Nov-05-21 Shirov vs Nakamura, 2018
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| Bobby Spassky: The exchange sacrifice was good. His follow up was bad. +0.38 (29 ply) 20.Qf2 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Be7 22.Bf4 Ka8 23.Re1 Qc4 24.a3 Rc8 25.Re2 Rc6 26.Kg1 Rg8 27.Bc1 Qa2 28.h4 Rh8 29.g3 Rcc8 30.b3 Bxa3 31.Bxa3 Qxa3 32.Qxd4 Qa2 33.e6 fxe6 |
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Jul-18-21 Caruana vs S Megaranto, 2021 
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| Bobby Spassky: He got a Covid-19 diagnosis during the game and was disqualified. |
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Apr-13-21 Hikaru Nakamura
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| Bobby Spassky: Wow!! No comments in 2021! |
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Dec-09-20 Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1964
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| Bobby Spassky: Shipov made a mistake.
"The best can be to sacrifice a piece after 11...exf4 12.dxc6 Qe7 13.fxg4 Qxe3+ 14.Be2 Nxg4 15.Nh3 Rad8 16.Qc2 (see diagram) which was played in Khalifman vs S Shipov, 2003, but it seems to be that black has not full compensation there and that white is |
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Oct-17-20 J Sherwin vs Reshevsky, 1958
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| Bobby Spassky: Sherwin shellacks Reshevsky |
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Jul-31-20 Flohr vs S Landau, 1937
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| Bobby Spassky: The score is correct. This is a standard game used to teach how to bust up black's position. The move 15. c5 is very instructive. |
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Jul-22-20 H Wolf vs K Treybal, 1922
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| Bobby Spassky: 1) =0.00 (22 ply) 15...Kg7 16.Qg4 f6 17.Be3+ Ng6 18.h4 Kf7 19.h5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Rg8 21.Qf5 exf4 22.d4 Rg5 23.Qh7+ Rg7 24.Qf5 Rg5 I love machines. |
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Jul-15-20 Westerinen vs Lombardy, 1961
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| Bobby Spassky: White missed a win!
25.Ndc6+ Ka8 26.Nxd8 Rxd8 27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 Ne5 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Rd1 Bc7 31.Bd4 a5 32.Na2 Kb8 33.Nc3 f6 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Rd7 f5 36.exf5 exf5 37.Re7 Bf6 |
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Jul-10-20 Kenneth Rogoff
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| Bobby Spassky: The latest polls.
WI Biden +11
MI Biden +11
PA Biden +10
NC Biden +9
AZ Biden +7
FL Biden +6
GOP RIP! |
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May-10-20 Yu Yangyi vs So, 2020
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| Bobby Spassky: 1) +1.72 (20 ply) 28.Bd5 f4 29.Bf7 Rxg5 30.Kg2 Bh3+ 31.Kxh3 Qc8+ 32.Kg2 g6 33.Bc5 f3+ 34.Kxf3 Bxc5 35.Qh4+ Kg7 36.Qxg5 Kxf7 37.Qxe5 Qf5+ 38.Qxf5+ gxf5 39.Rd8 Ke7 40.Rc8 Bd6 41.Rh8 Bc7 42.Rb1 Be5 43.Rb7+ Kf6 44.Rf8+ Kg6 45.Rg8+ Kh6 |
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Apr-11-20 Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957
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Jan-15-20 I Silverman vs R J Fontinha, 1990
Jan-07-20 K Hoennekes vs M Fuchs, 2002
Jan-02-20 R Nezhmetdinov vs A Elizarov, 1964
Dec-18-19 Karjakin vs Wei Yi, 2019
Dec-07-19 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2019
Nov-08-19 V Ruban vs A Poluljahov, 1994
Oct-18-19 Wang Hao vs Carlsen, 2019
Oct-15-19 Art Zhao vs D A Yeager, 2011
Aug-17-19 Nepomniachtchi vs Anand, 2019
Jul-20-19 Timman vs Cherniaev, 2008
Jul-02-19 P Ricardi vs J Arnason, 1984
Jun-29-19 Nepomniachtchi vs Karjakin, 2019
Jun-24-19 Yates vs Nimzowitsch, 1910
Feb-16-19 Steinitz vs Bird, 1866
Jan-10-19 Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2018
Aug-15-18 Benko vs Fischer, 1960
Aug-14-18 Movsesian vs N Miezis, 2008
Aug-13-18 Browne vs V Kovacevic, 1970
Aug-03-18 R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961
Aug-01-18 Biel (2018)
Jul-25-18 L Didier vs L Rosen, 1900
Jun-10-18 Sam Shankland
Aug-07-17 Acs vs A Khruschiov, 1997
Jul-10-17 Yates vs Tarrasch, 1922
Apr-23-17 Suetin vs A A Bikhovsky, 1958
Apr-03-17 Kenneth Rogoff
Apr-03-17 H Horta vs W Palmkoeck, 1999
Jan-23-17 So vs Aronian, 2017
Dec-25-16 S Zhigalko vs I Bukavshin, 2015
Dec-16-16 Lenderman vs V Malaniuk, 2010
Mar-21-16 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2016
Mar-11-16 Spassky vs Karpov, 1982
Feb-14-16 Svidler vs F Vallejo Pons, 2004
Oct-14-15 D Martinez Lopez vs J Nicolas Zapata, 2013
Jul-26-15 Kupreichik vs I Radulov, 1980
Jul-04-15 Ulybin vs L I Filip, 2007
Jul-03-15 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
Jun-22-15 Grischuk vs Topalov, 2015
Jun-02-15 L Christiansen vs Rogoff, 1978
May-23-15 Knaak vs H Liebert, 1975
Apr-21-15 Kramnik vs Adams, 2015
Apr-07-15 H Seyboth vs Luetze, 1902
Apr-01-15 M Romi vs C Staldi, 1954
Mar-30-15 Spassky vs Golombek, 1953
Jan-22-15 Nakamura vs N D Alvarado Sepulveda, 2001
Jan-09-15 Lipschutz vs O Michaelis, 1886
Dec-31-14 E Bukacek vs E Brestian, 1995
Nov-25-14 Robson vs Prasanna Raghuram Rao, 2004
Nov-11-14 C Luciani vs M Petrovic, 2001
Nov-10-14 Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014
Oct-10-14 H Nagel vs A Lenz, 1994
Oct-09-14 J Grefe vs L Gilden, 1974
Oct-07-14 B Bok vs I Argandona Riveiro, 2014
Sep-22-14 Petrosian vs Larsen, 1972
Sep-22-14 Claudia Kampimbare
Sep-22-14 A S Hagen vs R Frick, 2013
Sep-20-14 Geller vs J Kaplan, 1980
Sep-13-14 A Elo vs Fischer, 1957
Jul-31-14 P Genov vs N Davies, 1986
Jul-28-14 A Shaw vs C Hertan, 1987
Jul-25-14 R Borngaesser vs H Seegers, 1984
Jul-19-14 Short vs Alburt, 1984
Jul-13-14 Short vs D I Runcan, 2014
Jul-11-14 Von Gottschall vs F Riemann, 1885
Jun-30-14 Tal vs L Zaid, 1973
Jun-23-14 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969
Apr-18-14 P Kosar vs L Albertovic, 1996
Apr-18-14 K Wesseln vs J Rigo, 1986
Apr-16-14 Euwe vs J G Baay, 1921
Apr-14-14 L Josteinsson vs Petursson, 1984
Apr-13-14 Fischer vs Larsen, 1970
Apr-06-14 Captain Evans vs Horwitz, 1843
Mar-28-14 Korneev vs Piskov, 1996
Feb-28-14 B Matute Loja vs A Shyngys Kyzy, 2013
Feb-07-14 R Kerr
Feb-07-14 L G L Copp vs R Kerr, 1944
Feb-02-14 O Bazan vs Fischer, 1960
Feb-01-14 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2014
Jan-22-14 Wagner vs Z Hermanowicz, 1933
Dec-29-13 Louis Stumpers
Jun-02-13 Kamsky vs Morozevich, 2013
May-28-13 Dominguez Perez vs Nakamura, 2013
May-20-13 R J Dive vs Q Johnson, 2013
Apr-29-13 Alekhine Memorial (2013)
Apr-07-13 Alekhine vs A Kaufmann, 1919
Apr-01-13 Svidler vs Ivanchuk, 2013
Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
Mar-30-13 Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2013
Mar-28-13 Grischuk vs Carlsen, 2013
Mar-25-13 Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2013
Mar-25-13 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2013
Feb-28-13 Kramnik vs Caruana, 2013
Feb-04-13 M Perez Candelario vs Saleh Salman, 2012
Jan-06-13 Donovan vs C Howell, 1997
Dec-29-12 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Dec-09-12 A Rodriguez Cespedes vs Timoshenko, 1998
Aug-05-12 C W Brown vs V Fernandez Coria, 1924
Jul-22-12 K Rodriguez vs P Alzola Tovar, 2002
Apr-11-12 Bacrot vs E Relange, 2006
Mar-20-12 M Ragger vs R S Jones, 2007
Mar-14-12 Rogoff vs R Byrne, 1976
Mar-07-12 Tal vs J M Ripley, 1974
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