Jul-21-25 W Winter vs Capablanca, 1936 
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| CarlosCleto: Capablanca himself wrote in “Last Lectures”: "I had just won a very important game and was on my way back to the hotel. During the course of the game my opponent built up a magnificent position. At a certain point he saw an opportunity to win the Exchange, and did so. Yet he |
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Sep-19-23 Keres vs F Olafsson, 1959
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| CarlosCleto: Ragozin & Gligoric gave 41. ... a5 42. h5 Ne5 as hopeless for White, who "would not be able to parry two threats and the movement of a passing pawn on the other side of the board" (in my bad translation from russian). |
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May-29-23 Marshall vs K Treybal, 1933
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| CarlosCleto: Before this last round game, USA lead Czechoslovakia by 37,5 to 35,0, so the latter was in need of a 3,5 x 0,5 score. In "My Fifty Years of Chess", Marshall says "word came to me that Simonson and Kashdan had both lost their games and that Fine's position looked very bad. The ... |
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Nov-10-22 Hilton Rios
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| CarlosCleto: Hílton Rios died in 2020, just after his 60th birthday. |
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Jul-28-22 Bronstein vs Simagin, 1967
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| CarlosCleto: In “Secret Notes”, D. Bronstein gives the complete game: 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
9. Bf4 Bc5
10. Nf3 Nc6
11. Nbd2 Nxd2
12. 0-0-0 Bg4
13. Rxd2+ Ke7
14. Bg2 Rad8
15. Rhd1 Rxd2
16. Rxd2 Rd8
17. c3 Rxd2
18. Kxd2 Ke6
19. b4 draw.
Played in 1963, in the Moscow Team ... |
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Jul-28-22 H Grob vs Bronstein, 1952
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| CarlosCleto: Bronstein: "The inventor of this opening was the Swiss master Henry Grob, whom I played at the Olympiad in Helsinki (1952). Moreover, I was Black. Of course, I was expecting the move 1 g4, but Grob disappointed me with the banal 1 e4. I replied with a Sicilian and in revenge I ... |
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May-05-22 Banja Luka (1979)
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| CarlosCleto: "Sixteen grandmasters competed in a round robin format": No. Only Fourteen grandmasters, Sibarevic was only a IM, and Kasparov then was a unrated and untitled player. "two unrated chess talents: Garry Kasparov and Guillermo Garcia Gonzales": Again, no... Kasparov, as said above, |
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Apr-19-20 Sultan Khan
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| CarlosCleto: [Event "BCF-ch 22nd"]
[Site "Ramsgate, Chatham Hse Sch"]
[Date "1929.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Price, Hubert Ernest"]
[Black "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1929.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
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