Oct-10-17 Alexander Morozevich 
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| Mr. Blonde: Even though he is half-retired nowadays, I believe that he still possesses the finest chess mind around. I mean, a month ago I took a look at his blindfold games from Amberes in several editions and, man, I can't believe that someone can play a blindfold game so well and sharp. ... |
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Jun-28-17 Pillsbury vs J W Taylor, 1899
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| Mr. Blonde: This was part of a 4-game blindold exhibiton played at Northfield, Minnesota. To see Qxf5 and exf6 is quite remarkable... Pillsbury scored +3 =1 |
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May-16-17 Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858
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| Mr. Blonde: I just put Morphy and Anderssen personalities to play against each other in the Chessmaster GM Edition and they recreated exactly this game... Weird. |
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Apr-09-17 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
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| Mr. Blonde: Same, BobbyBishop, haha. |
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Mar-28-17 A Sokolov vs N Murshed, 1982
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| Mr. Blonde: I'm surprised there are no comments on this one. A little-known masterpiece. Incisive, to say the least. |
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Mar-27-17 A Sokolov vs Yusupov, 1986
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| Mr. Blonde: Maybe black takes the Queen with the g-pawn intead of with the knight... |
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Mar-23-17 Winawer vs Pillsbury, 1896
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| Mr. Blonde: Harry Pillsbury, what a genius. He was so ahead of his time it was funny. I have no doubt that he would've destroyed Lasker in a match had he been healthy. His accuracy at calculating, his positional understanding, his agressiveness, his imagination, his endgame skills, his ... |
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Mar-23-17 Vienna (1898)
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| Mr. Blonde: Thank you so much, zanzibar. |
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Mar-12-17 Lasker vs Pillsbury, 1895
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| Mr. Blonde: 4. Nxf7. The Cochrane Gambit, yes. Especially tricky when it comes to blitz. Maybe also in standard games. If you are interested, you should take a look at some of Alvis Vitolins games: he had a superb score with it, I believe. |
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Feb-15-17 Fine vs Kashdan, 1938
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| Mr. Blonde: Oh! Thank you, I didn't see the that the bishop woul'd been pinned! The other continuation is quite nice. Yes, it seems that Kashdan could'd done it better. |
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