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    Rudolph Charousek is a chess name from the past that deserves far better recognition. Jessica Fischer endeavours to do just that with a 4-part YouTube presentation, 'Charousek: The New Morphy'.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SY1...A7FBB4&index=1

    Charousek's Wikipedia entry is also a good read, if only for the Reuben Fine reference to Charousek as "the John Keats of chess" (:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Charousek

    I'll also note therein that Andrew Solitis refers to the Charousek - Wollner game "as one of the prettiest ever". The game was also the basis for 'Last Round' by Kester Svendsen, that Solitis calls "perhaps the finest chess short story".

    Chessgames.com also saw fit to highlight the game as a 'game of the day' and aptly entitled "Char Broiler" (:

    http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1036115

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    Re: Rudolph Charousek

    I see that just over 5 years ago Kevin Spraggett made Rudolph Charousek his inaugural choice in his "Great players of the past series" (:

    https://kevinspraggettonchess.wordpr...e-past-series/

    Towards the end of said piece, Spraggett gives the following 2 paragraph high words of praise:

    I am very impressed with Charousek’s endgame skill! It is not so much a question of him being an excellent technician, but instead of how easy and instructive Charousek makes it seem to beat really strong players with only the slightest of advantages. In this respect he very much reminds me of Fischer and Karpov at their best.
    I suppose , however, Charousek’s tactical skills and combinations are what most remember of the young genius. Euwe compared him with Morphy! His opening understanding and keen sight of the board are similar to the American genius’. However, some differences exist. Especially, most of Morphy’s adversaries were not as strong as Charousek’s adversaries. And then there is the fact that most of Morphy’s fame came from his match play, and Charousek’s fame was from his brilliant tournament successes.Regardless of this, I consider such comparisons pointless. They were both great players.
    Last edited by Jack Maguire; Wednesday, 18th November, 2015, 10:08 AM.

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      Re: Rudolph Charousek

      Thank you Jack!

      I lost track of this game after getting great mileage out of it in the 90's. Now if I could just find Nesh's game against Bellin(?). Nesh played the Black side of a 2 Knights, with 10...Qc7 instead of 10...Bd6

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      • #4
        Re: Rudolph Charousek

        Originally posted by Hal Bond View Post
        Thank you Jack!

        I lost track of this game after getting great mileage out of it in the 90's. Now if I could just find Nesh's game against Bellin(?). Nesh played the Black side of a 2 Knights, with 10...Qc7 instead of 10...Bd6
        Any chance Belov vs Nezhmetdinov is the game you're looking for, Hal?

        http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1274195

        While 10. ...Bd6 is seemingly played in this game, note the following comment in the 'Kibitzer's Corner':

        Apr-23-04
        Premium Chessgames Member refutor: <chessgames.com> Iakov Damkov's "Chess Brilliancy" has a different move order he has 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3 Bd6. i'm not sure if this matters or not

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          Re: Rudolph Charousek

          Yes - that's the one! Many thanks Jack!

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          • #6
            Re: Rudolph Charousek

            If the "Char Broiler" game cited supra is one of the "prettiest", how would you describe his "Revealed Charousek" game? (:

            http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1036125

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            • #7
              Re: Rudolph Charousek

              Some of his biography's notes are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Charousek

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              • #8
                Re: Rudolph Charousek

                Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post
                Rudolph Charousek is a chess name from the past that deserves far better recognition. Jessica Fischer endeavours to do just that with a 4-part YouTube presentation, 'Charousek: The New Morphy'.

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SY1...A7FBB4&index=1

                Charousek's Wikipedia entry is also a good read, if only for the Reuben Fine reference to Charousek as "the John Keats of chess" (:

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Charousek

                I'll also note therein that Andrew Solitis refers to the Charousek - Wollner game "as one of the prettiest ever". The game was also the basis for 'Last Round' by Kester Svendsen, that Solitis calls "perhaps the finest chess short story".

                Chessgames.com also saw fit to highlight the game as a 'game of the day' and aptly entitled "Char Broiler" (:

                http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1036115
                And here's Kester Svendson's 'Last Round', replaying the Charousek - Wollner game in its entirety (:

                http://www.wtharvey.com/lastrd.html

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                • #9
                  Re: Rudolph Charousek

                  There's the famous 'Maroczy Bind' and then there's "Maroczy Bound" (:

                  http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1036148

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