Jan-31-06 Kibitzer's Café 
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| ISeeChessPeople: Ben Franklin (and Thomas Jefferson) were avid chess players. Franklin wrote "The morals of Chess", a general primer on chessical concepts. I don't think it stands with "My System" or Lasker's "Chess Manual", but then Ben was quite the multi-tasker and didn't have time to ... |
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Jan-31-06 R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
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| ISeeChessPeople: Is the game where Byrne remarked: "Fischer is a Caissa God dropped from the sky"?. Fischer produced a combination out of nowhere in what looked like a very balanced position. |
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Jan-31-06 Levon Aronian
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| ISeeChessPeople: Tal is very modest. In "My Life and Games", he talks about how some of his combinations aren't thought through to the end, just estimations of how the game will play out. Then, the next day people talk about about this or that billiant sacrafice, which had a bit of luck ... |
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Jan-21-06 Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2006
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| ISeeChessPeople: Can't white play for a win against the French? After castling Qside, aren't you supposed to attack the king side with pawns, instead of trading pieces in the center? |
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Jan-18-06 Bobby Fischer
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| ISeeChessPeople: check "RJF vs. World" for this. I think they didnt' know each other. |
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Jan-18-06 Marshall vs Capablanca, 1914
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| ISeeChessPeople: Just going into this, I thought waitaminute....Marshall beats Capa?.... |
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Jan-04-06 Susan Polgar
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| ISeeChessPeople: <TIMER: <szunzein> You are right, it is the same game, the main point is the squares are distinct colours. It is just convention the same way round make it easier for familiarity. > Well, there's no problem playing with a dark square in the corner, you just ... |
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Jan-04-06 O Martius vs K Darga, 1958
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| ISeeChessPeople: The threatened double checks using Knight and Bishop are monsters. This looks like one of the games I lose playing two minute blitz on the net. |
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Jan-04-06 Boris Spassky
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| ISeeChessPeople: Mae West, Bobby Fischer, Hulk Hogan, Dennis Rodman and Paris Hilton. Q-rating = $$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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Jan-04-06 Viktor Korchnoi
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| ISeeChessPeople: Bronstein was Tal's idol
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