Nov-08-19 Holger Norman-Hansen
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| louispaulsen88888888: Yes, he and Sir G A Thomas tied for the best percentage at the London 1927 Olympiad. |
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Nov-01-19 Smyslov vs Zhu Chen, 2001 
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| louispaulsen88888888: This game is in Sveshnikov’s book on the c3 Sicilian. He basically attributes the draw to Smyslov’s age(70). |
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Oct-13-19 Ed. Lasker vs R Ortega, 1952
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| louispaulsen88888888: And here Lasker announced mate in 13.. |
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Oct-05-19 Eduard Nemeth
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| louispaulsen88888888: Nemeth was as good at outwitting computers as Captain Kirk, but the machines are not so gullible now. |
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Sep-22-19 T Gillani vs R Singh, 2004
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| louispaulsen88888888: With 77...B-R3, it’s mate in 63 according to the Nailimov tablebases. |
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Sep-21-19 M A Wind vs T Winckelmann, 1993
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| louispaulsen88888888: Why not 8.P-Q4? |
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Sep-16-19 Spielmann vs Prokes, 1908
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| louispaulsen88888888: I think the first comment is correct. Black could win here. I believe Autoreparatwerkbau was referring to the opening, where, had black played 9...Nc6, he would have a winning position. |
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Sep-11-19 Morphy vs NN, 1858
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| louispaulsen88888888: Make that 20...KR-B1?? |
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Sep-11-19 Showalter vs Taubenhaus, 1889
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| louispaulsen88888888: I’m changing my middle name to Whipps! |
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Sep-11-19 A Shutov vs K Sakai, 2003
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| louispaulsen88888888: White should play the aesthetically pleasing 11.Kf2! |
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