Aug-20-25 Sliwa vs B Latas, 1988 
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| Granny O Doul: There was a player named Howard Bogus around New York in the old days. The sad thing is that the name had probably been shortened from something like "Boguslawski" or "Bogusovich" to assimilate among the Americans. |
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Aug-20-25 Alekhine vs R Duberger, 1923
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| Granny O Doul: It does stand out as a turning point in the game. |
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Aug-20-25 Leonard Barden
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| Granny O Doul: Though a happy birthday has already been suggested, I'd like to show a clear consensus. |
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Aug-15-25 D Fleetwood vs F Rhine, 1997
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| Granny O Doul: I played Ostriker some forty-odd years ago in my only-ever 0-4 tournament. I thought I'd gotten over it but now the opportunity I squandered will haunt me the rest of my life. |
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Aug-11-25 J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986
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| Granny O Doul: I recently saw on Facebook a painting Maxim Dlugy once did of the position here just before ... Qb5. Of its genre, I do think it a better example than the painting Anthony Santasiere did of Smyth vs. Herman Helms, just before ...Qg2+. It is more stylized, also, Santasiere ... |
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Aug-08-25 Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1914
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| Granny O Doul: I remember another Chernev observation about Petrosian's approach, that he "does not play to improve his position at each turn, nor to weaken that of the opponent. Very often, he seems to be maneuvering his pieces back to the first rank". Granted, he did hedge on the latter ... |
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Aug-07-25 Fischer vs Panno, 1970
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| Granny O Doul: I remember from the Wade-O'Connell collection of Fischer games that Panno showed up to resign at 0:50, that is, ten minutes before forfeit time. |
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Aug-07-25 J Fedorowicz vs Reshevsky, 1986
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| Granny O Doul: I remember hearing from some GM, Lombardy maybe, that as time went by, and more and more Soviets and ex-Soviets filled the ranks of the big open events, it became easier to find players willing to reschedule for Reshevsky. Perhaps coming out of a state where religion was ... |
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Aug-07-25 G Garcia Gonzalez vs I Farago, 1969
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| Granny O Doul: Not actually to compete with offramp, but I notice I mistyped 1965 as 1964 above, and I missed the window to edit. I don't want to wait for someone else to correct me (perhaps after I am gone) but then it seems slightly precious to bump a disappeared thread just to fix a ... |
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Aug-06-25 O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001
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| Granny O Doul: To allow Legal's mate usually requires one serious tempo loss. 4... Bh5 fills the bill pretty neatly. |
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