Jan-14-25 Karpov vs Adorjan, 1977 
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CountryGirl: Alex Colovic tells the story of this game in detail, move by move, at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxY... |
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Nov-28-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024) 
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CountryGirl: Ding shoulda bought IM Sielecki's Chessable course, 'Keep it Simple for Black'. Black gets a great game by prioritising b5 and a5 - it scores humungously well, too. Don't allow QGD if you can't handle the Exchange! |
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Jan-28-24 Volodymyr Onyshchuk 
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CountryGirl: Is Volodymyr Onyshchuk still alive? |
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Jan-24-24 Jonathan L Hilton 
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CountryGirl: Jonathan Hilton co-wrote the 3-volume series "Wojo's Weapons", a brilliant exposition of GM Alexander Wojtkiewicz's openings as white.
Nowadays he is a top legal eagle, partner in his own law firm: https://hiltonparker.com/jonathan-h...
Don't know how his chess is (or if he ... |
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Dec-06-21 Alireza Firouzja 
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CountryGirl: Firouzja seems as good as Carlsen. A Norwegian and an Iranian at the very top, who'd a thunk it? I know 20 years ago I couldn't have imagined it.
Over the next 10 years Magnus will progress towards age 41, Alireza to 28. Perhaps Magnus can somehow use Alireza's competition to ... |
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Apr-12-21 Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972) 
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CountryGirl: Interesting to revisit the story of Reykjavik.
Spassky was a great player, a great gentleman and very sportsmanlike. He was also one of the biggest all time suckers in chess.
If only he had put his foot down after game 2 and told Fischer where to get off. "You want to change ... |
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Jan-25-21 Leinier Dominguez Perez 
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CountryGirl: Leinier is a super-consistent player. I expect that like Michael Adams he will be competing at a very high level for many years to come. |
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Jan-08-21 Fritz vs G Hertneck, 1998
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CountryGirl: This is a tactical masterpiece! Just one blow after another. Beautiful! |
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Dec-01-20 Wesley So 
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CountryGirl: Arsenal? Really?! Wesley, you deserve better :) |
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Apr-19-20 Abu Dhabi Leko - Morozevich Rapid & Blitz Match (2019) 
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CountryGirl: Holy cow! 11.5 to 4.5!! I guess Moro is taking retirement really, really seriously... |
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