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This game is truly a stunning masterpiece by Philip Corbin of Barbados. Besides winning a Brilliancy Prize, he also went on to tie for 2nd in the U2200 section. Today FM Corbin is a seven-time Barbados champion and is known as the "Caribbean Tal" for his swashbuckling play. This game appeared self-annotated in the October 1985 issue of U.S. Chess Life Magazine. Enjoy! 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. |
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At the time of the encounter with IM James "the Rizz" Rizzitano, a 22-year old Maurice Ashley was set to begin a meteoric rise to stardom. A product of the "Black Bear School of Chess," Maurice honed his skills in St. Nicholas Park with the likes of FM William Morrison, FM Ronald Simpson, and NM Ernest Colding. The Black Bear School was a very serious club of Black chess players known for lengthy analysis sessions and raucous blitz tournaments. Maurice had just earned an IM norm at the 1988 New York Open and was playing with a lot of confidence. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. |
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The late NM Wilbert Paige was a regular participant in World Open tournaments given native Philadelphian status. Wilbert was known as a quiet, polite and mild-mannered persona. However, you wouldn't know that from this game. He didn't earn the chess nickname of "Evil" for nothing. This is one of the few games of record for Wilbert Paige, and it is probably one of the best. The game takes tips and turns throughout and then out of the blue... a queen sacrifice!! The best part was yet to come... check it out! 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Maybe Wilbert realized that 7. Qg4!? has been analyzed almost to mate.
7... Ne7 8. a4 b6 9. Bb5+ I like this move because Black is forced to make the painful decision of misplacing the bishop. Generally, Black attempts to play Ba6 to trade bishops.
9... Bd7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 f5 12. |
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FM Stephen Muhammad had the tournament of his life in the 1997 World Open where he defeated two GMs and an IM, drew with two GMs and was undefeated until losing his seventh-round loss to GM Vladimir Epishin. His performance rating... a cool 2647! In 1999, he would find himself battling to win the entire tournament! As he sat down to play the white pieces, GM Alexander Goldin looked unconcerned... certainly a psych job going on. However, after Muhammad began aiming his pieces at the white king, things got REAL serious! 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. |
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Interesting battle. This was a typical Tate game... a theoretically sharp Sicilian with both sides playing for mate. As usual, Tate offered sacrifices, but the Turkish GM wouldn't risk getting mated and took his chances in the enusing endgame. Not exactly a Tate weakness. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. g4 a6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. g5 Nd7 11. f4 b5 12. Qg4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. |
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This win by Norman "Pete" Rogers clinched his 1st IM norm. After sending IM Nickolai Andrianov home in round 2 and dishing a beating to IM Amon Simutowe, he sat to play veteran IM John Donaldson. This game brought the flames of a Dragon Defense. The game was highly complicated, but the R+P ending took flawless technique to secure the point. Donaldson and Rogers analyzed for about an hour after the game. Pete would nearly miss another IM norm only a couple weeks later at the Wilbert Paige Memorial. Since then, Pete has bagged another IM norm at the 2002 Penn State Masters. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 |
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This game sent shock waves through the tournament hall as the ever-dangerous Tate played perhaps the finest attack at the World Open. Such an efficient demolition of a GM is certainly newsworthy. Tate demonstrated the game to growing crowd of about 30 onlookers in the skittles room... it was quite a site! Tate is such a melodramatic commentator that after the session, he received generous applause from the onlookers... truly amazing. Was the applause justified? Well... you be the judge! 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. N5c3 Be6 10. Nd2 Rg8 11. Nc4 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qh5 b5 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. Kd1 Qb4! 17. Qxh7 Qxb2 18. Rc1 Rg6 19. Bd3 e4! 20. Nf5 exd3 21. Nxd6+ Kd7 22. Nxc8 Bh6! 23. f4 Bxf4 24. Qh3+ Kd8 0-1 |
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Muhammad earned his 2nd IM norm in this energetic performance. Muhammad's vacating sacrifice of 21.e5! opened the flood gates into black's position. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 |
Philip Corbin
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