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paavoh
Member since Feb-28-07 · Last seen May-08-25
Learned the game at age of 7, played OTB in the 1980's, converted to CC in mid-1990's, now just following what is going on at the top.

Does this path reflect a decline in my chess abilities or increased demands at my day job in sciences?

Still, I feel a spark when seeing a great game.

Many thanks for Santa and the good people at Chessgames for giving me a membership for the years 2015 and 2020!


   paavoh has kibitzed 2789 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Mar-13-25 Stein vs I Birbrager, 1966 (replies)
 
paavoh: Wonderful finish, but why Black played 8.- f6 beats me. It seems most peculiar to me. Similar e5-e6 pushes are usually followed by fxe6, if I am not mistaken?!
 
   Feb-19-25 V Laznicka vs Short, 2010
 
paavoh: @An Englishman: <Black's 10th-12th moves, for example. Why did he want to subject himself to such a cramped position?> Yes, indeed. I was expecting to see the usual - Be4 to pop up.
 
   Feb-13-25 E Hintikka vs T Pirttimaki, 1988
 
paavoh: Never played either one of them. As far as I recall, Pirttimäki was a very aggressive but sometimes erratic player = not boring to watch.
 
   Dec-03-24 London Chess Classic (2024) (replies)
 
paavoh: <Arsenal are playing at home on Wednesday. Coincidentally, a rest day in the chess> Of course this is so, they are fighting for the same audience :-)
 
   Dec-03-24 H Groffen vs G Horvath, 1997 (replies)
 
paavoh: I've played Groffen once in the 00's in a CC email tournament but the drawn game appears only in Chessbase.
 
   Oct-25-24 Shankland vs Sevian, 2024
 
paavoh: This was an amusing game. Did not know about the N vs pawns sac in the opening.
 
   Oct-25-24 Caruana vs Shankland, 2024 (replies)
 
paavoh: Agreed. 48.Rd5 really constrained Black.
 
   Sep-26-24 Dubov vs E Postny, 2024 (replies)
 
paavoh: A Queen sac for two minor pieces! 21.- f5 may have been better?!
 
   Aug-28-24 D Losev vs V Chekhov, 1972
 
paavoh: Straight to the jugular!
 
   Aug-28-24 Dmitry Losev
 
paavoh: Lots of sacs in his early games, creating a large proportion of decisive games. I should take a closer look at these...
 
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