Aug-09-17 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
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| ProLogik: This game boggles my mind. |
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Mar-02-17 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987
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| ProLogik: Hjartson didn't anticipate 36. ♖c5, which can be excusable when the game was positional up until that point and there may have been time pressure. But he should have seen that white's queen, knight, and rook established a mating net around black's king. Based on the ... |
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Dec-10-12 L Didier vs L Rosen, 1900
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| ProLogik: Wow, White got played. |
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Dec-10-12 C F Johansson vs M Hernback, 1997
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| ProLogik: <morfishine> I'll tell you what really happened: Our dear Magnus trained for years for this very tournament, with this very defense. He spent thousands of dollars for coaching from the top players in the world, including Kasparov, Kramnik, and Anand. He secluded himself, ... |
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Aug-27-12 Bird vs NN, 1869
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| ProLogik: Smothered mates always make me laugh. Does anyone else find it funny how the king can't escape? |
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May-02-12 Oll vs Y Kruppa, 1987
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| ProLogik: The game from 39. Qxf7 onward was hilarious. How White runs circles around Black's king was sheer brilliance. |
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Feb-28-12 P Larsson vs Englund, 1942
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| ProLogik: <gizmo: Sorry I am a beginner when it comes to chess so could anyone explain to me why white at 11 doesn't just capture the knight with his queen.> If white plays 11. QxNd1, then black can play 11. ...Qe3# |
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Jun-10-11 Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2008
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| ProLogik: As soon as White played 9. 0-0-0, Black should have seen the attack coming. I wonder if 14. ...Bf4 could have stopped White from taking the g pawn. |
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May-19-11 Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2002
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| ProLogik: I understand the "gg" as "good game." |
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May-10-11 T Calistri vs G Gajewski, 2011
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| ProLogik: Did anyone else not get it because they were too busy looking for a mate? :S |
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