May-03-25 Kenneth Rogoff 
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Justin Flint: https://youtu.be/vKQuO1WSPFo?si=tDs... |
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Apr-03-25 chessgames.com chessforum 
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Justin Flint: Is there a possibility of seeing the Chessgames front page getting modified so that any mention of past events like Timmerman, Nickel, Naiditsch, Akobian, Pogonina, Williams etc, are removed?
Is the thematic game still a thing?
Is mentioning a chess Life issue from 2011 ... |
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Mar-26-25 F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981
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Justin Flint: 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Ke5 34. Rf5+ Bxf5 35. Qxf5# 32. Rf1+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Qxg7+ Ke6 35. Qf7+ Ke5 36. Qf6# 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Kd7 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Rc7+ Qf7 36. Qxf7# 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Kd7 34. Rf7+ Ne7 35. Rxe7# 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Kd7 34. Rf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxf7+ Ne7 ... |
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Feb-12-25 Chessgames - Sports 
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Justin Flint: Joe Louis weighed 198 pounds when he destroyed Max Schmeling in 1938. Ten years later, it was 213 pounds (when he kayoed Jersey Joe Walcott) in his 25th (and final) title defense. Like perfidious said: Changes in metabolism. |
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Jan-27-25 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
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Justin Flint: 37...Re2+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ba3+ 40. Kb1 Re1# |
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Jan-21-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs A Erigaisi, 2025
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Justin Flint: 59...Ke6 60. R7a6+ Ke7 61. Re5+ Kf7 62. Nd6+
(or 61...Ke7 62.Nf6+) |
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Dec-13-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024) 
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Justin Flint: <"Kramnik: Never yet has a WC title been decided by such a childish one-move blunder."> <“History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes”. Mark Twain> Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892 |
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Dec-13-24 Willis Failing
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Justin Flint: <I was disappointed to see that he'd actually won a game.> G Good |
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Nov-15-24 Abdusattorov vs So, 2024
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Justin Flint: After 37.g4 Abdusattarov realizes:
1) 37...Ne5+ 38. Kg3 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Re1 40. Rd2 Rh1+ 41. Rh2 Rh4+. loses a piece. 2) 37...Ne5+ 38. Kg3 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Rh4+ 40. Kg3 Rhh2 leads to checkmate. |
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Sep-16-24 Magnus Carlsen 
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Justin Flint: https://georgegaluschak.com/wp-cont... |
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