May-21-23 Bent Larsen 
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| WhiteRook48: one of the (imo) funnier stories involving Larsen was when Ken Smith (of Smith-Morra Gambit fame) in a tournament played the Smith-Morra in nearly every game as white where he had the possibility (and lost in the majority of the occasions that he employed it), and when in ... |
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May-21-23 R Ott vs Y Bleiman, 1974
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| WhiteRook48: 10...Nf4!? is an interesting and unusual try in the position. (the position has been reached twice in the database; in the other game white tried 11. 0-0-0 and eventually won) white allows this attack against b2 which seems like the main reason for defeat in this game; white's ... |
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May-21-23 V Osnos vs S Kurkin, 1970
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| WhiteRook48: I used this opening explorer run to look for an instance where white also fianchettoes the bishop in the early stages (as a response to the King's Indian), although again the move order is a bit different (here, g3 precedes Nc3 and e4) 30. bxc5 is a nice touch to demonstrate ... |
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May-20-23 Matthew Sadler
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| WhiteRook48: <James J. Henderson> I don't think "The Slav" was the title of the book that I had (I also don't think I still have it). I think I had his "Tips for young players" (1999) instead. |
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May-20-23 Max Euwe
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| WhiteRook48: happy birthday to the fifth champion (who is a good candidate for being the most underrated world champion ever) I read Kramnik's piece on the world champions recently and he makes a good case that Euwe's victory against Alekhine was no fluke and even in the second match the gap |
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May-20-23 R Hemam vs V Jean Francois, 2020
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| WhiteRook48: this was an interesting game to follow through the opening explorer. the players used a different move order than is given in the opening explorer (white's third and fifth moves are switched). Also in the move order I used, Bc1-g5 is a direct attack on the queen instead of being |
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May-20-23 FSR chessforum
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| WhiteRook48: <FSR:... I have particular difficulty remembering where the pawns are> honestly, I also do. I managed to defeat the computer on the second try, by managing to achieve checkmate but I did not realize in the final position of mine that there were no pawns left for either ... |
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May-20-23 Saemisch vs Reti, 1922
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| WhiteRook48: I think Saemisch often gets quite underrated (a mistake I've also made); but this game and the Herzog one really show how strong he could be tactically. |
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May-14-23 Blackburne vs Sutton, 1871
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| WhiteRook48: would be interested to know if there are any sources as to how Blackburne performed in this event overall. not completely certain where the game was lost but I don't think that 9...Bxc3 or 12...Nd7 would have helped matters. |
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May-14-23 T van Scheltinga vs P N Lee, 1969
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| WhiteRook48: interesting. used the opening explorer to find this game. The position after 14. f6 has been reached twice. The other game is a win for white; the critical point appears to be deciding what to take the f6-pawn with. in the other game Black takes with the knight on d7 and loses; ... |
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