Aug-10-04 S Cicak vs P Nikolic, 2001
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| Never1.b4: Nice tactical shot to win a pawn starting at move 33. Black wins another French Exchange Variation |
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Aug-10-04 D Paulsen vs P Nikolic, 2001
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| Never1.b4: Nikolic goes straight for an even endgame to outplay a 2400 player |
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Aug-10-04 H Kilicaslan vs P Nikolic, 2003
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| Never1.b4: I thought White did pretty well for a 400 point rating difference. Nikolic had to work at it! |
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Jan-06-04 Lautier vs Fressinet, 2002 
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| Never1.b4: What a sad way to lose! |
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Dec-23-03 H Stefansson vs I Sokolov, 2003
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| Never1.b4: It is not obvious why White resigned here. |
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Dec-23-03 J Alford Phillipe vs J Norgaard, 2003
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| Never1.b4: White sure let Black off easy! |
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Dec-23-03 H Hernandez Carmenates vs A Zapata, 2003
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| Never1.b4: Why did white sac the exchange? |
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Dec-23-03 A Zapata vs R Hernandez Onna, 2003
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| Never1.b4: Why would white consent to a draw just after winning a pawn? Is there a mistake here? |
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Dec-23-03 L Alonso Baez vs J Norgaard, 2003
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| Never1.b4: No pawns traded until move 53! Black kept trying to make the good-N vs Bad-B into something, but couldn't without a second pawn break. |
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Dec-22-03 Karjakin vs F Vallejo Pons, 2003
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| Never1.b4: My goodness, did Black ever keep at this ending for a long time. An extra pawn, sure, but double and with opposite colored bishops. Kept the kid up way past his bedtime! |
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Dec-22-03 T Thorhallsson vs Fressinet, 2003
Dec-18-03 Naiditsch vs Mamedyarov, 2003
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