Apr-01-06 Chessgames - Beer 
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| MrsMurdstone: <tpstar> They're looking for a cook, with coolz--maybe you can put in for the job? |
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Apr-01-06 Kudrin vs R Douven, 1989
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| MrsMurdstone: VERY goldarn sneaky of them to drop in an en passant motif (and on April fools day, no less). Anyway, it beats another Fischer rumour story. BTW, when cloning becomes an everyday thing, are there any GMs on file that can be brought back? Just curious. I'd love to see Morphy mix |
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Mar-02-06 Raymond Keene
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| MrsMurdstone: Hi Ray, an idea for a book--tactical positions from GM speed games, two minute and five minute chess, e.g., the horrors on the board that take place on the speed chess tables, at the world class level, something all players can relate to. Provisional title: "Five Minute
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Mar-02-06 Bobby Fischer
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| MrsMurdstone: Do Elvis and Marlyn Monroe get as much fan mail as Fischer? |
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Feb-24-06 Mikhail Botvinnik
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| MrsMurdstone: After defecting, in the mid-70s, Korchnoi admitted that they had conspired against Fischer. But thats old news. In his last years, after the end of the Soviet Union, Botvinnik said that he was still a staunch communist, still believed in it. I think he was a strange man in some |
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Feb-24-06 Razuvaev vs Z Mestrovic, 1981
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| MrsMurdstone: white wins by the simplest of means. I guess the theme this week is open board rook moves,seems to be a trend. Can't black keep playing, with his two pieces, and hope for a miracle? |
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Feb-16-06 Kibitzer's Café
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| MrsMurdstone: <I'm sure there's an explanation about why the secret service turned away the police officer > I thought maybe Cheney choked on a pretzel, and it through off his aim...? Surely there's a reasonable explanation.... |
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Feb-16-06 Susan Polgar
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| MrsMurdstone: Susan, have you read the book "The Chess Artist"? Its kind of a journey through the chess world, and one of the chapters deals with two american players, a master and a chess journalist going to "Chess City" to visit Kirsan. While there, the chess master is looking at his ... |
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Feb-16-06 Andrew Soltis
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| MrsMurdstone: Bronstein was a tactical whiz, like Tal, but could lose to stronger positional players like Botvinnik. I don't think he was threatened, just outplayed by a very mentally strong, focused player. |
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Feb-16-06 Alexandra Kosteniuk
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| MrsMurdstone: <The following is an excellent photo of her.> yummy! Is the cat on the shelf real, or a stuffed one? |
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