tamar Member since Dec-31-03 · Last seen May-21-25 I look at chess every day. The players of the past, Pillsbury, Morphy, and Rubinstein, have the strongest hold on my imagination.

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May-12-25 Christopher Yoo    tamar: His dad was with him in Sardinia, as seen in this clip of ceremony and interview https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W0CLo... He has hired a mental coach for him, but notice how uncomfortable Yoo appears when his father is speaking about him. It is similar to his agitation in the game which      May-09-25 Superbet Chess Classic Romania (2025)    tamar: Or Nazi Paikidze IM WGM      May-06-25 D Gavrilescu vs Topalov, 2025    tamar: I noticed the 1 second too. If the move 26…Rfd8 was made and clock punched that could never be possible since the increment adds two seconds. So likely a time forfeit.      May-02-25 Savon vs J H Donner, 1972    tamar: Savon who was to lose next day to Browne misses several haymakers to finish off Donner. The simplest is 23 Qh6+ Kg8 24 g6!! [DIAGRAM] exploiting that Donner had put his Queen on c6 where it is subject to Bxb5, and taking away the check on e3 Instead Savon played the slower 23 Kb1 and      Apr-28-25 Superbet Rapid Poland (2025)    tamar: It is entertaining, but not serious. Having to play three rounds per day further dilutes the quality of play, but in return we get more decisive results. You don’t get clashes like Carlsen vs P Maghsoodloo, 2025 , but those are rare in any format.      Apr-25-25 Chessgames - Sports    tamar: A bit unfair to Westbrook. He stayed with OKC when Harden demanded more money or a trade, and when Durant bailed to GS.      Apr-22-25 Grenke Freestyle Open (2025)    tamar: Looking back at the coverage though, Magus took less than a minute to play his initial move in round 1. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6vb... In that instance, the bishop was on f1 and the queen on h1, so his choice was probably only between 1 g3 and his chosen move 1 g4      Apr-14-25 W Ju vs Z Tan, 2025    tamar: Do they have Archbishops in Chongqing?      Apr-13-25 Freestyle Grand Tour Paris (2025)    tamar: Perhaps it is a pipe dream as an ongoing venture, but I enjoy seeing players put on their own resources. With Freestyle, we are back in the age of Morphy or even before, where the best players were regarded as wizards, and ordinary players had no clue why they chose setups.      Apr-13-25 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2025   tamar: The “thorn pawn” h6 sits idly for 10 moves finally making possible 30 Bxe5! showing its hidden strength.

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