Nov-11-14 Anand vs Carlsen, 2014 
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| Kola: One good battery deserves another.... Anand is saying tit for tat, take that. |
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Sep-19-14 H Wang vs Bologan, 2014
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| Kola: Geez. Per Giri, this definitely Nigel Short! Short vs Timman, 1991 |
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Jun-22-13 Morozevich vs Caruana, 2013
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| Kola: I wish Caruana wins his next game to make it to 2800. He needs consistency, especially against weaker players. Otherwise he's a pretty strong player. |
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Feb-11-13 G Meier vs Anand, 2013
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| Kola: <perfidious: <solskytz>> I'm rooting for Anand. I want to see him dominate. I think other world champions dominated even after the time Capablanca/Alekhine and Karpov/Kasparov. And even when the world champions did not clearly dominate, there was no question that those ... |
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Jan-25-13 Karjakin vs I Sokolov, 2013
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| Kola: <king sacrifice> there is no way to defend against white's next move Bd1. |
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Jan-17-13 N Grandelius vs A Ipatov, 2013
Jan-15-13 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1971
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| Kola: <skemup> "again, it is important in understanding Karpov's style to recognize that, in an unclear situation, he generally prefers to retain some positional initiative rather than to gain material. Thus he eschews the win of the exchange with 21...N-N5 22. BxB N-B7 23. BxQP NxKR ... |
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Jan-01-12 Rashid Nezhmetdinov
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| Kola: He should be awarded Grandmaster title posthumously. |
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Oct-20-11 G Kjartansson vs J P McKenna, 2009
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| Kola: I saw Rd6 by thinking, "how can I put pressure on the pinned piece (rook)?". I first though Qg7, then Rd1, then Qe3 before i considered exchanging the knight. Then i asked myself the same question in the new position and saw Rd6 in seconds. Whenever there is a pinned piece or an ... |
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Sep-09-11 Potkin vs Grischuk, 2011
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| Kola: Shams I think you are right. Can't see a way in |
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