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[Hans Jung]

A brilliant queen sacrifice!!, which can be described as in the style of Tal or Bronstein...

[Hans Jung]

Hopefully Peter doesnt peter out to soon.

[Hans Jung]

I like the way Yu Yangyi beat Caruana.

[Hans Jung]

Its nice to see Timur showing his skills amongst the influential. Also nice to see FIDE promoting him as king of blindfold chess.

[Hans Jung]

The idea of strategical balance is well explained by Iosif Dorfman but he doesnt give you the variations, you have to do the work. At least I understand...

[Hans Jung]

Judit's amazing tactical eye finds another beauty!

[Hans Jung]

I enjoyed old man Vishy beating Ding Liren.

[Hans Jung]

I enjoyed the games. Nice games by young Nicholas especially in rd 4 and he came close to winning against GM Sambuev.

[Hans Jung]

Does anybody know what year smoking stopped over the board in Canada? Its not thought about much now but at the time it was remarkable.

[Hans Jung]

This was also before computers were superstrong.

[Hans Jung]

Exciting game! I enjoyed Black's attack but 23.Qg4, 24.Qe6+ and Qe7+ trading queens was a great find.

[Hans Jung]

For the fans who were asking what Yu Yangyi is doing there, he's obviously not just a tourist. (sort of quoting Garry Kasparov long ago)

[Hans Jung]

Im enjoying the spectacle.

[Hans Jung]

"It is remarkable how much brilliance, wealth of ideas, color, and variety can be packed into a combination only a few moves deep" - Irving...

[Hans Jung]

I picked up a cap on the weekend. White ball cap. Annex chess club on the front, chess is for everyone on the back. Reminder of Ted. I'll treasure it...

[Hans Jung]

I'll never forget page one of Combination The Heart of Chess. The first diagram was Tal - Klaman USSR 1957, the second Taimanov - Kusminich USSR 1950...

[Hans Jung]

I met Irving Chernev when I was 16 years old. At the time I had no appreciation of who he was and virtually no chess culture. I do recall I was impressed...

[Hans Jung]

I dont know about modern masters but I remember Nick doing it and Milan Vukadinov, amongst others. Lawrence used to quote rhyme, chapter, and verse (variations...

[Hans Jung]

Is there a thread (on chesstalk) about Irving Chernev? To that I could contribute.

[Hans Jung]

Astonishing! The things I learn on chesstalk. Thanks for bringing Fred Reinfeld up again. (I hadnt read this thread before)