Feb-12-06 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1993
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| CobraChuk: And 13...Bxe1 (?). |
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Feb-12-06 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1993 
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| CobraChuk: 27...Kc8? 28 Ba6+ Kd7 29 Qd6 mate!
Wow. That was simpler than I thought.
I didn't really have to go to Skijbase for that! |
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Feb-12-06 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992
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| CobraChuk: The Indian Cobra is hard to attack... |
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Feb-12-06 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992
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| CobraChuk: He's just worried about his King
not being safe later, I guess. |
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Feb-12-06 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1992
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| CobraChuk: Anand is a tough, pragmatic player, like Lasker in his day.
I don't doubt that whenever Black
puts the knights into the configuration of ...Ngf6 and ...Nbd7
in the Sicilian, that g4! from White
is going to be a strong response, whether Black's e-pawn is at e7 or
e6, and ... |
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Feb-12-06 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1992
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| CobraChuk: Chuck resigning a not lost game?
This probably affected future games
between these two! |
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Feb-12-06 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1992
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| CobraChuk: 23...Qf8 24 c4 Nf6 (=). |
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Feb-12-06 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992
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| CobraChuk: Could have been drawn on move 22. |
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Feb-12-06 Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1991
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| CobraChuk: Yes, that last part is right.
Altho this site is missing several
of Max Dlugy's games (even tho they
are tremendously valuable theoretically), there ought to be at
least one where we see Max kicking
the Old Indian defense in the same
way on the queenside as Kasp did ... |
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Feb-12-06 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1991
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| CobraChuk: 34 Rxd2 Bb5+! wins a rook.
A clearly off form Anand (15 c4?;
23 Qd3?) is decisively whipped by
tournament winner Chuck, who also
delivered to Kasparov the worst
whipping of his career (the 'Cornered
Rat game').
Here, 15 c4? is miserable, and clearly better would ... |
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