ... |
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Dec-14-21 Fischer - Petrosian Candidates Final (1971) 
Dec-12-21 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1988 
Mar-28-21 Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match (2006) 
Mar-09-21 Fischer - Spassky (1992) 
Mar-09-21 Kramnik - Leko Classical World Championship Match (2004)
Feb-20-21 Petrosian - Korchnoi Candidates Semifinal (1971)
Feb-19-21 Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1966)
Jan-22-21 Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
Jan-16-21 Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal (1980) 
Jan-07-21 Curacao Candidates (1962) 
Jan-07-21 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
Dec-19-20 Lone Pine (1979) 
Jun-06-20 Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal (1977) 
Jun-06-20 Polgar - Spassky (1993)
May-25-20 Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal (1974) 
May-24-20 Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match (1886) 
May-24-20 Spassky vs Chekhov, 1972
May-21-20 Spassky vs Taimanov, 1955 
Apr-26-20 USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) 
Apr-23-20 Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1866
Apr-02-20 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
Mar-26-19 Spassky vs W Dobrich, 1971 
Mar-19-19 Bled (1931) 
Feb-15-19 AlphaZero (Computer) 
Feb-08-19 Geller vs Spassky, 1964 
Nov-16-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
Nov-10-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
Jul-26-18 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
Apr-13-18 Kasparov - Short PCA World Championship Match (1993) 
Mar-26-18 World Championship Candidates (2018) 
Mar-05-18 Fischer vs Stein, 1967 
Mar-02-18 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1981 
Mar-02-18 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1975 
Feb-26-18 Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968) 
Feb-26-18 Fischer vs Korchnoi, 1970 
Feb-26-18 Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1974) 
Feb-26-18 Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970 
Jun-19-17 Keres vs Fischer, 1959 
Feb-25-17 Bad Kissingen (1928) 
Feb-25-17 Karlsbad (1929) 
Jan-29-17 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971 
Jan-26-17 Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch (1986) 
Nov-30-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
Nov-29-16 Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship Match (2016) 
Nov-26-16 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016 
Nov-21-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
Nov-17-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
Nov-15-16 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016 
Oct-15-16 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Match (1929) 
Oct-09-16 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
Oct-08-16 Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match (1927) 
Oct-04-16 Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal (1977) 
Oct-01-16 Robert James Fischer 
Sep-30-16 Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962 
Jun-28-16 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 
Mar-28-16 Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016 
Feb-17-16 Alekhine vs Nenarokov, 1907 
Feb-17-16 Alekhine vs Colle, 1925 
Feb-17-16 E Canal vs NN, 1934 
Dec-07-15 Fischer vs R Burger, 1964 
Dec-07-15 Fischer vs F Rummel, 1964
Oct-03-15 Fischer vs Unzicker, 1959 
Aug-05-15 Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931 
Aug-05-15 Jullik vs Tal, 1950 
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