Nov-05-13 Fischer vs R F McGregor, 1964 
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| Baura: <RookFile: So, Fischer had less than an minute per move to think about a very unusual opening, and only drew the game against the state champion.> It's even worse than that. Fischer was playing 57 boards in this simul. At 20 seconds per move (average) and 30 moves per game ... |
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Oct-28-13 Euwe vs C Duffield, 1924
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| Baura: 12. ...Qxd5 13. Re5 skewers the knight |
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Oct-28-13 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970
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| Baura: I was living in Italy when this game was played in nearby Yugoslavia. I went down to the local chess club the day after and someone had the game score, and was going over it on a board surrounded by local players. I recall the feeling that Spassky's moves looked like optical ... |
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Oct-28-13 Karpov vs F Izeta Txabarri, 2003
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| Baura: PUN-ch line to an old joke: In the northeast region of Spain there was a small town with a movie theater. Each Saturday night was movie night and people would come from the town and surrounding region to watch the movie. The only problem was that there was only one door to the ... |
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Oct-24-13 Zukertort vs V Knorre, 1866
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| Baura: Cute! If 24 ...Nxd3 then White mates in two with 25 Nh6+ Kh8 26. fxg7 mate. |
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