Feb-23-13 Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 1925 
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| DavidStyles: As for mishearing "Qd6" as "Qb6", in descriptive notation in French that'd be mishearing "D3D" as "D3CD", which, if I understand correctly, would be read out either as "Dame sur Dame trois" and "Dame sur Cavalier de la Dame trois", respectively. But like people say: blindfold ... |
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Dec-07-12 A W Fox vs Capablanca, 1916
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| DavidStyles: My first thought when starting to go through this was: "Wow, what a surprising choice when playing Capablanca, to take off 13 points worth of material in the opening moves." But, noting the date to be 1916, perhaps at this time Capablanca was not so well-known yet for being the ... |
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