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I particularly liked the third game, especially as black seemed behind for the most part

Games like that encourage me to fight on in scenarios where I too have a material deficit 😀

Originally posted by 64squaresofpain
I particularly liked the third game, especially as black seemed behind for the most part

Games like that encourage me to fight on in scenarios where I too have a material deficit 😀

Black should have stayed behind IMO. 😏

Originally posted by 64squaresofpain
I particularly liked the third game, especially as black seemed behind for the most part

Games like that encourage me to fight on in scenarios where I too have a material deficit 😀

Black sacrificed pawn for initiative. White had to defend during the whole game and missed tactics in 39th move.

As greenpawn pointed out - these games remind of young Tal & Kasparov making their opponents to solve complicated problems over the board, when they are unable to use engine assistance.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Richard Rapport - Me neither, I thought it a joke something along the lines
of rapport = repertoire. Or is it an anagram?

Richard Rapport who plays the 'crap horrid trap.' [anag]

I've no idea what the 'crap horrid trap' is but it sounds like something I should be playing.

Of course these days I hardly keep up with what's happening now.
My nose ...[text shortened]... ist Houdini, who I thought passed away years ago, he's good.
(well so RJ tells me.) 😉

I thought we were friends, now. Did I make you angry? Please message me and explain the reason for this remark - (well so RJ tells me.)

Originally posted by Pacifique
Black sacrificed pawn for initiative. White had to defend during the whole game and missed tactics in 39th move.

As greenpawn pointed out - these games remind of young Tal & Kasparov making their opponents to solve complicated problems over the board, when they are unable to use engine assistance.

IMO, he would still have at least a draw if he had recaptured the bishop with the rook instead of the knight on move 29. I think I could get a draw in that position even against a grandmaster and I am only a 1500 USCF OTB player. 😏

P.S. I think he must have forgetten the rule to trade pieces when ahead. I would try hard to trade off those rooks.

Originally posted by Bebop5
29. .... Nb4

Oh, didn't see black's rook pinning the c3 pawn. Thanks.

Originally posted by vivify
Oh, didn't see black's rook pinning the c3 pawn. Thanks.

Still not easy, Rxd5 may be best move; looks like it will all liquidate to a drawn R+P ending.

RJ there was a 😉 it was a joke.

Thanks Pacifique for Robert Rapport. Got an email today asking me for
piece for a magazine with a 48 hour deadline.
Used a Rapport game as a stand by (all noted up - it's brilliant chess. A joy to do.)

Tonight meeting up with a few strong players, if I can get a recent Scottish game,
which I prefer doing then, I'll use that and Blog the Rapport game.

😉

Originally posted by greenpawn34
RJ there was a 😉 it was a joke.

Thanks Pacifique for Robert Rapport. Got an email today asking me for
piece for a magazine with a 48 hour deadline.
Used a Rapport game as a stand by (all noted up - it's brilliant chess. A joy to do.)

Tonight meeting up with a few strong players, if I can get a recent Scottish game,
which I prefer doing then, I'll use that and Blog the Rapport game.

Is he any relation to Richard Rapport, the 16-year old Hungarian Chess prodigy?

The one and the same.

I was joking too

Good. January the 29th will forever be known as RHP crack a joke day.

A chess player goes to a doctor and says:
"I think I am turning into a chess piece."

The Doctor replies:
"Don't move until I have checked you over."

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Good. January the 29th will forever be known as RHP crack a joke day.

A chess player goes to a doctor and says:
"I think I am turning into a chess piece."

The Doctor replies:
"Don't move until I have checked you over."

Okay, this one is okay as a joke. Just leave the chess computer jokes out. They rub me the wrong way. Friends forever, right? 😏

Most people don't know that Simon & Garfunkel were avid chess players. During recording breaks they would play a game or two. In fact, during one of those games they were inspired with the lyrics "I am a rook. I am a pawn island."