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May-16-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Hey <blacksburg> is alive and well and at <chessvideos.com> Here he is:
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Re: curtains - 4/28/2010: Anand vs Topalov Gm 4 [41:14]
yaaaaaaaay> >
He kibbutzed "yaaaaay" on <IM Shahade's> brilliant live analysis of <Anand-Topalow> Game Four which you can see here: http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie...
This is the best live commentary I've seen of this historic game by Greg Shahade: Genius.
It's true watch if you don't believe me. |
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| May-16-10 | | Eyal: Interestingly, blindfold chess still exists but it mostly turned from this kind of simul exhibitions, where a top player displays his superiority over many amateurs, to another competitive branch of chess in which the top players play each other (as in Amber). Speaking of opening preparation, blindfold exhibitions, and Krush(!) - I happened to hear her speak on ICC after her win in the 1st round of the US championship: I Krush vs Kaidanov, 2010
And she was saying that she was able to use here opening prep she did for some sort of <blitz blindfold exhibition> a while ago (she herself immediately admitted it sounds crazy - it's just that she's usually no good at blindfold...) - namely, <8.Rc1> instead of the more usual 8.Ng3 immediately. I was a bit surprised, though, that she called it a new idea since it was already played more than 20 years ago by two fairly well-known Russian dudes: Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
(where Black played a little better than Kaidanov, though) |
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| May-16-10 | | madlydeeply: Anand RULES!! |
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| May-16-10 | | Travis Bickle: Hi Jess, what are you working on today? ; P
P.S. I almost had a nervous breakdown last night. I was getting slaughtered at blitz games until I went nuts for awhile. I was ready for the home. ; P I found out what general Custer went through at the Little Bighorn. LOL In my aggravated, frustrated, blood boiling, desk pounding state I deleted the site I subscribed to with about 10 months of membership left and rejoined Playchess. It's not my stupidity, bad moves, and overall miserable play, the site was jinxed! ; P |
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| May-16-10 | | Travis Bickle: <Eyal> That's surprising Irina wouldn't know that about Kaspy & Karpov as Ms Krush along with Anna Zatonskih, Susan Polgar and the rest of the U.S. Womens Olympic team a few years ago were training with Kasparov. |
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| May-16-10 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Jess in case you missed some funkadelic grooves on my Forum here's a recap. ; P Congratulations - Towa Tei ft. Cory Daye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4a6...
BMT - Towa Tei ft. Biz Markie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmv9... |
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| May-16-10 | | Bdellovibrio: Bishops are the modern equivalents of Shatranj pieces called "elephants," which could move two squares along any diagonal, with the ability to jump pieces like modern knights. The "Rook" was known as a "chariot" in Arabic, before being mistranslated into Italian as "Rocca (sp?)" meaning "fortress." That is why in modern chess they are associated with "castles." In Russian, the word for Bishop is literally "elephant," preserving the piece's original significance. |
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| May-16-10 | | technical draw: Thanks for that link <JFQ>. It's nice to have the bios of all those great players on one page. |
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May-16-10
 | | chancho: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... http://www.findagrave.com/photos250... http://lh3.ggpht.com/_h91cbA_dNFc/R... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gwSEDVM2L... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gwSEDVM2L... http://www.sachovespravy.eu/pillsb.... |
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| May-17-10 | | crawfb5: Remember,l Poppin Fresh played in New York and his trip to Hastings was sponsored by the Brooklyn Chess Club, so you may be able to find some contemporary newspaper articles on him at: http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.... which is the <Brooklyn Daily Eagle> archives for 1841-1902. They had fairly regular chess coverage, so it might be worth doing some searches. Btw, Walter Korn, in his <America's Chess Heritage: From Benjamin Franklin to Bobby Fischer -- and Beyond> proposes an alternative theory to the common assumption of syphilis. Korn says the syphilis theory cannot be conclusively ruled out or in, but he proposes cerebral circulatory problems such as aneurysm that would cause PF to get worse, then improve, then worse, etc. Korn thinks syphilis would have been a steadier deterioration, not to mention the initial onset of symptoms would have been unusually rapid. Korn's theory isn't conclusive either, but is another possibility. http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Ches... |
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May-17-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Bellisimo Vibrator> Thanks for that great history in piece names!! |
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| May-17-10 | | twinlark: Hi Jess. I'm not sure I really understand your last post to me at my place. The source of my enormous wisdom, Google, has failed me and I have to admit to cluelessness. Let me know by carrier pigeon if you like. |
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May-17-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <NEW CHESS <<<history>>> VIDEO>!!!!! "THE SICILIAN VESPERS" starring User: crawfb5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVJ_...
Chess is a unique game due to its rich history- whenever any of us plays, we follow in the footsteps of past Masters. This is the story of Larry Crawford, a strong player who recently "played in to" a very famous, and interesting, incident in Chess History: the "Sicilian Vespers" episode between the Russians and the Argentines at the Goteborg Interzonal in 1955. The story continued a few years later in 1958 when a 15 year old Bobby Fischer stunned Gligoric by reviving the "Sicilian Vespers" line at the Potoroz Interzonal in 1958. I urge all chessplayers to examine their games against a good database to see which famous episodes of Chess History YOU might be participating in!! Here is the PGN file of Crawford's game:
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.queenalice.com/game.php?..."] [Date "2010.2.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crawfb5"]
[Black "borghese"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B98"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Ne5 14. Bg3 Rh7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Qg6 Rf7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. g6 Rg7 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. O-O Nxg6 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Nf5 Rf7 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Qxe6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Qxf7+ Kxh6 32. Qxf4+ Bg5 33. Qf7 Qxc2 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Qf3+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qf5+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qf3+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qf5+ Kh5 44. Qf3+ Kg6 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2 |
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May-17-10
| | chancho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP2j... |
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May-17-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <NEW CHESS <<<history>>> VIDEO>!!!!! "THE SICILIAN VESPERS" starring User: crawfb5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVJ_...
Chess is a unique game due to its rich history- whenever any of us plays, we follow in the footsteps of past Masters. This is the story of Larry Crawford, a strong player who recently "played in to" a very famous, and interesting, incident in Chess History: the "Sicilian Vespers" episode between the Russians and the Argentines at the Goteborg Interzonal in 1955. The story continued a few years later in 1958 when a 15 year old Bobby Fischer stunned Gligoric by reviving the "Sicilian Vespers" line at the Potoroz Interzonal in 1958. I urge all chessplayers to examine their games against a good database to see which famous episodes of Chess History YOU might be participating in!! Here is the PGN file of Crawford's game:
[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.queenalice.com/game.php?..."] [Date "2010.2.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crawfb5"]
[Black "borghese"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "B98"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Ne5 14. Bg3 Rh7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Qg6 Rf7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. g6 Rg7 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. O-O Nxg6 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. Rxf4 exf4 26. Nf5 Rf7 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 28. Qxe6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Qxf7+ Kxh6 32. Qxf4+ Bg5 33. Qf7 Qxc2 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Qf3+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qf5+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qf3+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qf5+ Kh5 44. Qf3+ Kg6 45. Qf5+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2 |
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| May-17-10 | | technical draw: Coool! Very nice and entertaining video <JFQ>. Great chess history and an inside look at top level team competition. Congratulations! |
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| May-18-10 | | Travis Bickle: Jess, sorry I ruined your day for sharing music with you. Please delete those songs. It happened to be my best friends favorite album at that time. I usually hate sampled music and hip hop but this album had real creativity for me. I try to keep an open mind. |
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| May-18-10 | | Eyal: <Jess> Great video! Very nice combination of the history with the music and commentary, I especially liked the part played by Larry/<crawfb5>'s second... Also, I looked at this line and there seems to be an interesting twist to what actually happened: <1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 <Ne5>> In 1958, as you mention, Fischer "busted the bust" with <13...Rh7!>; 13...Ne5 actually follows Geller vs Panno, 1955, where Black lost immediately after 14.Bg3 Bxg5 15.O-O Ke7 16.Bxe5, due to the weakness of f7. <crawfb5>'s opponent indeed improved with 14...Rh7, but it still doesn't seem to be good enough now - after <15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 Nd7 17. Qg6 Rf7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. g6 Rg7 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. Nd5! (an improvement on Rd3 as played in Minic vs Velimirovic, 1962) Qc5>: 
click for larger viewWhite can win with <22.Rd3!>, aiming for Rh3, and a decisive attack - e.g. 22...Nf8 23.Rf1 Nxg6 24.Nf6+ (or 23...Rxg6 Rxf8+). Instead, after 22.Ne3? Nf8! (improving on 22...Qc6? 23.Rd6! Bxd6 [23...Qxd6 24.Nf5!] 24.Bxe6+ and mates, Ninov-Spasov 1989) Black seems to equalize. Also, the sequence of moves 15-21 seems pretty much forced (Black can try 16...Bd7 instead of Nd7, but it also looks very bad). So you might say that in this game Black actually repeated Panno's initial mistake from 1955 - though in a far less obvious way - and White failed to punish him for that... |
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May-18-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Eyal>
Thanks for such encouraging, and most substantial comments! Great minds think alike.
The great minds here are yours and <Niels'>. If you look at <Big Crawdaddy's> forum from page 10 onwards, you'll see that <Niels> spent a great deal of time and effort analyzing the game, and in fact came to the same conclusion- that the Rook Lift was winning from the FEN position you posted there. |
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May-18-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <KRABAB> also just in case you didn't read this article, it's the story of the <Sicilian Vespers> as told by <GM Frederick Friedel>, who is currently one of America's leading mensches. Really he is- a great player, great writer, and great man with a variety of fascinating interests:
http://chessbase.com/columns/column... |
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| May-18-10 | | hms123: <jess> Great video starring the <Big Crawdaddy>. I especially liked the shot of IM Jack Russell (<Big C> knows why). |
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| May-18-10 | | Eyal: Yeah, I know this article - I think I even once referred you to it... heh, I should have known I wouldn't be the first to spot that. Interesting how delicate is the tactical timing of some key moves in this line (like Rh7 for Black and Rd3 for White). |
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May-18-10
 | | keypusher: <SetNoEscapeOn>
Thanks! Like many great tournaments, St. Petersburg 1914 has been done by the estimable <Benzol>. Game Collection: St Petersburg 1914 Tarrasch's tournament book is a blast, though. It's the Pollock/Mason tournament book that made the 1895-96 collection fun to do. |
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| May-18-10 | | crawfb5: Yes, I <was> thinking along the lines of a Rook lift, but I was late in my timing, only looking for an opportunity later in the game. I may have been distracted by my database digging and should have considered it earlier. Talia loves Howard's book. She gives it <four paws up>. She never met a morsel she didn't like, and much like Tolkien's hobbits, believes strongly in <second> breakfast. |
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May-18-10
| | keypusher: <Btw, Walter Korn, in his <America's Chess Heritage: From Benjamin Franklin to Bobby Fischer -- and Beyond> proposes an alternative theory to the common assumption of syphilis. Korn says the syphilis theory cannot be conclusively ruled out or in, but he proposes cerebral circulatory problems such as aneurysm that would cause PF to get worse, then improve, then worse, etc. Korn thinks syphilis would have been a steadier deterioration, not to mention the initial onset of symptoms would have been unusually rapid. Korn's theory isn't conclusive either, but is another possibility.> Very interesting, crawfb5. See CN 4948 below.
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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