May-20-13 Mikhail Botvinnik 
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Olavi: <perfidious> No, that's why Geller got the spot, despite finishing last in the Soviet zonal: USSR Zonal (1964) . He had earlier lost the play-off for second place in Curacao to Keres.
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| | May-19-13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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Olavi: In a practical game an attacking player would be unlikely to take the b7 pawn. Nei suggests 17.c4 Rc8 18.Nc3 Qc6 19.Rab1, possibly Spassky's intention as Nei was one of the seconds.
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| | May-08-13 Kenneth Rogoff
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Olavi: <Petrosianic> "Muslim" is not an ethnicity, that's the point.
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| | May-08-13 Fine vs Botvinnik, 1938
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Olavi: I now see this exchange on the first page: <Botvinnik gave 14..a5! 15 Bxc3..dxc 16 Rd4..Qe7 17 Rd6..Bc6 18 Qd4..Rb8 19 Qxc3..Rb1+ 20 Rd1..Rxd1+ 21 Kxd1..0-0 as playable for Black.> <White could improve with 15.0-0 or 16.Qd6 in that line.>
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| | May-07-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
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Olavi: <SatelliteDan: If there is no note indicating a non regulation game that means all there encounters were regulation.> The statistics are very unreliable. An example is Anand vs Karpov, 1997 , a rapid game, but it's still included in the classical.
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| | May-06-13 Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)
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Olavi: And in fact Botvinnik too.
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| | May-05-13 Magnus Carlsen
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Olavi: <Shams> The original post by <solskytz> seemed to suggest something in case Carlsen refuses, though I'm not quite sure what.
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| | Apr-24-13 Spassky vs Tal, 1962
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Olavi: And Tal was familiar with it: Keres vs Tal, 1957
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| | Apr-20-13 Robert James Fischer
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Olavi: Indeed, but in such a match there would be no must draw situation.
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| | Apr-19-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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Olavi: This is quite normal; for instance, Spassky was surely the best player 1964-70.
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