wood n tempo Member since Feb-28-19 · Last seen Jan-21-20 I've been lurking on this site for years, and finally decided to enter the fray. I entered a couple of tournaments in the 90's and I came out rated at about 1550, although I suspect I am somewhat higher rated now. In the 70's, Bobby Fischer inspired my father (who didn't play) to interest me in the game. After learning the moves he took me down to the local chess club, where in my first game I got mated by another youngster with a scholars mate. Despite that inauspicious start, I've had many enjoyable moments at the board over the years.

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May-13-19 Timman vs Short, 1990    wood n tempo: It seemed to me Timman strongly directed the game starting at move 19. Ng5. <cormier: 27.Qg8+ is shorter> fails to 27...Kxg8.      May-07-19 Nunn vs S Bouaziz, 1983    wood n tempo: Awesome pun!      Apr-24-19 Joao Nuno Baptista Valente vs M Percivaldi, 2017    wood n tempo: Pretty obvious today.      Apr-22-19 Carlsen vs Anand, 2019    wood n tempo: <That Roger: ...Is it a draw because it is too scary and uncertain to play on?> White has a perpetual check with Qh4+ and Qh8+.      Apr-22-19 Vaganian vs A Planinc, 1975    wood n tempo: I got this, although my move was 22...Qc6+, rather than 22...Qc7+. Sometimes I wonder if GMs choose one move other another, (even though both are functionally similar), because of tactics which could be involved, but might not be. Can anyone tell me, if one of these moves might      Apr-18-19 W Arencibia Rodriguez vs J Magem Badals, 1991    wood n tempo: Interesting. I saw all the moves for white, (not necessarily in sequence), but I didn't realize how devastating they ended up being in the end.      Apr-16-19 Suba vs Tal, 1977    wood n tempo: After a bit of calculation I realized that the black king could merely sit tight in his blockade, while the white king simply couldn't be two places at once. So, yes, rook for bishop is a fine idea.      Apr-12-19 Portisch vs Pachman, 1967    wood n tempo: I saw as far as 36.Rxh7+ Kxh7 37.Qxg6+ Kh8 38.Qxf6+ Kg8. At that point if white can trade off all the pieces it is a won pawn end game.      Apr-05-19 Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929    wood n tempo: Wow, I was not even close today!      Apr-04-19 H Baumgartner vs Korchnoi, 1978    wood n tempo: Very nice. I got 21...Rbxb5 22.Rxb5 Rxc4, but failed to see the nice retort 23.Qa7.

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