Mar-14-16 Topalov vs Shirov, 1998 
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Aniara: Love the Thomas Becket reference. |
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Aug-20-14 Fine vs A Dake, 1933 
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Aniara: Wow. Fine's best games are remarkably clean and direct (I am thinking, for instance, of his win over Botvinnik in the AVRO tournament in 1938, Fine vs Botvinnik, 1938 ). |
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Jun-18-14 S Baldazzi vs A Holmsten, 2001 
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Aniara: Things got easier when I realized that it was not possible for the white pawn to promote on the e1 square. |
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Apr-29-14 Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929 
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Aniara: Love the pun. With a dream in your heart you're never alone. |
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Mar-15-14 Mamedyarov vs Anand, 2014 
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Aniara: I suppose that after 26. Bxf6, Re2 wins? |
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Aug-31-13 A Kubicek vs Hort, 1972 
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Aniara: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter really took me aback when I read it a few years ago. Read it! It is time well spent. Great pun. |
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Mar-13-13 J Sarratt vs NN, 1818 
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Aniara: I always thought that 'Que sera sera' was French, but I just now learned from Wikipedia that this sentence is not grammatically correct in any language! 'Most Romance languages are like English in using a single word for the interrogative what (as in the question "What will it be?"): |
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Jan-06-13 Pillsbury vs Winawer, 1896 
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Aniara: The film is really quite charming, with a peculiar mix of laughter and darkness. It was Shirley MacLaine's first. |
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Dec-05-12 McShane vs Aronian, 2012 
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Aniara: Seriously, what is wrong with 67. ♖c8+? What am I missing? |
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Dec-03-12 T Binham vs P Horn, 1998 
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Aniara: After 23. ... hxg6 24. ♖xf7+ ♘xf7 white has 25. ♗g7+. |
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Aug-14-12 J Finnegan vs R P Allen, 1948 
Sep-27-11 J Jorczik vs J Hector, 2008
Sep-23-11 Navara vs McShane, 2004 
Sep-14-11 S Polgar vs Westerinen, 1988 
Sep-13-11 K Krantz vs J Sellberg, 1974 
Mar-29-11 Kasparov vs Nunn, 1986 
Mar-18-11 Grischuk vs Topalov, 2011 
Feb-24-11 K Regan vs J Tisdall, 1977 
Feb-16-11 Geller vs Polugaevsky, 1961 
Jan-14-11 Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009 
Sep-30-10 C Kottnauer vs Kotov, 1946 
Jun-11-10 Rybka vs Pandix, 2010 
May-11-10 Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010) 
Feb-28-10 Capablanca vs Yates, 1924 
Jan-23-10 Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2010 
Jan-06-10 A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1926 
Nov-11-09 M Lange vs M C Schmucker, 1848 
Nov-08-09 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2009 
Nov-03-09 Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924 
Aug-21-09 Bronstein vs Deep Blue, 1996 
Aug-04-09 G Milos vs N Murshed, 1997 
Jun-16-09 Nisipeanu vs Ivanchuk, 2009 
Jun-04-09 Anand vs Leko, 2009 
May-21-09 Dominguez Perez vs Topalov, 2009 
May-20-09 Goldin vs Geller, 1989 
Feb-23-09 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2009 
Feb-22-09 Smyslov vs Ragozin, 1943 
Feb-19-09 Psakhis vs Kasparov, 1990 
Nov-26-08 Shirov vs Fedorov, 2001 
Oct-24-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 
Jul-25-06 Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2006 
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