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FSR
Member since Aug-27-05 · Last seen Oct-01-23
I am Frederick Rhine. The United States Chess Federation awarded me the titles of National Master (at OTB chess) in 1983, and Senior Master of Correspondence Chess in 1997. On the USCF's August 2022 list of the top correspondence chess players in the country, I was the third highest rated player, at 2411. http://www.uschess.org/component/op... I am now fourth. The August 2020 issue of Chess Life magazine had a profile of me (for the text, see Frederick Rhine (my August 1, 2020 comment in the forum)).

I played in the 1997 USCF Absolute Championship (open to the top 13 correspondence players who accept their invitations), scoring 6-6 (+2 =8 -2). Alex Dunne wrote in his book on the Absolute Championships, "This was Rhine's only Absolute and he held his own against the best. His two losses were against previous Absolute winners." http://bit.ly/1NB55YP That book contains my games F Rhine vs R Lifson, 1997 and F Rhine vs D Burris, 1997.

But the 1997 event was not my only Absolute. I just finished playing in the 2023 edition, drawing all 12 games. (Unlike the 1997 event, this one was under ICCF auspices and allowed the use of engines. Accordingly, almost all of the games have been drawn.) I play first board for the Rogue Squadron in the Chicago Industrial Chess League. I am also playing online for the Shropshire & Friends 2 team in the 4 Nations Chess League.

I attended Lane Technical High School in Chicago with the late Chessgames.com co-founder Alberto A Artidiello until he moved out of Chicago. Lane's chess team won the Illinois state championship my junior and senior years, becoming the first school ever to win consecutive championships. Albert also became a master, as did my teammates Kenneth Mohr and Christopher Kus. The late FIDE Masters Albert Charles Chow and Morris Giles were also Laneites.

In July 2013, I played in my second and third regular-rated tournaments of the millennium(!), the Greater Midwest Classic and the Chicago Class (under-2200 section). I tied for second, undefeated, in both, winning $700 and $550, respectively, and brought my rating back over 2200. http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j... http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j...

I have contributed to hundreds of chess-related articles on Wikipedia under the handle Krakatoa, notably "First-move advantage in chess," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-... "George H. D. Gossip," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George... and "Swindle (chess)," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_..., all of which are almost entirely written by me. The first two of those have been Today's Featured Article, the highest honor a Wikipedia article can receive, one attained by about one out of every 1,400 articles. I have received various Wikipedia awards, including the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels and the Timeless Imperial Triple Crown (which only 12 Wikipedians have received). My user page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:K....

I am the editor and proofreader of the forthcoming book "Tournament Battle Plan: Optimize Your Chess Results!" by Daniel Gormally. I was the proofreader of the book "Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior" by Daaim Shabazz.

I was a contributor to the now-defunct Chicago Chess Blog, http://chicagochess.blogspot.com. There, I discovered and documented what Taylor Kingston calls "the Mortimer Effect," which has lowered the Morphy Numbers of many modern players (maybe you!). https://chesscafe.com/the-skittles-...

One hundred and eighty of my games are in chessgames.com's database. My favorites are F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981, K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992, and F Rhine vs A Boerkoel, 1996. Rhine-Sprenkle was published with my annotations in Chess Informant (Volume 32) and cited in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Vol. B (2nd ed.) at 183 n.19). In Volume 33 of Chess Informant, my 18th move (18.Nxd6!) in that game was voted the 8th-9th most important theoretical novelty in Volume 32. The game was also cited in MCO-13 and "The Aggressive Nimzowitsch Sicilian 2...Nf6" by Eric Schiller, and occupies an entire chapter in all three editions of "Beating the Sicilian" by John Nunn. It is game 218 in "1000 TN!! The Best Theoretical Novelties" (Chess Informant, 2012).

Thompson-Rhine was published with my annotations in Chess Informant (Volume 57), and cited in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Vol. B (3rd ed.) at 172 n.163). Jeremy Silman discusses the game and my analysis of it in his book "Winning with the Sicilian Defence" (2nd ed.).

Joel Johnson in his book "Attacking 101: Volume #005" says of my blitz game F Rhine vs NN, 2019, "White played a flawless Smith-Morra Gambit that IM Marc Esserman would have been proud of." Georges Koltanowski published F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1974 in his syndicated newspaper column. Richard J Palliser discusses the opening of F Rhine vs S Nagle, 1997 in his book "tango!"

Jacob Aagaard analyzes the endings of two of my Internet blitz games in his 896-page tome "A Matter of Endgame Technique" (alas, mine was lacking). Cyrus Lakdawala includes my study-like win in F Rhine vs Alex Zhao, 2019 in his book "Tactical Training in the Endgame." He also mentions me, albeit not by name, in his book "In the Zone: The Greatest Winning Streaks in Chess History" when he refers to "The Classical Sicilian, which as one of my atheist students told me, is the closest thing he has to a religion." Cyrus analyzes my game against Gadir Guseinov in his book "The Makogonov Variation: A ruthless King's Indian killer."

Commentator Mato Jelic somewhat extravagantly calls my game E Sollano vs F Rhine, 1977 "The Greatest Ever Blitz Game Played in Chicago." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl8... See also Suren's analysis at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWa... My 7...Bxc5!! in that game, played the year before Boris Avrukh was born, is a big improvement on the flaccid 7...Bg6, his recommendation in the book "Beating 1.d4 Sidelines" (2012).

Someone also made a video (moves only) of J Aagaard vs F Rhine, 2021, a 2-1 bullet game where I drew and should've beaten the grandmaster - if only I'd had time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-O... User: JimmyVermeer discusses my games NN vs F Rhine, 2021, P Pantelidakis vs F Rhine, 1974, and P Napetschnig vs F Rhine, 1977 in his video "The 109 fastest checkmates in chess history, part 10 of 11." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GT... The sequel "The 109 fastest checkmates in chess history, part 11 of 11," contains a Fool's Mate I played, which I had mentioned in a comment on this site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Z...

My game F Rhine vs NN, 2010 is mentioned in the "Checkmate Patterns Course" by Raf Mesotten and John Bartholomew on chessable.com.

I composed this study, which Pal Benko published in "Benko's Bafflers" in Chess Life, May 2006:

White to play and draw


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The solution is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalem... It is based on an earlier study of mine, which Benko also published in his column. Both of these compositions appear in Harold van der Heijden's endgame study database. https://www.chess.com/news/view/76-... The above study is also cited in "The Complete Chess Swindler" by David Smerdon and "Rewire Your Chess Brain: Endgame Studies and Mating Problems to Enhance Your Tactical Ability" by Cyrus Lakdawala.

I was once one of the world's best players at suicide chess (also known as "losing chess"), a chess variant where one wins by giving away all of one's pieces. http://perpetualcheck.com/antichess...

I have successfully submitted 207 puns for Game of the Day. Game Collection: Puns I submitted. User: johnlspouge has remarked, "As far as I can tell, <FSR> is churning out 'actual puns' almost as fast as I can [insert bodily function of choice]." The coveted 2013 Caissar for Best (Worst) Pun went to "Control-Ault-Delete," the pun I submitted for Fischer vs R Ault, 1959, the Game of the Day on December 19, 2012. I won the 2019 Caissar in the same category for my greatest pun ever (and IMO one of the greatest chessgames puns ever) "Late December Back in '63: What a Lady, What a Knight!," N Littlewood vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1963, the Game of the Day on December 30, 2019. Since Caissars are awarded in January, my wins may illustrate recency bias.

Seven of my games have been Game of the Day: NN vs F Rhine, 1977 ("Strangers on a Train"), F Rhine vs F Lasch, 1986 ("Lasch Call"), K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992 ("Like a Rhinestone Cowboy"), R K Delaune vs F Rhine, 1997 ("Red Red Rhine"), F Rhine vs D Burris, 1997 ("Fred Rhine Felled"), and F Felecan vs F Rhine, 2019 ("Felecan Brief"), and F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981 ("Sparkling Rhine"). Five wins and two losses.

I am responsible for World Junior Championship (1957), Vidmar Memorial (1969), Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014), Game Collection: Drawing lines, and 32nd Correspondence World Championship (2020), among others.

I am a member of the ChessBookie Hall of Fame, having finished fourth in the Summer 2015 Leg, seventh in the Winter 2016 Championship Leg, ninth in the Winter 2017 Championship Leg, ninth in the Spring 2017 Leg, and seventh in the Summer 2017 Leg.

I am very active on Chessable, where my handle is "Krakatoa." https://www.chessable.com/profile/K... I have 125 badges, four shy of the world record held by maestro. https://www.chessable.com/badges/Kr...

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   FSR has kibitzed 24029 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Oct-01-23 Kenneth Rogoff (replies)
 
FSR: Dan White killed both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk, but you hear a lot more about Milk's murder than Moscone's murder. It's as though there were an adage "don't cry over spilled Moscone" blood.
 
   Oct-01-23 M Drasko vs A Evdokimov, 2006 (replies)
 
FSR: Missy <again> selects a GOTD <by mistake>? What the hell? If chessgames wants someone who's not drunk and doesn't favor his own submissions to pick Games of the Day, I'm available.
 
   Sep-30-23 FSR chessforum
 
FSR: <VerySeriousExpert> You're welcome! I am going to look at some videos on the Traxler. I've never been bold/crazy enough to play it, but I'm going to try it in some blitz games. Probably will win some nice games, and have others where I end up down a ton of material for nothing.
 
   Sep-30-23 J Tomczak vs M Antipov, 2020
 
FSR: Fun game, which I found on YouTube. Evidently GM Tomczak hadn't studied the Traxler, and (unsurprisingly) was unable to figure it out in a blitz game.
 
   Sep-30-23 Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992
 
FSR: My friend Tim Kras is the Krassest of all.
 
   Sep-30-23 F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981
 
FSR: <Sally Simpson> Thanks. I had never seen 21...Rxd3+ and didn't consider it during the game. ChessBase Online has 75 games that reached the position after 21.Bg5. In 73, Black responded with 21...Rg8. White scored 76.7%. In the other two, Black played 21...Rxd3+. White scored only ...
 
   Sep-28-23 N Mitkov vs R Berzinsh, 2002
 
FSR: This game refutes the tempting 10...f5? Correct is 10...Kh8! preparing ...f5 without allowing Qb3+.
 
   Sep-28-23 A Belozerov vs V Sanal, 2018
 
FSR: The immediate 10...f5? is premature in light of 11.Bxc6! bxc6 12.Qb3+! Kh8 13.Nxe5! N Mitkov vs R Berzinsh, 2002 . Most accurate is 10...Kh8! preparing ...f5 without allowing Qb3+.
 
   Sep-28-23 So vs Mamedyarov, 2018
 
FSR: 11...Bg6 is OK, but even better is the shocking computer move 11...f5!! For example, 12.Bxc6 fxg4 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Bxb7 c6 15.Bxc6 Rc8 16.Bd5+ Kh8 and Black will follow up with ...Qe8-h5. The alternatives 12.exf5 Nd4 (intending ...Nxf5-h4) and 12.Bxf5 Rxf5! 13.gxf5 Nd4 both win for ...
 
   Sep-26-23 Tansel Turgut
 
FSR: Turgut is very critical of the current state of engine-aided correspondence chess, where almost all games end as draws. He wrote the following on ICCF's Facebook page (I corrected some typos, without change of substance): <10 MINUTES/MOVE? ENOUGH TO DRAW WORLD CHAMPIONS? 1) In WC ...
 
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Aug-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Palladino, Mario"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407934"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 e6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.h4 h6 16.Rc5 Bd7 17.Rb1 b5 18.e5 Rac8 19.Be4 Na5 20.Rbc1 Nc4+ 21.Ke2 Rxc5 22.dxc5 Rc8 23.Bb7 Rc7 24.Bxa6 Nxe3 25.Kxe3 Bf8 26.Kd3 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Bxc5 28.Nd4 h5 29.Bb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

Aug-08-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Palladino, Mario"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407929"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Rxb7 a5 16.Rxe7 a4 17.Re1 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Bh3 19.e5 a3 20.d6 Qb2 21.Bc4 a2 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Bxf7+ Kh8 24.d7 Rd8 25.Bd4 Qb5 26.Bxa2 Rxd7 27.Qa1 Qa4 28.Rd1 Qa8 29.Qc3 Qxa2 30.e6 Qxe6 31.Bxg7+ Kg8 32.Re1 Rd3 33.Qa1 Qxe1+ 34.Qxe1 1/2-1/2

Aug-08-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Alemanni, Marco"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406274"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6 6.d4 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qxe5 9.Qxe5+ Nxe5 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg3 h5 12.O-O-O f6 13.h4 Bd7 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Bxb5+ Kf8 16.c3 g6 17.Rhe1 Rh7 18.Kc2 Re7 19.a4 a6 20.Bf1 Nf7 21.Rxe7 Kxe7 22.Rd3 a5 23.Re3+ Kd7 24.Bc4 Bxg3 25.Rxg3 Ne5 26.Be2 f5 27.Re3 Ng4 28.Rd3+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

Aug-09-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Enev, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406269"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.Bh6 Bxh6 7.Qxh6 e5 8.O-O-O Qe7 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.f4 Nb6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 exf4 13.Qxf4 Be6 14.Nf3 Nh5 15.Qe3 Ng3 16.Rhe1 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 O-O 18.a3 Rad8 19.Nf4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Re8 21.Re1 Bc4 22.Qd2 f6 23.h4 Qd7 24.Qf2 Qc7 25.Nd2 Qd6 26.g3 Rd8 27.Nf3 Re8 28.Nh2 Be6 29.Rd1 Qe7 30.h5 g5 31.Nxe6 Qxe6 32.h6 Kf7 33.Nf3 Kg6 34.Re1 Qh3 35.Rf1 Nd7 36.e5 Qe6 37.Qxa7 Nxe5 38.Nxe5+ fxe5 39.Qxb7 Re7 40.Qb8 e4 41.Rd1 Rd7 42.Rxd7 Qxd7 43.Qb6 Qf5 44.Kd2 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

Aug-09-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Deskin, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406275"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O e5 12.Ng3 Be6 13.a4 Rfd8 14.Nh5 Nxh5 15.Qxh5 h6 16.f4 exf4 17.exf4 f5 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 cxd4 20.Qe6+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.cxd4 Rxd4 23.Be3 Re4 24.Kf2 Rae8 25.Ra3 b6 26.Rc1 Na5 27.Rc7+ R8e7 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.Kf3 Rc4 30.g4 Nc6 31.h3 g6 32.Ra1 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

Aug-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Straka, Jozef"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407939"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5 16.Rxb7 a5 17.Rxe7 a4 18.Bd4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 a3 22.Kg2 Qb2 1/2-1/2

Aug-12-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "6th Annual John T. Irwin Tournament of State Senior Champions"] [Site "Grand Rapids, MI USA"]
[Date "2023.07.31"]
[EventDate "2023.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosokin, Valeriy"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[Source "Rhine's scoresheet"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Qc2 b4 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Nf1 Qa5 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxc3 26. Rd1 Nf5 27. Bf2 Re2 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rd3 Be1 30. Bxe1 Rxe1 31. Kf2 Rb1 32. Rd2 Ra1 33. Rb2 Nd4 34. Nd2 Rc1 35. Ke3 Rc2 36. Rxc2 Nxc2+ 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. Nb3 Nb4 39. a3 Nc2 40. a4 Ke7 41. Nc5 Nb4 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 Nc2 44. Nxa6 Ne3+ 45. Kb5 Nxg2 46. a5 Ne1 47. Kb6 Nxf3 48. Nb4 Ne5 49. a6 Nd7+ 50. Kb5 Kc7 51. Nd5+ Kb8 52. Kc6 Ne5+ 53. Kd6 Nf3 54. Ke7 f5 55. Kf6 Nxh2 56. Kg7 g5 57. Kxh7 f4 58. Kg6 Nf3 59. Kf5 Ka7 1/2-1/2

Aug-13-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Laine, Erkki"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406276"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6 6.d4 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qxe5 9.Qxe5+ Nxe5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Kd8 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bc4 Rf8 15.Kc1 a6 16.Nd4 Nb6 17.Bd3 Bd7 18.Re4 c5 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Be2 Rc7 21.Rd1 f5 22.Re6 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Kxe8 24.g3 Be6 25.Bf3 Bxb3 26.axb3 Nc8 27.Rd5 g6 28.Kd2 Ne7 29.Rd3 Nc6 30.Bg2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

Aug-13-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/902"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[EventDate "2023.05.23"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Campani, Paolo"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1394760"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 Qf5 12.Ng3 Qa5 13.a3 Be7 14.exd4 Nd7 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Ne5 Rd8 17.Nf5 Bd6 18.b4 Qb6 19.Qf3 Bxe5 20.Nxh6+ gxh6 21.dxe5 Ne8 22.Qh5 Ng7 23.Qxh6 Qd4 24.Qf6 Bd7 25.Rfd1 Qb2 26.Rb1 Be8 27.Rxb2 Rxd1+ 28.Bf1 Bb5 29.h3 Rc8 30.Kh2 Rxf1 31.Rd2 Rcc1 32.Rd8+ Be8 33.g4 Rh1+ 34.Kg3 Rc3+ 35.f3 Kh7 36.Qh4+ Kg6 37.Qf6+ Kh7 38.b5 Rf1 39.a4 Nf5+ 40.Kg2 Rcxf3 41.gxf5 R1f2+ 42.Kh1 Rf1+ 43.Kg2 R3f2+ 44.Kg3 Rf3+ 45.Kg4 exf5+ 46.Kh4 Rh1 47.e6 Rhxh3+ 48.Kg5 Rhg3+ 49.Kh5 Rh3+ 50.Kg5 Rfg3+ 51.Kf4 Rg4+ 52.Ke5 Re3+ 53.Kd5 Rd3+ 54.Ke5 Re3+ 55.Kd5 1/2-1/2

Aug-13-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/RD/57"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"] [White "Owens, Johnny"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407474"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Qxe4 d6 6.d4 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qxe5 9.Qxe5+ Nxe5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Kd8 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bc4 Rf8 15.Kc1 a6 16.Nc3 c6 17.a4 b5 18.Ba2 Nf6 19.Re5 Bd7 20.Rhe1 Kc7 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.R1xe4 g6 23.a5 Kd6 24.f4 Rae8 25.Kd2 f6 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Bxe8 28.c3 g5 1/2-1/2

Aug-14-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/RD/57"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Owens, Johnny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Score "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407461"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh6 Re8 12.Bg5 Bf8 13.Bxd8 Bxh6 14.Bxc7 Bf5 15.Rad1 Rec8 16.Bd6 Rxc3 17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Rxd5 Rxc2 19.a3 Rac8 20.f4 b6 21.Rf3 R8c4 22.Be7 f6 23.exf6 1/2-1/2

Aug-18-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/902"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.05.23"]
[White "Tropf, Peter"]
[Black "Campani, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Ke8 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1 h6 15. g4 Ne7 16. Kh2 Rd8 17. Bd2 c5 18. Nh4 Nc6 19. b3 Nd4 20. c3 Nc2 21. Re2 c4 22. Nf5 1-0

This is the only decisive game thus far in the tournament. I'm not sure if Black resigned or lost on time. He is not obviously lost, and surely would not resign in an OTB game. Stockfish 16 shows that Black's only decent moves are 22...Rg8 and 22...Rh7. In each case, at depth 30/59 (i.e. analyzing everything 30 ply deep and key lines 59 ply deep) it shows White with an advantage of +0.84 or +0.85 - large but not clearly decisive.

Aug-20-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Molodezhka-POL online"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.05.11"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alinas Friends"]
[BlackTeam "Molodezhka super team"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bd5 Qe8 7. Bf7 Qf8 8. Bb3 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 d5 10. Qf3 Bh4 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Qxf8+ Rxf8+ 14. Nf3 Rxf3+ 0-1

Aug-21-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: [Event "WSTT/RD/57"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.30"]
[EventDate "2023.07.30"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Renard, Stephane"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407470"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h3 d5 4.exd5 e4 5.Ne5 Qxd5 6.d4 exd3 7.Nxd3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Be2 Ne4 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bd6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Re1 Qa4 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.Bd5 Rad8 16.Rb1 Na5 17.Qf3 Bg6 18.Bg5 Rde8 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Bxc2 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Rb4 Qd7 23.Bxb7 Nxb7 24.Qxb7 g5 25.Rd4 Qe7 26.Nd5 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Qxf2 28.Nxc7 Re3 29.Qb8+ Kg7 30.Ne8+ Kg6 31.Rd6+ Re6 32.Rxe6+ fxe6 33.Nd6 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

Aug-22-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Lifschutz, Abel"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407944"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Rxb7 a5 16.Re1 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qc4 19.Rxe7 a4 20.e5 a3 21.d6 a2 22.Bd4 Rfb8 23.Rc7 Qe6 24.Ba1 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Rb1 26.Rc1 Rxa1 27.Rxe6 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 a1=Q 29.Re1 Qxc1 30.Rxc1 Kg7 31.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Aug-31-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Lipsits, Sasha"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406271"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nf3 f6 9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 h5 11.h4 g4 12.Nd2 Bg6 13.O-O Nh6 14.Bb5 Nf5 15.Ne2 Kf7 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.e4 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Bh6 19.e5 Bf5 20.Rc5 Kg6 21.Nf4+ Bxf4 22.Rxf4 fxe5 23.dxe5 Rhd8 24.Qc3 d4 25.Qc1 d3 26.Rfc4 Qg7 27.Kh2 Qh6 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.Rxc6 Qe3 31.Rd6 Rf8 32.Qc3 Rf7 33.b4 Kg7 34.a4 Bg6 35.Rxe6 Rf2 36.Qc6 Bf7 37.Re7 Qb6 38.Qc3 Kf8 39.Rd7 Be8 40.Rd6 Qe3 41.Rf6+ Rxf6 42.exf6 Kf7 43.Nc4 Qe6 44.Ne5+ Kxf6 45.Nxd3+ Kf7 46.b5 Qd6 47.Nf4 1-0

This is my first ICCF win. My prior 37 games to finish have all been drawn. Almost all ICCF games these days end in draws.

Sep-01-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: [Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Pietrzak, Waldemar"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406277"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Ng4 8.Ke1 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.e4 O-O 11.h3 Ngxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.f4 Nd7 14.e5 Nb6 15.Be2 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Kf2 Be6 18.Re1 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Bf7 20.Kg3 Rac8 21.Ne4 Bg7 22.a4 Nc4 23.Ng5 Rc7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Rb1 Nd6 26.h4 Nf5+ 27.Kh3 h5 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Bxd1 Rd7 30.Bc2 Bf6 31.g3 Rc7 32.Bd3 Rd7 33.Be2 Rc7 34.Bd1 1/2-1/2

At first blush this line seems ridiculous, but Black gets a lot of play for his sacrificed pawn. The two people who address it in Chessable courses conclude that White only gets a small advantage. The engines agree.

Sep-04-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: [Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "Correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Lifschutz, Abel"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[Score "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407931"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 e6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.h4 h6 16.Rc5 Bd7 17.Rb1 b5 18.e5 Rfd8 19.Be4 Rac8 20.Rbc1 Nb4 21.a3 Rxc5 22.Rxc5 Nd5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 Bf8 25.Ne1 b4 26.a4 b3 27.Nd3 b2 28.Nxb2 Bb4+ 29.Kd3 Bf5+ 30.Kc4 Be6 31.Kxb4 Bxd5 32.Nc4 Bxg2 33.Nb6 f6 34.e6 Rd6 35.d5 Bxd5 36.Kc5 Rxb6 37.Kxb6 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Kxa6 1/2-1/2

Sep-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/GD/60"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Round "-"]
[White "Ortiz Rubio, Alfonso"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1407949"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5 16.Rxb7 a5 17.Rxe7 a4 18.Bd4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 a3 22.d6 Qb2 23.Qd5 Rab8 24.Rc7 Rb5 25.Rc5 Rxc5 26.Qxc5 a2 27.Qa5 Qf6 28.Kg2 Qg5+ 29.Qxg5 hxg5 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.d7 Rd8 32.Rxa2 Rxd7 33.f4 gxf4 34.Kf3 Rd3+ 35.Kxf4 Rh3 36.f3 Rh5 37.Kg4 f5+ 38.Kf4 fxe4 39.fxe4 Kf7 40.Rf2 Ke6 41.Ra2 Rh4+ 42.Kg5 Rxe4 43.Kxg6 Rg4+ 44.Kh5 Rg7 45.h4 1/2-1/2

Sep-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "2023 USCF Absolute Ch, USCF/WS/23A01 (USA)"] [Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.03.01"]
[EventDate "2023.03.01"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Sogin, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1384045"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.g4 Nc5 9.f3 a5 10.Qd2 c6 11.Nge2 a4 12.h4 Bxg4 13.fxg4 Ncxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qb4 a3 16.bxa3 Qc8 17.Bh3 cxd5 18.cxd5 Nc5 19.Rd1 Ra4 20.Qb5 Rxa3 21.g5 Qa8 22.Bxc5 Ra5 23.Qd3 e4 24.Qxe4 Rxc5 25.O-O Qxa2 26.h5 Rc4 27.Qe7 Qb3 28.Kg2 gxh5 29.Bf5 Be5 30.Rd3 Rg4+ 31.Bxg4 Qxd3 32.Bxh5 Qxd5+ 33.Rf3 Qa2 34.Kg1 Qd5 35.Rf2 b5 36.g6 hxg6 37.Bxg6 Qd1+ 38.Rf1 Qd5 39.Rf2 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Rf3 Kg7 42.Bh5 Rh8 43.Qg5+ Kf8 44.Kf1 Rg8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qh4 f6 47.Re3 Qd1+ 48.Kf2 Qa4 49.Re4 Qa7+ 50.Kf1 Qa1+ 51.Kf2 Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

Sep-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2023-04-06"]
[EventDate "2023-04-06"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Frederick Rhine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Source "GameKnot"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. h4 Qxh4 17. Bg5 Qg4 18. f3 Qh5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. e5 h6 21. Be7 g5 22. Bb1 Ba6 23. Qe3 Qh4 24. g3 Qh3 25. Qe4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Ba3 Nc4 29. Bb4 Nb2 30. Rd2 Nc4 31. Rd1 Nb2 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Rc2 f6 34. f4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Nxe5 37. Rd2 Ng4+ 38. Ke1 Ne5 39. Kf2 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

Sep-25-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/M/908"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[EventDate "2023.07.21"]
[EventType "correspondence tournament"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bourgault, Julien"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1406270"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 dxe4 10.dxe4 Na6 11.Bc2 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.h3 Bc7 14.Nc4 h6 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Bd2 b5 17.axb5 cxb5 18.Ne3 Be6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 e4 21.g3 Qd7 22.Nd4 Rfb8 23.Be3 a4 24.Rad1 Qe8 25.Bd2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

Sep-30-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Costa del Sol-12"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "1972.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Cordovil, Joao Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1972.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd5 Qb6 9. Bc4 Bxf2+ 10. Ke2 O-O 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Ng5 Nd4+ 13. Kd1 Ne6 14. Ne4 d6 15. exd6 Rd8 16. Qf5 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6+ 18. Bd3 Qxh2 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Bg5 Rg8 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Qf3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qh4 24. Kc2 Be6 25. Bc3 Qa4+ 26. Kd2 Rad8 27. Rae1 Qa6 28. a3 Rd7 29. Rh1 Rgd8 30. Re3 Kg8 31. Qe4 Rf7 32. Qxe6 Rxd3+ 33. Kc2 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qg6+ 35. Kb3 Qxg2 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. Rd1 a5 39. Rd7 a4+ 40. Ka2 1-0

Sep-30-23  VerySeriousExpert: Dear Mr. Rhine, thank you a lot! Thank you for the above GM Antipov's miniature J Tomczak vs M Antipov, 2020 also!
I have commented it today with a pleasure!
Sep-30-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <VerySeriousExpert> You're welcome! I am going to look at some videos on the Traxler. I've never been bold/crazy enough to play it, but I'm going to try it in some blitz games. Probably will win some nice games, and have others where I end up down a ton of material for nothing.
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