GrahamClayton Member since May-13-08 · Last seen Aug-16-25 I live in Sydney Australia, and have been a CC player since 1980, with my only significant OTB play being 4 years of high school chess in the late 1970's and early 1980's. I have an interest in chess history, and enjoy playing through interesting games from the past, and learning about the famous and not so famous players who have graced the great game of chess.

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Aug-15-25 R Calvo Minguez vs W Addison, 1966   GrahamClayton: Calvo has sacrificed a rook to reach the position after 29. Ne7, and threatens 30. Rg6 (30...fg6 31. Ng6#). Addison found the saving move 29...Rc6! , eg 29... Rc6 30. Nxc6 Qd6 31. Bxg7+ Rxg7 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Nxe5 (otherwise 33...Qxf3+ 34. Rg2 Qf1+ 35. Rg1 Be4#) Qxe5 winning.      Aug-15-25 Shirov vs S Agdestein, 1992   GrahamClayton: 15... Rh5 16. g4 Rh6 17. f5 with a horrible position for Agdestein.      Aug-15-25 Mecking vs Korchnoi, 1974   GrahamClayton: Mecking succeeds in capturing Korchnoi's c-pawn, but the R + 3P v R + 2P ending with the pawns on the same side of the board is a book draw.      Aug-15-25 Vidmar vs K Opocensky, 1932   GrahamClayton: Position after 27...Qe3: [DIAGRAM] Opocensky threatens 28...Rf1+ 29. Kf1 (the rook on f2 is pinned) 29...Rd1#. With 28. Kh1, Vidmar unpins his rook, but after 28...Qe2 Opocensky threatens mate again with 29...Rf1+ 30. Rf1 Qf1#. After 29. Kf1 Qe3 the game is drawn - Vidmar can      Aug-15-25 L Aronson vs Tal, 1957   GrahamClayton: <Tal could have played 33...Nh3+ and then if White plays Kh1, then 34...Qe4 is # Checkmate for Black...> 35. f3 blocks 34...Qe4+.      Aug-15-25 Fischer vs J Rubens, 1964   GrahamClayton: "I did play against Fischer in a simultaneous at Brandeis University. I didn't play at all well. In fact, it was the end of my chess 'career' - actually the last game I played." Jeff Rubens, in <John Donaldson, 'A Legend on The Road', p.42.>      Aug-15-25 Chiburdanidze vs W N Watson, 1987   GrahamClayton: 63... Kf7 64. Ke5 Ke7 65. Kf5 Kf7 66. h5 Kg7 67. Ke6 Kh7 68. Kf7 Kh8 69. Kg6 Kg8 70. Kxh6 winning.      Aug-15-25 Nikolay Legky   GrahamClayton: In the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Open Championships of the Odessa Region, Legky played on the condition that his games would not be published by tournament organisers.      Aug-15-25 Max Enkin   GrahamClayton: Max Enkin grew up in Peabody, Massachusetts, and graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude). He then obtained his dental degree from Boston University School of Dental Medicine (Cum Laude). After retiring from competitive chess      Aug-15-25 Sharon Burtman   GrahamClayton: Unfortunately Sharon matched the performance of Robin Ault in the United States Championship (1959/60) by losing all 9 of her games in the 1999 US Womens Championship tournament.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 8 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-27-21    perfidious: Clever problem. Jul-01-21    Stonehenge: I have asked this before but *please* use periods after each move number when you upload games. Also, use commas in American site names like Los Angeles, CA USA. Aug-25-21    MissScarlett: A S Jameson vs W M Ward, 1904 Think you'll find this CHYP contest took place in December, not August. Oct-14-21    jonfrankle: Hi, Graham. I just joined chessgames.com, to reach out to you because you posted some info about my Des Moines, IA childhood friend and early chess mentor, Dan Harger (games: Dan Harger). I've kept up with almost everyone else from our (DM Theodore Roosevelt) high school [Dan '69, myself: '72] team, but lost track of Dan after he visited me in California in the early 1980's. I'm not sure how you know him, but a few of us would like to reconnect with Dan if you can help. Thanks! Jon (jonfrankle@gmail.com) PS -- My son and I took our first trip to New Zealand and Australia in spring 2019, enjoyed it and hope to return someday. Nov-02-21    fredthebear: <GC> I've enjoyed your recent posts of miniatures. Thanks! Feb-14-22    GrahamClayton: If anyone wants to upload some games to chessgames.com but doesn't know how to do so, I can recommend this PGN editor: http://www.caissa.com/chess-tools/p... After creating the PGN score, replace "%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor" with the [Source] tag and you can upload the game without any problems! Feb-14-22    login: The land owns us Where the bloody hell are ya - why no editor (yet)?! Vouched (for years). Have a good one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svS... Jun-10-22    Phony Benoni: <GrahamClayton> I've posted a question for you at L T Magee vs J Holland, 1948 Sep-20-22    GrahamClayton: A nice study by B Serus, published in the Polish magazine "Szachy #182" in 1959 - the White King chases the Black bishop all across the board before trapping it. click for larger view 1. Bd3 Kxf1 2. Kb8 Bd7 3. Kc7 Be8 4. Kd8 Bf7 5. Ke7 Bg6 6. Kf8 Bh7 (only move due to the threat of 7. Nf4 - this is why White played 1. Bd3, to protect this knight) 7. Kg7 winning. Sep-30-22    GrahamClayton: An unusual example of queen sacrifices on consecutive moves - Gilg v Lamprecht, Karbitz 1924: click for larger view 1... f1=Q 2. Qxf1 h1=Q 3. Qxh1 stalemate. Sep-30-22    GrahamClayton: During a simultaneous exhibition at the Dundee CC on November 22 1930, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky was able to checkmate his opponent by castling - a rare feat. click for larger view 1. hxg3 hxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Bh3+ 3. Kxh3 Ng4+ 4. Kxg4 Qd7+ 5. Kg5 Be7+ 6. Kxg6 Rg8+ 7. Kh7 Bf6+ 8. Kxg8 O-O-O# Znosko-Borovsky finished the 15 board exhibition with a score of +13, =1, -1. Feb-18-23    MissScarlett: Note that <Chess Life> dropped the <& Review> from its title from the start of 1980. Mar-23-23    fredthebear: A handful of interesting posts from you today. Thank you GC! May-04-24    GrahamClayton: In July 1914, in Berlin, Jose Capablanca and Emanuel Lasker played 10 rapid games, with Capablanca winning the match 6.5 to 3.5. The following position is based on one of those games: click for larger view Capablanca to move as White. 1. Kc7 is stalemate, while any rook move along the 8th rank is met by 1...Nb5 with a drawn position. The rook is hindering Capablanca's chances of winning, so it needs to be removed, hence 1. Ra8+! eg 1...Ka8 2. Kc7 or 1...Na8 2. Kc8 Nc7 3. Kc7 Ka8 4. Kb6 winning Amatzia Avni, 'Creative Chess', p. 51-52. May-06-24    GrahamClayton: Hutter-Wust, Vienna 1939: click for larger view Hutter played 1. Rh8, expecting 1...Ng5 2.h4, but Wust ignored the attack on the knight and played 1...Kf1!! after which play continued 2. Rxh3 Ng4 with ...Nf2# to follow. Hutter's only way to avoid immediate checkmate was 2. Rf8+ Nf2 3. Rf2+ Kf2, with a winning position for Black. Kurt Richter "Der Weg zum Matt - Ein Blick in die Schachtechnik", p.71. Oct-24-24    GrahamClayton: Position after 35 moves of the consultation game Hans Seyboth/Mikhail Chigorin v Emmanuel Schiffers/Lewin, St Petersburg, 13th September 1900: click for larger view Play continued 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Rxf7 Qe3 38. R7f3 Qh6 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Rg3+ Kh8 41. Rf7 b5 42. Rg5 1-0. A curious final position - the Black king and queen are stalemated: click for larger view Edward Winter 'Chess Explorations', Cadogan Books p. 4-5 Jun-05-25    Stonehenge: You've uploaded <[Event "corr"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Pierre Morra"] [Black "Tuliette Giacomelli"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Bill Wall, 500 Sicilian Miniatures Collection II, p.18"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Bb5+ axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5 14. Rac1 f6 15. Rc7 Qa4 16. Qd3 b6 17. b3 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Qd8+ 1-0> But it's really Tilliette vs Giacomelli, 1955. See Michel Barbaut's comment here: https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/ch... Jun-06-25    GrahamClayton: <Stonehenge> You've uploaded.... ....But it's really Tilliette vs Giacomelli, 1955. See Michel Barbaut's comment here: https://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/ch... <Stonehenge>, Thank you for picking that up. Jun-14-25    GrahamClayton: A nice study by Dutch composer Willem Korteling (1889-1964) Tijdschrift v.d. KNSB 1942 - White to draw. click for larger view 1. Rd8+ Kg7 2. Rd3 Bc6+ 3. Kb4 g2 4. Rg3+ Kf6 5. Kc5 Bb7 6. Kd4 h5 7. Ke3 h4 8. Kf2 hxg3+ 9. Kg1. White is stalemated or will win both Black pawns if the bishop moves off the a8-h1 diagonal. Aug-06-25    GrahamClayton: A beautiful study by British composer Joseph Edmund Peckover (1896-1982) from 1357 End Game Studies by HM Lommer (London, 1975): click for larger view White to draw. With repeated threats of a skewer and mate White can stop both pawns from promoting. 1. Kd5 Kb3 2. Rg3+ Ka4 3. Rg4+ Ka5 4. Rg8 Kb5 5. Rg7 (5. Rb8+ Ka6 6. Ra8+ Kb7 wins) 5...Kb6 6. Rg6+ Kc7 7. Rg7+ Kd8 8. Kd6 Kc8 9. Kc6 Kb8 10. Rg8+ Ka7 11. Rg7+ Ka6 12. Rg8 Ka5 13. Kc5 Ka4= Aug-08-25    Petrosianic: <GrahamClayton>: <A nice puzzle by Latvian chess composer Johann Sehwers> How did you manage to get a black and white diagram, instead of brown and white? Is there some command to change the colors? Aug-12-25    OhioChessFan: The Sehwers study makes a good impression. I'll have a look at the rest later today. Aug-12-25    OhioChessFan: Serus study is outstanding. It pressed the limits of my feeble visualization skills. It's solid after 1...Kxf1 but I'm having trouble with 1...Kf3. Aug-12-25    OhioChessFan: Okay 1...Kf3 2. Nd4 and it's essentially the same position as the study. Aug-14-25    OhioChessFan: Capa-Lasker. You know Lasker hated losing in an endgame. Hutter-Wust. That Black win after 2. Rf8+ Nf2 3. Rf2+ Kf2 doesn't seem all that trivial. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 8) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 8 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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