Jul-09-05 Bronstein vs M20, 1963 
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| TheAuk: Bronstein was a cool guy, he was the only Soviet GM in the 1950s who still played the King's Gambit from time to time. As such, complexities like this were well within his reach. If you think this game is funny, look at the end of Bronstein's game against Deep Blue (played over 30 ... |
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Jul-09-05 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2005
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| TheAuk: Svidler is Kramnik's former second, so he should know how to scrape an opening draw pretty well. Also, Kramnik is not exactly a monster vs. the Sicillian, so this result is hardly surprising. |
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Jul-09-05 Paul Morphy
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| TheAuk: <Assassinater>
Is this true? If so, then Morphy has done something that no other chess player could have done, with the possible exception of Fischer (at his peak) and Kasparov (at his peak). No way could any modern master win against five top level (e.g. 2650+) GMs. This was |
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Jul-09-05 Evgeny Nikolaevich Titov
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| TheAuk: The WWW is a joke newspaper sold at tabloid stands that has stories like "Cubans use Radio Waves to Shark-Attack America" |
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Jul-09-05 Larsen vs Deep Blue, 1993
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| TheAuk: Saying that Larsen is better than Fischer based on this game is absurd for the following reasons. 1)When Larsen played this computer in 1993, it was nowhere near as strong as it would become in the 1996/1997 matches against Kasparov. I'm not sure exactly how strong the machine was, ... |
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