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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 72057 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Apr-07-26 Browne vs A Bisguier, 1974
 
perfidious: I remember this game being published with annotations in <CL&R> and how striking Browne's idea was to me, but the story of the display board is hilarious.
 
   Apr-07-26 Chessgames - Politics
 
perfidious: That is bound to change; Pissant will soon wind up where he belongs.
 
   Apr-07-26 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
perfidious: <saffuna: I don't think having a guard named Solo Ball would be a good omen....> Long as they are not paired with <ko-me>, <me-lo>, <ky-me> or Russell Westbrook.
 
   Apr-06-26 Gideon Stahlberg
 
perfidious: While Chessmetrics performs a useful service, I do not implicitly trust their rankings. In my view also, Najdorf and Ståhlberg got as high as they did only because they were active throughout World War II, unlike most strong players outside the Western Hemisphere, and enjoyed ...
 
   Apr-06-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
 
perfidious: Julia Brown Findlay.
 
   Apr-06-26 perfidious chessforum
 
perfidious: Da rest: <....The American Legislative Exchange Council was formed in 1973 and became a warehouse for Republican state legislators to back Republican-sponsored measures in multiple states. That same year, the Heritage Foundation was established. It spent years advocating ...
 
   Apr-06-26 Sasikiran vs Shabalov, 2015 (replies)
 
perfidious: <Andrew Chapman: <with about the worst move Black could make in the circumstances>I am inclined to believe that the engine is stronger than me....> Curiously enough, so am I. signed, <life1200player>
 
   Apr-06-26 FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) (replies)
 
perfidious: Not to mention much the oldest of the five contestants.
 
   Apr-06-26 A Esipenko vs Wei Yi, 2026
 
perfidious: The <other> 13.Bd2.
 
   Apr-06-26 World Championship Candidates (2026) (replies)
 
perfidious: <Bobby....There is a spelling error on page 555. The Junior WC took place in <Skien>, Norway.> 'Skein' is a word in English, and I would guess that the proofreader assumed a spelling error.
 
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Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "4th New England Masters"] [Site "Boston Mass"]
[Date "1994.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rasin, Jacob"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2671"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nb5 Bd6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.Qc7 Qxc7 15.Nxc7 Rac8 16.Ne6 Rfe8 17.Nf4 Ndf6 18.O-O Re7 19.Rac1 Rec7 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Ne2 Bc8 22.h3 Bd7 1/2-1/2>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "7th Monadnock Marathon"] [Site "Jaffrey NH"]
[Date "1984.10.27"]
[EventDate "1984"]
[Round "3.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Shaw, Alan"]
[Black "Gauthier, Arthur W"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 h6 14.e5 Bxe5 15.Qe2 Qe7 16.Re1 Nd7 17.Bf4 f6 18.Qc4 Qf7 19.Qxc7 0-0 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Re3 Rfd8 23.Ne4 Rd5 24.f4 Ng6 25.f5 Ne5 26.g4 Rad8 27.Rae1 Rd3 28.Kg2 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Rd3 30.Rxd3 Nxd3 31.b3 b6 32.Kf3 Nb4 33.Nc3 Ke7 34.Ke4 Nc6 35.Nd5+ Kd6 36.Nf4 Ke7 37.a3 Na5 38.b4 Nc4 39.a4 a5 40.Kd4 Ne5 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Kc5 Kd7 43.Nh5 Kc7 1-0>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Kopec's Camp Open"] [Site "Pomfret Conn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rose, Richard"]
[Black "Nix, Ernest"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1980"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Rb8 9.f4 e6 10.a4 Qb6 11.g4 Nd4 12.Ra3 Ne8 13.a5 Qd8 14.g5 f6 15.h4 fxg5 16.hxg5 h6 17.gxh6 Bxh6 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Ne2 e5 20.f5 gxf5 21.Rg3+ Kh7 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Qh5 Ng7 25.Rxf5 Qe8 26.Qxh6+ Kxh6 27.d3+ Kh7 28.Rfg5 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qxg3+ 30.Rxg3 Rf2 31.Kh3 Re8 32.Bg5 Nf5 33.Be4 Rxe4 34.dxe4 Nxg3 35.Kxg3 Rxb2 36.Kf4 Kg6 37.Be7 Rc2 38.Bxd6 Rxc4 39.Bb8 a6 0-1>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Kopec's Camp Open"] [Site "Pomfret Conn"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ying, Victor"]
[Black "De Bonis, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1850"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qxf6 Nxf6 9.Nc3 Nb4 10.Kd2 d5 11.a3 d4 12.axb4 dxc3+ 13.Ke3 Ng4+ 14.Kf3 f5 15.Bb5+ Kf7 16.Bc4+ Kf6 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.bxc3 Rac8 19.Bd5 Rxc3+ 20.Be3 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Rxc2 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Rxa6+ Ke7 24.Ra7 Rc7 25.Ra5 Rcxb7 26.Rxe5+ Kf6 27.Rc5 Rxb4 28.Rc6+ Ke5 29.Rc5+ Ke6 30.Ra1 Be4+ 31.Kg3 Kd6 32.Rg5 Rb2 33.Ra6+ Bc6 34.e4 R8b3+ 35.Kh4 g6 36.Rd5+ Kc7 37.Rc5 Rb7 38.Rcxc6+ Kb8 39.Kh3 R7b3+ 40.g3 Re2 41.Rab6+ Rxb6 42.Rxb6+ Kc7 43.Rb4 Kd6 44.Kg4 Rxh2 45.Rb3 Ke5 46.Kf3 Rh1 47.Rb5+ Ke6 48.Rb6+ Ke5 49.Rb5+ Ke6 50.Rb3 Ke5 51.Ke3 Re1+ 1/2-1/2>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "54th New England Open"] [Site "Worcester Mass"]
[Date "1994.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Field, Gary"]
[Black "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2200"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qd5 8.c4 Qd6 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe5+ Qxe5 11.Nxe5+ c6 12.Ba4 Bg7 13.f4 exf3 14.Nxf3 Bf5 15.d4 O-O-O 16.Be3 Re8 17.Kd2 Nf6 18.Rhe1 Ne4+ 19.Kd1 Nd6 20.Rc1 Bd3 21.Bb3 Nf5 22.Bf2 Rxe1+ 23.Nxe1 Be4 24.Bc2 Re8 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Nf3 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4+ 29.Ke2 Kc7 30.Ke3 c5 1/2-1/2>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "54th New England Open"] [Site "Worcester Mass"]
[Date "1994.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Ruiz, Mauricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2095"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Be2 Bg7 10.Be3 b6 11.O-O Nf6 12.Rc1 O-O 13.b4 a5 14.a3 axb4 15.axb4 Ba6 16.Qb3 Rc8 17.Rfe1 Kh8 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Nd4 Bb7 20.h3 e5 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.Ra1 Ne8 23.Ra7 Rb8 24.Rd1 f5 25.c5 f4 26.Bc1 bxc5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Ba3 e4 29.Bxc5 Rf5 30.Bc4 f3 31.Bd4 Rg5 32.g3 Rh5 33.Bxg7+ Nxg7 34.d6 Qd7 35.Bf1 Rxh3 36.Qc3 Qg4 37.Qe5 e3 38.d7 exf2+ 39.Kxf2 Rh2+ 40.Ke3 Qe6 41.Qxe6 Nxe6 42.Nd6 Bc6 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.d8=Q Nxd8 45.Nxd8+ 1-0>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"] [Site "Providence RI"]
[Date "1994.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Giacobbe, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "1958"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nce4 9.Qc2 h6 10.f3 Ng5 11.e4 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.h4 Nh7 14.f4 Qc7 15.Bd3 Nhf8 16.c5 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Nf3 e5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.O-O Ne6 21.Bb2 Rg8 22.Rae1 e4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Ndf8 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Nxe6+ Bxe6 28.Qxe6 Rg7 29.Rf1+ Rf7 30.Qxh6+ Ke8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Qd4+ Kc6 34.Re6+ Kb5 35.Qd3+ Ka4 36.Qc2+ Kb5 37.a4+ Kxb4 38.Qc3+ Kxa4 39.Qc4+ 1-0>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"] [Site "Providence RI"]
[Date "1994.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roller, Robert"]
[Black "Martin, Jeremy L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2213"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.e5 gxf4 10.exf6 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Qf3 Rxa2 13.Rxa2 Bxa2 14.Qxf4 Nd7 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.Bb5+ Ke7 19.Nf3 Rb8 20.Ba4 Bd5 21.Kd2 Ra8 22.b3 c4 23.bxc4 Bxf3 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.gxf3 Rxa4 26.Rb1 Kc5 27.Kd3 Ra3+ 28.Kd2 Kxc4 29.f4 Ne4+ 30.Kc2 Ra2+ 31.Kc1 Nc3 0-1>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"] [Site "Providence RI"]
[Date "1994.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2665"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Rc1 Qa5 10.Nf3 Rd8 11.h3 b6 12.d5 e6 13.c4 Qxd2+ 14.Bxd2 exd5 15.exd5 Re8+ 16.Be2 Bf5 17.Be3 Bb2 18.O-O Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Bd7 20.Bd3 Kg7 21.Bd2 f6 22.Bc3 Kf7 23.g4 h6 24.Nh4 Rg8 25.Re1 Na6 26.Bxg6+ Rxg6 27.Nxg6 Kxg6 28.Re7 Ba4 29.f4 h5 30.f5+ Kg5 31.Bd2+ Kh4 32.Kg2 Bd1 33.Be1+ Kg5 34.Kg3 hxg4 35.hxg4 Bxg4 36.Rg7+ Kxf5 37.Rxg4 Re8 38.Rf4+ Kg6 39.Kf2 Nb4 40.Bxb4 cxb4 41.Rg4+ Kf5 42.Rg7 a5 43.Rc7 Re4 44.d6 Ke6 45.Re7+ Kxd6 46.Rxe4 Kc5 47.Ke3 b5 48.cxb5 Kxb5 49.Kd3 Ka4 50.Kc2 Ka3 51.Kb1 1-0>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"] [Site "Providence RI"]
[Date "1994.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Martin, Jeremy L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2213"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 c5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Nc2 Rc8 11.Rc1 Be6 12.b3 a6 13.f3 Re8 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Kf8 16.a3 Kg8 17.b4 Qd8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Nd4 Rc7 21.Bf4 Nh5 22.Be3 Nf6 23.Nb3 Qc8 24.Na5 Ned7 25.Bf1 Qb8 26.c5 b6 27.Nc6 Qb7 28.Nxe7+ Rxe7 29.c6 Qa7 30.cxd7 Rexd7 31.Rc6 Rxc6 32.dxc6 Rd8 33.Qd3 Qc7 34.Qxa6 Qxc6 35.Qxb6 Qe8 36.Bf2 d5 37.Bb5 Nd7 38.Qb7 d4 39.Re1 1-0>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"] [Site "Providence RI"]
[Date "1994.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maldonado, Oscar"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2242"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nfd7 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bg2 Nb6 9.Qd3 Nc6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Qf3 c6 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.Qf4 Qxf4 15.Bxf4 Rfd8 16.h3 Be6 17.a4 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nxa4 20.c4 Nc3 21.Rd2 Bxc4 22.Bf3 Bd5 23.Be5 Bxf3 24.Bxc3 Bd5 25.f3 Kf8 26.g4 Ke8 27.e4 Bc4 28.h4 a5 29.h5 b5 30.Rh2 Kd7 31.Rd2+ Ke6 32.f4 f5 33.exf5+ gxf5 34.g5 b4 35.Be5 Rg8 36.g6 Bd5 37.Kf2 h6 38.Rc2 a4 39.Bd4 a3 40.Bc5 Rb8 41.Re2+ Be4 42.Rd2 Rb5 43.Rd8 Rxc5 44.g7 Rc2+ 45.Ke3 Rg2 46.g8=Q+ Rxg8 47.Rxg8 b3 0-1>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"] [Site "Providence RI"]
[Date "1994.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martin, Jeremy L"]
[Black "Della Selva, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2080"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 a5 10.Nd3 Nd7 11.Be3 b6 12.a3 f5 13.f3 f4 14.Bf2 Ba6 15.b3 g5 16.Qc2 Rf7 17.Nb5 Bf8 18.b4 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Ng6 20.Rfc1 Nf6 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Nb4 Ra8 23.Na6 Ne8 24.a4 Qc8 25.Bxb6 g4 26.Nxc7 Nxc7 27.Bxc7 gxf3 28.Bxf3 Nh4 29.Kh1 Rg7 30.Bb6 Qe8 31.Qf2 Be7 32.Rc6 Qg6 33.a5 Kh8 34.Rac1 Rag8 35.Rc8 Qh6 36.Rxg8+ Rxg8 37.a6 Ng6 38.a7 Bh4 39.Qe2 Bg3 40.Bg1 Nh4 41.b6 Nxf3 42.Qxf3 Bh4 43.b7 1-0>

Mar-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pillsbury Memorial"] [Site "Watertown Mass"]
[Date "1994.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Fang, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2440"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 a4 9.b4 Qb6 10.a3 Qa6 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Ndxc4 Be6 14.Rc1 Nbd7 15.Qd3 Rfd8 16.Na5 Qb6 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Qc2 Qb5 19.Rfd1 Rxa5 20.bxa5 Bb3 21.Qd3 Bxd1 22.Qxb5 cxb5 23.Rxd1 Nc5 24.e3 e5 25.d5 e4 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bf1 Kf6 28.Bxb5 Ke5 29.Bc4 Kd6 30.Rb1 f5 31.Rb6+ Ke5 32.a6 bxa6 33.Rc6 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 Kxd5 35.Rc7 h5 36.h4 Ne6 37.Ra7 Nc5 38.Kf1 Kc4 39.Rc7 Kd5 40.Ke2 Nd3 41.Ra7 Kc4 42.Rxa6 Kb3 43.Rxg6 Kxa3 44.Rh6 Kb2 45.Rxh5 a3 46.Rxf5 Nc1+ 47.Kf1 Nb3 48.Rf8 a2 49.Ra8 Nd2+ 50.Kg2 Nc4 51.Rxa2+ Kxa2 52.g4 Kb3 53.Kg3 Kc3 54.Kf4 Kd3 55.g5 Nb6 56.h5 Nd5+ 57.Ke5 Ne7 58.Ke6 1-0>

Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pillsbury Memorial"] [Site "Watertown, MA"]
[Date "1994.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2205"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d5 5.e3 Be7 6.b4 O-O 7.Bb2 Ne4 8.Nbd2 f5 9.Be2 Bf6 10.O-O Bd7 11.b5 Ne7 12.a4 Be8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Ne5 Bf7 15.Nb3 Nc8 16.a5 Ncd6 17.f3 Ng5 18.Nc5 Re8 19.Qb3 Ne6 20.Nxf7 Nxc5 21.dxc5 Nxf7 22.Rfd1 Bxb2 23.Qxb2 Qe7 24.Rxd5 Qxe3+ 25.Kf1 Rad8 26.Rad1 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Re5 28.Rxe5 Nxe5 29.Qa2+ Kf8 30.Qd5 Ke7 31.g3 g6 32.b6 axb6 33.axb6 cxb6 34.Qxb7+ Kf8 35.cxb6 Nd3 36.Qc8+ Ke7 37.Qc7+ Ke8 38.Qb8+ Ke7 39.Qa7+ Ke8 40.Qa8+ Ke7 41.Qa3+ Kd7 42.Qxd3+ 1-0>

Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "Pillsbury Memorial"] [Site "Watertown Mass"]
[Date "1994.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Paschall, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2365"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.h3 Be7 8.Be2 Be6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bf6 11.Na4 Nxa4 12.Qxa4 Qd7 13.Rfc1 Nd4 14.Qxd7 Nxe2+ 15.Kf1 Bxd7 16.Kxe2 c6 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Nc4 Be6 19.a4 a5 20.Bb6 Rd7 21.Bc5 Ra6 22.Nb6 Rd8 23.Rcb1 Bg5 24.b4 axb4 25.Rxb4 Ra5 26.Be3 Be7 27.Rb2 Ra6 28.Nc4 b5 29.Nxe5 bxa4 30.Rc2 Rc8 31.Bc5 Kf8 32.Ra3 f6 33.Bxe7+ Kxe7 34.Nc4 Rb8 35.Rb2 Rb5 36.Rba2 Rb4 37.Ke3 Bxc4 38.dxc4 Rxc4 39.Rb2 Ra7 40.Kd3 Rc5 41.Rb4 Rca5 42.Kc4 g5 43.g3 Re5 44.Kd3 Rea5 45.f4 c5 46.Rb6 gxf4 47.gxf4 Rd7+ 48.Ke3 c4 49.Rc6 Rd3+ 50.Rxd3 cxd3 51.Kxd3 a3 52.Rc1 a2 53.Ra1 Ra4 54.Kc3 h5 55.Kb3 Rxe4 56.Rxa2 Rxf4 57.Kc3 Rf3+ 58.Kd4 Rxh3 59.Ke4 Rg3 60.Kf4 Rg5 61.Ra1 Kf7 62.Ra2 Kg6 63.Ra1 Rg4+ 64.Kf3 Rb4 65.Ra8 Kg5 66.Rg8+ Kf5 67.Rh8 Rb3+ 68.Kg2 Kg4 69.Rg8+ Kf4 70.Rh8 Kg5 71.Rg8+ Kh4 72.Rf8 Rg3+ 73.Kh2 Rg6 74.Rf7 Kg4 75.Kg2 f5 76.Ra7 f4 77.Rf7 h4 78.Rf8 Rg5 79.Rf7 h3+ 80.Kh2 f3 81.Rf8 Rf5 82.Rg8+ Kf4 83.Rg1 f2 84.Ra1 Re5 85.Rf1 Kf3 0-1>

Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Harvard Open"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang-Sheng, Lee"]
[Black "Dubow, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2142"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.f3 f4 13.g4 fxg3 14.hxg3 Ng8 15.Kg2 Ngf6 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Rh1 Kg8 18.a4 c5 19.a5 Rb8 20.Qb1 Qf7 21.b4 Nh5 22.Be3 Nf4+ 23.gxf4 exf4 24.Bd2 Qe7 25.Qg1 Bd4 26.Qh2 cxb4 27.Nxb4 Nf6 28.Nb5 Nxe4 29.Bxf4 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Ng5 31.Ra2 Bh3+ 32.Kf2 Ne4+ 33.Kg1 Qh4 34.Nd3 Rbe8 35.fxe4 Rxe4 36.Qf2 Rexf4 37.Nxf4 Qg5+ 38.Kh2 Rxf4 39.Qg3 Qe5 40.Kxh3 Qe4 41.Bd3 Qe5 42.Bxg6 Kh8 43.Re2 Qxe2 44.Qxf4 hxg6 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.Qxg6+ Kh8 47.Qh6+ Kg8 48.Qe6+ 1-0>

Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Harvard Open"] [Site "Cambridge Mass"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Wong, Foong Yin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2323"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Ne5 8.Bb5+ Ned7 9.c4 g6 10.Bd2 Bg7 11.Bc3 O-O 12.Bxd7 Qxd7 13.a4 e5 14.O-O Nh5 15.Bd2 f5 16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Qh3 Rf7 18.f3 Raf8 19.Rae1 Ne8 20.g3 a6 21.Qg2 Nc7 22.a5 Ne8 23.Qe2 f4 24.g4 h5 25.h3 Bf6 26.Qd3 Rh7 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.Rb1 Rfh8 29.Rh1 Bd8 30.Ne2 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rxh1 32.Rxh1 Rxh1 33.Kxh1 Qa4 34.Qc3 Qd1+ 35.Ng1 Bh4 36.Kg2 Nf6 37.Qc1 Qxc1 38.Bxc1 Be1 39.Kf1 Bxa5 40.Nh3 Nh7 41.Ke2 Kf6 42.b3 Ng5 0-1>

Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Harvard Open"] [Site "Cambridge, Mass"]
[Date "1995.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Curdo, John"]
[Black "Wong, Foong Yin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2323"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Nd5 8.Bc4 c6 9.O-O Bf5 10.Qe2 h6 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Be3 c5 15.Nf3 Nc6 16.dxc5 Qc7 17.Bf4 Kh7 18.c3 Bg4 19.Rae1 a5 20.Qe3 Qd7 21.Bc4 Rad8 22.a3 Be6 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.b4 Qb3 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Qc4 27.Rd1 axb4 28.axb4 Rd5 29.Rf3 Rfd8 30.Bxh6 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxd4 32.Bxg7 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Kxg7 34.Kg3 Rd4 35.Qb3 Rg4+ 36.Kh3 Rh4+ 37.Kg3 Qg4+ 38.Kf2 Qd4+ 39.Kg3 Rg4+ 40.Kh3 e6 41.b5 Rg5 42.g3 Qxc5 43.Rf4 Rh5+ 44.Kg2 Rxe5 45.Qf3 Qc2+ 46.Kf1 Qc1+ 47.Kg2 Qd2+ 48.Kh3 Rh5+ 49.Rh4 Rxb5 50.Rh7+ Kxh7 51.Qxf7+ Kh6 52.Qf8+ Kg5 53.Qe7+ Kf5 54.g4+ Ke5 55.Qg7+ Kd6 56.Qf8+ Kc7 57.Qf7+ Qd7 58.Qf4+ Qd6 0-1>

Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: Have you submitted all those games? I submitted some games from the recent Music City Open in Nashville, including four of mine. Susan told me they will be posted soon.
Mar-10-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: Apropos of our conversation on engines, consider this position from a blitz game I just played on chess.com. I am white.


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As you can see, I made a committal bishop x knight exchange. Positionally, what I hope for is to reach an endgame where I have a good knight vs the black LSB, preventing my opponent from moving or trading his d5 pawn. In other words, I want to keep the d4 and d5 pawns where they are.

So, I played 14.Bh2. The computer gives my move a ?! mark, and says I should play 14.dxc5.

That goes against my instinct. 14. dxc5 potentially liberates the black LSB (and likely makes it dangerous in future), going against the only viable strategic plan I see.

The computer's response: "Don't worry, human. I have calculated everything, and it is roughly even."

I don't dispute that, but that is only true if I, a) Play (calculate) like the computer, and b) Find some other long term strategic plan.

The final position was:


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1-0

You can see my strategy worked. Running the game by the computer helps me see that I may need to be more open-minded. I was fully committed to a single idea, and it worked. But it didn't have to. My opponent never tried to push all his queenside pawns, as he should have.

In the end, I think the computer analysis helps, if we use it wisely. But when observers note, with a great degree of smugness, that a grandmaster made a mistake here or there, without further thinking, just because the engine says so, they are often being unfair to the GM.

Mar-11-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Fusilli>, I have indeed; I picked up the habit of holding onto them here from <FSR>, as now and again one will slip through; so many are added, day after day.

Regarding the game position, I must admit the exchange 14.dxc5 is not the first idea which would occurred to me, in that (as you note) it opens the position when one's opponent has the bishop pair, and things could become unpleasant after having exchanged the light-squared bishop. The idea is presumably to play against the hanging pawns, the one weakness in Black's game.

<.... I think the computer analysis helps, if we use it wisely. But when observers note, with a great degree of smugness, that a grandmaster made a mistake here or there, without further thinking, just because the engine says so, they are often being unfair to the GM.>

If one troubles to explore why <fishie> evaluates a position as it does in some cases, there can be much to be harvested from computer analyses; the bald '0.00' in a position which a human player would assess as being dynamically equal or unclear helps little, if at all towards this end.

There is one poster who delights in citing a string of analysis and playing 'gotcha!' and it can be nettlesome, to put it mildly; these players whom he so blithely criticises have sat at the board and worked at that game for hours, so some errors are understandable from even strong players.

Like yourself, I am interested in learning from these mistakes and not in finger-pointing. It should be noted that the strongest players are nothing if not self-critical, an admirable trait.

As I have noted elsewhere, one positive trait generally of computers is they have put the school of what Nunn termed 'annotation by result' to bed for good and all, in which commenting on a game became an exercise in 'proving' how the winner got it all right and how, conversely, the losing player, did everything wrong.

Mar-11-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Queen City Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "La Rocca, Mark John"]
[Black "Schmitt, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2150"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.a4 b4 6.c4 c5 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 d6 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.e3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nfd7 14.Nxe5 Bxg2 15.Nxd7 Bxf1 16.Qg4 e5 17.Nxf8 Bxd3 18.Ne6 fxe6 19.Qxe6+ Kh8 20.Qd5 1-0>

Mar-11-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Queen City Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sciacca, Patrick"]
[Black "Curdo, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2360"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Nd5 f5 6.Bb5 fxe4 7.Nf4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Nge7 10.Nh5 O-O 11.Ne2 Rf5 12.Nhf4 Rxe5 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Bg4 15.h3 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Na5 17.Bf7 c5 18.Ng3 Nec6 19.Qf4 Qe7 0-1>

Mar-11-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Queen City Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cappallo, Roger J"]
[Black "Virdone, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2000"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 Qe7 9.Bd3 a6 10.Qg4 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qh4 Nbd7 13.O-O-O Nf8 14.Nf4 Qf7 15.Rde1 c6 16.Na4 Bd7 17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Qg3 Ke7 19.Nfxd5+ Nxd5 20.Nxd5+ cxd5 21.Qb8 Bc6 22.Qxa7 Nd7 23.b4 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 b6 25.Rxh7 Qxd4 26.Rxh8 Qxb4+ 27.Kc1 Qxe1+ 28.Kb2 1/2-1/2>

Mar-11-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <[Event "19th Queen City Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Curdo, John"]
[Black "La Rocca, Mark John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2300"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Nd2 Be6 9.Qe2 Bc5 10.Nc4 Bxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Bg5 Qe7 13.Kh1 h6 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.e5 Qg5 17.Qe4 Rae8 1/2-1/2>

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