May-07-20 R J Gross vs Benko, 1968
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| Brettwith2ts: 22. d3! and the Knight has to move - if Qxd3??, 23. Rxf4!, when white cannot capture back on f4 without losing the Queen to a knight fork. |
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Jan-28-20 Brettwith2ts chessforum
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| Brettwith2ts: <OhioChessFan> wasn't it? It looked so off that my first reaction was panic - I don't expect IMs to make moves like that, so I assumed the mistake was mine somehow. I had to triple check every line before I could convince myself it was actually just a bad move. |
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Dec-11-19 Lipke vs Andrey A Markov, 1890
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| Brettwith2ts: <Honza Cervenka> Absolutely agree. Around about move 21, when the last white Bishop comes off the board, things are pretty even and the only advantage I see for Black is the bishops. Of course, in these wide open positions, you would expect the Bishops to have the edge, ... |
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Oct-31-19 Rossetto vs Najdorf, 1947
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| Brettwith2ts: Fun game. I love seeing a good positional struggle. 1. e4, c5 immediately leads to a fight over d4, which in mainlines of the Sicilian White resolves by playing a pawn to d4 and trading on that square. In the current game, Black pounces on that square with 8...Nd4!, ... |
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Oct-24-19 P Copping vs B J Moore, 1956
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| Brettwith2ts: Odd final position. After 52. Bxg6, it's a pretty easy win for White, regardless of what Black tries. I wonder if there were other factors, time trouble etc., that we can't see from the raw moves. |
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Apr-30-19 D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005 
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| Brettwith2ts: How strange. I was just looking at this game over the weekend, so Nf4 - Nh3# was fresh on my mind. Much more tricky, but still ultimately winning for Black, is:37. h4. Now, instead of 37. ...Nh3+?, Black must play 37. ...Ne2+ and 38. ...Bxf2, when the Knight and the Bishop will |
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Nov-28-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018
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| Brettwith2ts: <offramp: 12.Na4
Right that's it. Black is a pawn ahead. Game over.> Based on the rest of the match, that means it's a guaranteed draw... |
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Nov-16-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018
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| Brettwith2ts: <Diademas: Are we in tablebase territory now?> Biggest tablebase I know of is 7-piece, so we just need one more piece off the board |
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Nov-13-18 A Stefanova vs M Makropoulou, 1994
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| Brettwith2ts: Interesting game! I want to come back and analyze this more later. I feel like Black was doing well despite the material imbalance, but 35. ... Na3?does a lot more than just hang a pawn - it brings White's rooks into play as well. And then 40. ... Nd4? was just a shame, no need |
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Nov-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018
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| Brettwith2ts: <sudoplatov: The "same" opening with White and Black isn't really the same. The objectives are a bit different. Playing a standard Sicilian reversed with a move-in-hand does't necessarily guarantee White a bigger advantage than other openings. White (supposedly) is trying to |
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