KEG Member since Nov-12-16 · Last seen May-22-25 Profession: Litigating attorney for more than 40 years. Chess: Began playing in the early 1950's and have enjoyed playing and studying chess ever since. My biggest chess thrills have been (in no particular order): (a) seeing Bobby Fischer in action live at the US Championship; (b) attending the Kasparov-Karpov 1990 World Championship match; (c) private lessons from Grandmaster Susan Polgar (a great teacher); (d) playing over great games, especially those with excellent annotations; (e) endgames. Other interests: (A) Piano: I have been an amateur pianist for nearly 60 years. Perhaps the greatest thrill of my life (next to the day I married my wife and the day my daughter was born) was the time I had a private master class on Schubert's A-Major Piano Sonata from the great Ruth Slenczynska. B) Ballet: I have been attending ballet performances for about 65 years, and have been lucky enough to see many of the greatest dancers. My wife and I have sponsored new ballets, including pieces for the wonderful ballerina Teresa Reichlen. I still take ballet classes. (C) Tennis: I have been a fan for many decades, and attended the US Open for many years, usually attending every round. D) Bridge Until my work schedule became too brutal, I played in tournaments frequently, winning a number of "B" events and occasionally prevailing in short "swiss" matches against some of the all-time greats. (It is much easier to win a short swiss team bridge match against world champions than to defeat a chess grandmaster. My teams have prevailed on occasions against some of the all-time greats, but I have yet to win a chess game on even terms against a player rated 2300 or above). E) Biblical Studies I study the Bible nearly every day and have taught various sorts of Bible classes, at one point at least once a week for about 12 years. I seem to have the unique ability to offend people of nearly every religion and belief, probably because of my mania for textual issues (always a good idea to know what was actually written before dashing off to proclaim or denounce it) and vigorous and unrelenting close readings of controversial texts. F) Mountain and wall climbing My daughter and I climb (top-rope) walls at the gym once a week, and I am training to attempt a climb of Mount Washington. G) Misc. In my younger days, I was a marathon runner and before that a wrestler. I love almost every sort of food (with a few notable exceptions) and have never lost an eating contest.

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May-21-25 Janowski vs Schlechter, 1902   KEG: Correction: In my first post on this game, I erroneously stated that in Games 5, 7, and 9 (the other times in the match in which Janowski was on the White side of a double King's pawn opening) Schlechter played the Ruy Lopez, winning Game 7 and drawing the other two. This is wrong. In ...      May-18-25 Schlechter vs Janowski, 1902   KEG: Post III 21. NxN Was Schlechter playing for a draw? If not, why not play the much stronger 21. Qg3 which would have maintained the edge Schlechter had enjoyed for most of this game. The text seemingly let Janowski off the hook: 21... NxN 22. Qg3 Nowhere nearly as strong as if this ...      May-05-25 K Vygodchikov vs P Romanovsky, 1923   KEG: Post VII Actually, and as I look at the position again, Vygodchikov had more than a "ray of hope"; he had a clear road to a draw: 68. Rxe4 RxR [anything else is obviously a draw] 68. Kd3 [exploiting the pin] Kg3 69. KxR Kxh3. Black has a Bishop and two pawns against a lone Bishop, but ...      Apr-23-25 F Bohatirchuk vs S F Lebedev, 1923   KEG: Post V 35... Qxd4? The only chance to offer any meaningful resistance lay in 35...Qc4. After the text, Bogatrychuk made short work of his opponent, the position now being: [DIAGRAM] 36. Nh5! Decisive: [DIAGRAM] 36... Nh7 Hastening the end. But everything else loses as well. If ...      Apr-23-25 Maroczy vs Tarrasch, 1902    KEG: My only indication as to Jakobetz' source is the previously quoted (by me) statement in his book that: "In 1943, recalling Capablanca, Maroczy wrote the following in Ferenc Chalupetsky and Laslo Toth's book about the Cuban world champion." There is no indication that the two games were ...      Apr-14-25 Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908   KEG: <areknames> Thank you! This is an extremely well-played game. I agree that <keypusher> has provided excellent insights, and I am happy with my posts as well. But I have a hunch there is still more to be said about this contest and I look forward to any contributions you may ...      Mar-28-25 Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908   KEG: Post VIII The adage "All Rook endings are drawn" contains a morsel of truth. And indeed there are many known Rook and Pawn endings in which one side has two additional pawns that are theoretical draws. But this ain't one of those cases. Black's King is cut-off and his pawn weak and ...      Mar-14-25 A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1902   KEG: <areknames> Many thanks. Rock and mountain climbing, like chess, helps make life worth living. There are risks in just about anything one chooses to do. Best to follow one's dreams rather than suffocate in a cocoon. Who knows, doing my best to engage in vigorous physical activity ...      Mar-13-25 Tarrasch vs Maroczy, 1902   KEG: Post V 29. Nxf5 I am guessing Tarrasch must have been in time trouble as move 30 approached, else he would surely have played the plainly superior 29. Nxd4, or maybe 29. Qc4+ followed only then by 30. Nxf5 (after the forced 29...Ne6). After Tarrasch's actual 29. Nxf5, the position ...      Mar-04-25 Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1902   KEG: Post III 20... Rc8 Marco in the Tournament Book suggested 20...Nc4 "trying for Bishops of opposite colors." This notion looks good to me, but the text--putting pressure on the backward White c-pawn--is also OK (provided Black doesn't do something stupid). 21. f4 Indirectly defending ...

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