Oct-31-13 Kibitzer's Café 
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| pawntificator: I used to play down at the tables in Waikiki fairly often. I wonder if Rudy still plays down there. |
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May-19-13 Reti vs Alekhine, 1925
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| pawntificator: Amusingly, I just read an old article by C.J.S. Purdy on this game. In it he states that Alekhine mistakenly claimed a draw. So that answers the question I asked 11 years ago on this page. |
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Jan-04-13 Yusupov vs M Sorokin, 1998
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| pawntificator: These fellows play much more patiently than I do. |
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Jan-03-13 Sneaky chessforum
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| pawntificator: Happy New Year. |
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Oct-13-06 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006
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| pawntificator: I guess I'm not surprised that the Champion of the entire world will be decided by quick chess. It makes me a little sad, because I'm not good at fast chess, but I guess It makes a degree of sense. I guess we will find out who understands chess better. But the death of ... |
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Oct-07-06 V Kovacevic vs S Martinovic, 1981
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| pawntificator: That was awesome. |
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Oct-03-06 J Kulbacki vs T Manion, 1989
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| pawntificator: Obviously not to difficult since it's Tuesday. Still, it takes a brave man to sac. his queen. Also, subsequent checks could have been given by either rook and the correct one had to be selected. |
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Sep-25-06 The World vs A Nickel, 2006
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| pawntificator: The thing that is scary, most of the people who vote don't even read this. Do you??? You pansy! (just checking) |
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Sep-16-06 Keene vs Kavalek, 1981
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| pawntificator: I read an enlightening anecdote yesterday about this game in <Andre Soltis's> book, Karl Marx Plays Chess. Soltis was relating the trend chessplayers have begun to follow, namely the rude and disrespectful resignation. In counterpoint to that trend he noted this game: ... |
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Aug-15-06 Adams vs Miles, 1993
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| pawntificator: These guys really put up a good fight. No easy early draws here. |
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