Jan-28-20 Duchamp vs V Kahn, 1924 
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gpbear: <keypusher>
<In 1924 the first time control was typically at move 30, not move 40.> https://www.olimpbase.org/1924x/192...
Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours, then each next 20 moves in 1 hour. "Probably" not definitely :P |
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Oct-17-19 R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961 
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gpbear: To do this against Tal is astounding. |
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Oct-11-19 Paul Morphy 
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gpbear: Just paying my respects to the greatest of all time! |
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Jun-20-19 Tal vs Vedrov, 1949 
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gpbear: That Tal guy was pretty good |
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Jun-16-19 Gothenburg (1920) 
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gpbear: This is an interesting tournament. The Queen's Indian Defense was only played a handful of times, but in this tournament it was played at least ten in all three tournaments A, B, and C. The Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian were also played a few times. And after this tournament, the ... |
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Feb-25-18 Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858 
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gpbear: This game took all of 30 minutes to complete. |
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Feb-25-18 Capablanca vs Maroczy, 1926 
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gpbear: I find the disdain some members of the chess.com community have for this game laughable. If you can't appreciate symmetry in chess, then you've had your nose buried too deep in books to value simple aesthetic harmony. |
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Feb-06-18 K Makarczyk vs Duchamp, 1933
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gpbear: "Duchamp had a terrible performance at Folkestone"
Interestingly enough, he beat the man who won, Znosko-Borovsky, the year before. |
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Feb-05-18 Duchamp vs F Lazard, 1929
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gpbear: He didn't "make" the urinal, he bought it and submitted it to an art jury he was a member of as a test, it was rejected. |
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Feb-04-18 Duchamp vs M Schroeder, 1922
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gpbear: Happy 96th birthday to this game, by the way. |
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