Apr-21-09 Ljubomir Ljubojevic 
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| WeakSquare: No, he's a Serb actually.
But he also known as a polyglot of sorts. That's why I'm asking. |
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Apr-18-09 Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972)
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| WeakSquare: <Eyal> Yeah, and Spassky couldn't cope with it. Actually, oftentimes when Spassky was confronted with a novelty, he simply folded and played passively. Fischer was much better at coping with surprises than Spassky. I think that was one of the most important factors in the ... |
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Apr-18-09 Albin Planinc
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| WeakSquare: Planinc is pronounced like Pirc.
Alekhine is pronounces with Allehin, as in 'PaeLLa', but the way Spaniards pronounce 'LL', not Latin-Americans. |
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Apr-12-09 N Pert vs S Crockart, 2007
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| WeakSquare: Kasparov's variation??
I thought that was 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5, subvariation of Petrosian's variation. |
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Apr-12-09 A Saidy vs Fischer, 1968
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| WeakSquare: Fine game. Fischer is putting all pressure on d3, and he even brings the rook in. Ra6-Rb6-Rb3...haha wonderful |
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Apr-10-09 Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1961
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| WeakSquare: This game shows how much Fischer valued material. He played Qe7 to protect the pawn, and later after he lost the pawn to 27.Bg5, he played ...Qa3?? to get even. |
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Apr-09-09 Stojan Puc
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| WeakSquare: Where was this guy born? Which part of former Yugoslavia? Slovenia, perhaps....? |
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Apr-08-09 Viktor Korchnoi
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| WeakSquare: In 1971, Korchnoi and Karpov played a training match of 6 games, with Karpov having white in 5, and it ended 3-3. So they were on good terms then. At 1973 Interzonal, Korchnoi asked Karpov to agree that they draw their games in the last round. But Karpov disagreed because his ... |
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Apr-08-09 I Rogers vs P Acs, 2003
Apr-06-09 Bobby Fischer
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| WeakSquare: Here is more on Mr. Vasiljevic:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/a... |
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