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12 Feb 12
12 Feb 12
Originally posted by Natural ScienceOff the top of my head it seems like I remember Tarrasch spoke this way. I don't remember it necessarily for forcing variations - but I think he cited many things in this manner.
Which grandmaster used to annotate the key move of a complicated, forcing variation as "the point"? I thought it was Nimzovich, Lasker, or a grandmaster from their day, but amazingly enough I couldn't find the answer through a Google search. Many thanks.
The other player I can remember talking about the point in a game is Nimzo. Nimzo had some strange quotes regarding overprotected pawns as "the point".
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12 Feb 12
Originally posted by Natural ScienceWe would be absolutely delighted to have a copy of this no doubt outstanding work. I know I'll be awaiting it most impatiently!
Thanks to you both! I'm actually analyzing and annotating one of my games for a class I'm taking in college (Critical Thinking and Chess), and I wanted to be clever and say, "The point, as Alekhine (or Nimzovich) used to say." Just needed to be sure who to attribute it to.
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12 Feb 12
Originally posted by Natural SciencePossibly Rueben Fine?
Which grandmaster used to annotate the key move of a complicated, forcing variation as "the point"? I thought it was Nimzovich, Lasker, or a grandmaster from their day, but amazingly enough I couldn't find the answer through a Google search. Many thanks.
12 Feb 12
Originally posted by Natural ScienceI suspect that it was first used by a local chess writer for a magazine or newspaper in the late 1800's in Europe, and then copied by a GM when annotating one of his own games for an article or book.
Which grandmaster used to annotate the key move of a complicated, forcing variation as "the point"? I thought it was Nimzovich, Lasker, or a grandmaster from their day, but amazingly enough I couldn't find the answer through a Google search. Many thanks.
If you read Edward Winter enough, it seems like every good chess quote or innovation from 1870-1930 started out that way!
13 Feb 12
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Tartakower uses it.
Q mentioned the Tartakower 500 games book(s) and he also mentioned
the Alekhine v Book game from the same book.
The point quote is in that game (and others.)
As I mentioned in another thread some of the game are noted
up by du Mont, but it's Tartakower doing this game.
The note in the main game (I'm going to show a variation Tartakower gives
where he uses 'the point.'😉 Tartakower writes here: (White has just played 22.Ne4-d7.)
The sanctions!
And nothing more. Pure Tartakower.
I'll give a few of Tartakowers notes to the game. Comments in () are mine.
Alekhine - Book Margate 1938. (a variation)
(rather than type in the game in I googled 'Alekine v Book' to get the score.
All I got what Amazon hits trying to sell me Alekhine's books! I had to add Margate 1938.)
Here is how the actual game went.
13 Feb 12
Originally posted by PhySiQAre you sure you want that? It's a class assignment intended for players with far less chess experience than me, and thus EVERY full move (one White and one Black move) is annotated. But I do write fairly well, and feel comfortable writing about chess, so I can assure you that most of it won't be boring. 😀
We would be absolutely delighted to have a copy of this no doubt outstanding work. I know I'll be awaiting it most impatiently!
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13 Feb 12
Originally posted by Natural ScienceAbsolutely. I think it'd be great. These types of annotations are actually very useful for newer players. They're not bad for experts either - it never hurts to see someone else's thought pattern. It makes for some great self edification.
Are you sure you want that? It's a class assignment intended for players with far less chess experience than me, and thus EVERY full move (one White and one Black move) is annotated. But I do write fairly well, and feel comfortable writing about chess, so I can assure you that most of it won't be boring. 😀
I won't hold you to a Chernev level as he was a great annotator, but I'm not so secretly expecting that style. 😉
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