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| Sep-21-08 | | Cactus: Thanks! |
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| Sep-25-08 | | NMAlvahMayo: Hi Lawrence,
It seems they picked my Q sac game (briefly discussed here earlier) against Uuetoa for the GOTD for September 12th. Small world eh?
I also bought your book on the Nick at the recent RA tournament. Canadian author plus Canadian master made it a forced variation. |
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| Nov-24-08 | | jackpawn: Hello IM Day!
Do you recall a player by the name of George Berner? You played him a couple of times. He seemed to have specialized in offbeat openings. Just curious what his story was. Thanks. |
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Nov-24-08
 | | IMlday: <Alvah>Thanks Alvah, I can use it in the webzine. <jackpawn> Dr. George Berner I played a few times in the 1970s. He was very flamboyant and eccentric. At one point he always brought a small vase and flower to put by his board during a tournament game. As I recall he was sometimes a GP doctor but got into trouble with off-books abortions and/or inappropriate narcotic prescriptions. He played in Yorkville's coffeehouses in the 60s for stakes and did well with a very classical tactical style; but he had poor positional understanding so beating him in tournaments was basically a matter of avoiding tricks. At his peak I would guess he was about 2300 by today's ratings.
This gamescore G Berner vs L Day, 1974
stops as if he resigned but actually he played until facing mate in three, adjourned with a sealed move and all. Then came postponements.
On the last day adjournments could be played, he finally scheduled resumption for 11PM at a secluded meeting where he brought along his dangerous looking methadone patients as spectators to watch the mate. He enjoyed such goofy drama which struck me as rather bemusing. |
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| Nov-25-08 | | jackpawn: <IMday> LOL. Thanks for your response. I never heard of the guy before, but somehow I sensed there might be a story there. |
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| Dec-28-08 | | treller: hey, Lawrence--
I've always admired your game against Schoenberg in the Skopje '72 Olympiad. You characterized your position after your 25th move as 'vacuum-packed development.' Ran into a game which reminded me of yours, and thought you might enjoy a look at it. Check out Albin-Schlechter, Berlin 1897, after black's 22nd. Major difference is that a piece has been exchanged, but curious nonetheless. Cheers. |
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| Jan-07-09 | | WhiteRook48: happy new year!!
I liked your game against Timman in the "Notable Games" list. It was a stunning display of chess. |
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| Jan-07-09 | | WhiteRook48: L Day vs Timman, 1980 |
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| Jan-08-09 | | jackpawn: Hi IMday. Have you ever followed the games of Pavel Blatney? I played over a few of his games today and immediately thought of you. To me you have very similar styles. |
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Jan-09-09
| | IMlday: <jackpawn> I remember Pavel Blatny from the 1985 World Junior in Sharjah where I was coaching. He beat favourite Anand with a Closed Sicilian. Later I noticed he played 1..b6 systems and Hippos! Interesting player. <WhiteRook48> I had another big battle with Timman at the Haifa '76 Olympiad that you might like.
<treller> Grant, is that you? Still in Switzerland? Yes I liked the aesthetics in the Schoenberg game too. At one point all the Black pieces were on edge squares, vacuum-packed indeed. But the Schlecter game doesn't seem to be in the database and I don't recall it. |
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| Jan-22-09 | | abstraction: <IMlday: Yes I liked the aesthetics in the Schoenberg game too.> Is the Schoenberg game in the db? If so, it should be made a GOTD and be called "atonal chess". |
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Jan-22-09
 | | Joshka: Lawrence, if your up I can give you a call. Let me know, unless it's too late. |
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| Jan-23-09 | | treller: Yes, tis I. Now in Montana. Albin-Schlechter went as follows: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.b4 Be7 7.0-0 d6 8.h3 Be6 9.b5 Bxc4 10.bxc6 Ba6 11.cxb7 Bxb7 12.c4 Nd7 13.g4 Nc5 14.Nc3 Re8 15.Be3 Ne6 16.Rb1 Bc6 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Nd5 Bd7 19.Kg2 c6 20.Nc3 Qa5 21.Rb7 Bc8 22.Rb3 Nd8 Black's position here reminded me of your Schoenberg game. Albin did not distinguish himself in what followed 23.Rfb1 Be6 24.Nh4 Qc7 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Qd7 27.Nf3 h5 28.Qf2 hxg4 29.hxg4 Bxg4 30.Rh1 f6 31.Qh4 Bxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Ne6 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Ne2 Rab8 35.Bd2 Rxb3 36.axb3 Ke7 37.d4 d5 38.cxd5 cxd5 39.Bb4+ Kf7 40.Qh5+ g6 41.Qh7+ Bg7 42.Qh2 Ng5+ 43.Kf2 Nxe4+ 44.Ke1 Qb7 45.Bd2 Qxb3 46.Qc7+ Re7 47.Qd8 Nxd2 48.Rh7 Nf3+ 49.Kf2 Qe3+ 50.Kg3 Ng5+ White resigns |
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| Feb-01-09 | | blacksburg: happy birthday! |
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Feb-01-09
 | | Benzol: Happy Birthday Lawrence. Nice photo btw.
:) |
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Feb-01-09
 | | Stonehenge: Happy Birthday! |
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| Feb-01-09 | | Albertan: Happy Birthday IM Day! |
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Feb-01-09
 | | TheAlchemist: Happy Birthday! |
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| Feb-01-09 | | laskereshevsky: Happy Birthday IM...
will be amusing to have in the same day:
Mister DAY in the "Happy Birthday to:...",
And Mister BIRTHDAY in the "Player of the day:..."
...:)
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Feb-02-09
| | IMlday: Thanks all for the B-day wishes. :) |
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| Mar-02-09 | | robmtchl: happy birthday! |
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| Mar-02-09 | | PhilFeeley: <treller>, <Lawrence> Is this the Albin-Schlecter game? Albin vs Schlechter, 1897 |
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Mar-03-09
| | IMlday: Yes! Nice move 22..Nd8 eh, retreating from the "ideal e6" to cover the entry point on b7 and accidentally leave all his pieces on the edge. |
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| Mar-03-09 | | hackmate: Hello,
Do you write for the newspaper the Toronto Star? Someone sent me part of an article or maybe the whole article about Bobby's new book. If you did write it can you explain what you meant when you said - "The content is marvelous with useful opening theory revisions and endgame
analysis that sets new records for exhaustive dissection of apparently
simple positions."
Thanks. |
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Mar-03-09
| | IMlday: Aside from Topalov-Kamsky news and the problem here is the Feb 28 09 column:
::...Bobby Fischer died last year after completing a book "My 61 Memorable Games" which updated his classic 1969 volume "My 60 Memorable Games". Attempts to sell bulk orders of
the first edition via an auction on the Canadian eBay created great controversy. There were critics presuming it was a forgery or internet scam; the woman who posted the
auction withdrew it after a hostile reception including hoax charges and death threats;
chess discussion boards on the web were flooded with suspicious criticism of those supposed "sock-puppets" who claimed to have acquired a copy. There were also open legal questions. The original copyright had been sold and resold several times. Would there be
lawsuits? Another complication: the added 61st game was from the 1992 sanction-violating rematch in Yugoslavia against Boris Spassky. Perhaps the U.S. Treasury Department would want a slice of U.S. sales? Even dead, Fischer could create quite the commotion.
My copy is from the second edition. It says "Printed in Iceland" but the publisher and editor remain anonymous. The book is a very thick soft-cover, 753 pages, with many pictures. The content is marvellous with useful opening theory revisions and endgame
analysis that sets new records for exhaustive dissection of apparently simple positions.
Fortunately Fischer's writing style is fairly mellow compared to his infamous rants. The emphasis here is on the games themselves. Alas the proofreading was sporadic and typos
are common.
In the notes to Olafsson-Fischer, Zurich 1959 Fischer includes "one of my anonymous internet dalliances" for historical significance.
White: "2300 weaky" (sic) Black: B.
Fischer
King's Indian Defence
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5!
(Fischer's punctuation. In the Olafsson game he played 9..a6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.g4!? Nh7
12.Qc2 when instead of 12..Ng5? he recommends 12..Nc5 13.0-0-0 Bd7 14.f3 Nf6 as
equalizing since 15.g5?! allows ..Nh5 with edge.)
10.Bg3 Nh5 11.h4 g4 12.Nh2 Nxg3 13.fxg3 h5 14.O-O f5 15.exf5 Nc5 16.b4 e4!
(Punctuation by Fischer.)
17.f6!
(Likewise. He doesn't mention that 17.Rc1 Nd3 18.Bxd3 exd3 19.f6 Rxf6 was
Kramnik-Kasparov, Linares 1994.)
17..Bxf6 18.Rc1 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Nd7 20.Bxg4 Rxf1+ 21.Nxf1 hxg4 22.Qxg4+ Kh8 23.Qh5+ Kg7
24.Qg4+ Drawn by perpetual check. It was this disappointing theoretical draw against a "nobody" that inspired his creation of Fischer Random Chess...:: |
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