Jan-02-08 S Loyd vs S Rosenthal, 1867 
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underdoggum: Sam Rosenthal, some of you might recall, was the central inspiration for David Shenk's "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess," as Rosenthal was something of an immediate relative |
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Dec-26-07 Spassky vs B Larsen, 1970 
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underdoggum: wait, why not 14.Bxd8?
there be a bishop fork |
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Dec-09-07 Carlsen vs Kamsky, 2007 
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underdoggum: my money's on kamsky
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Dec-02-07 A R Thomas vs J M Aitken, 1939 
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underdoggum: after 54. Bxd6, black's b-pawn will definitely queen |
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Nov-02-07 Alekhine vs L Asztalos, 1927 
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underdoggum: apparently, chessgames.com recycles puzzles =/ |
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Nov-02-07 T Tuominen vs V Johansson, 2007 
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underdoggum: my guess is that black doesn't want Rxe6 followed up by the rook keeping the king on the 8th rank and stopping use of black's h8 rook |
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Oct-18-07 Chigorin vs Gunsberg, 1890 
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underdoggum: wait, i meant 10. Bxf7+ -- after the black bishop relatively pins white |
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Oct-06-07 S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905 
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underdoggum: this game is crazy. the final position has every black knight and bishop protecting each other! |
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Oct-04-07 M Cardinali vs S Polgar, 1989 
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underdoggum: what if 30. Qe7 ...Qxe7 31.Nxe7+ ...Kg7 instead? then after white takes the bishop, black can do Rf7 and have an effective pin once his b8 rook moves to f8 is that a stable pin? |
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Sep-28-07 The World vs G Timmerman, 2007 
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underdoggum: why on earth did so many vote for Qa3? it puts the queen on a terrible diagonal; it neglects the importance of development in openings; is it trying to prepare for a fianchetto? if so, the bishop would rather not be on that diagonal because of the opposition of the other king's ... |
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