Jul-27-15 Yusupov vs Carlsen, 2003 
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| Novirasputin: The international chess academy uploaded this 2 part video discussing this game to youtube:
p1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv_...
p2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKf...
We hope to make it into a series with all our famous coaches. |
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May-25-14 Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912
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| Novirasputin: Having memorized this game one of my prouder moments is doing this in a bullet game online. I castled on the last move. My opponent thought I was using a program |
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May-12-14 Bronstein vs Gulko, 1968
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| Novirasputin: GM Gulko recently gave a lecture at our Thursday Swiss competition in Teaneck. This game was the topic of discussion. We have notes from an earlier lecture posted here: http://www.icanj.net/chess_class_in... |
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Aug-25-13 Sergey Kudrin
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| Novirasputin: We just uploaded video of GM Kudrin commenting on this specific game on YouTube. This is a rare GM draw that got a standing ovation.
http://youtu.be/zxOHKHv8aVY |
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Aug-25-13 Kudrin vs Tal, 1984
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| Novirasputin: We just uploaded video of GM Kudrin commenting on this specific game on YouTube. This is a rare GM draw that got a standing ovation. http://youtu.be/zxOHKHv8aVY |
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May-07-13 J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2013
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| Novirasputin: Magnus now has an Arabian Mate and Anastasia's Mate to his credit. I wonder how other GMs fair with mating patterns? Can Magnus run the cycle of each mating pattern there is? And is there a player who has done so? |
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Apr-18-13 Bronstein vs I Anagnostou, 1954
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| Novirasputin: I'm wondering if this is another Bronstein Zugzwang? After Ke8 which looks forced white can get an exchange or maybe wait until black runs out of pawn moves to get more. |
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Apr-03-13 Mikhail Tal
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| Novirasputin: Here is the difference. Tal was unquestionably the best in his prime (and at other times too). The thing is he never let his health act as a crutch even though it was a logical reason for some of his subpar performance. That is admirable and showed he just loved the game. The ... |
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Apr-03-13 A Novopashin vs Spassky, 1963
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| Novirasputin: I would add that it wins because the subsequent threat after Bxd2 is Qf1 mate so Qñ2 does nothing |
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Mar-29-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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| Novirasputin: A 1400 might not have played this move but they would have played an earlier blunder. Furthermore even if a weak player plays the right move it doesn't mean it's for the right reasons. If this was the conspiracy why not resign? Why attempt the Reti trap At move 57? |
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Kibitzing
