Oct-14-23 United States Championship (2023) 
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| Pioneer27: "Chess Rebels". Sounds like a neat title for a new book! |
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Sep-01-23 Marshall vs Gunsberg, 1902
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| Pioneer27: "jnpope" Thank you. The Tournament book's line just doesn't make a lot of sense. I kinda think that Marshall would have played something better than 30. Raa1. |
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May-23-22 Carlsen vs V S Gujrathi, 2022
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| Pioneer27: I was looking at Capablanca-Tarrasch, St. Petersburg 1914 today which has a similar ending to this game. Capablanca, after losing a piece early on, really made a game of it. Tarrasch’s victory over Capablanca took place the day after the famous Lasker-Capablanca game from the ... |
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Sep-12-20 Staunton vs Saint-Amant, 1843
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| Pioneer27: I agree with <poorthylacine> that Staunton was better, or at least okay, up to move 30. 30. Ne6 was a bad move, although White made the ending interesting. The move that baffles me is 44. . . f4. How did Black find that move---what prompted him to play it? Staunton called it |
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Dec-31-19 Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843
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| Pioneer27: I recently finished reading Cary Utterberg’s book on the famous De La Bourdonnais-McDonnell matches of 1834 and so I’ve moved onto another famous match in 1843 between Staunton & Saint-Amant. I like these old games. As others have commented, this game definitely ended ... |
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Nov-26-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018)
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| Pioneer27: I see a number of suggestions for making World Championship games more interesting. Well, here’s another one for what it’s worth: Here’s an idea for future World Championship matches, whether they be 12, 16, 20, or 24 games, and the time controls don't need to be changed. ... |
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Dec-03-17 London Chess Classic (2017)
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| Pioneer27: What was the most interesting or entertaining game of Round 1? Opinions? |
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Aug-20-17 Aronian vs Caruana, 2017
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| Pioneer27: At move 57, had Aronian exchanged Rooks, how would Black win? Black has a Rook pawn and a Bishop of the wrong color. |
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Jul-11-15 Kholmov vs Karpov, 1970
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| Pioneer27: I was looking over notes I made on this game back in 1978 and noticed a discrepancy here. In Karpov's Collected Games by David Levy, Game 260, p. 125, Karpov's last move is given as 49...,Rh3+ not 49...,h3. Can anyone else confirm this? |
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Jan-20-07 Smyslov vs Euwe, 1946
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| Pioneer27: I was looking over this game in Smyslov’s My Best Games of Chess: 1935---1957 (Game 21)and the endgame caught my attention. This endgame is also found in Kasparov’s My Great Predecessors Vol II p. 272. At move 40, Smyslov gives the following analysis: “Passive defense would ... |
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