Jan-29-06 Dimitri Reinderman 
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rKa: He actually also plays Magic: The Gathering (a huge trading card game) very well, appearing in the top8 of a 1000+player tournament in Hasselt/Belgium. |
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Apr-13-05 Fischer vs L Sanchez, 1959 
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rKa: wow. the first puzzle i solved just by looking at the board:) |
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Feb-04-05 Saemisch vs Gruenfeld, 1929 
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rKa: This game won the first brilliancy price in Karlsbad 1923 according to G. Henschel "Freude am Schach". |
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Feb-04-05 Friedrich Saemisch 
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rKa: I just wanted to add - because it wasnt pointed out enough imho - that Sämisch lost a good share of his matches because of Zeitnot, earning him some neat nicknames. Apparently he could have spent hours on the board just to reflect every single aspect of a given game, therefore losing a |
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Jan-20-05 Corus Group A (2005) 
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rKa: can somebody explain, how White can breakthrough on f6 without letting the game end in a draw? |
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Nov-30-04 Kurt Richter 
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rKa: Kurt Richter was known as the "Scharfrichter von Berlin" as he indeed was feared for his aggressive play. "Scharfrichter"=Executioner. He also is the namesake of the Richter/Rauzer Attack in the Sicilian. |
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