General Chess Discussion - How To Play Creative Chess Like Richard Rapport?#11 @MrPushwood I think OP meant creative *and* SOUND chess – such as Rapport; people like IM Basman played creative (yes!) but UNSOUND moves. | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Oldest living GM#7 @Kriegerkind2020 In Memoriam: Yuri Averbakh, 1922-2022 . . . Erratum: Enver Bukić *died* in 2017, according to his profile on ChessGames.com P.S.: GM Matanović has contributed to Opening Theory (!) – … | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Oldest living GM#4 Potential "oldest living GM", in the near future: Born in 1932 and living: Juraj Nikolac – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juraj_Nikolac Yair Kraidman – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yair_Kraidman Born … | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Oldest living GM#1 Unless I screwed up my research, it's Aleksandar Matanović from Serbia (aged 91). GM Nikolai Krogius is also 91, but a bit younger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Matanovi%C4%87 https://en.w… | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Can a person blind from birth still play chess? If yes,then how?#4 This chess master was 'legally blind': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Tylor He once reached number 72 in the World (!) as his all-time high, in the 1930s, according to ChessMetrics.com (I'm su… | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Unknown, yet powerful (Ruy López: Smyslov Defence)#12 P.S.: I just checked on ChessGames.com and there's ONE game with this gambit in their database: Arthur Bisguier vs. Alexander Kevitz – New York City, USA (1966) | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Unknown, yet powerful (Ruy López: Smyslov Defence)#10 @MrPushwood In the right hands, I think it can be a 'tricky' variation – especially for Blitz. | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - What happened to the Neo-Philidor?#1 Unless I'm crazy, around 10 years ago (or less!), the Philidor via transposition from the Pirc Defence was called "Neo-Philidor" – but *now*, every source I consult, says the terminology is "Lion Vari… | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Unknown, yet powerful (Ruy López: Smyslov Defence)#4 @TheKingClash I) I said "Big Database" i.e. it includes OTB games from non-Masters. II) The Cordel Gambit (Ruy López: Classical Variation) has been played – between Masters – more than 200 times, and … | Neverness |
General Chess Discussion - Unknown, yet powerful (Ruy López: Smyslov Defence)#1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 f5 – the so-called Kevitz Gambit! Has NEVER been played over-the-board (Big Database included); Has only been played 19 times (!) on Lichess (53% win rate for Black); O… | Neverness |
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