Aug-25-14 J D Turner vs I Ponter, 2004 
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| MountainMatt: Rook 1 takes, rook 2 mates! |
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Aug-24-14 Sinquefield Cup (2014)
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| MountainMatt: <Penguincw: Has there ever been a Category 23 tournament before?> Good question! I wanted to know as well, so I looked it up and found that this year's Zurich tournament was the first ever Cat. 23, with an average rating of 2801..so, by the rating standard, this ... |
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Aug-21-14 H Melkumyan vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2014
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| MountainMatt: Black played the wrong piece to f8 - 23...Nf8, not Bf8, lets the queen run for cover. |
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Aug-19-14 The World vs Naiditsch, 2014
Aug-19-14 Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939
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| MountainMatt: Despite the g2 square <seeming> to be doubly covered, black can (and should!) play 37...Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxe2 with a nice pin to wrap it up. |
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Aug-16-14 Komodo vs Stockfish, 2014
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| MountainMatt: That's a computer opening if I've ever seen one. |
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Aug-16-14 Kasparov vs Sting, 2000
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| MountainMatt: The Russians love their chess too. |
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Aug-14-14 Mamedyarov vs Nakamura, 2014
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| MountainMatt: Shak hands Nak a draw with 40. g5, and Nak says "no thanks" with 40...hxg5. Indeed a "tragic blunder", as he tweeted. |
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Aug-14-14 Saric vs Carlsen, 2014
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| MountainMatt: The temptation to play an intriguing and totally inferior opening is great, and apparently even the world's best are not utterly immune. I do hope Magnus got it out of his system for the next 10 years or so. |
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Aug-12-14 K Gulamali vs M Sana, 2014
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| MountainMatt: That there's a nice one - 29...Qxg5+ 30. Hxg5 Nh3+ and it's mate next move. |
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