Kneller is pretty much a cipher (no offense to him), which makes me wonder about the authenticity of these game excerpts. Maybe they were concocted problems? I suppose tournament results from Liepaja 1972 with game scores would be definitive.

And if you don't own many books, especially not from the period in question, you become pretty much reliant on other people who just so happen to know the information. I suppose the relevant Informant might contain the game if it is indeed genuine.

I'm glad you mentioned Planinc. I'm on a mission right now to amass all his tournament wins and to share them. His games are the center of his estimable legacy, and each of his wins deserves to be studied and appreciated and enjoyed. I've found some games not hosted here; some I've uploaded (more than two weeks ago) and some I haven't. None of my uploads has yet made the grade, and I fear that's because I haven't provided hard, published sources for them (though certainly I've searched broadly and deeply), but merely soft, online sources, including a fascinating yet anonymous Russian or Slovenian list with some rare and valuable entries that, while it is tantalizing, remarkably accurate, and seemingly reliable, nonetheless is far from self-authenticating.

Would you be willing to help me in this regard? I believe your assistance would prove invaluable. Perhaps if we could verify these missing wins, we might convince the adminstrators this time to upload them, which would help to clarify Planinc's tournament history, to augment his oeuvre, and to inspire ardent admirers and newer fans alike. Frankly, given all the interest in Planinc's life and career, much of which remains compelling yet obscure, I think this mission is timely (indeed, long overdue) and worthwhile; certainly I believe it would be exciting to pursue and rewarding to fulfill.

I'm happy to provide a list of these unheralded victories, and to share PGN headers and moves for them. Three great games are from 1981, and two lesser games are from 1983. I'm convinced Planinc played these games, for a number of reasons (and I know you've expressed the belief here that he played into the early '80's), yet my sources, while seemingly reliable, are not definitively authoritative. Most of the other games from the '70's not yet hosted here I've found identically posted across several websites, but that doesn't constitute proper corroboration in my book. As you mentioned, errors creep in (especially online) even to published scores from complete games, and the "fruitcake" phenomenon of uncorrected error perpetuation (and the more remote possibility of fake games) calls for authentication by resort to reliable published sources. Perhaps you might have access to some of these sources I've not found online, and we might make real progress together. Anyway, I hope so.

Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks; I hope you are well; and I hope to hear from you soon.

As for your other question, I went through your list and some sources yesterday evening, it seems you did quite extensive research. I am actually familiar with some of the incidents you listed (Tim Hunt, the thing in Seattle, Milo's debate at Bristol), the Hunt one was blown way out of proportion and the Seattle thing is not really the right way of going about things (mildly put) and is obviously sexist.

The interview you posted is pretty interesting, I think I've heard some of those figures mentioned, and I am glad she mentioned the business aspect, as I've speculated before the movement (as is usually the case) is a refuge (pun intended :-)) for con artists and people looking for financial gain.

I wonder how it's in my country. We are quite conservative and there are cases where women are being discriminated against e.g. in scientific fields by the older generation (I was discussing this very thing with a colleague from work and she gave me some quite blatant examples).

Hey! Sorry it took so long. Honestly, I'm not sure I can be much help, but I can try if you wish, I just wouldn't want to give you false hope :-).

I think the only thing I could do is try and search through newspapers from those actual dates (if you have them), our national library has put many online in digital form and I could use this as a way to test the system as it were. And maybe help you along the way :-).

I've checked the following archive, but sadly it is missing the issues from 1981 and 1983 that might contain vital, reliable information about Planinc's games from those years:

http://www.sah-zveza.si/sahvest/

I'm not sure if you would have access to hard copies, but resort to them might well prove invaluable.

Newspaper resources might be quite helpful as well, although I don't know how often or how thoroughly Planinc's games were covered in Yugoslavia back when they were played.

I did try to find a legitimate online archive for Šahovski Informator, but came up empty. I don't know who might have back issues and be willing to consult them, but certainly such research likewise might prove invaluable. I know the publication was held in the highest esteem, by Bobby Fischer and by many others.

I'll post my list of Bine's missing wins (meaning those not yet hosted here), with relevant information, in the hopes that you will enjoy the games and perhaps be able to help me to authenticate them so they might be uploaded. I did refrain from including Elo ratings when I submitted the games, for fear it might have been inaccurate; perhaps that was a mistake, as it might have disinclined the administrators from considering the games for upload. I had thought Planinc's GM status alone would suffice, and I should think each and every one of his games (especially his tournament victories) worthy of upload, but I may be mistaken in my assessments in these regards. My lack of hard, published sources may also have prevented my submissions from gaining traction. Accordingly, I'll send along all the information I have.

I'll be back in touch shortly. In the meantime, thanks so much, and I hope you are well. Kind regards.

http://www.mladina.si/45876/v-pozab...

Among other listed resources in what appears to be an informal bibliography towards the end of the piece is this reference that caught my eye:

"Srbski mojster FIDE Janoš prek spleta prodaja partije najveèjih svetovnih igralcev, med njimi »268 partij Albina Planinca«."

I tried to find what appears to my uneducated eye to be this compilation or list of two-hundred sixty-eight of Albin Planinc's games, but had no luck. Do you think it might be worth searching out? I gather it was compiled by a Serbian FIDE Master named Janoš; not sure who that might be, as the three players in the database here bearing that surname are all Slovakian.

Just wanted to point out this possible resource. More soon.

Glad you found the back issues personally interesting. Although I have no Slovenian/Serbo-Croatian, I did perceive what you're referring to about the bureaucratic nature of the publication; I was happy to find a few games interspersed amidst the prose. I still believe some of Albin's games may be in the issues missing from the archive. Informator would probably be the more likely source, but any source would be a blessing.

I didn't take the Nežmah piece too seriously; looked pretty desultory to me, but, again, that was just a preliminary perception, given the language barrier. Your critical and contextual comments are extremely helpful. Healthy skepticism is warranted across-the-board, no matter the language; you're right about inexactitude and shallowness in much of what passes for chess scholarship.

Thanks too for the helpful insight and encouraging observations about the PGN-uploading process. I'm new here, so after waiting a month or so, even though the site seems fair and democratic to me, I feared there might be a pecking order, or some unwritten protocol to observe, and I'm heartened by your experiences and by your comments. Which wild and beautiful games did you successfully submit?

I recently found a splendid game from 1981 that I'll share with you shortly, along with the PGN moves for the four games (two from 1981 and two from 1983) for which I recently provided PGN headers in the Albin Planinc forum.

E Kalegin vs S Yuferov, 1990

Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981

B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994 (in truth someone else uploaded it, I was the first to post the moves)

[Event "Yugoslavia"]
[Site "?, Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milisevic, ?"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. a4 Rf7 16. a5 h5 17. h3 Bf8 18. cd6 cd6 19. b4 g4 20. hg4 hg4 21. fg4 Nh7 22. Nf2 Ng5 23. Nb5 f3 24. gf3 Rh7 25. Qe1 Qf6 26. Rc7 Bd7 27. Qc1 Nh3 28. Nh3 Qh4 29. Qe1 Qh3 30. Kf2 Qh4 31. Ke3 Bh6 32. f4 Bf4 33. Rf4 ef4 34. Kd4 Qf6 35. Kc4 Bb5 36. Kb5 Rc7 37. Qb1 Qd4 38. e5 Ne5 0-1

I checked chessbites's tournament database (which does feature Planinc's two games from Pula 1981 -- the ones I provided PGN headers for at the Albin Planinc forum), but it does not list this game under "YUG-ch" or "Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia." White may have been played by FIDE Master Miodrag Milisevic or by Predrag Milisevic.

This game to me is very much in the Planinc style. Great pawn tension early on, careful strategizing in the early midgame, fierce concentration and avoidance of defensive distractions, relentless tactical attack, and conclusive positional domination. The king hunt is a merry chase indeed. Tally-ho!

Please play this one and let me know your mind. Any information from published sources would of course be most welcome. Enjoy!

Kind regards. ~ lufty

Let me go over how similar they are: the feminist belief in equality of outcome (50/50 men-women) instead of equality of opportunity (NBA is not 50/50 black-white), its anti-meritocratic nature of advocating for quotas and pressuring corporations to hire women and government to put women in positions of power with more emphasis on gender than on merit; dividing women and men into classes, the idea that the system needs to be completely changed because patriarchy(capitalism) is oppressive and the privileged white men (bourgeoisie) must be dealt with so that women (proletariat) can finally be free of the abuse of men (capitalist pigs). Oh, and it's okay if blacks outnumber whites in NBA for feminists because the blacks (honorary proletariat) have the advantage. They try to achieve it through non-violent means (cultural Marxism) instead of a revolution. Like in every bloody communist revolution, the bourgeoisie (men) are first demonized through propaganda before the "inevitable" uprising that will overthrow the system--except in this case they are trying to do it through cultural revolution instead of violent revolution.

Oh, and let's not forget the "central planning" aspect where the feminists, who are of course the ones in charge, determine what product is acceptable and not acceptable to be consumed by the public (such as what is "sexist" and "not sexist" in video games, comic books, toys, TV shows, movies, art, universities and whatever else they decided is sexist two hours ago).

The above applies to SJWs, too, of course--in which feminists are a subgroup of.

Sax vs Vogt, 1976

I'm enjoying the games you forwarded, and I'll give you my considered commentary shortly. I hope you are enjoying Albin's win over Milisevic; were I to denominate it, I'd dub it "Dawn Patrol."

More soon. In the meantime, kind regards.

Looks like <Vladimir> Feldman beat Mark D. Tseitlin in the U.S.S.R. in 1971:

http://chess-db.com/public/game.jsp...

Looks like Svetozar Gligoric beat <Thomas> Avery at <Lone Pine> in 1971:

http://sah.hr/forum/index.php?topic...