Apr-10-25 Ravi Krishna G vs S Williams, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: Bf2 was a blunder. Be1 and white is still OK (-0.6) according to a silicon beast. |
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Apr-08-25 Nepomniachtchi vs D Gukesh, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: White is already +2.4 after 6.cd5, according to an engine, with its preferred move for Black being O-O, giving up a pawn. How easy it is to go wrong with unfamiliar starting positions! |
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Apr-08-25 Caruana vs Abdusattorov, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: Fascinating. Ne5 was a blunder missing an easy combination winning a piece. But white was already in trouble after his queen adventure. |
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Apr-06-25 G Milos vs W Sapis, 2000 
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| Andrew Chapman: It's a strong attack, but maybe not as strong as White thought. 25. Ne4? squanders all of White's advantage -- 25 ... Ng3! 26. Nxg3? Rf8 27. Qb3 Qh2 (-0.8)> Ng3 is a hard move to see. |
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Apr-05-25 Z Tan vs W Ju, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: 33..Rb8 seemed obvious and turns out to be the best move according to an engine, although I expect Ju had her reasons for rejecting it. |
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Mar-31-25 S Gumularz vs F Svane, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: Not obvious to most (?) of us that after Rg8+ the king on h8 would find sanctuary on a7. |
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Mar-21-25 W Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson, 1893
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| Andrew Chapman: Black is still OK after 12..Rd8. |
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Mar-20-25 M Muradli vs A Manea, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: 23.. Qa7 was a blunder, though 25. Ne5 is quite easy to miss. |
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Mar-14-25 A Grachev vs Nepomniachtchi, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: According to an engine, it's equal until 25.Rf3. I guess white missed Ng6. |
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Feb-26-25 M A Maurizzi vs Bacrot, 2025
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| Andrew Chapman: Although the machine agrees that Bacrot is lost, it's not very obvious to a patzer after h6xg5, h6, Bd8 (best apparently) or Bf6 (my thought). I looked at a line where white is two pieces down, and the queen's off the board, and the machine has +11 or something, but for ... |
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