Jan-22-19 Sawyer Tom
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rea: "Ground control to Sawyer Tom , , ," |
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Dec-10-18 Fischer vs R Cardoso, 1957 
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rea: "JMJ565X: fischer's the man"
Fischer'sthe 13-year old. |
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Nov-28-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018) 
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rea: "in 1984-85 the world champion title was vacant." There has been no legitimate world champion since the Lasker-Schlecter match! |
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Aug-19-18 Milan Vukic 
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rea: Banja Luka 1979 was Vukic's Ossip Bernstein moment. (See Capablanca-Bernstein San Sebastian 1911) Vukic objected to the participation of an untitled 16 year old Russian boy, only to get crushed by him. |
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Jan-08-18 J Cori vs F Benediktsson, 2009 
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rea: Young Cori would become an exceptionally young GM later that year . . . |
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Dec-29-17 D Bekker-Jensen vs E Forsa, 2014
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rea: I have long suspected that GOTDs are chosen for their puns, rather than for the game quality. I'd sure be proud if I won this game, but then, I'm not a very good player. |
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Aug-28-17 Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965 
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rea: "I am a jelly doughnut" |
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Jul-23-17 Judit Polgar 
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rea: "Tal in a skirt," as Smyslov said. |
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Jun-18-17 C Chaplin vs Reshevsky, 1923 
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rea: "I don't see Chuck's moustache. Was that real, or did he just glue one on for the movies?" He grew it to mock Hitler, who no one had heard of in '21, when the picture was taken. |
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Jun-13-17 Paul Motwani 
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rea: Scots, wha hae wi' Motwani bled,
Scots, wham Rowson has aften led;
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory! |
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