Mar-11-19 S Volkov vs Svidler, 2017 
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Patzer27: Seems to me that the game is pretty much over after 27 Ree2. Yes, technically Black is a piece down, but the White Bishop on a6 is on an extended vacation, and Black has two rooks on the 7th rank. |
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Mar-01-19 Topalov vs Bareev, 1994 
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Patzer27: It's amazing how many different mating patterns there are after 22. … Qe3+: 1) 23 Kxd5 Be6#
2) 23 Kb5 Qb6+
a) 24 Kc4 Ne3#
b) 24 Ka4 Bd7#
3) 23 Kc4 Nb6+
a) Kb3 Qe6+ c4 Qxc4#
b) Kb3 Qe6+ Kb4 Qc4+ Ka5 Qa4#
c) Kb5 Qd3+ Kc5 Qc4#
d) Kb4 Qe7+ Kb5 Bd7+ Ka5 Nc4# or ... |
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Nov-19-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
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Patzer27: I've played this line a number of times as black, white moving a king-size pawn voluntarily always made me happy. |
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Nov-16-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
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Patzer27: I find it amusing that in the mate in 64 that MissScarlet posted above Stockfish actually misses a straightforward mate in 2 at move 107 which would have cut of more than 20 moves. |
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Nov-09-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
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Patzer27: 21. … Bxh5 22. gxh5 Qe6 seems to be pretty playable, right? Black can always follow up with g4. |
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