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| Dec-25-11 | | Albertan: Birthdays for December 25th:
William Shinkman Born 1847
William A Shinkman William Shinkman (1847-1933) was one of America's greatest chess problemcomposers. He published over 3,500 problems!! Graeme Buckley Born 1971 holds the Men's International Master Title:
Graeme N Buckley He is currently a professional chess teacher
and has one GM norm to his credit.
Boris Markovich Kogan (Hebrew: בוריס קוגן; February 8, 1940 – December 25, 1993)Boris Markovich Kogan was a Russian-American chess master.Kogan was the Soviet Junior Champion in 1956 and 1957. He was a full-time chess teacher in the Soviet Union before emigrating and coming to the United States in 1981. In 1981 he was also awarded the International Master title. He played in the U.S. Chess Championship three times. He was Georgia state champion seven years in a row (1980–1986) and won it a total of nine times (additional wins in 1988 and 1992). He died of colon cancer on Christmas Day, 1993. I remember that a beautiful obituary about Boris Kogan was written in "Inside Chess" magazine by one of his long-time friends. Apparently Boris Kogan was a very friendly and kind human being! RIP Boris! |
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| Dec-26-11 | | notyetagm: D Reizniece vs S Johnsen, 2011 16 ?
click for larger view16 b3-b4!
click for larger viewhttp://www.chessvibes.com/premium-d... < 16.b4!
Strangely enough, b4 is supported by two
defenders, while it’s faced with no less than
four attackers! The break is, however, perfectly
sound, since the white ♖ and ♕ are ready to
jump in.
16...axb4 17.axb4 Bg4
click for larger view<<<17...Bxb4 18.Nxb4 Nxb4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Qb3, threatening the deadly discovered
check 21.c5+.
click for larger view20...Kh8 21.Qxb4 gives White
a large advantage
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| Dec-26-11 | | cormier: u in quebec? ... !! |
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| Dec-26-11 | | Bdellovibrio: From your Nezhmetdinov documentary:
"These Soviet Young Pioneers were sort of like the Boy Scouts, but with the added bonus of Communist indoctrination." I lol'd. Don't judge :-) |
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| Dec-26-11 | | notyetagm: Lautier vs Ljubojevic, 1996
click for larger view32 ... ♖c5xd5?? <lpdo>
click for larger view33 ♖a8x♗f8+! 1-0 <clearance: a8>
click for larger view(CONTINUATION)
33 ... ♔g8x♖f8 34 ♕a3-a8+ <fork: f8,d5>
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| Dec-27-11 | | TheFocus: <Albertan> <Apparently Boris Kogan was a very friendly and kind human being!> Absolutely he was!!
He was nicknamed <King of the South> for his many tournament wins. When you saw him entered, you knew he would win or be at the top. A supreme gentleman! A quiet man who was respected by everyone who knew him. I remember him giving me the thumbs up when he watched me win an endgame everyone else thought was drawn. One master even said, "I never saw that coming." (I was a lowly class player at the time.) Boris said, "I did." |
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Dec-28-11
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8spc...
The link for the digital cartoon is here:
http://gatherfield.com/graphic-novel/
Chapter 3 just came out - the author messaged me on Facebook this morning. |
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| Dec-29-11 | | hms123: <jess> New book of photos of Fischer: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/20... <A View of a Chess Genius
The photographer Harry Benson befriended the eccentric American chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1971. A book with Mr. Benson’s photographs of Mr. Fischer is being released this month.> |
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| Dec-29-11 | | cormier: happy new year <jfq> mam ... <<<<<<<<<<<1 Jn 2:3-11> Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus
is to keep his commandments.>
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.>
But whoever keeps his word,
the love of God is truly perfected in him.> This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: whoever claims to abide in him ought to walk just as he walked.>
Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you
but an old commandment that you had from the beginning.> The old commandment is the word that you have heard.> And yet I do write a new commandment to you,
which holds true in him and among you,
for the darkness is passing away,
and the true light is already shining.>
Whoever says he is in the light,
yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness.> Whoever loves his brother remains in the light,
and there is nothing in him to cause a fall.> Whoever hates his brother is in darkness;
he walks in darkness
and does not know where he is going
because the darkness has blinded his eyes.> Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
--- tks G |
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| Dec-31-11 | | Albertan: <TheFocus: <Albertan> <Apparently Boris> <Kogan was a very friendly and kind >human being!> <Absolutely he was!!> TF Thank you for sharing what you did with us about Boris Kogan he sounds like my kind of chess player! |
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| Dec-31-11 | | Albertan: Jessica I hope you and your friends and family all have a wonderful New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. I hope all of you have an awesome year in 2012! Where does the time go?? |
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| Dec-31-11 | | cormier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzct... ... B F vs The World video |
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| Dec-31-11 | | playground player: Happy New Year, <JFQ>
a happy new year to you!
To make your new year turn out right,
I give this jingle to you. |
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Dec-31-11
 | | Penguincw: Happy New Year <jess>. |
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Dec-31-11
 | | Annie K.: Happy New Year <Jess>! :) |
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Dec-31-11
 | | harrylime: Happy New Year Jess ! |
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| Dec-31-11 | | Travis Bickle: Happy New Year Jess!!!
http://youtu.be/_eyFiClAzq8 |
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| Dec-31-11 | | waustad: After watching the Charousek vids I was really taken by how familiar the buildings were, though I've never been in Hungary and have only taken the train through what was then Czechoslavakia. I lived in Wien for over a year and it seems that there was a very pervasive style in latter 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. You seem to like tragic figures. From what I've read online Carl Schlechter starved in Wien in 1918 and was buried 93 years ago today. Happy New Year! |
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| Jan-01-12 | | notyetagm: <jessicafischerqueen: Merry Christmas <coach>!> Happy New Year, <JFQ>! :-) |
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| Jan-01-12 | | brankat: Hi Jess!
Best wishes for the New Year! |
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| Jan-01-12 | | BishopofBlunder: Happy New Year <MyQueen>, from <YourDearBishop>. Although, if I am not mistaken, in Korea they don't celebrate the new year until mid-February. Then again, you mentioned traveling back to the mother land in January. If you are not yet home, have a safe and happy trip. And happy new year to all the members of <YourPosse> here on <chessgames.com>. It is a pleasure to be associated with you all. |
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| Jan-01-12 | | Albertan: Jessica, Happy New Years to you and all of your friends,family and fans on CG. Here are some links to some recent articles about chess,which I found online: "I can understand Sachin's feelings, says Anand": http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/... Checkmate! Young chess players profess love of the game:http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2... Edward Winter's Chess Explorations:
http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2...
(This is an index of all of Edward Winter's 76 articles in this series!) Politics and Power Plays, Both on and Off the Board (NY times weekly chess column): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/c... World chess masters gather at Hastings tournament:http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/n... On Chess: Is struggling Anand looking ahead?:http://www.dispatch.com/content/sto... Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1944-2011): http://www.bworldonline.com/content... RIP GM Tseshkovksy!! Texas Tech Knight Raiders qualify for college chess Final Four:http://www.kcbd.com/story/16422852/... Chess: Working the variations:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/201... Viswanathan Anand up for title defence:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/... Chess Gymnasium by Jaan Ehlvest
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
China crowned women's world chess team champions:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/sp... I hope all of you have an awesome 2012! |
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| Jan-02-12 | | Hugin: Happy New Year to all with a epic performance>
Helene Bøksle - The Dreaming "Ere the World crumbles" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5K... |
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| Jan-03-12 | | notyetagm: Jobava vs A Volokitin, 2011 31 ?
click for larger view31 ♖e5-g5 <interpose: e7-h4@g5>
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32 ?
click for larger view32 ♘g4-e5 <interpose: c7-h2@e5>
click for larger viewGame Collection: INTERPOSE! INTERPOSE! INTERPOSE! INTERPOSE! 31 Re5-g5, 32 Ng4-e5 interpose attacks on h4-queen,h2-flight sq |
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| Jan-03-12 | | madlydeeply: OhmygodOhmygodOhmygod there is a stanislaw lem website http://english.lem.pl/
happy new years |
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