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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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   Apr-13-26 Chessgames - Politics

perfidious: <FSR....I'm sure <areknames> and <thehugearsehole> are appalled by Trump's criticism of the Pope.> Which <hugearsehole>? <thegreatwanker> or <micro cazzo>?

   Apr-13-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls

perfidious: Dee Valladares.

   Apr-13-26 Topalov vs Y K Erdogmus, 2026

perfidious: The contestants <almost> managed to put some life into this deadly dull variation.

   Apr-12-26 perfidious chessforum

perfidious: Giving it up to the Hungarian called Magyar: <In one of Europe’s most consequential elections of the year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded to the party led by Péter Magyar, ending his run as Hungary’s leader after more than 16 years. With 60 percent ...

   Apr-12-26 World Championship Candidates (2026)

perfidious: Nakamura could wait till November and play the state championship here. (laughs) If I were to play White, I might even forego 1.c4 in favour of 1.d4.

   Apr-12-26 Wei Yi vs Giri, 2026

perfidious: <fishie the silicon monstah> gives 32....Qe3 33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Qd1 Re8 35.h3 f3 36.gxf3 Qe1+ 37.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38.Kg2 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Rxb2 as winning but what human could suss this out when short of time?

   Apr-12-26 Javokhir Sindarov

perfidious: Why not? Sounds fine to me.

   Apr-12-26 Bluebaum vs Caruana, 2026

perfidious: After 16.0-0, White may be a shade better, but Caruana's position is resilient and there is much play to come.

   Apr-12-26 Sindarov vs Nakamura, 2026

perfidious: <JPi: A terrible position for Anish Giri who has to win the last 3 games to finish first among the candidates.> The time to bother over that possibility was long before now, regardless of the outcome of this game.

   Apr-12-26 USA Junior Invitational Championship (1987)

perfidious: It seemed curious at first glance that Ilya Gurevich did not turn up for this event, the more so as he had played in World Championship U16 (1987) during May and the World Open soon after this. Maybe he simply needed a break.

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Mar-06-25		perfidious: Time for another set of 'mythical game compositions' along with a spot of 'database dumping': <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Roush, John Everett"] [Black "Potts, Kenneth C"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nf4 e5 10.Nfd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.h3 Qd7 14.g4 Be6 15.Rb1 Rf7 16.Be3 Raf8 17.Qd2 Kh8 18.f4 Nd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxf7 Rxf7 22.Rf1 b5 23.b3 bxc4 24.bxc4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Kg7 26.Qg5 Qf7+ 27.Ke2 Bg3 28.Bf3 h6 29.Qd2 Bxd5 30.Bxd5 Qf2+ 31.Kd1 Qf1+ 32.Kc2 Bf4 33.Bg2 Bxd2 1/2-1/2>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Roush, John Everett"] [Black "Pozarek, Steven J"] [ECO "E95"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Nd2 Bd7 16.Rec1 h5 17.Bd3 Bh6 18.Qd1 h4 19.Ne2 Nh5 20.Rc2 f5 21.Kh1 f4 22.Ng1 Nf6 23.Be2 g5 24.h3 Qb6 25.f3 Rf7 26.Rac1 Bf8 27.Nf1 Be7 28.Nh2 Nh5 29.Ng4 Ng3+ 30.Kh2 Kg7 31.b4 Qa7 32.Rc7 Rb7 33.R7c2 Bd8 34.Bd3 Bb6 35.Ne2 Rc7 36.Nxg3 hxg3+ 37.Kh1 Rf8 38.a3 Rfc8 39.Rb1 Rxc2 40.Bxc2 Qc7 41.Bb3 Qc3 42.Qf1 Qd2 0-1>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Rohde, Michael"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rae1 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nd7 14.Re3 g6 15.Rfe1 Kg7 16.Qd1 1/2-1/2>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Shaine, Joseph P"] [Black "Kowalske, Kyle E"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nb3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf6 8.Bd3 d5 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 b6 12.c4 Qd6 13.h3 Bb7 14.Bb2 e5 15.Bf1 Qc7 16.Qf3 Nh5 17.Rad1 Rfe8 18.a3 Nf4 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qe3 e4 21.c5 Ne5 22.Be2 Nf4 23.cxb6 axb6 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Kh1 Nd5 26.Qd4 Rc8 27.c4 Nf4 28.Qe3 Nfd3 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Rxd3 Qf5 31.Rd4 Qf6 32.Nd2 Rc5 33.Nxe4 Qh4 34.Nf6+ Qxf6 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Qxe7 Qxf2 37.Qf8+ Kf6 38.Rd6+ Kg5 39.Qe7+ Kh5 40.Qe2+ 1-0>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Shapiro, Daniel E"] [Black "Southam, David"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bf4 Be6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Na4 Be7 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bf6 15.Qb4 Ne5 16.Rfd1 d4 17.Qxb7 Qa5 18.b3 d3 19.Bd2 Qd8 20.exd3 Nxd3 21.Qxa8 Qxa8 22.Bxa8 Bxa1 23.Be4 Rd8 24.Ba5 Rd4 25.Rxd3 1-0>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "49th New Hampshire Open"] [Site "Manchester, NH"] [Date "1999.08.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Marcus, Joshua S"] [Black "Anderson, James D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "1839"] [BlackElo "2106"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.h3 Nd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.Bg5 c6 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 Qe7 13.Kh1 g5 14.Bg3 Kg7 15.Qe2 h5 16.Nd1 h4 17.Bh2 Rh8 18.c3 Bb6 19.Ne3 Qd7 20.Rad1 1/2-1/2> Dang it, where are them there source tags? I'm here to tell you, they done disappeared.

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "49th New Hampshire Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"] [Date "1999.08.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Mishkin, Paul"] [Black "Cotreau, Kevin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1901"] [BlackElo "2233"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 b6 6.Qd2 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.O-O-O Qg5 9.f4 Qa5 10.Kb1 Bb4 11.Nge2 b5 12.Qd3 Rb8 13.e5 O-O 14.Rhf1 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.Nxc3 c6 17.f5 exf5 18.Rxf5 Nc7 19.g4 b4 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Rf3 Rbe8 22.Nc5 Re7 23.Rdf1 f6 24.Nd3 Rfe8 25.Kc1 a5 26.R1f2 fxe5 27.Nxe5 c5 28.Ng6 Re1+ 29.Kd2 cxd4 30.Rf8+ Kh7 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Nf8+ Kg8 33.Nxd7 Ne3 1/2-1/2>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "49th New Hampshire Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"] [Date "1999.08.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Cotreau, Kevin"] [Black "Lerner, David B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2233"] [BlackElo "2042"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qa4 c6 10.Bd2 b5 11.Nxb5 1/2-1/2>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "49th New Hampshire Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"] [Date "1999.08.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Gouveia, Russell"] [Black "Bennett, Allan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2031"] [BlackElo "2298"] 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 Nc6 5.c3 Bf5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Be2 e6 8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.Bh4 h6 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Rab8 14.Nh2 Na5 15.g4 Bh7 16.Ndf3 Ne4 17.Qc1 f6 18.Nd2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Qxh2 20.Nf3 Qd6 21.Qd2 Rbe8 22.Rad1 Nc6 23.Kg1 Qg3 24.Nh2 Be4 25.Bd3 Qxd3 26.Qxd3 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Kf7 28.Nf3 Na5 29.b3 Rc8 30.Kh2 b6 31.Rf1 g5 32.Ng1 Nb7 33.Rdf3 Ke7 34.Ne2 Nd6 35.Ng3 Nb5 36.Ne2 Rf7 37.Rh3 Rh7 38.Rhf3 Rf8 39.c4 h5 40.gxh5 Rxh5+ 41.Kg1 dxc4 42.bxc4 Nd6 43.c5 bxc5 44.dxc5 Ne4 45.Ng3 Nxg3 46.Rxg3 Rc8 47.Ra3 Rc7 48.Ra6 Rh4 49.Rf3 Rc4 50.Re3 R4xc5 1/2-1/2>

Mar-06-25		perfidious: <[Event "First Boston Futurity"] [Site "Boston Mass"] [Date "1981.04.??"] [EventDate "1981"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Johnson, Joel"] [Black "Dracup, James"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d3 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Kh1 Nf6 10.Qe1 0-0 11.Qg3 Ne8 12.f5 exf5 13.Nd5 fxe4 14.dxe4 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qd7 16.Nh4 Bxh4 17.Qxh4 Nc7 18.c4 Rae8 19.Bd2 Re2 20.Bc3 f6 21.Rf3 b5 22.Rh3 Qf5 23.Kg1 Re4 24.Qg3 Qf4 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.Ba5 Rf7 27.Ra3 Rxc4 28.Bxc7 Rxc7 29.Rxa6 Re7 30.Kf2 Rf4+ 31.Kg3 g5 32.h3 Re3+ 33.Kh2 Rf2 34.Rxd6 Ree2 35.Rg1 Rxb2 36.Rc6 c4 37.d6 Rbd2 38.Kg3 f5 39.a3 Kf7 40.Rc7+ Ke6 41.d7 f4+ 42.Kg4 Rxg2+ 43.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 44.Kh5 Ke7 45.a4 bxa4 46.Rxc4 Kxd7 47.Rxa4 f3 48.Ra3 f2 49.Rf3 Ke6 50.Rf8 Ke5 0-1> Thus concludes another round of 'database dumping'.

Mar-06-25		stone free or die: <<perf> No; I have not written such a book and have no idea what you mean.> In reference to this post (before the db dump deluge!): perfidious chessforum (kibitz #8652) I think <parisattack> might be referring to this book: https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Out... (Different Shaw, of course)

Mar-06-25		perfidious: He is a Scottish GM; definitely a cut above me as a player.

Mar-06-25		stone free or die: A late boomer-bloomer... <Shaw is an uncommon example of great progress in an adult chess player. In 1988, at age 19, his rating was 1745, which is the strength of an above average club player. He received the title of FIDE Master (FM) in 1994, International Master (IM) in 1999, and Grandmaster (GM) in 2006.[2] To qualify for the GM title, he gained three norms at Gibraltar 2003, Calvia Olympiad 2004 and 4NCL Season 2005/6.[3] ... A writer of chess books, Shaw is also the Chief Editor of the publishing house Quality Chess.> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_... .

Mar-06-25		perfidious: Given those results, Shaw would have thus made GM under the old rules, which required a player to make the norms within a running three-year period; Soltis recounts his own achievement in so doing in <Confessions of a Chess Grandmaster>.

Mar-07-25		perfidious: Dump! Dump! Dump! (that database): <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "de Firmian, Nick"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.Re1 d6 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nc3 a6 14.a3 Rf8 15.b4 a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Nb5 e5 18.dxe5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 dxe5 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 Qa8 22.Qh3 Qc6 23.Rcd1 e4 24.Bf1 Bc5 25.Nd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Nc5 27.Red1 Qe6 28.Qg3 Qf5 29.Rd6 g5 30.Qc3 Ne6 31.Bg3 Rfa8 32.Ra1 Nh5 33.Rxb6 Nxg3 34.hxg3 Qc5 35.Rab1 Qd4 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Qxd4+ Nxd4 38.Rxa8 Rxa8 39.c5 Rxa3 40.Rb4 Ne6 41.Rxe4 Nxc5 42.Rc4 Ra5 43.g4 Kf6 44.g3 Ke5 45.Kg2 Kd5 46.Rb4 f6 47.Be2 Nd7 48.Rb5+ Rxb5 49.Bxb5 Ne5 50.f3 Kc5 51.Ba6 Kd4 52.Kf2 Nd3+ 53.Bxd3 Kxd3 54.f4 Kd2 55.f5 Kd3 56.Kf3 Kd4 57.Kf2 Kd3 58.Kf3 Kd4 1/2-1/2>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Southam, David"] [Black "Kowalske, Kyle E"] [ECO "B37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nc2 Nd7 10.Be3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.f3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Ne5 15.Bd4 Be6 16.c5 Rfd8 17.cxd6 Rxd6 18.f4 Neg4 19.Bf3 Rd7 20.h3 h5 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.f5 Bc4 23.Be2 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 gxf5 25.Bxf6 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 exf6 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Ne3 Qc5 29.Qxg4+ Kf8 30.Qb4 1-0>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sprayberry, Darin"] [Black "Belcher, Edward A"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Bc5 6.c3 d6 7.d4 Bb6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bb3 Ne7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nxe5 Be6 13.Nc4 Bc5 14.Bf4 c6 15.Ncd2 Ng6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Bxb3 18.axb3 Ne5 19.Kf1 Nh5 20.g3 Nf6 21.f4 Nd3 22.Ke2 Nc1+ 23.Kf3 Nd3 24.Ra2 Nc1 25.Ra4 c5 26.b4 b5 27.Ra5 cxb4 28.Rxb5 bxc3 29.Rxc3 Nd3 30.Ke2 a6 31.Rbb3 Nxb2 32.Rxb2 Rd4 33.Ke3 Rad8 34.Na3 Rxd2 35.Rxd2 Rxd2 36.Rc8+ 1-0>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Stein, Bernd"] [Black "Belcher, Edward A"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O d6 7.a3 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6 9.Qb3 Qd7 10.Nxc3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Bb2 Nf6 13.Rad1 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 O-O 15.e5 Ne8 16.Rfe1 Qg4 17.Rd3 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Nf6 19.Rg3 Qd1+ 20.Re1 Qd8 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Qg3+ Kh8 23.Qg5 Rg8 24.Qxf6+ Qxf6 25.Bxf6+ 1-0>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: White plays a line with a drawish reputation, then unbalances the position--to his detriment: <[Event "16th World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1988.07.??"] [EventDate "1988"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Stein, Bernd"] [Black "van Riemsdijk, Herman"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Bg5 Bxe4 14.Bxe4 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Bg3 Qd5 18.f4 Ne4 19.Qh5 Kg7 20.Rad1 c5 21.f5 Rfe8 22.Qf3 Nf6 23.b4 Rac8 24.Rd2 Qxf3 25.gxf3 Nd5 26.bxc5 Ne3 27.Re1 Rxc5 28.Rxd4 Nxf5 29.Rxe8 Nxd4 30.Re7 Rxc2 31.Bf2 Nxf3+ 32.Kg2 Nxh2 33.Kg3 h5 34.Bxa7 h4+ 35.Kh3 Kg6 36.Bb8 Kh5 37.Re5 Nf3 0-1>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: White, a specialist in the King's Gambit, tries something else against Curdo, who was playing the black side of open games before many of us were born, and comes to grief: <[Event "49th New Hampshire Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"] [Date "1999.08.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Sharp, Dale Eugene"] [Black "Curdo, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2367"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.c3 O-O 13.Be3 f6 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 fxe5 16.fxe5 Qe7 17.Bf4 Bb6 18.Rae1 c5 19.Nb3 c4+ 20.Nd4 Bf5 21.Kh1 Be4 22.Nf3 Bd3 23.Bg5 Qe6 24.Rf2 Bxf2 25.Qxf2 Be4 26.Qg3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rae8 28.f4 c5 29.Rg1 d4 30.Qg2 Rf7 31.Bf6 g6 32.Rf1 Rd7 33.cxd4 cxd4 34.f5 Qd5 35.e6 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rd5 37.Bg7 Kxg7 38.f6+ Kf8 0-1>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: <[Event "49th New Hampshire Open"] [Site "Manchester NH"] [Date "1999.08.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Terrie, Henry L"] [Black "Stolerman, Jack"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E95"] [WhiteElo "2285"] [BlackElo "1887"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Bf1 a5 11.f3 Be6 12.Be3 Nfd7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Nxe6 Nxe6 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.Nd5 Nf6 18.c5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Qf6 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Rxd6 Qxb2 22.Qxb2 Bxb2 23.Rb6 Bc3 24.Rd1 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Nxd8 26.Bc4 Re7 27.Bd5 Rc7 28.Kf1 Be5 29.f4 Bc3 30.e5 Nc6 31.Ke2 Nb4 32.Bb3 Kg7 33.a4 Nc6 34.Kd3 Bb4 35.Ke4 Ne7 36.Bd4 Nf5 37.Bb2 Bc5 38.e6+ f6 39.Rb5 Nd6+ 40.Kd5 Nxb5 41.axb5 b6 42.g4 Bb4 43.g5 Be7 44.Bd4 Rc5+ 45.Ke4 Rf5 46.gxf6+ Rxf6 47.Bxb6 a4 48.Bc4 Rf8 49.Bd4+ Bf6 50.Bc5 Rd8 51.Bd5 Rb8 52.Bc6 Bb2 53.e7 Kf7 54.Kd5 a3 55.Kd6 a2 56.Bd5+ Ke8 57.Bxa2 Rxb5 58.Bd5 Rxc5 59.Kxc5 Kxe7 60.Bg8 h6 61.Kd5 1/2-1/2>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: <[Event "59th New England Open"] [Site "Boxborough Mass"] [Date "1999.09.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Browning, Douglas W"] [Black "Paschall, William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2158"] [BlackElo "2373"] 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 a5 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qc1 Bf8 12.Nb5 Bg4 13.Bc5 Nd7 14.Bxf8 Nxf8 15.Qc3 Qe7 16.e3 Rad8 17.d4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 exd4 19.exd4 Qd7 20.Rfd1 Ng6 21.Rac1 Nb4 22.Bxb7 Na2 23.Qxc7 Nxc1 24.Qxd7 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Rxd7 26.Bc6 Red8 27.Bxd7 Nxg3+ 28.fxg3 Rxd7 29.Ke2 Ne7 30.Kd3 f5 31.Kc4 Nd5 32.Kc5 Rd8 33.Nd6 Nf6 34.Kc6 Rb8 35.Rd2 Rb4 36.Nxf5 Rxa4 37.d5 Ra1 38.d6 Rc1+ 39.Kb5 Kf7 40.d7 Nxd7 41.Rxd7+ Ke6 42.Rxg7 Kxf5 43.Rxh7 Rb1 44.Kxa5 Rxb2 45.Rh5+ Kg4 46.Rh4+ Kf3 47.g4 Kf4 48.h3 Rb8 49.Rh5 Rb1 50.g5 Kf5 51.h4 Kg4 52.Rh6 Kf5 53.g6 Kf6 54.h5 Kg7 55.Rh7+ Kg8 56.Rd7 Rh1 57.Rd5 Kg7 58.Kb6 Rh2 59.Kc6 Rh1 60.Kd6 Re1 61.Rf5 Rh1 62.Rf7+ Kg8 63.Rh7 Ra1 64.Ke5 Rf1 65.Rb7 Kh8 66.h6 Re1+ 67.Kf6 Re8 68.Rf7 Ra8 69.g7+ Kh7 70.Rf8 Ra6+ 71.Ke5 1-0>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: <[Event "59th New England Open"] [Site "Boxborough Mass"] [Date "1999.09.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Chase, Christopher"] [Black "Sharp, Dale Eugene"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2200"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d3 f6 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nbd2 c5 9.Qe2 Ne7 10.Nc4 Qc6 11.Nfd2 b6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ng6 14.e5 O-O-O 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bg3 Bg7 17.Rae1 Rhe8 18.Qh5 Bg8 19.Ne3 Kb7 20.Nf5 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Rd5 22.Qf3 Bf8 23.Ne4 Ne5 24.Qf1 c4 25.d4 Nd7 26.c3 Rb5 27.Re2 Bd5 28.Qf4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxb2 30.Ne3 Bd6 31.Qf3 Rxa2 32.Bxd6 cxd6 33.Qf5 Ra5 34.Qxh7 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 d5 37.Re7 Qd6+ 38.Kf3 Kc6 39.Nf5 Qc7 40.Qf7 Rf2+ 41.Kxf2 Qf4+ 42.Ke2 Qg4+ 43.Kd2 Qf4+ 44.Ne3 Qf2+ 45.Kd1 Qg1+ 46.Ke2 1-0>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: White miscalculates and finds himself down a pawn for no real compensation, but his opponent makes heavy weather of the ending: <[Event "First Boston Futurity"] [Site "Boston Mass"] [Date "1981.04.??"] [EventDate "1981"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Stopa, John"] [Black "Dymond, David"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.Rhe1 Re8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qc4 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd5 Qe6 15.Ng5 Qg6 16.h4 Nb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Re3 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.b4 h6 21.b5 Rd4 22.Qxf7+ Qxf7 23.Nxf7 Bxb5 24.Nxe5 Rxh4 25.Rb3 Bf1 26.Rc3 Bxg2 27.Rxc7 Rf4 28.Ng6 Rxf2 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Nf8+ Rxf8 31.Rxf8 Kg6 32.Kd2 Kg5 33.Ke3 b5 34.a3 Kg4 35.Rf4+ Kh5 36.Rf5+ Kg4 37.Rxb5 g5 38.Kf2 Kh3 39.Rb6 Bc6 40.Rxc6 bxc6 41.Kg1 1-0>

Mar-07-25		perfidious: A break from 'mythical game compositions': <For many years, conservative consultant/strategist Stuart Stevens was a prominent figure in the GOP. Stevens worked closely with a who's-who of pre-MAGA Republicans, from former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to the late Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona). But in 2024, Stevens aggressively supported Democratic then-Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. And like many other Never Trumpers, Stevens (who expressed his disdain for Trumpism and the MAGA movement by leaving the GOP in 2020) was bitterly disappointed when she lost to now-President Donald Trump. In a scathing article published by The New Republic on March 7, Stuart is vehemently not only of Trump [sic], but of 2025 Republicans in general. Today's "morally grotesque" GOP, Stuart laments, is betraying the values of the "Greatest Generation" and should be called the "Worst Generation" instead. The term "Greatest Generation," used to describe the World War 2 Generation, was coined by NBC News journalist Tom Brokaw —and it caught on among both liberals and conservatives. "This is on you, my Republican friends," Stuart argues. "For years, I listened to your passionate commitments to freedom and democracy. I made hundreds of commercials laced with the iconography of the robust patriotism of America as the last, best hope. I watched you tear up to Ronald Reagan demanding, 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall'…. You inherited the legacy of the Greatest Generation only to ally with a mass-murdering tyrant invading a European democracy." The former GOP consultant/strategist, now in his early seventies, continues, "That was not inevitable. It was unthinkable." The person Stuart describes as a "mass-murdering tyrant" is Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump and Vice President JD Vance angrily berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a February 28 meeting in the White House Oval Office, but they avoid criticizing Putin. "What will happen to this Worst Generation of Republican elected officials?" Stevens writes. "I'd like to think they will be around to see the evil of their weakness destroy their careers, just as the German industrialists who grew fat on Hitler's war machine saw their empires in ruins. Alas, most will probably stumble along and, when Trump is gone, plead for heroic status for their behind-the-scenes efforts to blunt the worst of Trump’s madness. 'If it wasn’t for me, the battle for Greenland would have been far more bloody.' But I doubt they can escape history's judgment of their weakness."> https://www.alternet.org/stuart-ste...

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