Jul-02-25 Carlsen vs So, 2025 
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| DaltriDiluvi: I'm a bit sceptical about So's play in the opening and middlegame - is this really what you want against Carlsen after 23 moves? [DIAGRAM] Anyway, if you want to study the power of the bishop pair in the endgame there should be plenty to analyse here. |
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Jul-02-25 I Rogers vs G Garcia, 1986
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| DaltriDiluvi: Bent Larsen once wrote that White can get a perpetual check with <19.Qh5+>, but that's not true; Black can break out of it by playing <19...g6>. |
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Jun-29-25 Smilga vs R Altshuler, 1956
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| DaltriDiluvi: The final position deserves a diagram because of the material imbalance: [DIAGRAM] |
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Jun-29-25 R Sadhwani vs Goryachkina, 2025
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| DaltriDiluvi: The good old bishop sacrifice on h6 is still alive and well. |
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Jun-28-25 H Volz vs A Frank, 1995
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| DaltriDiluvi: A very entertaining game which wasn't decided until the very end. |
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Jun-25-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs Rapport, 2025
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| DaltriDiluvi: <I'm beyond puzzled why Pragg took on b6 on move 12> Well, White has to do something about the threat <12...Nxc4>. Maybe <12.cxb5> had been safer, but the queenside still gets opened up a bit. Here's a sample line from my computer, plus the resulting position: |
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Jun-24-25 N Yakubboev vs Abdusattorov, 2025
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| DaltriDiluvi: If I had infinite time I would make a collection of ♖+♗ vs. ♖ positions which are theoretically drawn, but difficult to hold in practise. The position after <129.Bf6-d4> is definitely one of them: [DIAGRAM] Only the moves <129...Rg2> and ... |
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Jun-24-25 A Afonchenko vs Y Koshmak, 1975
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| DaltriDiluvi: This game was decided by the two moves <54.bxa4? Rb6!> where White has to sacrifice the exchange to stop the back rank mate. After <54.Nd5>, White would have been OK. |
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Jun-23-25 M Madaminov vs N Abasov, 2025
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| DaltriDiluvi: Here's the position after <34.Kg1-h2>: [DIAGRAM] Maybe Abasov thought that he could get the rook back with <34...Qxa3>, but that move doesn't work because Black gets mated: <34...Qxa3 35.Qxf7+ Kh7 36.Qxh5+ Kg8 37.Qe8+ Kh7 38.Nf7!> [DIAGRAM] White is ... |
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Jun-22-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs Sindarov, 2025
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| DaltriDiluvi: I like the fact that Pragg avoided a repetition by playing <29.Qd2>. I'm glad that he was rewarded for that decision. |
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