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perfidious
Member since Dec-23-04
Behold the fiery disk of Ra!

Started with tournaments right after the first Fischer-Spassky set-to, but have long since given up active play in favour of poker.

In my chess playing days, one of the most memorable moments was playing fourth board on the team that won the National High School championship at Cleveland, 1977. Another which stands out was having the pleasure of playing a series of rapid games with Mikhail Tal on his first visit to the USA in 1988. Even after facing a number of titled players, including Teimour Radjabov when he first became a GM (he still gave me a beating), these are things which I'll not forget.

Fischer at his zenith was the greatest of all champions for me, but has never been one of my favourite players. In that number may be included Emanuel Lasker, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Larsen, Speelman, Romanishin, Nakamura and Carlsen, all of whom have displayed outstanding fighting qualities.

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   perfidious has kibitzed 70074 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Jan-14-26 Chessgames - Politics (replies)
 
perfidious: <mike the johnson> on the Clintons' refusal to respond to subpoenas: <House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday reacted to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announcing their intent to defy subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee
 
   Jan-14-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
 
perfidious: Mariah Haberman: https://www.bing.com/images/search?...
 
   Jan-14-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie
 
perfidious: 'PS'= Potential Spam. Now there's a thought....
 
   Jan-13-26 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
perfidious: <saffuna: Mike Tomlin has resigned. Has John Harbaugh been named the new coach yet?> See the following: <....While there were rumblings Tomlin's time in Pittsburgh could be coming to an end, the news that he was stepping down after the Steelers' loss to the Texans in ...
 
   Jan-13-26 Lautier vs Kasparov, 1997
 
perfidious: There is no need for you to try strongarming other kibitzers.
 
   Jan-13-26 perfidious chessforum
 
perfidious: One final brevity: <[Event "20th Monadnock Marathon"] [Site "Windsor NH"] [Date "1997.10.25"] [EventDate "1997"] [Round "4.8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Shaw, Alan"] [Black "Huggins, Noel J"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 ...
 
   Jan-13-26 Fischer vs V Pupols, 1955
 
perfidious: <WannaBe>, that's <mr finesse> to you.
 
   Jan-13-26 Julius Thirring
 
perfidious: In line with that I have followed such styling, as with 'DDR' in the example above. It seems otiose to become overly obsessed with country codes down to the various dates, but I try to get things right.
 
   Jan-12-26 Janosevic vs Fischer, 1967 (replies)
 
perfidious: <Olavi....Fischer could accept that he lost one game to Geller (Petrosian, Spassky...) he could not accept the idea of losing to lesser masters - or even drawing....> In <How Fischer Plays Chess>, he was claimed by author David Levy to have said to Black after the ...
 
   Jan-12-26 Bryan G Smith
 
perfidious: Geller vs Portisch, 1973 is an example of similar inattentiveness, coming at a still greater cost: a Candidates berth.
 
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Dec-31-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Another from the vault, played in that final visit to Somerset, always a good time:

<[Event "US Amateur Team East"] [Site "Somerset NJ"]
[Date "1993.02.13"]
[EventDate "1993"]
[Round "1.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klein, Lawrence E"]
[Black "Shaw, Alan"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Rf7 17.Qc2 Ne8 18.Nf2 h5 19.a4 Bf8 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.Nb5 Rg7 22.h3 g4 23.fxg4 Nh4 24.Kh1 Qg5 25.Nd3 hxg4 26.Nxf4 gxh3 27.g4 exf4 28.Rxf4 Qe7 29.Nd4 Ng6 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.Rxf5 Nf6 32.Bd3 Nh4 33.g5 Nxf5 34.exf5 Qe5 35.gxf6 Rg2 36.f7+ Kxf7 37.Qc7+ Be7 38.Qxe7+ Qxe7 39.Bf4 Re8 40.f6 Qe1+ 41.Bf1 Qxc1 42.Bxc1 Re1 0-1>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: More games from bygone days by a <pretty good> player, capable of causing trouble for even the strongest opposition:

<[Event "89th US Open"]
[Site "Boston Mass"]
[Date "1988.08.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kelleher, William"]
[Black "Buehl, Walter M"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.c4 Nb6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 N8d7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rfd1 Qc6 15.b3 Bf6 16.Rd3 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qg4 e5 19.d5 Qd7 20.Ne4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Nc8 22.c5 Rd7 23.b4 Bd8 24.b5 b6 25.c6 Rde7 26.d6 cxd6 27.Nxd6 Nxd6 28.Rxd6 Bc7 29.Rd7 Kf8 30.Bc1 Rxd7 31.cxd7 Ra8 32.Ba3+ Kg8 33.Rc1 1-0>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: What appears to be a first-round smash:

<[Event "89th US Open"]
[Site "Boston Mass"]
[Date "1988.08.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kelleher, William"]
[Black "Siegelman, Jonathan"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 b5 8.Bb3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd4 Ndb4 11.Qf3 Qxd4 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bh5 Bd7 15.Nc3 Be8 16.Rad1 Bxh5 17.Qxh5 Qc4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Re4 1-0>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Black essays a pawn snatch which is <sehr riskant>, yet emerges with a whole skin against the always theoretically well prepared Kelleher:

<[Event "89th US Open"]
[Site "Boston Mass"]
[Date "1988.08.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kelleher, William"]
[Black "Tyehimba, Bem"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.f4 Nfxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Qh5 Qe7 13.Qf3 Nc5 14.Bd5 exd4 15.Bh6 Nd7 16.Bxb7 Ne5 17.Bc6+ Kd8 18.Qd5 Rb8 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.f6 gxf6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Qxd4 Rg8 23.Qf2 Be7 24.Bc3 Ke8 25.Rad1 Qc6 26.Rd2 Rb5 27.Kh1 Ng4 28.Qh4 Ne3 29.Rff2 Rf5 30.Qh3 Rxg2 0-1>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "89th US Open"]
[Site "Boston Mass"]
[Date "1988.08.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shainswit, George"]
[Black "Kelleher, William"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Nd3 Be7 16.O-O O-O 17.b4 Nb6 18.a4 Qd5 19.Re1 Bd6 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Nxf4 Qc4 22.a5 Nd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qa4 d3 25.Rec1 Qd4 26.b5 Qxa4 27.Rxa4 d2 28.Rd1 Rfb8 29.b6 Rxb6 30.axb6 Rxa4 31.Kf1 ½-½>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Only time I got into a Closed Spanish after 1975:

<[Event "NY Action Championship"] [Site "Saratoga Springs NY"]
[Date "1992.09.04"]
[EventDate "1992"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shaw, Alan"]
[Black "Mengarini, Ariel"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.a4 b4 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.h3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Be6 15.d5 Bd7 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Nb3 Bd8 18.Nxa5 Qxa5 19.Nd2 Be8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Be3 Qb8 22.b3 Nd7 23.Be2 Nc5 24.Bg4 Bd7 25.Bxc5 Bxg4 26.Qxg4 Rxc5 27.Qd7 Bc7 28.Rf1 Qd8 29.Qxd8+ Rxd8 30.f4 exf4 31.Rxf4 f6 32.h4 Bb8 33.Kf1 Ba7 34.Ke2 Rc7 35.Kd3 Bc5 36.Rc1 Re7 37.Na5 Ra8 38.Nc6 Rb7 39.Rc4 Re8 40.Rf1 h5 41.Rfc1 g5 1/2-1/2>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Sayonara to the annus horribilis that was.

May 2024 be a better year.

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: 'Judas!':

<Three of Donald Trump's former White House staffers issued stark warnings about his potential second term and pleaded for others in power to speak out against the former president.

"Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it," Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House director of strategic communications, said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

Farah Griffin left Trump's White House in December 2020, in the wake of that year's election and the former president's baseless claims of fraudulent results.

Fellow former top-level White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who delivered bombshell testimony to the House Jan. 6 Committee last summer, echoed Farah Griffin's message and criticism of Trump.

"The fact that he feels that he needs to lean into being a dictator alone shows that he's a weak and feeble man who has no sense of character and integrity and has no sense of leadership," Hutchinson said, referencing recent comments by Trump that he would be a dictator only on "day one" if reelected.

Hutchinson described her experience in the West Wing on Jan. 6, 2021 to the House Committee in June 2022, including alleged moments such as Trump lunging for the steering wheel so he could join Capitol protestors.

Removing Trump from 2024 ballots is the ‘latest outrageous move’ from ‘desperate’ Democrats to stop him: Jeff Crouere Hutchinson said Sunday she left town "for several months" out of fear of death threats in the wake of her testimony.

Farah Griffin and former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews said they also received threats after speaking out against Trump.

"Despite all the personal sacrifice, I knew that ultimately, it was the right thing to do," Matthews told ABC. "And so I just would encourage others to come forward because we're running out of time in order to try to stop Trump from being in the Oval Office again."

Farah Griffin specifically called on former Vice President Mike Pence to speak out "more forcefully" on what she called "the unfitness of Donald Trump."

"He's seen more than any of us have seen. He knows more than any of us know," Farah Griffin said.

Pence launched his own 2024 presidential run against Trump earlier this year but dropped out of the race in October.

Matthews, who indicated in Sunday's interview she would vote for President Joe Biden in 2024 if faced with a rematch between him and Trump, said she believes many Republicans will not comment publicly for fear of retaliation from Trump. The former president has vowed "retribution" against his enemies, including lawmakers and prosecutors who have investigated him.

In a statement responding to the group's interview, Trump's campaign said Hutchinson, Farah Griffin and Matthews are "ungrateful grifters" who had gone "full Judas," according to ABC.>

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: On carpetbagging <bimboebert, trailer park peasant> and her prospects in Colorado's 4th District:

<After Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in November 2022 narrowly won reelection to a second term representing Colorado's conservative-leaning 3rd Congressional district, her political vulnerability immediately became a leading storyline in itself.

Boebert's district — which includes the state's Western slope and cities like Aspen and Pueblo — backed former President Donald Trump by eight points in the 2020 election. It's generally not a place where GOP candidates find themselves barely outpacing Democrats.

But Boebert, a conservative, pro-Trump lawmaker known for her firebrand political persona, has been a polarizing figure even before her 2020 election. And the congresswoman's bombshell announcement last Wednesday that she'd switch districts and instead run in the more conservative 4th Congressional district now creates uncertainty not only for herself, but also for the Colorado GOP and Democrats looking to win the 3rd district.

Former Aspen city councilman Adam Frisch, who lost to Boebert by 546 votes out of roughly 327,000 ballots in 2022, has so far raised over $7.7 million for the race — per the Federal Election Commission — in what was expected to be a closely watched rematch.

But Boebert's departure from the 3rd district race threatens GOP control of the district, despite its conservative lean.

Why? Frisch is running as a moderate Democrat in a district where he's already won over a swath of voters who were uneasy with Boebert's brand of conservatism. Should Frisch win his party's nomination over Grand Junction Mayor Anna Stout, he'd have a huge war chest and political name recognition from his earlier run.

After Boebert announced her district switch, Frisch slammed the congresswoman on X, writing that she "was never committed to the communities of CO03" and is "only in politics for herself."

For the crop of GOP candidates now in the 3rd district primary —which include Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd, financial advisor Russ Andrews, and real estate broker Curtis McCrackin — they'll have to clean up any lingering intraparty frustrations over Boebert's departure. Boebert is wildly popular with base conservatives and the next nominee may not have a similar level of support with this bloc.

Given the orientation of the district, Republicans can clearly win the race, especially with a more mainstream Republican as their nominee, but Democrats have only become stronger in Colorado in recent years.

As for Boebert, she could also lose the 4th district GOP primary and find herself out of a job, as she's now running in an Eastern Plains-anchored district where she has few local ties. Colorado state Rep. Richard Holtorf, one of the candidates in the primary, immediately accused Boebert of "seat shopping" after her announcement.

Boebert's departure from the 3rd district could also potentially help Republicans retain the seat, as they no longer have to contend with running a candidate who's often embroiled in controversies, such as the Beetlejuice scandal that made national headlines and caused her to apologize for the matter and recalibrate her campaign strategy.

With Boebert gone, a more "normal" Republican who runs a solid campaign would be in a good position to win in the 3rd district.

Holding Boebert's district would be a relief to Republicans, as they are currently defending a razor-thin 220-213 US House majority. With Democrats working fervently to retake control of the chamber, the congresswoman's candidacy in a safe Republican district (should she win the 4th district GOP nomination) would almost certainly free up fundraising dollars for other GOP candidates.

Andrews, who's running in the 3rd district GOP primary, told The Durango Herald that Boebert's decision is a "brilliant maneuver."

"I think Lauren understood that she simply can't beat Adam Frisch," he told the newspaper.

But Boebert now faces a slew of fellow GOP contenders in the 4th district primary, where Rep. Ken Buck has chosen not to run for reelection in November 2024.

The primary won't be an easy race for Boebert, but Republicans are virtually guaranteed a general election win regardless of whether or not the congresswoman loses her primary, as the 4th district backed Trump by roughly 19 points in 2020.>

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: The first of nine meetings with this opponent--we held our places, with three wins apiece and three draws during the 1980s:

<[Event "Boston Met League"] [Site "Boston Mass"]
[Date "1982.12.03"]
[EventDate "1982"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stopa, John"]
[Black "Shaw, Alan"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.h4 Nf6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.a3 b6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bc2 Ba6 14.b4 Bc4 15.b5 Na5 16.Ne5 Rc8 17.Bb2 Nd5 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qd1 Nd5 20.a4 Bb4 21.Nxd5 Bxe1 22.Nf4 Qxh4 23.g3 Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Qh2+ 25.Kf3 Bd5+ 26.Nxd5 Rxc2 27.Ne7+ Kh8 28.Ba3 Qf2+ 29.Kf4 Re2+ 0-1>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: The morning after:

<[Event "Pillsbury Memorial"] [Site "Watertown, Mass"]
[Date "1982.12.04"]
[EventDate "1982"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Glueck, David"]
[Black "Shaw, Alan"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Ng6 9.c3 d4 10.Nc4 e5 11.a4 Bc7 12.Qc2 f6 13.Bd2 Be6 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Na3 Bb6 16.Rec1 Rc8 17.Nc4 Bc7 18.b3 Qd7 19.a5 h6 20.Re1 f5 21.Reb1 Rf7 22.Ne1 f4 23.Qd1 Rcf8 24.Nc2 fxg3 25.fxg3 Bh3 26.Qe2 Bg4 27.Qe1 Nge5 28.Nb2 Nf3+ 29.Bxf3 Rxf3 30.b4 Bh3 31.Qe2 Qg4 0-1>

Jan-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: An old-fashioned ass-kicking to open this event:

<[Event "Toronto International"] [Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1984.07.21"]
[EventDate "1984"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Shaw, Alan"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 c6 9.bxc4 0-0 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Nd3 Be7 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.e4 c5 15.e5 Ng4 16.h3 Nh6 17.d5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Rad8 19.Qf3 Bc8 20.Kg2 Nb8 21.Nf4 Bg5 22.Ne4 Bxf4 23.Qxf4 Nf5 24.Nd6 Ne7 25.Bxf7+ Kh8 26.Nxc8 Ng6 27.Qe3 Qxf7 28.Nd6 Qe6 29.Rad1 Nc6 30.Rhe1 Rd7 31.Qe4 Nce7 32.Qg4 Qxg4 33.hxg4 Rc7 34.f4 Nc6 35.f5 1-0>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: From the visit of another player to Toronto:

<[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stopa, John"]
[Black "Fuster, Geza"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Qd7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bg5 Ng4 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.h3 Nf6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Qe4 f5 17.Qf4 f6 18.Qg3+ Kh8 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Rae1 f4 21.Qh4 Qxc7 0-1>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chow, Albert Charles"]
[Black "Stopa, John"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.c5 Bc7 12.Nxe5 Qe7 13.f4 f6 14.Bc4 fxe5 15.O-O Be6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.fxe5 O-O-O 18.Bf4 Rd5 19.b4 h6 20.Rae1 Rhd8 21.a3 a5 22.Bg3 axb4 23.axb4 Rd4 24.Qh7 Rxb4 25.Qxg7 Rb2 26.Bh4 Re8 27.Rf8 b6 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.e6 Qh5 30.e7 Bxh2+ 31.Kh1 Be5 32.e8=Q+ Qxe8 33.Rxe5 1-0>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stopa, John"]
[Black "Taylor, Gordon"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.a3 Rac8 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.Bb1 Be8 15.Qd3 g6 16.Ba2 Ng4 17.Ne4 Qb8 18.h3 Nce5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nc6 22.Rd1 b5 23.Qf3 Kg7 24.Ng5 Qd6 25.d5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Qf6 27.Qe4 Rxd5 28.Bxd5 Qd6 29.Bf4 Qf6 30.Nxf7 Bxf7 31.Bxc6 Bd6 32.Bxd6 Qxd6 33.Bxb5 Qf6 34.Qc2 Qe7 35.Qc3+ Kg8 36.b4 Qe4 37.Bd3 Qf4 38.Qc8+ Kg7 39.Qc5 Qd2 40.Qe3 Qc3 41.Bf1 Qc7 42.Qd4+ Kg8 43.Qc5 Qd7 44.Bb5 Qd1+ 45.Kh2 Qa1 46.Bc4 Bxc4 47.Qxc4+ Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kh6 49.Qxa7 1-0>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mastrokoukos, Georgios"]
[Black "Stopa, John"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 h6 14.Qe2 hxg5 15.Re1 Be6 16.dxe6 f6 17.Re3 c6 18.Rh3 Rxh3 19.gxh3 g6 20.Rd1 Nf5 21.Bd3 Nh4 22.Bxg6+ Nxg6 23.Qh5 Ke7 24.Qxg6 Qg8 25.Qf5 d5 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Qd3 Rd6 28.Qa3 Qc8 29.h4 gxh4 30.f4 f5 31.Kf2 Qh8 32.Re5 Qh6 33.Rxf5 Kxe6 34.Qh3 Ke7 35.Qg4 Rg6 36.Rg5 Rxg5 37.fxg5 Qg7 38.Qxh4 Qxb2+ 39.Kf3 Qa3+ 40.Kf2 Qxa2+ 41.Kg1 Qb1+ 42.Kf2 Qc2+ 43.Kg1 Qe4 44.Qh6 Qg4+ 45.Kf2 Qf5+ 46.Kg3 Kf7 47.h4 Qd3+ ½-½>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stopa, John"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Qc7 6.Qe2 Nb6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 g6 9.Bf4 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Bg7 11.Bg3 O-O 12.O-O Qd8 13.Ne4 d5 14.exd6 exd6 15.Nxd6 Bg4 16.Qe4 Qd7 17.Rfe1 f5 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Qe6 f4 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Ng5 Nde5 22.Bh4 Nxc4 23.Nxc4 h6 24.Ne4 g5 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.Bxg5 Nd4 27.Re7 f3 28.Ne3 Bh5 29.g4 Bg6 30.h4 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Bxf7 32.Rd1 Bxa2 33.Nf5 Nxf5 34.gxf5 Rf8 35.Ra1 Bc4 36.Rxa7 Ba6 37.f6 Bxf6 38.Bxf6+ Rxf6 39.Ra8+ Kg7 0-1>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Back to fair Hahvahd:

<[Event "Harvard Futurity"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1987.11.16"]
[EventDate "1987"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bauer, Richard N"]
[Black "Serotta, Andrew"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 cxb5 10.Ng5 Bb7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg4 Nd7 13.Qf4 f6 14.Nxe6 Qb6 15.Nxf8 Rxf8 16.Be3 fxe5 17.Qg3 exd4 18.Bxd4 Qc6 19.Be2 Qxg2 20.Qxg2 Bxg2 21.Rg1 Bf3 22.Rxa7 Rxa7 23.Bxa7 Ke7 24.Bd4 Kd6 25.Rg3 Bxe2 26.Kxe2 Ne5 27.Ke3 Nc6 28.Bg7 Rf7 29.Bh8 Ne7 30.Rg1 Rf8 31.Bd4 Nf5+ 32.Ke2 Nxd4+ 33.cxd4 b4 34.Ra1 Kd5 35.Ra7 Kxd4 36.Rxh7 b3 37.Rb7 Kc3 0-1>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Rough day at the office for Black, especially facing the always theoretically well-prepared Mercuri:

<[Event "Harvard Futurity"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1987.11.16"]
[EventDate "1987"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mercuri, Louis A"]
[Black "Youssef, Issa"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c5 N6d7 7.Bg5 g6 8.h3 Bf5 9.Bc4 Qc8 10.Qb3 e6 11.g4 Nxc5 12.dxc5 Bxb1 13.Bf6 Rg8 14.Rxb1 Bxc5 15.0-0 Nd7 16.Bxe6 1-0>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Harvard Futurity"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1987.10.06"]
[EventDate "1987"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mercuri, Louis A"]
[Black "Johnson, Joel"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3,d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Re1 0-0 9.c3 Be6 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Nd3 Nc7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Bxe6 Nxe6 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Qg4 b5 16.Nce5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qd6 18.Qf3 Nd8 19.Bf4 Qd5 19.Qxd5 cxd5 21.a4 Ne6 22.Be3 a6 23.Nc6 Kf8 24.Ra3 Rec8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rea1 Rxa3 27.Rxa3 f6 28.Nb4 Nc7 29.Ra7 e6 30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Bf4 Kd7 32.Nd3 Bf8 33.Ke2 Bd6 34.Bxd6 Kxd6 35.f4 Ra8 36.Rxa8 Nxa8 37.Nc5 Nb6 38.b3 Nd7 39.Nd3 Nb8 40.Ke3 Nc6 41.g4 h6 42.h4 Ne7 43.Kf3 h5 44.g5 fxg5 45.hxg5 Nc6 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Ne1 Na5 48.Nf3 Nc6 49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Kc2 Ke7 51.Kd2 Kf8 52.Kd3 Kf7 53.c4 bxc4+ 54.bxc4 dxc4+ 55.Kxc4 Ne7 56.Kd3 Nf5 57.Ne5+ Kg7 58.Ke4 Nd6+ 59.Kf3 Nf5 60.Ke4 Nd6+ 61.Kf3 Nf5 62.Nc6 Kf7 63.Ne5+ 1/2-1/2>

Jan-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: He went, as Nunn once wrote of a defeat inflicted by Andersson, straight for my little toe:

<[Event "Harvard Futurity"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1987.10.06"]
[EventDate "1987"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Serotta, Andrew"]
[Black "Shaw, Alan"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 a5 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Rb1 Bd6 12.e3 Qe7 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.Qc3 Nxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Be8 17.Bc3 b6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Qb2 Rae8 20.Nc2 Qf7 21.a3 Qh5 22.Nd4 c5 23.Nf3 Bc6 24.Ne1 Ba8 25.Qa2 Kh8 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 d4 28.bxc5 bxc5 29.exd4 Bxg2 30.Nxg2 Qh3 31.f3 Nh5 32.Ne1 Bxg3 33.dxc5 Nf4 34.Rb2 Bxe1 35.Bxe1 Rxe1 36.Rxe1 Qxf3 37.Rg2 Qxd3 38.Qd2 Qc4 39.Qd6 Rg8 40.Rd2 Nh3+ 41.Kh1 Qc3 42.Rf1 Ng5 43.Rd3 Qc4 44.Qd5 Qh4 45.Qxf5 1-0>

Jan-03-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: The teacher wins the battle with the student, this once:

<[Event "Harvard Futurity"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1987.10.09"]
[EventDate "1987"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rosen, Eric1"]
[Black "Mercuri, Louis A"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qf2 Nd7 13.g4 a6 14.g5 b5 15.h4 b4 16.Ne2 Nce5 17.Nf4 Bb7 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Nfxe6 fxe6 20.Nxe6 Qa5 21.Nxd8 Rxd8 22.Kb1 Rf8 23.f4 Bxe4 24.Rg1 Rc8 25.Bd3 Nxd3 26.cxd3 Bf5 27.Bd4 Qd5 28.Rge1 Bf8 29.h5 b3 30.a3 Rc4 31.Bc3 Bxd3+ 32.Ka1 Qf5 33.Qe3 Nc5 34.Bd4 Bc2 35.Rd2 Ne4 36.Rde2 d5 37.h6 g6 38.Ba7 Qd7 39.Bd4 Qa4 40.Qh3 Qc6 41.Be5 0-1>

Jan-03-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Going back north:

<[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stopa, John"]
[Black "Haziprodromu, Sam"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Qd8 12.Qb3 Qb8 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Bg6 16.Nd4 O-O 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qxc6 Qxb2 19.Bf3 Bf6 20.Qa6 Rad8 21.Rad1 Rde8 22.Rd2 Qc3 23.Qxa7 Be4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd7 Qc6 26.Rc1 Qxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Re1+ 28.Kh2 Rxc1 29.a4 Rcc8 30.a5 h5 31.a6 h4 32.f4 Rc1 33.Qe3 Ra1 34.a7 g6 35.Rb7 Rd1 36.Rb8 Bd4 37.Qxd4 Rxd4 38.a8=Q Rxb8 39.Qxb8+ Kh7 40.Qe5 1-0>

Jan-03-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Schulte, Oliver"]
[Black "Stopa, John"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Ne4 11.a3 a5 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Bd2 Rxa3 15.Rxa3 Bxa3 16.Qb3 Be7 17.Qxb7 Bf6 18.Bb4 Qc8 19.Qa7 Rd8 20.Rc1 Nb8 21.e3 Na6 22.Ba3 Nc7 23.Qa5 Qb7 24.Ne1 Bxg2 25.Nxg2 e5 26.dxe5 Rd5 27.Qb4 Qxb4 28.Bxb4 Bxe5 29.f4 Bd6 30.Rxc6 Bxb4 31.Rxc7 f5 32.Kf2 Rc5 33.Rb7 Ba5 34.Kf3 g6 35.h3 Rc7 36.Rb5 Bc3 37.g4 fxg4+ 38.hxg4 Kf7 39.e4 Bg7 40.e5 Ke6 41.Ne3 Ra7 42.Rb6+ Kf7 43.Nd5 Ra3+ 44.Ke4 Ra4+ 45.Kd3 Ra3+ 46.Kc4 Ra4+ 47.Kb5 Re4 48.Kc6 g5 49.Rb7+ Kf8 50.Kd7 Bxe5 51.fxe5 Rxe5 52.Kd6 Re4 53.Nf6 Ra4 54.Nxh7+ Kg8 55.Nf6+ Kf8 56.Ke6 1-0>

Jan-03-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Oakham House"]
[Site "Toronto ON"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "1988"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stone, Ray"]
[Black "Stopa, John"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Bb4 8.e5 h6 9.exf6 hxg5 10.fxg7 Rg8 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.O-O a6 14.Ne4 Rxg7 15.b3 g4 16.Ne5 f5 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.bxc4 fxe4 19.Qxg4 Qf6 20.axb5 cxb5 21.Bxe4 Ke7 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 23.Qe4 Rab8 24.Rxa6 Qf5 25.Qh4+ Kf7 26.d5 Be7 27.Qd4 exd5 28.cxd5 Bf6 29.Qd1 b4 30.Qb3 Kg7 31.Rc6 Ra8 32.Qc4 Qe5 33.Qg4+ Qg5 34.Qc4 0-1>

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