Aug-14-25 Alapin vs von Popiel, 1899
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| Stolzenberg: <jnpope>: Tks for your comment which explains the end of the game. In the year 1900 many german words still began with a "c" which nowadays begin with a "k". Kontumaz means, that someone breaks an appointment (for example at a court) and therefore the judge pronounces ... |
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Aug-12-25 Queen's Gambit Accepted (D22)
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| Stolzenberg: <3. ... a6> has some advantages compared to 3. ... Nf6: 1.: It excludes the Queen's Gambit Accepted (D23) 4. Qa4+, the Mannheim variation. 2.: After the most popular answer 4. e3 Black can choose between a) 4. ... Nf6 transposing to the Queen's Gambit Accepted, ... |
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Aug-08-25 Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: <14. Nf5> Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nf(b)xd7 17. Na5! with some pressure on b7. Sorry, I saw this too late. Is there no better solution than 15. ... Qd7?
15. ... a5, 15. ... Bd6, 15. ... Nbd5 or something else? |
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Jul-29-25 H Kramer vs Euwe, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: 15. Nb3 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Nfd4 = Spassky vs Fischer, 1992 |
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Jul-20-25 Reshevsky vs I A Horowitz, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: Some remarks to the opening:
After <11. Ne4> Black could also try 11. ... Rd8 12. 0-0 Nf8, see Kashdan vs Kupchik, 1931 , N.Y., round 9 and Kashdan vs Capablanca, 1931 , N.Y., round 11. Btw the same position without a3 appeared at Botvinnik vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931 . *****
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Jul-12-25 Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: White played <33. Ra7> in order to prevent ... Kf7. Black postponed ... b4 and answered with <33. ... f4>, but this paved the way for the ♔ to h5 and Black lost the ♘. Therefore it was probably better to play 33. ... b4 immediately. It could follow for ... |
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Jul-11-25 Euwe - Kramer (1941)
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| Stolzenberg: Euwe showed his superiority in almost every game, and very impressively in round 3 and round 5. The only exception was round 4, but Kramer missed the opportunity to reach an advantage. In round 6 Kramer lost a piece after just 12 moves and in round 2 he lost ♗ + ♘ ... |
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Jul-11-25 H Kramer vs Euwe, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: 9. g4 = Alekhine vs Euwe, 1938 |
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Jul-09-25 Euwe vs H Kramer, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: Hi, <FM David H. Levin>. After 29. ... a4 30. b4 Re3 I see the problem in 31. Rg5+ Kh6 32. Rgf5 and the f-pawn is unprotected. Additionally White has the check at f6, for example 32. ... Rxa3 33. Rf6+. 29. ... a4 30. b4 Re3 31. Rg5+ Kh6 32. Rgf5 Rf8 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rxf7 ... |
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Jul-05-25 H Kramer vs Euwe, 1941
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| Stolzenberg: <Compound Error> abridged version: 12. Bc2 can be answered with 12. ... b4, threatening 13. ... c3+. |
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