| May-09-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
plang: <On Thursday, the Basketball Hall of Famer fulfilled a promise he made about Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Pierce promised to walk from his home to work at the Fox Sports 1 studios in a bathrobe if the Boston Celtics lost ...
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| May-09-25 |
M Cardili vs A Papa, 2005
HeMateMe: This will be the first Pope who knows south side blues and Chicago deep dish pizza. I'll bet he was a John Belushi fan, back in the day.
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| May-09-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
areknames: <perfidious: Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad of ABBA.> Nice. A better singer than Agnetha, I used to own her solo album <Something's Going On> which was produced by Phil Collins who also played on the album. The lead single and ...
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| May-09-25 |
Biographer Bistro
NewspaperChessArchiv: <jnpope> I deleted my comment earlier because it really contributed nothing at all of significance. However, I read your comment. I still believe a tool for disambiguation would help resolve a lot of difficulty... ...
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| May-09-25 |
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914
machak: < Stolzenberg: Nimzowitsch resigned because he probably saw 42. ... Qxc2 coming. For example 43. Qg5 Qxd1 > instead of Qxd1 you have 43. .. Qxg2#
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| May-09-25 |
Ljubojevic vs Korchnoi, 1979
ewan14: The KIA does not always succeed !
Great play by Korchnoi ?
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| May-09-25 |
Hort vs V Ciocaltea, 1967
Honza Cervenka: 28.Bxe5 was probably the best chance of white.
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| May-09-25 |
E Perry vs S Mlotkowski, 1918
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, February 23, 1919 In the latter part of 1918 Stasch Mlotkowski, a strong Philadelphia player, now residing at Los Angeles, ...
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| May-09-25 |
Firouzja vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2025
Saniyat24: Agadmator's video on this game- https://youtu.be/v9P7NFZJEeg?si=BkU...
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| May-09-25 |
J Mitchell vs S Easton, 1903
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, January 04, 1903, p. 43 Cornell Now Owns Rice Chess Trophy.
Small Margin Decides Triangular College Chess League Tournament.
QUAKERS MAKE A GOOD ...
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| May-09-25 |
J Smyth vs L Hicks, 1903
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission came from the Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, January 04, 1903, p. 43 Cornell Now Owns Rice Chess Trophy.
Small Margin Decides Triangular College Chess League Tournament.
QUAKERS MAKE A GOOD
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| May-09-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
Schwartz: Mozart: Symphony No. 41 Jupiter | Hartmut Haenchen & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra
https://youtu.be/0vfU4cmdx-s
Janáček - Příhody lišky bystroušky/The Cunning Little Vixen/La zorrita astuta Mackerras 1995
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| May-09-25 |
Christian Stevens (FRA)
BIDMONFA: Christian Stevens (FRA) STEVENS, Christian
http://www.bidmonfa.com/stevens_chr...
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| May-09-25 |
Julien Hirth
BIDMONFA: Julien Hirth HIRTH, Julien
http://www.bidmonfa.com/hirth_julie...
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| May-09-25 |
Vladimir Kramnik
Olavi: <stone free or die:> That signature is certainly news to me. Nice touch. I can't say anymore if I perhaps saw it comfirmed somewhere that it's Kosashvili; I remember it seemed to be the consensus. But it's so long ago.
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| May-09-25 |
Serper vs W Paschall, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 27. ?
Better is 28.♕h7+
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| May-09-25 |
Gulko vs J V Gunnarsson, 2000
WTHarvey: Alternate ending - White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 39.♕xd7 if ♖g8 40.♕xd6
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| May-09-25 |
Epishin vs G Borgo, 1999
WTHarvey: White mates in 5.
[DIAGRAM] 40. ?
41.g6 if e6 42.♕xd7
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| May-09-25 |
B Men vs D Berkovich, 1994
mel gibson: I saw that today.
The Black King is too exposed on a clear board.
Stockfish 17 says:
30. Bf4+
(30. Bf4+ (1.Bf4+ Nxf4 2.Qe5+ Kc8 3.Qxg7 Qe4 4.Nb3 Qxc4 5.Na5 Qe4 6.h3 Rd6 7.Kh1
Nxh3 8.Qf8+ Kc7 9.Rc1 Rd5 10.Rxc5+ Rxc5 11.Qxc5+ Kd7 ...
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| May-09-25 |
S Brittner vs H Banikas, 2007
MarcusBierce: <ounus> you are correct, White is better after 25.Bb5+ <Dutch bass dirt> in the middle of your line < 22...Nxd3.23. Nxd3 Bxd3> Stockfish recommends 24.Rc1. Nonetheless, Black is on top and likely winning after the ...
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| May-09-25 |
D Gukesh vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025
Open Defence: It would be interesting to hear Gukesh's thoughts about 26.g5 vs 26.Ne5
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| May-09-25 |
Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2025)
Open Defence: The commentary with Seirawan, Svidler and a woman GM /IM (sorry I didn't find out who she is) is very instructive
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| May-09-25 |
Chessgames - Music
Open Defence: <CIO> <Check out this meeting of the jazz greats, where family friend Larry Coryell takes the 2nd solo and blows the roof off.> thanks for that!
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| May-09-25 |
D Gavrilescu vs Duda, 2025
JohnDMaster: This is the same ending from Alburt vs Kasparov on the black side of a kings indian
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| May-09-25 |
D Gavrilescu vs Topalov, 2025
pdxjjb3: I see. Thank you both!
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| May-09-25 |
Edward T Babinski
NewspaperChessArchiv: Birthdate: 1956
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| May-09-25 |
Caruana vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025
fredthebear: Were you talking about the Tabby, Siamese, or Persian? https://pixabay.com/images/search/h...
The white cat and the black cat fought to a rule book draw. Black did have a small edge in the middlegame after 19...axb5
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| May-09-25 |
B Men vs H Jonik, 1991
fredthebear: C00 is a strange variation, calling this a "normal" French Defense when 2...d5 would be the real-life normal. Looks like half-a-hippopotamus on Black's kingside. We are given a demonstration on the weakness of isolated pawns.
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| May-09-25 |
Burgess vs Torre, 1925
Halldor: Saw this rather quickly. I was actually too hasty in sacrificing the Queen, because I had overlooked White's last queen move. (After 26 P-B3 and QxP. I thought mate was the next move...) Total blindness! — When I played through the game
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| May-08-25 |
D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993
FairyPromotion: Habemus Papam
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| May-08-25 |
Vachier-Lagrave vs So, 2025
perfidious: <CIO>, in principle the move played looks silly, but the snag here is that the pawn on g5 is fatally weak--an instance of which having pawns on the same colour squares as the bishop, with them being defensible by it, is often ...
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| May-08-25 |
B Deac vs Aronian, 2025
DaltriDiluvi: A very nice positional game from Deac.
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| May-08-25 |
Marija Kuznecova
Volcanus: * https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1221...
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| May-08-25 |
Edward Hymes
rhmberger: Edward Hymes , '9l Col., '95 Law, who earned fame as the youngest of the international chess players in the recent tournament, is in charge of the medico-scientific branch of the defense in the trial of Maria Barberi ( ...
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| May-08-25 |
V Malakhov vs Predojevic, 2006
morphynoman2: Chess Informant 97/218
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| May-08-25 |
T Sakelsek vs P Corbin, 2004
Stonehenge: I remember submitting this pun:
M L Nicholson vs E Saglione, 2008 .
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| May-08-25 |
Short vs P Corbin, 2006
areknames: Thanks for making me aware of FM Corbin. I've had a thing for Barbados for decades, not sure why.
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| May-08-25 |
Chandler vs Van der Wiel, 1992
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces ending appeared in two honorable GM's game. White missed win. <54.Ka3 Nc1 55.b4!! (only move to win) Ne2 56.b5??> Why?? White needed to stop opponent's passed pawn first, then push itself. Wins only ...
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| May-08-25 |
Gligoric vs P Popovic, 1998
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Nice K+R vs. k+3p 6-pieces ending! It won for ... black <69....a3??> out of game! Win is 69....Kb5 70.Rb8+ Kc4 71.Rc8+ Kb3 72.Re8 d5 73.Kf6 a3 74.Re1 a2 75.Ke5 Kc3 76.Kxd5 b3 (obviously only move to win) 77.Re3+ Kb4 ...
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| May-08-25 |
A J van Dop vs H Bohm, 1972
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for black.
<52.Kf3 Kd6 53.Ke2 c5??> Too early to move the pawn. Right is 53....Rd4 54.Rh6+ Kd5 55.Rh5+ Kc4 56.Ke3 c5 57.Ke2 Kb4 58.Ke3 Rc4 59.Ke2 Rf4 60.Ke3 Rd4 61.Re5 Kc4 62.Kf3 Rd5 ...
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| May-08-25 |
P Mross vs Bogoljubov, 1940
Stolzenberg: <38. Rxa3+>: White mates quickly. a) 38. ... Kb4 39. c3#
b) 38. ... Qa4 39. Qc7+ Kb4 40. c3#
c) 38. ... Kb6 39. Rb3+ ...
c1) 39. ... Ka5 40. Bd2+ Ka4 41. Ra3#
c2) 39. ... Qb5 40. Qxb7+ Ka5 41. Bd2+ Ka4 42. Ra3# c3) 39. ... ...
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| May-08-25 |
Hort vs Sax, 1979
marcusantoinerome: Bronstein is certainly famous for it. But I like the story about Bednarksi. Makes sense.
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| May-08-25 |
Alex Yermolinsky
MissScarlett: <Legendary American Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky, "Yermo", remains hospitalized in Tekirdag, Turkey after undergoing a four-way heart bypass. A second emergency surgery was performed five days later for sternal wound infection and
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| May-08-25 |
Randy Miller
Sally Simpson: I'm wondering if this is the same Randy Miller who wrote a chess program for the Atari. https://altairclone.com/downloads/b... Seeing that listing brought back memories of the 70's and 80's when you entered the list of a program ...
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| May-08-25 |
W N Watson vs J Hurley, 1997
GrahamClayton: Hurley wastes 2 tempo with 12...Kf8 & 14...Kg7, allowing Watson to quickly build up a decisive king-side attack.
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| May-08-25 |
Bob Mitchell vs C Robinson, 1989
GrahamClayton: Mitchell's knights have a field day exploiting the dark-squared weaknesses in Robinson's position.
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| May-08-25 |
J Dubin vs T Magness, 2009
GrahamClayton: Magness mentioned in the "Illinois Chess Bulletin" that this was one of his Top 5 most brutal defeats in tournament play up till then.
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| May-08-25 |
Tkachiev vs H Bajramovic, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 26. ?
27...♔d8 28.♕d6+
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| May-08-25 |
I Sokolov vs N A Hussein, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 39. ?
if 39...♘ce8 40.♖xe8+
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| May-08-25 |
I Rausis vs S Kidambi, 2000
WTHarvey: White mates in 4.
[DIAGRAM] 48. ?
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| May-08-25 |
So vs B Deac, 2025
Atterdag: I stand corrected - thanks gentlemen.
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| May-08-25 |
Stephen Easton
NewspaperChessArchiv: Stephen Howard Easton
September 05, 1880 - March 26, 1952
https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/... He attended Brown University and played in the College Triangular Chess League Tournament in 1903, and in later feats, "Held ...
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| May-08-25 |
Aronian vs Abdusattorov, 2025
beatgiant: <cehertan> I can't quickly find the event rules, but I think a draw offer is not allowed before move 30.
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| May-08-25 |
Walter Hill
jnpope: "W. E. Hill, formerly of St. Paul. Mr. Hill is a native of England but has been identified with Minnesota chess for many years."
-<Minneapolis Journal>, 1913.07.12, p3
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| May-08-25 |
W Bland vs E Elliott, 1913
jnpope: Mistakenly given as a tourney game from Minneapolis City Championship (1913/14) , this error is corrected in the <Minneapolis Journal>, 1913.11.19, p18.
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| May-08-25 |
F Rhine vs R Oomen, 2024
FSR: It turns out that the Smith-Morra Gambit is not, contrary to Bent Larsen's suggestion in the San Antonio 1972 tournament book, that bad. White gets enough play for approximate equality. I have completed a double-round ICCF Smith-Morra Gambit ...
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| May-08-25 |
C Clark vs H Daly, 1910
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from Altoona Times, Chess, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Saturday, April 09, 1910 "The winner of the two games we publish today is one of the strongest correspondence players in the New England states. ...
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| May-08-25 |
C Rand vs Samuel Addleman, 1903
NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Brooklyn Eagle, Chess, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, January 04, 1903 Cornell Now Owns Rice Chess Trophy.
Small Margin Decides Triangular College Chess League Tournament.
QUAKERS MAKE A ...
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| May-08-25 |
R Oomen vs W van Vugt, 1989
FSR: ♫♪♫ I'm only Oomen, born to make mistakes ♫♪♫ I have finished playing Oomen in a thematic ICCF tournament where the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3) is mandatory. He is a correspondence IM, but his ...
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