The Immortal Game

mochiron

The Don

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13 Apr 06 20:09

mochiron

The Don

Nihon

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13 Apr 06 20:09

perhaps already discussed. Comments on?

Anderssen and Kieseritzky, in London in 1851

http://chess.about.com/library/pal4/zbstches/blzbst01.htm

very impressive

zebano

127.0.0.1

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13 Apr 06 20:14

Ahhh, the power of development. A classic.

Positional Player

Belfast

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13 Apr 06 20:21

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Originally posted by mochiron
perhaps already discussed. Comments on?

Anderssen and Kieseritzky, in London in 1851

http://chess.about.com/library/pal4/zbstches/blzbst01.htm

very impressive

That one's nice, but my favourite is "The Evergreen Game".

Edit: That said, there is nothing that beats a good game of sound, positional chess. Capablanca's games are prime examples of this (I try to model my play on his).

caffienex

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13 Apr 06 23:05

What's so good about it? Seems their positional play is awful.

powershaker

Hinesville, GA

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13 Apr 06 23:37

Originally posted by caffienex
What's so good about it? Seems their positional play is awful.

Hmmm... So, I guess you have the insight of a grandmaster with a 1587 redhotpawn.com rating? 🙂 Interesting.

caffienex

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13 Apr 06 23:42

I have just started playing here friend, you shouldn't underestimate me.

caffienex

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13 Apr 06 23:52

To turn your argument on its head: what's so good about their positional play? I put it to you that older masters weren't nearly as positional as today's.

der schwarze Ritter

Big D

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14 Apr 06 15:39

I've always admired this gem from the early Russian master Petrov:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1257910

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14 Apr 06 15:47

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alexstclaire

cavanaugh park

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14 Apr 06 16:19

Originally posted by caffienex
I have just started playing here friend, you shouldn't underestimate me.

You shouldnt underestimate GM's, their brilliance is beyond your comprehension and mine....

caffienex

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14 Apr 06 17:37

Originally posted by alexstclaire
You shouldnt underestimate GM's, their brilliance is beyond your comprehension and mine....

Are you serious? I've played against two masters before and drawn both times. They are not infallible, and soon enough I will beat them.

BigDogg

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14 Apr 06 18:06

Originally posted by caffienex
What's so good about it? Seems their positional play is awful.

Show an example.

alexstclaire

cavanaugh park

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14 Apr 06 19:40

Originally posted by caffienex
Are you serious? I've played against two masters before and drawn both times. They are not infallible, and soon enough I will beat them.

Im not sure how good you are yet because youre still provisional but it seems you have some grasp of the game. First of all, Capablanca, NOT JUST A MASTER, many say he's one of the greatest ever, secondly, masters aren't Fide Master, which aren't International Masters, which certainly aren't Grandmaster, and nearly no GM is as good as Capablanca....
I don't have hard feelings towards you but some of your comments are awfully dumb, I feel.

basso

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14 Apr 06 20:40

Originally posted by Positional Player
That one's nice, but my favourite is "The Evergreen Game".

Well, where can we find this "favorite"?