Jan-24-06 Alexandra Kosteniuk 
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: Browne was known for constantly rocking back and forth in the chair during games. |
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Jan-24-06 Jose Raul Capablanca
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: < CowardlyKnight >
His widow lived a long time. She was in New York not so long ago, I believe, to pick up some kind of award recognizing "the chess machine."
Don't know about any siblings or grandkids--maybe back in cuba? |
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Jan-24-06 Napoleon Bonaparte
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: < Koster >
Overstaying one's welcome at Stalingrad? |
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Jan-24-06 Robert James Fischer
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: Well, YOU'D be paranoid too, if the russians were trying to control your mind by bouncing radio waves off of the fillings in your teeth. |
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Jan-24-06 Kibitzer's Café
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: <today's chess quote> Spock: You play illogical moves, Captain.
Could this have been Tal and Botvinnik, in a parallel universe? |
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Jan-12-06 Viktor Korchnoi
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: Spassky has said that "Korchnoi has to hate his opponent to win." |
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Jan-12-06 Andrew Soltis
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: "Pawn Structure Chess" is highly regarded, maybe his best stuff. "The Inner Game of Chess" is good too. |
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Jan-12-06 Vladimir Kramnik
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: Is Alekhine still world champion too? By refusing a rematch with Kasparov, I think he renounced any claim on the title. His victory over Kasparov is six years old. Rather than turn into "an angry old Fischer", he should just work on regaining his health and getting back ... |
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Jan-12-06 B Larsen vs E Nievergelt, 1954
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| TheRedHeadedLeague: Sometimes you can just SMELL a combination--the forking possibilities with the undeveloped back rank. |
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