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Recently, GM David Smerdon published a letter on chessvibes titled " An Open Letter To The Stonewall". It is a very heartfelt letter in which he is deciding never to play the Stonewall again. Botvinnik used to play it with some success, and today,... | Read More
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Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1929-1984) was a unique genius in chess. He won the World Champion title by defeating Botvinnik in 1963.
Petrosian had a mysterious style. After Spassky lost his first WC match against Petrosian in 1966, Botvinnk ask... | Read More
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In a tournament in Puerto Rico in 1983, I had Black against Manuel Moraza, ex-champion of my country and a very strong player. I had not played actively in 5 years, and this was the last round of a 5-round weekend Swiss. So I played his favorite T... | Read More
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In 2011 I played 3 games ijn the Icelandic Chess Club Team Championship. These were the last 3 rounds of the tournament, played at the beginning of March in Reykjavik.
Just before this round, I asked my dear friend Suren Torfi Leosson about my op... | Read More
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This game was played in the 1977 Finals of the Puerto Rico Chess Championship. I had been playing chess for 5 years, and this was my peak!
My opponent played a dubious opening, and I capitalized....
Our game was over in about 10 minutes! I look... | Read More
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In 1975, after playing chess for 3 years, I qualified for the Finals of the Puerto Rico Chess Championship. It was, if I remember correctly, either an 8 or 12 player round-robin. I placed 4th.
The first 3 places qualified for the Zonal Tournament... | Read More
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Hi! In this third and final game from the Icelandic Chess Club Team Championships, I had difficulty in finding an effective plan against my opponent's setup. He used the Petrosian Variation in the Winawer French (C16). I came up with a dubious pla... | Read More
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Hi!
This is my 2nd game in the Icelandic Chess Club Champioships a few weeks ago. My opponent sat at the board, and he had an almost angry look on his face, which I could not read quite well- did not know what it meant. Again, I had White, but wa... | Read More
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A few weeks ago I went to Iceland. My good friend and brother, Suren, invited me to be a part of the Reykjavik Club Team.
In Iceland, they play the Chess Club Team Championship in two parts- a few rounds in the fall, and the last 3 in March, ju... | Read More