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Oct-05-24 Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2019   tympsa: It does not matter what database shows.Database shows the best plays. FIDE rules : "The game is draw when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves" It includes very-very stupid moves even beginner would not do in real game It ...      Jun-25-24 Keres vs Botvinnik, 1948   tympsa: Keres was not forced to play Nazi organized tournaments because of Gestapo threats, but because of money. He had family to provide and only possibility to do so and earn living was to play in Salzburg ( 1942, 1943), Prague and Münich. In one of those tournaments he asked Alekhine : ...      Apr-24-24 H Karner vs Karpov, 1972    tympsa: didnt they have adjournments in 1970ies after 40th move ? Kärner was sharp attacking player, of course he wanted to end his attack right here and right now. But if Karpov put his very obvious 41...Bc6 into envelop, both would have been realized in home analyzis that white position ...      Apr-13-24 G Uusi vs Tal, 1972   tympsa: This was Tal`s only loss in tournament. Finally he scored 10.5 / 13 and was on 2nd place behind Dvoretzky who scored 11 points Good win over former world champion did not help much Uusi. He had 3 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws and finished on 11th place with 4.5 / 13 I had to admire ...      Feb-15-24 Tal vs Keres, 1954    tympsa: Tal was only 18 y.o. here and it shows. He was very good even back then, but not good enough to beat strongest grandmasters in the world and Keres was one of them. 3 years later he won USSR championship and FIDE made historical decision : even though Tal did not have enough ...      Oct-22-23 R Svane vs Giri, 2021    tympsa: weird that notorious world rapid championship game still does not have complete score after almost 2 years But position right before blunder is [DIAGRAM] Not so easy to convert, plenty of stalemate traps,lot of queen maneuvers. But of course white should never ever lose this, only ...      Sep-27-23 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016   tympsa: You can stop the clock and call arbiter even in blitz if you are sure about 3-fold and if game is recorded on DGT boards. But if you are not sure, your opponent gets extra time on clock. Carlsen was probably too busy to defend the losing position in time trouble to think about ...      Jul-27-23 Fischer vs Keres, 1962    tympsa: Keres played 10 games against Fischer. With black pieces he won 3, lost 2 and drawed one. He did not win with whites, but that is pretty good score with black pieces against Bobby. For comparison Spassky played 55 games against Fischer and won only once with black pieces ( not ...      Jul-27-23 Keres vs I Nei, 1955   tympsa: Nei was long time Estonia no.2 player. Surprised that Keres beat him only once when Nei was 24.y.o. Nei became internationally famous when he was Spassky `s second in 1972 World Championship match against Fischer. Later he helped womens champions Gaprindashvili and Tshiburdanidze ...      Jul-25-23 Keres vs Hort, 1972    tympsa: Keres was 56 y.o., with several physical ailments and Hort 28. They both had same rating 2600 in 1972 . And yet Keres outplayed his much younger opponent in tricky endgame. BTW, Hort is one of few old-timer chess players of 1960ies and 1970ies who is still alive. Next January he ...

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