Nov-14-12 Kharlov vs Krasenkow, 1997 
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pogotheclown: I missed it today because the only move I considered was Rxf4 and I got stuck trying to make it work. Having looked at the game I really don't think much of 5.Na4 and I'm equally umimpressed with black's choice of 6..Nb6. |
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Nov-13-12 A Istratescu vs Chernin, 1997 
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pogotheclown: Took me the same five seconds to solve as yesterday's problem. |
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Oct-10-12 D Zagorskis vs J Michenka, 1994 
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pogotheclown: I saw Bd4 straightaway but I interposed an unneccessary move to get mate. I went Bd4 Qxe2 Rxg7+ Kh8 and then I thought I had to attract the rook to F8 so I continued Rf8+ Rxf8 and then Rxg6 dis+. When I played thru I saw it wasn't necessary, just like the extra c in neccessary, |
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Oct-09-12 N Vlassov vs A Terekhin, 1994 
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pogotheclown: Qd3? Dafuk? |
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Sep-19-12 J Pelikan vs B Wexler, 1972 
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pogotheclown: Did Pelikan slip Wexler a few dollars to play Rxh7? |
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Jul-14-12 V Rocha vs R Barria Baker, 2006 
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pogotheclown: White's play was totally negative from the start. Thoroughly deserved to lose. |
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Apr-14-12 J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975 
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pogotheclown: How is this difficult? |
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Apr-12-12 A Mikhalchishin vs Shirov, 1988 
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pogotheclown: Qxf5 was the first move I looked at and I didn't have to look for another. After gxf h6 black has not time to work up an attack or suck the white king into the open. Easy for a Thursday. |
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Apr-08-12 A Sokolsky vs Kotov, 1938 
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pogotheclown: I can't figure out why Kotov played Nc4 as opposed to exf. Black cannot win material on f3 because of Rb8+ but white ends up with an isolated pawn and his king is opened up a bit. Nc4 is just terrible. |
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Apr-08-12 A Sokolsky vs Navrodsky, 1944 
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pogotheclown: This was pretty easy for a Sunday. Often as not I don't bother with Saturday and Sunday puzzles because I have a pretty rigid definition of what a combination is and what a chess problem is and when I see solutions that a 15 moves long and not all variations given are forced ... |
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Mar-29-12 R Haring vs P Cramling, 1981
Mar-22-12 A Rakhmanov vs Y Ginzburg, 2010 
Mar-21-12 Chigorin vs Gossip, 1889 
Feb-21-12 Pillsbury vs NN, 1899 
Oct-26-11 Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922 
Oct-25-11 L Lenic vs Le Quang Liem, 2011 
Oct-20-11 T Demetriescu vs Nagy, 1936 
Oct-13-11 V Laznicka vs Negi, 2011 
Oct-12-11 Bologan vs E van Haastert, 2005 
Oct-11-11 Kupreichik vs Tseshkovsky, 1976 
Oct-10-11 A Miltner vs M Thesing, 2006 
Oct-06-11 Janowski vs E Schallopp, 1896 
Oct-04-11 F Casas vs L Piazzini, 1952 
Oct-03-11 T Lanchava vs M Kursova, 2007 
Oct-01-11 Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1925 
Sep-30-11 Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1935 
Sep-08-11 N Spiridonov vs Y Estrin, 1971 
Sep-07-11 Timman vs A Pomar, 1977 
Sep-06-11 Keres vs P Troeger, 1960 
Sep-05-11 T Peine vs V Budde, 1970 
Aug-29-11 A Masters vs A McHarg, 2009 
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