May-19-10 Capablanca vs A Chase, 1922 
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mhelshou: I'm surprised that nobody mentioned that 22. Bf3 was a bad mistake that Black could have exploited to his advantage but didn't. |
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Apr-11-10 Yates vs Ed Lasker, 1924 
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mhelshou: Lasker talked about this game in "Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood" "In the fourth round I faced Yates and after about twenty moves had him in such trouble that mentally I scored my first victory on the board. However, he extricated himself with an ingenious maneuver and playing ... |
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Sep-12-09 Portisch vs Fischer, 1967 
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mhelshou: Yes. Spectacular game. I came accross it in Watson's book, it's analyzed in quite good detail. I find the move 23. ... gxh5 spectacular. Changes everything you know about weaknesses and king safety. |
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Sep-08-09 Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
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mhelshou: What the hell is this game? Nimzowitsch is throwing pieces right and left |
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Jan-27-08 Seirawan vs Timman, 1980 
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mhelshou: Computer Analysis shows that the move is actually correct when there's no knight on f3. Which shows that Seirawan explanation therefore is worthless because it only applies to the case where there's no knight. That convinces me that in chess books in general, analysis many times ... |
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Oct-19-07 Botvinnik vs G Stoltz, 1926 
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mhelshou: 18. Qxf8+ is obvious but naturally unexpected and brilliant. Taking a Rook for a Queen was probably unexpected by Stoltz however it leaves Black's lonely Queen against two Rooks and a Bishop! |
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Jun-14-07 Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 
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mhelshou: Guys, I think our so much reliance on chess engines and deep analysis is killing chess artistry and imagination. Yes, may be they are not as accurate as today top grandmasters but I bet for us less ranked players we need this kind of imagination and brilliant unexpected moves and ... |
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Jun-11-07 K Spraggett vs J Dominguez, 1991
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mhelshou: It looks like from move 27, White had Black's rook for a good amount of time! |
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