Sunday Night Post August 2021 When his henchmen deserted, the governor was gone. Jonathan Tobin Cuomo falls CARO-KANN [Event “GameKnot Blitz”] [Time: 3 min + 10 sec] [Date “2021.08.29”] [Round “-“] [White “bart777”] [Black “thebutz”]2036 [Result “1-0”] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4.… Continue reading
PAUL MORPHY THE CHESS CHAMPION Overall record: +173 -24 =17 (84.8%) [247 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from the statistic.] A Man who never made a mistake on move ONE.. 1.e4 178 games Won 83.7% EVANS GAMBIT [30] C51 EVANS GAMBIT [14] C52 PHILIDOR DEFENSE [11] C30… Continue reading
Dec. 31 2020 The Last Blitz and King’s Gambit of 2020.. I look forward in playing more and hopefully better Chess in “21”.. It’s only fitting to win against an opponent who sports a 2100 rating .. [Event “GameKnot Blitz”] [Time: 5 min + 15 sec] [Date “2020.12.31”] … Continue reading
Dawning of a NEW AGE in CHESS.. Mattel Aquarius Chess Computer – Eight skill levels so that anyone from a beginner to a grand master can play! 1983 .. (10 + 11= 21) … “2021” Chess (cartridge) Chess (cassette) Geometric Zodiac of 12 Above on the left is my… Continue reading
..And you thought this Summer was hot.. [Event “GameKnot Blitz”] [Site “http://gameknot.com/”] [Date “2020.08.22”] [Round “-“] [White “bart777”] 564 [Black “knightdranjz”]2102 [Result “1-0”] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Qf6 6. Qxg4 Nh6 7. Qe2 d6 8.… Continue reading
GCT London Chess Classic/Rd1 The 2019 GCT Finals London: Olympia Conference Centre Fri 29th Nov to Sun 8th Dec 2019. First Classical Game started December 2. The Semi-finals feature the 4 top players from the seven regular season tour events with each match consisting of classical, rapid and blitz games. … Continue reading
Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019/Finals Two 25+10 rapid games are played. If still tied, there are two 10+10 games, then two 5+3. Finally, a single Armageddon game is played, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4 (with a 2-second increment from move 61), but Black wins the match with… Continue reading
GM Pal Benko 1958-2019 : Pal Benko Born July 15, 1928 Amiens, France Died August 26, 2019 (91 yrs old) Budapest, Hungary Title Grandmaster (1958) FIDE rating 2408 (August 2019) Peak rating 2530 (July 1973) Hungarian champion by age 20. He emigrated to the United States in 1958 8… Continue reading
In 1858 there was an historic match between Paul Morphy and Adolf Anderssen. Paul won this match with a score of 8 wins, 3 losses, and two draws. For “fun” the two also played a mini-match of King’s Gambit games. All six games were played in the space… Continue reading
Attacking the French Defense: Sample Games from Aron Nimzovich’s book… My System. (Carlsbad 1911) Akiba Rubinstein – Grigory Levenfish 16. dxc5 Nxb2 17. Kb2 b4 18. Nd4! … Bravo! the flank attack …Kt x p has no terrors for him, since a… Continue reading
