Jul-10-17 Von Scheve vs Marshall, 1904
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hudapri: Maybe Rex Sinquefield should come up with a gambit. |
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May-31-17 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 
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hudapri: Pragga did a Chessbase interview. He states his goal is to reach 3000! At the moment he is one of the best candidates. Also encouraging is the fact that he's not a book player. |
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May-19-17 S Boden vs Morphy, 1858 
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hudapri: 9. Qh5 would have been best. It leads to a really interesting myriad of tactical points. Best play is 9... Bxe5 10. Qxe5 O-O! 11. Bg5 where Black has to accept an ugly position. On 10... dxc4? 11. Bg5! If 9... dxc4?? 10. Nxf7 g6 11. Nxd8 and e6 hanging. If 9... g6? 10. Nxg6!! fxg6 ... |
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May-19-17 Taylor vs K Dreyer, 1934
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hudapri: <Infohunter> It's been 10 years but... Instead of 12.Qa4+, 12.Bd5+ mates. Better play on 9. Re1 is 9... Qb5 and now an unusually forcing line. 10. Re8+ Qxe8 11. Bxe8 Kxe8 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qd5+ Kg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Qc4+ Kg7 17. Qxc7+ Nd7 18. Be3 Be7 19. Bd4+ Bf6 20. ... |
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May-19-17 Morphy vs T Barnes, 1858 
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hudapri: A complex game with an unclear sacrifice. 18... Nd8 is a mistake (18... Rg7 better), perhaps Black missed that his queen is pinned on 21. Qh5+. |
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May-17-17 Greco vs NN, 1620
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hudapri: Interesting to look at the ancient approach to 1.d4. 8 pawn moves in a row and there is no development of either King's Knight. Not terrible but definitely strange. The final position is not dead lost and should be played on. Part of the reason why is because White's Nb1 remains ... |
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May-17-17 Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1991 
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hudapri: A "Slav Indian"? This is highly original from move 3 from Kamsky who is mainly a Gruenfeld player. But the setup can't be too good, as we see in the game the fate of the bishop. |
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May-16-17 Larsen vs C Munoz, 1957 
May-05-17 Greco vs NN, 1620 
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hudapri: Amazing how ancient these ideas are! |
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May-05-17 Anderssen / Horwitz / Kling vs Staunton / Boden / Kipping, 1857
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hudapri: Definitely a quality game. One of the early experiments of the "Hippo." See Morphy vs A Meek, 1857 for a superior example of how to take out the Hippo. In this game the White Queen was misplaced in the opening. Morphy's plan of h3 before g4, Kh2, etc. and not touching the Queen was ... |
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