| General Chess Discussion - Greatest chess player of the univerese#10 Well, if only strength is considered, it must be Magnus Carlsen. One of my personal favourites has been Tigran Petrosian ever since I saw the fifth match game of the 1963 World Championship. Botvinnik… | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - Who created Alekhine's Defense?#6 The oldest game with 1. e4 Nf6 in Megabase 2023 was indeed played by Napoleon Bonaparte. In Budapest 1921 both Alekhine and Boris Kostić played the opening , but Alekhine played it a bit earlier that … | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - Ruy Lopez sideline#11 @MrPushwood said in #10: > The Giuoco Piano Deferred Well said, it means it's not very good for White: Black often wants to move his a pawn any way. Now Black gets the move for free. | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - Carlsen is afraid#8 @edoki said in #1: > got my last post deleted > > I think he is afraid to lose the title and therefore he will never play again in the wcc He destroyed Nepomniachtchi in the last match. Why should he … | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - How i can won this game#6 @MasterOvFan it's one way to win the position and with absolutely no risk of stalemate: a rook and a passed pawn up is a completely winning endgame. | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - How i can won this game#2 ...Qf3 is mate in two. If one is lazy, Qh3+ wins easily, avoiding any kind of stalemate risks. | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - What's a good opening against the Queen's gambit?#7 It depends a lot what you want for. For patzers like me, everything is playable, from the Modern Defence to the Classical Slav. I am going to concentrate on the Chebanenko Slav, but feel free to disag… | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess Nostalgia#4 Oh, well: I visited Tampere, Finland, in early 90's, and I met Karpov and wrote a short article about it to a magazine. Paul Keres has always been one of my favourites and I visited Tallinn in March. … | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - STOP THE WAR! 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin#8 @thunderbird2021 said in #5: > хорошо, почему бы тебе не сказать это путину. > I understand you but please stop this topic of war. Why should the topic be stopped? Please explain. Russia has started a… | ruttuvaari |
| General Chess Discussion - Best Chess Quotes#6 "Style? I have no style.", Anatoly Karpov. | ruttuvaari |
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