Nov-20-12 A Fuderer vs J H Donner, 1952 
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| kasputine: According to Jonathan Speelman:
"In round one of the chess Olympiad 1978 in Bueno Aires, China won a famous victory over Iceland. Amongst the casualties was Grandmaster Sigurjonsson who lost to Qi Jung Xuan. Coming upon Sigurjonsson, Donner, had attempted to console him with the |
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Nov-18-12 Kotov vs Petrosian, 1952
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| kasputine: It's actually impossible to become an excellent positional player without being able to spot the hidden tactical motives in a position. |
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Nov-08-12 S Soors vs A R Saleh Salem, 2012
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| kasputine: Epic game!! Playing without his queen, the young grandmaster "checkmates" the white queen in the center of the board in 23 moves! Amazing! |
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Oct-27-12 Aaron Schwartzman
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| kasputine: Still alive, playing chess and kicking :)
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Oct-18-12 Plachetka vs L Zinn, 1974
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| kasputine: <FSR>
after 16 ... Be5, white plays
17 Bxe5 Qxe5
18 fxe5 cxd5
19 Rxh6 and with 3 pawns up, white should win easily. |
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Oct-17-12 D Komljenovic vs N A Legky, 1995
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| kasputine: <hominid>
If black responds 19 ... Bb7 then:
20 Rxh6 gxh6
21 Qg6 Rxf7
22 Nxf7 wins. |
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Oct-12-12 Tarrasch vs Crusius / Ulrich / Wendt, 1907
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| kasputine: Tarrasch played this game against three opponents in Cologne, Germany, thus the pun.
All three got their Eau de Cologne for men. |
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Oct-08-12 Parent vs Baszanger, 1987
Sep-22-12 A Valsecchi vs P Bontempi, 2012
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| kasputine: After 24. Qc1, white was already threatening 25. Qh6+! with the same finish.
Black missed the only defence: 24. ... Rh8 |
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Sep-19-12 J Pelikan vs B Wexler, 1972
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| kasputine: 28. ... Ne5 refutes the combination.
Chessgames.com should better check the problems before posting them.
As for white's 2 pawns up, this was already the case before 28. Rg1. |
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