May-04-25 Howard Staunton
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| stone free or die: <CHESS INTELLIGENCE.
THE following paragraph is from the Berlin Charivari: "The projected match at Chess between Messrs. Anderssen and Staunton will not take place, since the former has as little time to go to London, as the latter has inclination to come to Breslau. ... |
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May-04-25 Biographer Bistro 
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| stone free or die: I will add another comment - that it's curious the BCR would add the details (place, date, etc.) of so many of the other 1851 games Anderssen played, but not the ones <Missy> mentioned. . |
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May-04-25 Karl Mayerhofer
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| stone free or die: The portrait currently shown here, from wikimedia, appears to have originally been colored(?): https://www.alamy.com/karl-mayerhof... . |
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May-04-25 K Mayerhofer vs Anderssen, 1851
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| stone free or die: The source given in the PGN is correct, but the game is cited with no information (beyond the moves) whatsoever, beyond the two players and colors. Not even the casual tag is given, nor is a date or place. The two preceding games in the journal are 1851 games with ... |
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May-04-25 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
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| stone free or die: Here she is trying out for the main role in <Carrie>: https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.ne... |
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May-04-25 D M Horwitz vs F Rhine, 2023
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| stone free or die: For the record - <CG>'s default analysis is for a measly 6-seconds, with 8-second updating if needed. But if you check move 3 currently, you'll find a much deeper run - apparently somebody did a deep think analysis on the entire game (move 3 is 38-ply deep now). I ... |
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May-04-25 Kibitzer's Café
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| stone free or die: Apparently "the (snooker) life" isn't exactly a bed of roses: <<Inside BBC snooker star's addiction hell with house repossessions and failed marriages <John Virgo has been a voice of snooker for over 30 years and is currently part of the BBC's coverage of the ... |
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May-03-25 Ethelbert Grabill
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| stone free or die: "Show me the name, and I'll show you the man." |
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May-02-25 Mor Testa
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| stone free or die: (He's the headmaster of a school in crime - Pop Hogland) |
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May-02-25 Tal vs F Olafsson, 1975
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| stone free or die: <Eric Farley: This is not a Modern(Robatsch). This is a Pirc.> <SCID> classifies it as a B06e - <Modern 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6>. To tell the truth, the intricacies of Modern vs Pirc always escaped me, given my limited experience. I did substitute 6.Nc3 for 6.c3 ... |
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