Jan-17-23 N Pert vs J Aagaard, 2007
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| Chessical: [DIAGRAM] If <14. cxd5> Bxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Kf2 Nxd5 17. Re1 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. Kxe3 Qe7+ 20. Kf2
Re8 21. Bd3 Qe3+ 22. Kg3 d5 23. Rd1 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 = |
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Jan-15-23 Abram Khasin
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| Chessical: Khasin speaks of his early chess career:
"Like most of my peers, my childhood and adolescence were difficult. At the age of nine, I lost my father but survived the famine in Kyiv. I don't remember how old I was when I learned to play chess by watching my older brother play ... In |
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Jan-08-23 Biographer Bistro 
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| Chessical: The illustration on the biography page of George Atwood is fake if it is a photograph. Atwood died decades before photography. He also seems to have a hairstyle and clothing popular in the late Victorian period. |
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Jan-04-23 O Chajes vs Bogoljubov, 1923
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| Chessical: <Whitehat1963> I think it's over as after Chajes balefully surveyed the wreck of his pawn structure he felt too demoralised to continue. |
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Jan-04-23 Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923
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| Chessical: <28. Rf6?! > is a coffee house move, <28. Qxc6> was sound and equal. Tarrasch misses the threat to his <g6> square and gets mated after Spielmann kicks the foundations of his defences away with <30. Bxf7!>. |
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Jan-04-23 O Chajes vs Saemisch, 1923
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| Chessical: Chajes spurns a perpetual check at move 25 and thereby loses. |
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Jan-03-23 Kholmov vs L Abramavicius, 1955
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| Chessical: [DIAGRAM] White could have won with:
<41. Nxf5!> Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Rg8 43. Qxh6+ gxh6 44. Rxh6 mate. If <41... Rf6> then 42. Qxc8 Rxc6 43. Ne7 also wins. |
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Dec-26-22 O Bernstein vs Swiderski, 1904
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| Chessical: Swiderski loses late in the game by playing
[DIAGRAM] <46...Rxh4?> after which his King becomes trapped on the <h> file and White's <f> pawn cannot be stopped. As Zydeco noted, the White Bishop prevents Swiderski's Rook from geeting onto the <f> file and ... |
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Dec-26-22 H Caro vs Swiderski, 1904
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| Chessical: [DIAGRAM] If <35...Kxh6> 36. Qh1+ Kg7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. g7+ Qxg7 (38...Ke7 also loses quickly 39. g8=Q+ Kd6 40. Qhg6) 39. Nge6+ Bxe6 40. Nxe6+ and wins. Caro loses the game after playing
[DIAGRAM] <38. Rd2> immediately when <38. Qh1+>
followed by Rd2 is equal. ... |
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Dec-24-22 W John vs Rubinstein, 1907
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| Chessical: John obtains a draw against Rubinstein with neither side ever obtaining any appreciable advantage. Rubinstein himself played the opening, but suffered a painful defeat from an equal position as Black in: Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1923 |
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