Jan-04-23 Carlsen vs J van Foreest, 2022 
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| Eduardo Leon: I don't think entering a Q vs. Q endgame was the source of black's troubles, though... |
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Jan-02-23 Shimanov vs Carlsen, 2022
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| Eduardo Leon: 29.b4 is what I would have played. |
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Oct-23-22 Tartakower vs Meitner, 1909
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| Eduardo Leon: Easy enough, even though I am completely out of practice. |
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Nov-12-21 Matulovic vs M Vukic, 1972
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| Eduardo Leon: White most likely played 31.♕c8+, rather than 31.♕c6. |
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Mar-01-21 V Nadtocheev vs Krogius, 1962
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| Eduardo Leon: I went for <35.Nf6> directly. Black's disgrace is that 1. He cannot take the knight: <35...gxf6 36.Qxh7+#> 2. He cannot take the queen: <35...Rxf7 36.Rxh7+#> 3. Advancing the h pawn still allows mate: <35...h6 36.Rxh6+ gxh6 37.Qh7+#> |
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Jan-05-21 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2020
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| Eduardo Leon: 43.f4+ and 44.♖xh3, of course. |
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Jan-05-21 M Lodhi vs G Milos, 1988
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| Eduardo Leon: I fail to comprehend why 39...♗d5+ was not played. |
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Dec-30-20 A Kovchan vs A Moiseenko, 2002
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| Eduardo Leon: Of course, 51...♕g3+ 52.♖xg3 hxg3 53.♔xg3 ♖h3+, and now white merely gets to choose where he gets mated. A) 54.♔g4 ♖8h4+ 55.♔f5 ♖f4+ 56.♔g5 f6#
B) 54.♔g2 ♖h2+
B.1) 55.♔g3 ♖8h3+ 56.♔g4 ... |
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Aug-26-20 D Anton Guijarro vs M L Acosta, 2013
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| Eduardo Leon: The first move is reasonably easy to see: 28.♖xe8, threatening the deadly 29.♗e6+ ♔h8 30.♖h1 and mate next move. Thus black does not have enough time to take the queen with 28...♘xa5, and must play 28...♖xe8 instead. But then 29.♕a4 ... |
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Aug-21-20 Yusupov vs K Spraggett, 1989
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| Eduardo Leon: White would like to play 37.♗f5+. Then 37...exf5 38.g6+ ♔h6 39.♖h8# is mate. However, 37...g6 stops the attack. Thus white plays 37.g6+ first. Capturing the pawn leads to the fastest mate: 37...♔xg6 38.♗f5+ ♔h6 39.♖h8#. But not ... |
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