Jun-10-25 Fritz Riemann
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Steakanator: <Nosnibor> he played one (1) game at Berlin (1890) and then never played another serious match or tournament. |
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May-16-25 J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1889
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Steakanator: This game is much more interesting than people are giving it credit for. Mieses's 16. ♗h4 is obviously bad; he was clearly fishing for 16... g5 17. ♗xg5 fxg5 18. ♕xg5+ ♔h8 19. ♗xh7 and a chance at the brilliancy prize. Tarrasch was never going to ... |
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Jan-23-25 Bird vs Gunsberg, 1887 
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Steakanator: 45. ♕xe5+! ♔xe5 46. ♗c3# and Gunsberg would not have won this event. |
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Jul-25-22 Lasker vs J F Pilger, 1908
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Steakanator: Pilger must have studied up on his Geake before this game - Kolisch vs E Geake, 1860 |
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Mar-25-22 Kolisch - Shumov (1862) 
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Steakanator: For a while I was curious why Kolisch wasn't in London for the 1862 tournament (or in London but didn't enter the tournament, which didn't seem likely). It looks like I have my answer. |
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Sep-10-21 Anderssen vs C Pearson, 1862
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Steakanator: With the sacrifice 13... Nc6, Pearson gave up a Knight in exchange for the privilege of being attacked by the greatest attacker of the decade. A shame he blundered it away by resigning one move before checkmate. |
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Feb-18-21 E Flower vs E Williams, 1849 
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Steakanator: According to http://www.edochess.ca/years/y1849.... Williams was 21st in the world, and the 2nd highest rated player in this tournament behind Henry Buckle. Flower doesn't even appear on the list. Definitely a lopsided pairing. |
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Jun-20-19 Anderssen vs Szen, 1851
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Steakanator: 20. Ne2 does protect the pawn, although it fails to help the soon-to-be hanging Knight on e5. 20. Nf3 looks to do the same thing, but good luck telling Anderssen to move backwards. 24. Bg4 seems like it's a move late. Staunton praises Anderssen's ability to quickly activate his ... |
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Jun-08-19 Staunton vs Horwitz, 1851
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Steakanator: Staunton claims this game took 11 hours in the TB. Given his duties in organizing the tourney, and his weakening heart, it's not hard to believe he was simply exhausted when the endgame arrived. |
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May-28-19 H A Kennedy vs M Wyvill, 1851
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Steakanator: Staunton makes a note on page 29 of the tourney book:
"I have before taken occasion to remark that in this position of the Sicilian Opening[1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6] , the first player may gain time and a tolerably free game by taking off the [Knight] at once, ... |
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