Oct-01-23 E Anthony vs Steinitz, 1878 
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| Granny O Doul: There doesn't seem to be a book out there on the order of "winning with the compromised defense". Possibly an opening for the aspiring chess author. |
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Sep-30-23 Mac Hack VI vs D Levy, 1978
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| Granny O Doul: 42. f5 also appears horizontal. |
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Sep-29-23 Murray Turnbull
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| Granny O Doul: One year at the USAT I played him and lost, so that's at least two lifetime victories. I could possibly dig it up but I remember it appeared in Chess Horizons, so I feel that relieves me of the burden. I missed him at Harvard Square, but so it goes. Rest in pieces, as the ... |
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Sep-28-23 Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924
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| Granny O Doul: @JRousselle: Keep fighting the good fight. We'll right this injustice yet. |
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Sep-27-23 D Edelman vs Kasparov, 1988
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| Granny O Doul: The day after this, there was a post-mortem of the games at the Manhattan Chess Club, with Garry and just three of the six (Fishbein, Rachels, Wolff) attending. Finally Garry was asked to sign the scoresheets but balked at signing this one, saying it was a result but not a ... |
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Sep-27-23 Chely Abravanel
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| Granny O Doul: The "monstre de Paris", if I remember my old Chess Lifes right. |
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Sep-23-23 E Kengis vs M Rohde, 1992
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| Granny O Doul: If I had to guess, I'd say 16. Qc1 was directed against ...Nf4, and 17. Qc2 was to stop ...Bf5. In any case, Black's reply ...Bxh3 won a pawn and destroyed White's position, and it was only his later blunder ...Bxg3 (probably overlooking Ne4) that lost. The latter play was not |
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Sep-17-23 Capablanca vs Marshall, 1913
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| Granny O Doul: FRANK JAMES MARSHALL=MARKSMAN FELLS RAJAH. Apt on this day, anyway. |
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Sep-14-23 W Winter vs Capablanca, 1931
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| Granny O Doul: Une très petite combinaison! |
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Sep-11-23 K Hanache vs P Lalic, 2023
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| Granny O Doul: "'Tis?"
"Kai Hanache". |
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