Jan-01-24 E Preissmann vs L Day, 1978
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| IMlday: Next round I was devoured by Lev (The Lion) Polugaevsky as you can see at about 4.30 in this press pool compendium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97... ba78 |
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Jul-21-23 D Stoll vs L Day, 1968
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| IMlday: Back when the clunky Descriptive notation was fading out there was a hack for solving indecipherable score sheets, subtract from 9. Like here the Descriptive 29...R-R4 became in Algebraic 29...Rh5. 9-4=5. I and many others often mixed up the systems when in time pressure. The same ... |
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Jun-14-23 L Day vs Francisco Silva, 1971
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| IMlday: Further research by Stephen Wright reveals Canada did not meet Mexico at that Student Olympiad. According to the date on the scoresheet, July 19th, it must have been played in the San Juan International which was held immediately following the FIDE event at Mayaguez. Right player, ... |
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Mar-20-23 L Day vs G Kuprejanov, 1972
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| IMlday: Not a blitz game at all. It was FIDE 4-game match rules, played at 40/150 then 18/60 with no increment and an Arbiter to hold the sealed move (42.Rxb3) envelop. I thought at the time that 43..Nd5 was the losing move since 43..Kf5 44.Kc4 Ke4 45.Rb6 Ng4 46.Re6+ Kf5! 47.Re7 Rf8! and I ... |
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Feb-01-21 D Allan vs L Day, 1980 
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| IMlday: As I used the terms, a Pterodactyl was simply a cross between a "Rat" (1..g6) and a Dragon where play did not transpose to one or the other. The basic reptilian idea is to breath fire down the long diagonal. A bonus was that when original complex positions arise early in the game a ... |
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Dec-08-20 Botvinnik vs F Demanuele, 1977
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| IMlday: A pleasant bit of nostalgia indeed. I watched this at the time. Fred was my doctor for twenty years before retiring to Malta. At the 1980 Malta Olympiad he volunteered as team doctor, driver and tour guide, a big factor in Canada's good result. |
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Sep-10-19 L Day vs A Kalotay, 1965
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| IMlday: You guys are luring me out of lurkdom with this early morning dose of meganostalgia. I was an A-player with almost no experience against Masters yet somehow I had beaten Grimshaw and held Fuster and miraculously, despite the opening crimes, was beating Andy. At move 25 he had less ... |
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Aug-23-19 L Day vs B Evans, 1995
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| IMlday: Typo here with 39..Rc7 (I wish!) but actually he played the shot 39..Rc2! |
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Mar-28-16 L Day vs K Valkesalmi, 1986
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| IMlday: 9.Re1 was actually 9.Qe1 played so later hangage to ..Bxf2 or ..Nd3 forks was not available. |
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Jan-21-15 I Theodorovich vs L Day, 1962
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| IMlday: I was so green that this was the first time I faced a master. But I learned a good lesson in how playing 0-0 & ..h5 can allow irresistible mating attacks. This insight produced lots of points, even against masters. Compare this game L Day vs E Vano, 1980 |
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