Jul-23-25 S Mariotti vs Gligoric, 1969
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| generror: why does the computer take the fun out of it? this is a fantastic game, the position is completely insane. just because the engines say a move isn't optimal doesn't make this game any less fascinating. engine chess isn't human chess. |
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Jul-21-25 Eric Schiller 
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| generror: "That's why I have a Ph.D. and [Winter] doesn't and never will." wow. anybody who degrades anyone who doesn't have some stupid degree really loses lots of respect points in my book. |
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Jul-19-25 C J Corte vs J Bolbochan, 1946
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| generror: whoa i can't believe bolbochan played 9...Bxc3. by then, this move was known to be bad, no? |
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Jul-12-25 E Azerbajevs vs Tal, 1955
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| generror: Ironic that so-called Botvinnik-Carls Defense (3...c5) was actually first used Tal 40 years after K Treybal vs C Carls, 1912 , and six years before Botvinnik used it against him in their 1961 return match. |
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Jun-28-25 Huebner vs Kasparov, 1992
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| generror: yes, hübner didn't have the toughness to be at the very top. watching him interact with humans you just realize that he wasn't the most self-assured person, to put it mildly. and i'm pretty sure that the fact this was played live on TV was a factor in him blundering so bad. |
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Mar-09-25 Kasparov vs Huebner, 1992
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| generror: this was part of a two-game TV match and you can watch the game being played on German early 90s TV here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdj... |
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Mar-08-25 Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923
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| generror: Dang, I start to get why Alekhine is counted among the greatest. This is yet another combination that's just so tricky and yet so simple and makes me realize how complicated and beautiful chess is. It's all the better because Grünfeld also does some really nice moves. |
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Feb-26-25 G Atwood vs Verdoni, 1800
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| generror: this is a duplicate of G Atwood vs Verdoni, 1800 |
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Feb-25-25 Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858
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| generror: Really interesting game. Anderssen's attack is pretty bad in my opinion, the simple 16.Qc2 g6 Bxh6 is far better. He was lucky that Morphy missed the amazing queen sacrifice 26...Qxf5! -- after 27.Bxf5 Rxa1, he is still way up material with White having no compensation whatsoever. ... |
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Feb-22-25 Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560
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| generror: Not sure what you mean by ...Qf8. Maybe the continuation 10.Qxh7+ Bg7 11.Bh6 Qf8? Then I'd go 12.Bxg7 Qxg7 13.Qxg7+ Kxg7 14.exd5 (D) and I'm up the exchange plus a whopping extra pawns. [DIAGRAM] Sure, no drama, because on the level I'm playing, the only drama is the drama people ... |
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