Archive for January, 1970

Most of the games we cover on our weekly show present chess at its finest, but it’s entertaining and salutary to have an occasional look at high-level chess at its worst….

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In the European Team Championship, Azerbaijan defeated Georgia in the battle of the last unbeaten teams, and is the only team with 10 points after round 5. Georgia thus has…

Round 4 occurred today, and many games caught my eye. You can see them, and what about them grabbed my attention, by following the link given at the end of the…

We just can’t do anything the easy way, but the important thing is that we’re (generally) winning….

Yes, that’s right: two final draws in the Unive Crown Group have brought the event to an end. Twelve games, eleven draws, and Tiviakov wins thanks to his round four victory…

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will beat up the Boston College Beagles starting in about 3 hours (at 3:30 p.m. ET); the carnage can be seen on NBC….

I think I’ve figured out what to do about the blog and where it’ll be moved to, and hopefully it will at least start to be ready by early next week….

This week I conclude my look back at the State Championship with my last round win. After a very successful opening, I lost the thread for a moment or two and…

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In the Hoogeveen tournament’s Crown Group, round 4 finally saw a decisive result. Ivanchuk-Giri was easily drawn by the youngster, but Polgar blundered the exchange with 29…Qd4 against Tiviakov and lost….

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Powerblogs, the company hosting The Chess Mind, is shutting down permanently on November 30 of this year. Off and on over the years I’ve contemplated moving, but now I don’t really…

Last week, we took a look at the famous Mikhail Botvinnik-Jose Capablanca game from AVRO 1938. That game is famous not only because of the concluding combination starting with 30.Ba3,…

Two more draws in Hoogeveen, same as yesterday and the day before. It was a bit of a hybrid round, as Polgar-Giri was even less inspiring than the first-round games (it…

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That makes it four for four in the games so far, though today’s were much more interesting than yesterday’s. Ivanchuk had a nice edge with White against Polgar, but after missing…

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Sooooooo close! The receiver slipped on the last play, which would have sent it into overtime. Ouch!…

I just got a batch of review copies from Russell Enterprises; three of which I expected and looked forward to and three I had no idea about. Let’s start with the…

The carnage will start in 30 minutes or so on NBC. Pre-game materials, to get you in the proper mood, are here….

A chess acquaintance and reader of this blog played a game with a very nice finish the other day and wanted me to see it. I’m glad I did, and am…

The European Team Championship you’ve already heard about, thanks to yesterday’s mini-controversy. Even without Magnus Carlsen, it should be a very strong event, with players like Topalov, Aronian, Radjabov,…

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