Chessical Member since Nov-03-03 · Last seen Sep-30-25 I am an UK chess player who plays OTB and correspondence. I particularly appreciate the games of Tal, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Capablanca. I am particularly interested in the history of chess since the 19th century. I now spend most of my time here working on games collections. http://publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/SH/%27%... https://new.uschess.org/chess-life-...

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Sep-25-25 Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895    Chessical: <jn pope> It is really challenging to translate values from 1895 into realistic modern-day prices. Eggs in the UK are now 23p each. In 1895 [(1)] , they were 5p each. That would make Schlechter's winnings a meagre £50.60 ($67.73) today using the egg multiplier. The Bank of ...      Sep-25-25 J Polgar vs Mecking, 2012   Chessical: From the video, Mecking slowed up significantly after 11.Qf3 and had another long think after 12. 0-0-0. Polgat's first long think was 14.Rxd4, after which Mecking looked uncomfortable. Polgar played the subsequent K-side attack quickly and confidently.      Sep-24-25 Schiffers vs Chigorin, 1878   Chessical: [DIAGRAM] <15.f3> is the best move, resulting in equality. Schiffer's <15.Nb5> is too optimistic, and seemingly overlooks his opponent's reply. White cannot play <16.Nxa7> as Black has two winning ideas: (i). White's Bishop would be trapped after <16 ...      Sep-10-25 Huebner vs Rossolimo, 1972   Chessical: <10.Qf3> was Hubner's innovation rather than the book move <10.Be3>. In reply, <10....Bc5> seems the safest option. <12....d6> is a sharp move, giving up the <c6> pawn, but there appears to be no other way to free his pieces. Black's exchange ...      Sep-03-25 Nakamura vs H James, 2025   Chessical: Despite a 1311 rating differential, Black plays solidly and comes close to equality. Unfortunately, he misses <18...Qd5> and his game goes downhill. Nakamura's clever use of his Knights' agility is instructive.      Aug-27-25 Korchnoi vs A Pomar, 1962   Chessical: [DIAGRAM] If <34...Ra3?> to reinstate pressure on the <f> pawn, then 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Be8+ wins the bishop.      Aug-27-25 chessgames.com chessforum    Chessical: My two cents' worth. If you really want to advertise all that is the very worst of Chessgames.com, then go ahead and make the Rogoff page visible to the general public.      Aug-26-25 C van den Berg vs Korchnoi, 1971    Chessical: Korchnoi plays a favourite line of Tal - Antoshin vs Tal, 1956      Aug-09-25 L Zinn vs Pirc, 1967   Chessical: Pirc lets a promising position slowly slide away from him, and then collapses after [DIAGRAM] <30...Re8?>. Pirc's play in this tournament was well below his expected level. He repeatedly made staightforward blunders.      Aug-09-25 A Matanovic vs Pirc, 1967   Chessical: <15...Bf6?> allowing the c5 push tilts the game strongly in Mantanovic's favour. <15...Rb8> =.

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