May-21-23 Nikolai Brunni
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| parisattack: Tempus fugit. It has been one year since <TheFocus> took flight. Godspeed, friend. I hope your journey is good! |
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Feb-02-23 chessgames.com chessforum 
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| parisattack: There are also the games of Mike Surtees and his ROT... |
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Feb-02-23 Robatsch (B06)
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| parisattack: Into my winter years I am still fascinated by all things Robatsch. My conclusion is it (and the Pirc) are all about key squares. Define them early and you're in decent shape. Don't put too much emphasis on the configuration of pieces; some of the best positions for Black are ... |
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Jan-16-23 Stein vs Portisch, 1962
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| parisattack: Portisch never really found a durable defense to 1. e4 - his secrets in the Ruy Lopez notwithstanding. |
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Jan-11-23 technical draw chessforum
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| parisattack: Sometimes one must move backwards to make forward progress - c.f., Petrosian. |
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Jan-03-23 ChessBookForum chessforum
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| parisattack: But comes now two books on the O’Kelly Sicilian: Play the O’Kelly Sicilian by Andrew Martin (Everyman 2022, 276pp) and The Modernized O’Kelly Sicilian by Jan Boekelman (Thinker’s Press 2022, 342pp). Going in to these two tomes my conclusions on the O’Kelly would be ... |
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May-28-22 W Adams vs H Lyman, 1941
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| parisattack: Simple Chess! |
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Feb-28-22 Gerard Welling
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| parisattack: Hi, Gerald -
It appears you don't visit here anymore...many old regulars have left over the past couple of years. But I am enjoying your new book on Michael Basman - U Cannot Be Serious! I have some comments at length but will hold them, see if perchance you check in here. |
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Dec-02-21 Dionysius1 chessforum
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| parisattack: There was also Point Count Chess by Horowitz and Mott-Smith...ideas they brought over from experiences playing bridge. |
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Nov-13-21 R Praggnanandhaa vs Krasenkow, 2021
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| parisattack: Me, too <0Zer0>. I think 1.b3 is (another) 'high class waiting move' able to morph into so many different setups. I find many opponents forget White can still play d4... I suspect the move still suffers in popularity because of the famous Larsen-Spassky game half-century ... |
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