May-14-25 Fischer vs Spassky, 1966
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| Helios727: When I had SF play out 40...Qf8 it ended up as a draw by repetition on move 95. |
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Feb-27-25 Reshevsky vs Kotov, 1953 
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| Helios727: Did Reshevsky and Kotov really only play twice in their careers? Or were there other games that are not in this database? |
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Oct-28-24 Stockfish (Computer)
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| Helios727: I encountered another oddity. Tarrasch 3.12a has Stockfish-8 built into it. Tarrasch 3.13b has Stockfish-11 built into it. When I have Stockfish-11 analyze positions on the Tarrasch 3.13b GUI, it has volatile shifts back and forth depending on whose move it is, even though I am ... |
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Sep-09-24 Sousse Interzonal (1967)
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| Helios727: <Petrosianic> It says that Fischer was 8.5/10 which means he did not play 15 rounds and could not have been down by 3 points from whoever was in first place. |
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Jul-28-24 Edgard Colle
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| Helios727: So was his surname derived from French or German? It means "glue" in French and is an alternate word for "cool" in German, and the pronunciation is different in each language. |
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Jul-13-24 Spassky vs L Weiss, 1966
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| Helios727: The book comments: 1) After Black's 2nd move, "Apparently my opponent knows the opening. The text is still the best move." 2) After White's 9th move, "From this point I stopped trying to guess my opponent's moves and I probably behaved somewhat tactlessly - I tried to sit at the ... |
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Mar-29-24 W Winter vs Kashdan, 1932
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| Helios727: This is odd. In his endgame book, Znosko-Borovsky says that Black wins a pawn here but at the expense of trading a bishop for the knight, leaving the players with bishops of opposite colors. Yet, Black did not win a pawn and the final position has both of the bishops on dark ... |
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Mar-20-24 D Barbulescu vs H Wirthensohn, 1985
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| Helios727: In this game Barbulescu improved upon Karpov's line in the famous loss Karpov suffered in the 1985 Karpov-Kasparov Match. However, Barbulescu did not prevail until the late middle-game. |
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Dec-16-23 Kotov vs G Lambert, 1977
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| Helios727: It should have been a draw since after 42. Rc6 g3, the other rook can do a perpetual check on the black king. |
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Oct-25-23 Champions Showdown 9LX (2023)
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| Helios727: In any event, congratulations to Sam Sevian for his win and great performance. |
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