Jun-08-25 Roman Shogdzhiev 
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| roberts partner: That's WAY out of date, he's already the world's youngest IM. https://www.chess.com/news/view/sho... |
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Apr-18-25 G Thomas vs E Klein, 1946
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| roberts partner: No, 1956 can't possibly be right. Klein had a well-known spat with the BCF in 1952 when he refused to play his England v Holland match game, and he withdrew from chess entirely for 20 years. On the other hand 1946 is VERY likely . When I competed in the Lud Eagle blitz ... |
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Feb-28-25 Boris Spassky
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| roberts partner: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... |
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Feb-20-25 Spassky vs Short, 1979
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| roberts partner: "A little pocket change": Spassky was paid £1000 by the Evening Standard. The "bizarre location" was a large school hall in Islington, necessary because there were six other 30-board simuls in progress, given by Vasyukov, Kochiev (who had just tied second at Hastings, hence |
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Aug-14-24 Hans Niemann
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| roberts partner: Vitiugov-Niemann 0-1, Nimzo-Indian, 48 moves, nice win in Karpovian style. When will chessgames.com publish it? |
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Jul-04-24 Haowen Xue
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| roberts partner: Haowen Xue has just won the Arona Open in Tenerife with 8.5/10 and a 2677 performance. He was seeded 29th . https://mailchi.mp/eb8458f067a4/che... |
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Jun-25-24 W Fairhurst vs S Fazekas, 1949
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| roberts partner: Fairhurst blamed his blunder on walking a different route than usual to the tournament hall. |
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Jan-22-24 E Walther vs L Barden, 1960
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| roberts partner: My opening prep was spot on and the first 18 moves followed Vasiukov v Aronian 1954 Vasiukov vs Aronin, 1954 which I knew and Walther didn't. Later I got into trouble and there was a zeitnot duel, which is no excuse for missing Qc7+. |
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Jan-14-24 Dresden (1956)
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| roberts partner: Uhlmann is not in the picture.
The player fourth from left (dark suit, smiling) is Hans Platz, who finished last at Budapest 1952 and later became trainer of the DDR team. The tall white haired man second from right is the former DDR No 1 and postal GM Berthold Koch. I ... |
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Oct-03-23 Leonard Barden
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| roberts partner: offramp is ridiculously flattering, those numbers are nonsense. I don't play bridge at all, and bullet is much too fast for me. On average, I play two or three 3+2 blitz daily on
lichess, most unrated and anonymous but very occasionally rated as roberts partner where I am ... |
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