Aug-17-04 Paul Morphy 
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| kurathedog: Interesting that when I play I think of beating the pieces - not the player! Helps me not get caught up in the pysch side of the game. |
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Aug-05-04 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
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| kurathedog: easy puzzle - once you know the theme.
More amazing that at this level these things can happen! |
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Aug-01-04 Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908
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| kurathedog: <benzol> yes, he was a famous director as well as chess player. He did a movie with Humphrey Bogart - very famous |
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Jul-31-04 Bobby Fischer
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| kurathedog: <revsublime> interesting comments - I don't know if it is our foreign policy that "created hatred" as much as it is everything else about our culture and influence (gee, if the French hate the term "email" and other english based phrases that creep into their culture and ... |
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Jul-27-04 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
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| kurathedog: <dickbrain>
that is exactly the type of comment I would expect from Fischer. If he were to come back and not do well - he has an excuse. If he did do well, then he has an even more powerful story. How much sharper are his tactics if he honed his thinking around Fischer ... |
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Jul-22-04 Garry Kasparov
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| kurathedog: <crackersmack>
what is that anti-american crack about? What brought that on? |
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Jul-18-04 Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849
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| kurathedog: yeah, saw that right after I wrote it - sorry. |
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Jul-15-04 Nigel Short
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| kurathedog: sometimes people stir up controversy (slavery, Petrosian, etc) as a desparate plea for attention - especially since he blew Libya. |
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Jul-13-04 B Kvisvik vs Carlsen, 2001
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| kurathedog: Brilliant to work this to a draw.
Clearly Magnus saw:
Nxe6 a5
NxD8!!! B-e7
NxC6!! 0-0
NxA5 R-b8
And black is down a queen and a knight and the only compensation is that black got to castle and partially open the A-file. I am suprised that Calson saw this and was able to |
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Jul-13-04 Kasimdzhanov vs Adams, 2004
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| kurathedog: At least in the US they are referred to as the number 1 player. In Europe they may be called something else. Their PR agency may also call them world champion. What is more important is that as far back as I can remember (20+ years) there was never any real dispute. You get more ... |
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