Comments for IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History http://nezhmet.wordpress.com Chess History, Opening Theory, and Anecdotes by Dr. Mark Ginsburg Wed, 14 May 2008 02:55:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The Fabulous 00’s: The Rise of Web Chess Art by Anthony Boron http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-fabulous-00s-the-rise-of-web-chess-art/#comment-708 Anthony Boron Wed, 14 May 2008 02:10:03 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/?p=806#comment-708 Marvelous stuff. Thanks for the link. Marvelous stuff. Thanks for the link.

]]> Comment on The Fabulous 00s: The Politiken Cup 2000 by The Fabulous 00’s: The Rise of Web Chess Art « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/photo-of-the-day/#comment-705 The Fabulous 00’s: The Rise of Web Chess Art « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History Tue, 13 May 2008 16:15:46 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/photo-of-the-day/#comment-705 [...] Jørgensen, 21 years, from Denmark, and she has played chess since she was 6.  She likes the Politiken Cup - that’s a great event that takes place every year in Copenhagen in [...] [...] Jørgensen, 21 years, from Denmark, and she has played chess since she was 6.  She likes the Politiken Cup - that’s a great event that takes place every year in Copenhagen in [...]

]]> Comment on Conticello on MCC by Matthew http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/a-manhattan-chess-club-timeline-abridged/#comment-702 Matthew Mon, 12 May 2008 22:34:17 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/?p=805#comment-702 Thank you for this history, very interesting, but I was wondering, does not the Marshall Club still exist, did it really stop being? www.matthewsblog.waynesborochurchofchrist.org <em>MG postscript: MCC in this case refers to the Manhattan Chess Club. </em> Thank you for this history, very interesting, but I was wondering, does not the Marshall Club still exist, did it really stop being?

http://www.matthewsblog.waynesborochurchofchrist.org

MG postscript: MCC in this case refers to the Manhattan Chess Club.

]]> Comment on Conticello on MCC by The Fabulous 1980s: The 1989 Manhattan CC Championship « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/a-manhattan-chess-club-timeline-abridged/#comment-681 The Fabulous 1980s: The 1989 Manhattan CC Championship « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:05:05 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/?p=805#comment-681 [...] Visit this other blog entry (4/28/0 for Nick Conticello presenting an abridged MCC timeline. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Fabulous 70s Part 4: More Lloyds Bank Follies « IM Mark Ginsburg …The Fabulous 70s: Arthur Bisguier and other American PowerhousesMy chess game yesterdayCarlsen-Pelletier, Biel 2007 [...] [...] Visit this other blog entry (4/28/0 for Nick Conticello presenting an abridged MCC timeline. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Fabulous 70s Part 4: More Lloyds Bank Follies « IM Mark Ginsburg …The Fabulous 70s: Arthur Bisguier and other American PowerhousesMy chess game yesterdayCarlsen-Pelletier, Biel 2007 [...]

]]> Comment on The Fabulous 1980s: The 1989 Manhattan CC Championship by A Manhattan Chess Club Timeline (Abridged) « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-fabulous-1980s-charlie-weldon/#comment-679 A Manhattan Chess Club Timeline (Abridged) « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:55:02 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-fabulous-1980s-charlie-weldon/#comment-679 [...] More MCC trivia and amusement here. [...] [...] More MCC trivia and amusement here. [...]

]]> Comment on The Fabulous 1980s: The 1989 Manhattan CC Championship by Conticello on the Late, Great, Manhattan Chess Club « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-fabulous-1980s-charlie-weldon/#comment-678 Conticello on the Late, Great, Manhattan Chess Club « IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:44:05 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-fabulous-1980s-charlie-weldon/#comment-678 [...] More MCC trivia and amusement here. [...] [...] More MCC trivia and amusement here. [...]

]]> Comment on The Fabulous 00s: Dos Hermanas OTB 2008 by Anthony Boron http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/the-fabulous-00s-dos-hermanas-otb-2008/#comment-676 Anthony Boron Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:10:12 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/?p=803#comment-676 Vulgar is quite an inventive name; I believe it is really Vugar. Vulgar is quite an inventive name; I believe it is really Vugar.

]]> Comment on The Short Life of Billy Adam by Alex Dunne http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-short-life-of-billy-adam/#comment-675 Alex Dunne Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:14:33 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-short-life-of-billy-adam/#comment-675 Just one correction -- Charles Hertan suggests Bill would have benefited from a mental health intervention. I was told at the time 1982 that Bill(who had epilepsy) had died during a fit, choking on his tongue. Just one correction — Charles Hertan suggests Bill would have benefited from a mental health intervention. I was told at the time 1982 that Bill(who had epilepsy) had died during a fit, choking on his tongue.

]]> Comment on The Short Life of Billy Adam by Alex Dunne http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-short-life-of-billy-adam/#comment-674 Alex Dunne Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:17:42 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-short-life-of-billy-adam/#comment-674 (307) Adam,W (1900) - Dunne,A (2195) [E81] Wellsboro, 1976 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 Nfd7 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.d5 Nce5 10.f4 Ng4 11.Bd2 e5 12.h3 Ngf6 13.Qc2 Re8 14.0–0–0 exf4 15.Nxf4 Ne5 16.g4 h6 17.Be2 a6 18.Rdg1 Bd7 19.g5 hxg5 20.Rxg5 b5 21.h4 b4 22.Nd1 Qa5 23.a3 bxa3 24.Bxa5 a2 25.Bc3 a1Q+ 26.Kd2 Qa2 27.Nf2 Nxc4+ 28.Bxc4 Qxc4 29.h5 Ba4 30.Qd3 Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Bb5+ 32.Kc2 Nxe4 33.Nxe4 Rxe4 34.hxg6 Rxf4 35.gxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rhg1 Raa7 37.Rg6 Rad7 38.Re6 Bc4 39.Rg5 Rf2+ 40.Kd1 Kf8 41.Bxg7+ Rxg7 42.Rxg7 Kxg7 43.Rxd6 Rxb2 44.Rc6 Bxd5 45.Rxc5 Bb7 46.Kc1 Rb5 47.Rc7+ Kf6 48.Rc3 Ke5 49.Rd3 Bd5 50.Rc3 Kd4 51.Ra3 a5 52.Kc2 Bc4 53.Rg3 a4 54.Rg4+ Kc5 55.Rg5+ Bd5 56.Rg3 Kb4 57.Kb2 Bc4 58.Rg1 a3+ 59.Ka1 Rd5 60.Rh1 Rb5 61.Rh3 a2 62.Rh2 Rf5 63.Rh1 Rf3 64.Rc1 Bb3 65.Re1 Rg3 66.Rf1 Rd3 67.Rc1 Rd8 68.Rh1 Bc4 69.Rg1 Ra8 70.Rc1 Ra3 71.Rh1 Bd3 72.Rg1 Kc3 73.Rc1+ Kd2 74.Rc2+ Bxc2 0–1 (474) Adam,W (2080) - Dunne,A (2175) [B86] Rochester, 1978 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Be3 b5 9.Bb3 0–0 10.0–0–0 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.f3 Nf6 13.g4 Bd7 14.Rhg1 Nc6 15.g5 Nh5 16.f4 g6 17.Nf3 Na5 18.Kb1 Nxb3 19.axb3 Bb5 20.Qf2 Qc7 21.Nb6 Rab8 22.f5 exf5 23.Nd5 Qb7 24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Rge1 Qc7 26.Rd4 Bc6 27.Rh4 Be4 28.Nd4 Rfc8 29.Re2 Ng7 30.Rh3 a5 31.Bf4 Ne6 32.Qh4 Nf8 33.Rd2 a4 34.bxa4 b3 35.Kc1 bxc2 36.Ne2 Rxb2 37.Kxb2 c1Q+ 38.Nxc1 Qxc1+ 39.Ka2 Bb1+ 40.Ka1 Bc2+ 41.Ka2 Rb8 42.Qxh7+ Nxh7 43.Be5 Qb1+ 44.Ka3 Rb3+ 0–1 (486) Adam,W (2115) - Dunne,A (2175) [B92] Syracuse, 1978 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 b5 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Kh1 b4 13.Nd1 Re8 14.Nf2 Bf8 15.f5 d5 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Qb6 18.Rae1 Rac8 19.Nd2 Qa5 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Bg3 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Bg5 23.Qe2 Nf6 24.exd5 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Qxd5 26.Rf2 e4 27.Bf1 Qc5 28.Rfe2 Qxf5 29.Qxb4 Ba8 30.Rf2 Qh5 31.Bxa6 Rcd8 32.Be2 Qd5 33.Bc4 Qd4 34.c3 Qa7 35.Rfe2 Nh5 36.Bf2 e3 37.Bg1 Qd7 38.Bxe3 Qg4 39.Bxf7+ 1–0 (547) Adam,W (2165) - Dunne,A (2250) [C26] Rochester, 1979 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nge2 c6 6.0–0 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Be6 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Ba3 15.Qf3 Qxd5 ½–½ (593) Adam,W (2305) - Dunne,A (2325) [C26] Rochester, 1980 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nge2 Nc6 6.0–0 Re8 7.d3 Nd4 8.h3 c6 9.Kh2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qh5 Be6 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.f4 g6 16.Qf3 Qb6 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Qxd5 Re2 19.Rad1 Rce8 20.g4 R8e5 21.Qb3 Qc6 22.Rg1 Be6 23.c4 dxc3 24.Qxc3 Bd5 25.d4 Bxg2 26.dxe5 Bh1+ 27.Kg3 Bf2+ 28.Kf4 g5+ 0–1 <em>MG Note: I will dig up a loss of mine vs Billy from the late 70s.</em> (307) Adam,W (1900) - Dunne,A (2195) [E81]
Wellsboro, 1976
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 Nfd7 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.d5 Nce5 10.f4 Ng4 11.Bd2 e5 12.h3 Ngf6 13.Qc2 Re8 14.0–0–0 exf4 15.Nxf4 Ne5 16.g4 h6 17.Be2 a6 18.Rdg1 Bd7 19.g5 hxg5 20.Rxg5 b5 21.h4 b4 22.Nd1 Qa5 23.a3 bxa3 24.Bxa5 a2 25.Bc3 a1Q+ 26.Kd2 Qa2 27.Nf2 Nxc4+ 28.Bxc4 Qxc4 29.h5 Ba4 30.Qd3 Qxd3+ 31.Kxd3 Bb5+ 32.Kc2 Nxe4 33.Nxe4 Rxe4 34.hxg6 Rxf4 35.gxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rhg1 Raa7 37.Rg6 Rad7 38.Re6 Bc4 39.Rg5 Rf2+ 40.Kd1 Kf8 41.Bxg7+ Rxg7 42.Rxg7 Kxg7 43.Rxd6 Rxb2 44.Rc6 Bxd5 45.Rxc5 Bb7 46.Kc1 Rb5 47.Rc7+ Kf6 48.Rc3 Ke5 49.Rd3 Bd5 50.Rc3 Kd4 51.Ra3 a5 52.Kc2 Bc4 53.Rg3 a4 54.Rg4+ Kc5 55.Rg5+ Bd5 56.Rg3 Kb4 57.Kb2 Bc4 58.Rg1 a3+ 59.Ka1 Rd5 60.Rh1 Rb5 61.Rh3 a2 62.Rh2 Rf5 63.Rh1 Rf3 64.Rc1 Bb3 65.Re1 Rg3 66.Rf1 Rd3 67.Rc1 Rd8 68.Rh1 Bc4 69.Rg1 Ra8 70.Rc1 Ra3 71.Rh1 Bd3 72.Rg1 Kc3 73.Rc1+ Kd2 74.Rc2+ Bxc2 0–1

(474) Adam,W (2080) - Dunne,A (2175) [B86]
Rochester, 1978
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Be3 b5 9.Bb3 0–0 10.0–0–0 b4 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.f3 Nf6 13.g4 Bd7 14.Rhg1 Nc6 15.g5 Nh5 16.f4 g6 17.Nf3 Na5 18.Kb1 Nxb3 19.axb3 Bb5 20.Qf2 Qc7 21.Nb6 Rab8 22.f5 exf5 23.Nd5 Qb7 24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Rge1 Qc7 26.Rd4 Bc6 27.Rh4 Be4 28.Nd4 Rfc8 29.Re2 Ng7 30.Rh3 a5 31.Bf4 Ne6 32.Qh4 Nf8 33.Rd2 a4 34.bxa4 b3 35.Kc1 bxc2 36.Ne2 Rxb2 37.Kxb2 c1Q+ 38.Nxc1 Qxc1+ 39.Ka2 Bb1+ 40.Ka1 Bc2+ 41.Ka2 Rb8 42.Qxh7+ Nxh7 43.Be5 Qb1+ 44.Ka3 Rb3+ 0–1

(486) Adam,W (2115) - Dunne,A (2175) [B92]
Syracuse, 1978
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 b5 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Qe2 0–0 12.Kh1 b4 13.Nd1 Re8 14.Nf2 Bf8 15.f5 d5 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Qb6 18.Rae1 Rac8 19.Nd2 Qa5 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Bg3 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Bg5 23.Qe2 Nf6 24.exd5 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Qxd5 26.Rf2 e4 27.Bf1 Qc5 28.Rfe2 Qxf5 29.Qxb4 Ba8 30.Rf2 Qh5 31.Bxa6 Rcd8 32.Be2 Qd5 33.Bc4 Qd4 34.c3 Qa7 35.Rfe2 Nh5 36.Bf2 e3 37.Bg1 Qd7 38.Bxe3 Qg4 39.Bxf7+ 1–0

(547) Adam,W (2165) - Dunne,A (2250) [C26]
Rochester, 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nge2 c6 6.0–0 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Be6 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Ba3 15.Qf3 Qxd5 ½–½

(593) Adam,W (2305) - Dunne,A (2325) [C26]
Rochester, 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nge2 Nc6 6.0–0 Re8 7.d3 Nd4 8.h3 c6 9.Kh2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Qh5 Be6 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.f4 g6 16.Qf3 Qb6 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Qxd5 Re2 19.Rad1 Rce8 20.g4 R8e5 21.Qb3 Qc6 22.Rg1 Be6 23.c4 dxc3 24.Qxc3 Bd5 25.d4 Bxg2 26.dxe5 Bh1+ 27.Kg3 Bf2+ 28.Kf4 g5+ 0–1

MG Note: I will dig up a loss of mine vs Billy from the late 70s.

]]> Comment on The Short Life of Billy Adam by Alex Dunne http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-short-life-of-billy-adam/#comment-673 Alex Dunne Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:05:04 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/the-short-life-of-billy-adam/#comment-673 I played Bill five games or so and watched him develop from about 1800 to 2300. Will send the games later this week. Pax, Alex Dunne I played Bill five games or so and watched him develop from about 1800 to 2300. Will send the games later this week.

Pax, Alex Dunne

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