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The Classic 80s Part 1: Lone Pine
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nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: Lone Pine, California was a town in the middle of nowhere, halfway between Los Angeles and Reno, Nev … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The National Open 2001
nezhmet wrote 11 hours ago: Playin’ At The Riviera The Las Vegas National Open is always a good time. The Riviera hotel … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The NY International 2008 Part Deux
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nezhmet wrote 2 weeks ago: More Games, More Drama Here’s a barnburner I played in Round 3 vs. GM Michael Rohde. IM M. Gi … more »
The Fabulous 70s: Boris Baczynskyj!
nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: The chess world lost a nice guy in January of 2008 when Boris Baczynskyj passed away. See also a Che … more »
The Fabulous 70s: 3 Chess People and a Beautiful Woman ... Plus, Petrosian Tidbits
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nezhmet wrote 1 month ago: 4 Peeps Hangin’ Out in 1976 Upper left: Louis D. Statham, the famous patron of the Lone Pine … more »
Baku Chess round 11
Nikita wrote 2 months ago: Magnus Carlsen against Alexander Grischuk Gata Kamsky against Ivan Cheparinov Peter Svi … more »
Baku Chess round 5
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Nikita wrote 2 months ago: Round 5 can be called “The (K)nights..or is it..the day of the draws”…Click … more »
Chess in Centurion
Nikita wrote 3 months ago: Centurion Open Chess Tournament 30 April, 1 – 4 May 2008 Fide rated If you’re in the Centuri … more »
Moo Moo Thank you Bu - for that Crazee Saemisch!
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nezhmet wrote 3 months ago: Thank you, young Grandmaster Bu, for re-introducing a Stone Age Saemisch Attacking Scheme in the Rus … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The Magic and Delight of Foxxxwoods, Connecticut
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nezhmet wrote 4 months ago: Nostalgia First Here’s a photo from Lone Pine 80. Note the fancy name tags. I have the black … more »
The Fabulous 00s: Curing the GGGg Debacle at the US Amateur Team East 2008
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nezhmet wrote 4 months ago: The Steve Doyle Principle As a rule of thumb, if there is ever anything dubious in the Amateur Team … more »
The Fabulous 80s: The Pan-Am Intercollegiates 1981
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nezhmet wrote 5 months ago: The 1981 Pan Am Intercollegiates were in New York City, I think at the Statler Hotel. This was my fi … more »
Photos: International Odds and Ends
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nezhmet wrote 5 months ago: Lenk, Switzerland 2000 The Lenk swiss was a very pleasant event that also featured Attila Groszpete … more »
The Fabulous 00s: The 2004 Arizona State Championship
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nezhmet wrote 7 months ago: The 2004 round robin invitational event, called the Colonel Webb Memorial, was held in Mesa, Arizona … more »
The Fabulous 70s: News of the Weird and my First Dzindzi Encounter
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nezhmet wrote 8 months ago: Chess Life & Review editor Burt Hochberg really foisted some lu-lu covers on the chessplaying ma … more »
Pictures
nezhmet wrote 8 months ago: In the beginning there was a passport. Notice the funky Belgian and Dutch addenda. Moving ahead a … more »
The Fabulous 00s: Some Interesting Modern/Pirc Games
nezhmet wrote 9 months ago: The Modern Defense with an early a6!? is a tricky beast. I first tried it versus William Costigan ( … more »
The Fabulous 80s: Washington Heights, NYC and Belgium and a tiny little bit of WO
nezhmet wrote 9 months ago: For most of the 1980s, I lived on W 170th St. and Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights, Uppe … more »
3 Decades of a Variation
nezhmet wrote 9 months ago: I have always been interested in sidelines, particularly in Gruenfeld structures. Here are two game … more »
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