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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