Oct-22-21 Robson vs Fedorowicz, 2010 
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| BwanaVa: Fed peak rating-FIDE 2574 (1999), USCF 2672 (approx 1993). |
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Oct-13-21 Petrosian vs Estrin, 1968
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| BwanaVa: I would note Spassky's full comment after the 1966 World Championship match: "It is to Petrosian's advantage that his opponents never know when he is suddenly going to play like Mikhail Tal." |
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Aug-30-21 Xiong vs Caruana, 2021
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| BwanaVa: Also...not a Kings Indian Attack. Some type of reversed Gruenfeld, perhaps... |
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Aug-18-21 Suttles vs R Cosulich, 1974
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| BwanaVa: After 22...e4xd3 23. c5 Nmoves 24 Bxb7 the Qside pawn roller will be too much to stop. |
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Aug-03-21 Beliavsky vs Nakamura, 2009
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| BwanaVa: Regarding the discussion of the en passant rules on 10.30.2011 above and why En Passant is limited to pawns... En Passant was created when rules were changed to allow a Pawn to move two squares on its first move. Complaints were heard that this mean that a pawn on the opposing fifth |
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Jul-20-21 Myagmarsuren vs M Cuellar Gacharna, 1967
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| BwanaVa: "A Mongolian". Just tossing in a Bobby Fischer call back... |
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Jun-04-21 S Joksic vs K Commons, 1975
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| BwanaVa: Cheapo by the Dozen-Amen. I remember back in the day-perhaps this tournament was part of it-when Commons went overseas to play at a time few Americans were doing it and tore through three tournaments or so to earn his IM. |
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May-07-21 Keene vs R Eggmann, 1965
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| BwanaVa: I would say the opening is a Reti, or a Neo -Grunfeld, or perhaps even an English. |
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May-03-21 Kasparov vs V Chuchelov, 2003
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| BwanaVa: "KingG: Games like this make me wish Kasparov had played more 2600 players in his career rather than just the very top guys." Interestingly enough, a Fischer Boom friend of mine made the same comment about Petrosian...he feels that the very top players just deal with certain risks, ... |
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Apr-05-21 Reshevsky vs B Zuckerman, 1966
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| BwanaVa: This is not a Kings Indian Attack. Its either an English Opening or a KID (depending on how you classify openings). |
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