Jul-30-13 Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909 
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| yogiOK: Capablanca may not have been a "workhorse," but he had as much talent for chess as anyone. |
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Jul-12-07 Miles vs R Hartoch, 1982
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| yogiOK: Interesting and inspirational play with the rooks and pawns. |
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Jul-10-07 J Thibault vs C Blocker, 1979
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| yogiOK: Black deserved better from this game. There must have been better play against those kingside pawns, but those are the hardest games to problem solve, it seems to me. I think that white must have been worse for a while, but generated enough on the side with his rook. Oh well, Blocker |
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Jul-10-07 World Championship Tournament (2007)
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| yogiOK: Personally I favor the knockout tournament setting to the match play. The reason that I think it is most fair is that it is a little closer to what chess was intended to do, which is to find winning moves over the board. While there is a lot of preparation for opponents, even in a ... |
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Jul-07-07 35th World Open (2007)
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| yogiOK: I think perhaps in the event that more money was offered in prizes, then the players would likely play on. I think as it is, the glory of first prize often loses to the practicality of "paying the bills", and they need a sure thing to do so. The best players in the country are not ... |
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