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    • Fireworks

      Two piece sacrifices in a fireworks display. I do not think I ever played a game like this. White did not play the best defence, but I still think the attack was sound. Please feel free to comment on the mistakes I've made.   | Read More

      • sunburn
      • | Nov 29, 2007
      • | 234 views
      • | 3 comments
    • Korchnoi-Karpov, Baguio 1978, game 17

      There are no "what if's" in history. But still, what if Korchnoi had won game 17 in the Baguio match? Then it just may have been that the final score would be 6:5 in his favor, and not in favor of Karpov. And he would have ... | Read More

      • sunburn
      • | Nov 12, 2007
      • | 414 views
      • | 1 comment
    • On Akiba Rubinstein

      There was a short piece Viva Akiba about Akiba Rubinstein on this site.  The truth of the matter is that his life was truly tragic: he abandoned the way of life of his ancestors in order to pursue chess. And lost... Here is an artic... | Read More

      • sunburn
      • | Nov 12, 2007
      • | 501 views
      • | 0 comments