May-02-13 G Welling vs B Huemmer, 1982 
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sshhhh: In the CG opening explorer, 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 has a pretty good percentage for white (+24=9-20). But in bigger databases with more non-master games (e.g. 365chess.com) it does predictably badly. 2... c5 seems not to be the best reply; after 2... d5 instead, white often either plays 3.e4 ...
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| | Apr-30-13 V Vepkhvishvili vs K Shavgulidze, 1983
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sshhhh: Ke8-e7-d6-e5-f6-f7-e6(-f7 if it wasn't for the resignation). All in 31 moves. Rarely a winning strategy (though fun to watch).
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| | Dec-30-12 Maroczy vs M Romi, 1930
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sshhhh: Good way of putting it, <Patriot>. Thanks.
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| | Dec-09-12 A Rodriguez vs G Timoshenko, 1998
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sshhhh: Heroic effort <Abdel Irada>. I thought I'd solved it (and I certainly saw the main lines), but I wonder how many of the people who said this was too easy saw even half of this.
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| | Oct-17-12 K Landa vs R Gerber, 2012
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sshhhh: Fair point. Then I guess he missed it. Good catch.
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| | Jul-17-12 Kamsky vs Le Quang Liem, 2012
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sshhhh: I got dizzy just watching that. 7 of the first 11 moves with the same knight.
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| | Mar-22-12 A Rombaldoni vs Vallejo-Pons, 2012
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sshhhh: I'm nowhere near a good enough player to evaluate the position around move 25, but I do like the way it dissolves in moves 26-37.
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| | Mar-20-12 M Ragger vs R S Jones, 2007
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sshhhh: <nirvanapirate> 22. Bxh6+ Ke7 and?
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| | Jan-17-12 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011
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sshhhh: <Penguincw> If that list is complete then Nakamura has never beaten Carlsen in classic time controls. A couple of draws initially then total domination by Carlsen. +5=4-0 in recent years.
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| | Nov-25-11 Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1979
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sshhhh: Having seen the end of the game, I love the perversity of the whole Qa7-b7-a6-b7-c6 manoeuvre. Yes, it won a pawn (Qa7-b7-a6), but the last couple of moves seem almost taunting: "Yes, you can trap me, no I'm not going to do anything about it. I'll win anyway".
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