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Gelfand should have played the Colle,

Gelfand should have played the Colle,

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Originally posted by Paul Leggett
Robbie, if you bust on the KIA, you are on your own. I own too many OTB scalps with it.
Beh. There's no honour in killing someone by boring him to death.

Richard

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1. The character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
2. Slavish attention to rules, details, etc.

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Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Beh. There's no honour in killing someone by boring him to death.

Richard

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
eeeewwwwww!
That's right, mean and hideous. Do you think this is a frickin game...wait it is a game, never mind. 😞

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Koltanowski shows John O'Hanlon the tactics hiding in the position

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Originally posted by Exuma
Koltanowski shows John O'Hanlon the tactics hiding in the position

[pgn]
[Event "free"]
[Site "Dublin"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georges Koltanowski"]
[Black "John O'Hanlon"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O ...[text shortened]... m!} fxe5 21.Bxe5 Qc4 22.Qh4+ Kf8
23.Bd6+ Kg8 24.Qh7# {yup} 1-0 [/pgn]
ahhh its so true! so beautiful!