Mar-01-11 K Swemers vs A Krueger, 2000 
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Grilo: Regarding the opening, I pray for both ladies souls after the begginer's mistake 3...♗c5 and - the not so begginer, but still mistake - 6.♘c3, despite the regular level game and didatic 7th rank domination at the end. I refuse to deeply analyse options for Black's third ... |
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Mar-01-11 S Conquest vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1996 
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Grilo: [DIAGRAM] A first glance at this position and I think "Bloody Mary! The white rook aiming for the black king, just waiting for the sargeant to yell 'Open fire!'. Too bad little Napoleon here is pinned..." and that was it. As I immediatly clicked through the next move, Stuart Conquest ... |
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Mar-01-11 Leko vs J Sieglen, 1994 
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Grilo: This reminds me of a basic rule of chess, but essential to all developing players: don't immediatly recapture! Explore the options, forcing moves and subtleties of the position before recapturing that simple pawn. [DIAGRAM] So here, at move 20, White has just captured Black's d5 pawn. |
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Mar-01-11 M Kraemer vs J Campos Moreno, 2010 
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Grilo: Grilo: I've grown afraid of catalan-like positions ever since the Anand-Topalov match - not because of intricacies generated by the opening, but specially because of the lack of a clear plan. I'm one dragon-sicilian stubborn guy, and am aware of the importance of counterplay down the ... |
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Feb-28-11 Korchnoi vs E Preissmann, 1991
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Grilo: The noteboom variation is part of my opening repertoire, and I have faced far more 5.♘e5 at online play than one would expect. It doesn't seem like a much fashionable move (after all, moving the same piece twice in the opening would have given Nimzowitsch praxis' a heart attack) |
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Feb-28-11 Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 
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Grilo: Absolutely stunned by the ♕g6 - even though I have seen Marshall's ♕g3 in my early periods of tactical studies. [DIAGRAM] The only piece holding Black's position together is the misplaced and ready-to-be-kicked ♘f4. It is the sentinel to ♘d5, preventing the ... |
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Feb-28-11 Janowski vs Steel, 1893 
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Grilo: I must agree with Phony Benoni here.
24...Bxc4?? Dear Lord this deserves a third and maybe a fourth question mark, which is clearly not matching Steel's calibre. Clearly the game was registered as 24...BxP and misinterpreted, when the actual move has been 24...Bxd6, justifying ... |
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Feb-28-11 J Tambini vs V Jones, 2010 
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Grilo: 14.h3 is a tough move for me to swallow.
[DIAGRAM] First of all, yes, I understand the purpose of advancing f4 whilst mantaning control over g4 and opening the scope of the light-squared bishop. But after facing over and over kingside fianchettos against my patzer buddies, 14.h4 ... |
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May-06-10 A Beliavsky vs Adams, 1989 
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Grilo: I believe that 33.h5+,generating the mating net, is more impressive than 36.g4+. Why didn't they put this position as today's puzzle?: [DIAGRAM] |
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May-05-10 Najdorf vs D Byrne, 1962 
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Grilo: <Marmot PFL> I believe your move 55.Na4 is really the key winning move here. After 55.Na4 Ne3+ 56.Kf3 Nxc4 57.a6 Nb6 58.Nxb6 b2 59.a7 b1=Q 60.a8=Q+, the win can be reached by the d5 pawn. I believe there are ways of promoting it through constant checks. But obviously there is ... |
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Feb-08-10 D Andreikin vs A Bezgodov, 2010 
Feb-07-10 J Sloth vs W N Watson, 1991 
Feb-06-10 P Cramling vs S Kindermann, 1991 
Feb-05-10 Fine vs Keres, 1938 
Feb-04-10 K Aseev vs D de Vreugt, 2001 
Feb-03-10 D King vs J Hall, 1998 
Feb-02-10 Jakovenko vs Carlsen, 2009 
Feb-02-10 Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2009 
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