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Howard
Member since Oct-09-06 · Last seen Aug-04-20

I live in Toledo, and that will always be my hometown.
I've been an absolute diehard chess buff for at least 45 years, and have been a USCF member since early 1975 !! Not too many of us ultra-longtime members out there.
I also consider myself exceptionally well-informed when it comes to chess history and general chess trivia, especially from 60's, 70's, and 80's.
As for my USCF rating, it's exceptionally low, admittedly. I gotta work on that !

Incidentally, my four favorite players of all time (in no particular order) are Rubinstein, Capablanca, Petrosian, and Karpov.

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Howard has kibitzed 4019 times to chessgames [more...]

Aug-04-20 Fischer vs Stein, 1967

Howard: Mueller's book on Fischer's games gives several improvements that Fischer apparently had missed. Most of them were found by a Charles Sullivan, who's made a name for himself analyzing well-known games on his computer.

Aug-04-20 A Lombard vs Tal, 1976

Howard: Very lively game, but it looks as if Tal probably was lost at one point.

Aug-04-20 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984

Howard: Just checked Kasparov's book, and he states that 26.Rc4! would have won.

Aug-01-20 Timman vs L Day, 1976

Howard: CL&R called attention to this game by running the moves (without notes) even though it was "only" a draw. The game took place near the end of the Olympiad when the Dutch team was challenging the Americans for first place.

Aug-01-20 AylerKupp chessforum

Howard: Personally, I'm a diehard Coke fan. I generally don't touch anything made by Pepsi.

Aug-01-20 R Byrne vs Geller, 1976

Howard: Byrne's 21.Bc1 was voted the #1 novelty for Volume 20, and by a very substantial margin ! Anyone care to explain why, though ?

Jul-22-20 Sosonko vs E Torre, 1973

Howard: Yes, CL&R alluded to this game in a mid-1976 article.

Jul-22-20 H Wolf vs K Treybal, 1922

Howard: Sad as it may be, both of these players later lost their lives at the hands of the Nazi's during WWII.

Jul-21-20 Calvin Blocker

Howard: Speaking of home-grown Ohio matters, does anyone know if the annual Ohio Chess Congress will be taking place this year ?

Jul-21-20 Csom vs Yusupov, 1982

Howard: Was not even aware that Yusupov had lost a game at the 1982 Olympiad.

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