alabaster has kibitzed 5 times to chessgames

May-29-04 Georgy Timoshenko    alabaster: Does anyone know anything about this player other than the fact that his last name rhymes with Benko? =)      Apr-29-04 E Delmar vs Steinitz, 1894    alabaster: Even an aging Steinitz could nail down Delmar, tail-lender to many a tournament. You see pictures of Delmar looking intense with his big mustache and whatnot, and then you see him lose like a child to Lipschutz (with the white pieces) in a miniature elegantly annotated by Reinfeld      Apr-29-04 L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993    alabaster: You know, it's fun to talk about Karpov's silly 12-move fingerfehler in 1993, but here's a real win by happy Larry...=) 38. ♕c4! is a gem.      Apr-29-04 F Devinck vs Morphy, 1858    alabaster: According to Sergeant's book, Devinck (1801-76) was a chocolate-maker and the last surviving spectator depicted in the famous assemblage of chess experts watching the Staunton-St. Amant match (a lovely lithograph in its own right). According to the book, "He is said to have ranked      Apr-29-04 Keres vs Bronstein, 1946    alabaster: This was a training game played in the hostel of a nearby tournament, according to Furstenberg's excellent book. Many other chess mortals would not have defended (and then won against) the speculative 10. c4.

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