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| Sep-08-04 | | lao tzu: i was working for Nicolas in his shop in the 70s when he died according to his wife he "fell" down a flight of stairs leaving a students apartment building (the shop was on the ground floor)...and was perhaps...drunk..*probably true he and his wife didnt get along very well, so its not impossible that her complete story isnt 100%..she immediately sold the shop and left for Paris i believe he was a very animated type A -- with warning signs all around his cluttered shop about the hazards of blitz along with large diagrams of
critical positions from his best games
most customers would stand at the entrance of the shop debating if they should venture in because of his 2 vicious dogs not to mention the intense atmosphere- but the weekend tourists that did were always met by an enthusiastic Nicolas and always left with smiles on their faces. he was put out of business by a former employee who opened a shop (still on Thompson Street)a few blocks away while Nicolas was away at a tournament he was an artist indeed Fred Wilson |
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| Sep-09-04 | | percyblakeney: I and <capanegra> must see a different Rossolimo combination than everyone else :) But it's a very beautiful one indeed! |
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| Sep-20-04 | | capanegra: <Lawrence><Giancarlo><iron maiden> To be honest, I don't see any Philidor's Legacy in the mate I have shown to you. It obvious that, as <percyblakeney> said, we are seeing different combinations! :) |
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| Sep-20-04 | | Lawrence: <capanegra>, hey, what happened? Now it isn't Philidor's Legacy! Were Giancarlo, iron maiden, and I seeing a mirage or is it those dratted Gremlins again? |
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Oct-19-04
 | | offramp: What was the game where Rossolimo gave up two exchanges for a winning attack? |
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Mar-29-05
| | offramp: Any ideas? |
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| Mar-29-05 | | hintza: <offramp> I had a look for you but to no avail. Do you know anything else about the game? |
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Mar-29-05
| | offramp: All I remember is that after the two exchanges had been given up the attack lasted a long time. They were really speculative exchanges just to get a loy of play.
It was a long time ago I first saw it! |
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| Mar-29-05 | | hintza: I still can't find it unfortunately. This is the kind of mystery that eats away at you until you finally find the answer. It might not even be in the database of course. |
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Mar-29-05
| | offramp: Well I suppose it could have been one of these two, but they are not quite how I remember it. The memory does play tricks, though. [Event "Hastings 4849"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicholas"]
[Black "Muehring, Willem Jan."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1948.12.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Na3 Nd8 10. Bd3 c6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. b3 b5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 c5 15.
Ne3 Ba5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bc7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 b4 21. Rxe5
Qd6 22. Bb2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 h6 24. Rf1 Nb7 25. Bc4 Rad8 26. Rf3 Qb6 27. Rg3 Nd6
28. Qd3 a6 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Bd3+ Nde4 32. Rxe4 c4+ 33. Bd4 cxd3
34. Bxb6 Rxd5 35. Rd4 1-0
[Event "Milwaukee, WI USA"]
[Site "Milwaukee, WI USA"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rossolimo"]
[Black "Whitaker, Norman T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "ChessliB"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.01"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. h3 c6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Rac1 f5 16. f4 Ng5 17. Bf2 Nf7 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Kh2 Be6 20. Qd3 h5 21. Nd4 Bd7
22. e4 Nh6 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Ne4 h4 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. g4 Ne7 27. Ne6 Qb8 28.
Bd4 Kf7 29. Bxf6 Bxe6 30. Bxh4 d5 31. Qd4 Ng8 32. cxd5 Bd7 33. dxc6 Bxc6 34.
Rxc6 bxc6 35. Bxc6 Rxe1 36. Bxe1 Qd8 37. Qd5+ 1-0 |
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| Aug-10-05 | | notyetagm: Check out this <tactical demolition> by Rossolimo in the Rossolimo Sicilian against O'Kelly. [Event "Oldenburg"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[NIC "SI 31.8.1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Na3 Nxd4
9. Nc4 Nxf3 10. Qxf3 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15.
Bxe5 f6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qxf6 Rf8 18. Qe5 Kd8 19. Qg5 Ke8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qe5
Qe7 22. Bxd7 Kf7 23. Be6 Ke8 24. Rc7 1-0
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| Aug-11-05 | | SEMENELIN: <all>
Referring to what <notyetagm> have posted:
look at this move 10. Qxf3 Qc7
why did O Kelly chose Qc7, he could have played Qxb5? Was this his mistake?
He should have a bishop by that time. |
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| Aug-11-05 | | notyetagm: <SEMENELIN: ... look at this move 10. Qxf3 Qc7 why did O Kelly chose Qc7, he could have played Qxb5? Was this his mistake? He should have a bishop by that time.> Rossolimo was a brilliant tactical player and would never allow 10 ... ♕x♗. That bishop is defended indirectly by a knight fork on d6, i.e., 10 ... ♕xb5?? 11 ♘d6+ and 12 ♘xb5. When I first played over the game I was struck by 9 ♘c4! because I first thought that it hung the b5-bishop but I quickly saw the knight fork defense. |
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| Aug-12-05 | | SEMENELIN: <notyetagm> nice analysis move 10. Qxf3 Qc7 was really tricky if it were blitz. thanx for showing me the trap. Any more analysis on the game? |
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| Oct-18-05 | | Averageguy: Why not 13...Qd6 ? |
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| Oct-20-05 | | george IV: As <capanegra> said, Rossolimo gave one of the most beautiful mates ever seen on a chessboard. It was in a simul in 1944. Unfortunately the entire score is missing, but the crucial position is the following:
click for larger view |
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| Oct-20-05 | | Averageguy: Is it white to move? |
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Oct-20-05
 | | WannaBe: Here is a photo of William James Lombardy playing chess with Rossolimo. http://www.ishipress.com/lombardy.htm |
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| Oct-20-05 | | Averageguy: If it is white to move then I think he wins with 1.Rxf5 exf5 2.Qxh6+ Kxh6 (2...gxh6 3.Nf6+ Kh8 4.Rg8#)(2...Kg8 3.Nf6#)3.Rh1+ Kg6 4.Kf4 fxe4 5.Bh5# I say I think, because I am doing this in my head without the aid of a chessboard or a computer. |
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| Oct-21-05 | | george IV: You were very close <Averageguy>. The game actually ended 1.♖xf5! exf5 2.♕xh6+! ♔xh6 3.♖h1+ ♔g6 4.♔f4!! ♕e6 (covers the file in case of 5.♗h5+ ♔h7 6.♗xf7+ ♕h6) 5.♖h8! and mate is inevitable. |
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| Oct-21-05 | | Averageguy: Oh well, almost! |
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| Jan-29-06 | | BIDMONFA: Nicolas Rossolimo ROSSOLIMO, Nicolas
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rossolimo_n...
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| Apr-10-06 | | kingsrookxq: When I lived in NYC (1969) I visited Nick's chess shop in the Village and bought a lovely Italian brass chess set and leather board, which I still have. I happened to mention this to a friend who informed me that he had died a tragic death that may have resulted from the fact that Nick liked wine -a lot - and this might have been responsible for his fall. Sort of like the William Holden tragedy.If true, how sad. I Googled his name and came up with CG.com as the only mention of him today. Thank you CG for keeping his memory alive and for promoting "The Game". I'm looking forward to many enjoyable hours perusing all, well not nearly all, that you have to offer. |
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| May-23-06 | | aragorn69: Could any kibbitzer here tell me what Rossolimo game/position Nigel Short and Stephen Moss are discussing today at http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/s... ??? It appears the game is not in cg's database, so it could be an interesting addition... :-) |
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| May-23-06 | | aragorn69: And many heartfelt thanks to <capanegra> and <george IV>: that Rossolimo combo is a real treat! |
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