Jun-03-21 B Rasmusson vs Najdorf, 1935
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| cmontonen: This is only the start of the game, as recorded by Tartakower in his opening survey of the Warsaw olympiad (L'Echiquier, p.1277-8, 1935). The continuation is unfortunately lost, but Najdorf won in the end. |
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Nov-02-19 L Prins vs W Fairhurst, 1956 
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| cmontonen: Indeed it does. Thank you! |
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May-10-18 Ragnar Krogius
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| cmontonen: They are indeed relatives, although rather far back: Ragnar's great-great grandfather Gabriel Krogius had a brother Adolf Krogius who moved to Russia in the first half of the 19th century. Nikolai's mother is a direct decsendant of Adolf. She married a Russian nobleman, but ... |
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Jun-18-16 Levenfish vs Lilienthal, 1939
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| cmontonen: Not so, Bycotron. There follows 16..Ng4 17. f4 (17. g3 Qh5 etc.) Qc7 18. Ra1 c4 with great advantage for black (even winning according to Flohr). After 14. Nbd2 the threat of winning a pawn is real, as Ng4 can be answered by Nf3.
It is amusing to note that the same variation also ... |
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Dec-07-15 Michel Roos
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| cmontonen: As we do not believe in ghosts, who is this M Roos who was playing in 2001-2009 (games 9-24)? |
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Sep-26-15 Panno vs P Biyiasas, 1973
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| cmontonen: If the score is correct as it stands, black simply wins a piece by 28...Bxe4. An Argentinian tournament book (Suplemento No 34 de la Revista Ajedrez) gives 18...Taf8 (instead of 18...Tac8) and 26...Tee8 (instead of 26...Tce8), and now everything makes sense. |
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Jul-18-13 Portisch vs Romanishin, 1985
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| cmontonen: The result given for this game is incorrect: In fact, Portisch resigned after 43. -,Be5. |
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