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Game analysis - Is the Engine getting crazy? #8

Rook and Bishop for Queen plus a pawn on the 7th is pretty even.


JamesPeirce
Game analysis - Please tell me this was not actually played in a tournament game#3

this game did actually happen though http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1543378


JamesPeirce
Game analysis - Fischer queen sac#5

@achja what do you think of Fischer vs Acevedo? its another one of his olympiad games but less well known


JamesPeirce
Game analysis - Stockfish misses the shortest mate#5

@knives weird thing is it found it the first time for me, i played a game then came back and it couldn't find it which was odd


JamesPeirce
Game analysis - Stockfish misses the shortest mate#2

Have u put the CPU and memory to maximum? when i did that it found Qxh4 instantly


JamesPeirce
General Chess Discussion - Who is the worst player to have an opening named after them?#19

he claims anyway


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General Chess Discussion - Who is the worst player to have an opening named after them?#16

@Zugzwang69 the orangutan was named by Tartakower, before the 1924 New York tournament he visited a zoo and he consulted an orangutan on what his first move should be


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General Chess Discussion - Who is the worst player to have an opening named after them?#5

Barnes Defense 1.e4 f6? It was used to defeat Morphy once however


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General Chess Discussion - Who is the worst player to have an opening named after them?#2

Are we talking about the worst player or the worst opening named after a strong player? For worst opening it has to be the Damiano Defense, @chessanalyst have you seen this game?http://www.chessgames.…


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General Chess Discussion - Ruy Lopez trap#7

This sort of idea appears in the Ruy Lopez which he may be thinking of when he said it was a Lopez 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ There is also the Cochrane Gamb…


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