Dec-28-11 Giri vs Morozevich, 2011 
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| Pulse: <al wazir> At first I thought after 10. h5 comes Nxe5 11. dxe5 (hxg6 then Nxg6) Qxd1 and now:
if 12. Nxd1 then Be4 hits the rook and the attached f6 knight can move after the rook moves.
but then 12. Kxd1 then Be4 again then 13. Rh3 wins a piece. So my guess is 10...Bd3. If 11. ... |
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Dec-12-11 Nakamura vs Adams, 2011
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| Pulse: <bondll> See Nakamura's performance in the Tal Memorial, without which his rating gain would be much higher. |
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Aug-05-09 Viswanathan Anand
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| Pulse: <VaselineTopLove: I can't say the same if he's going to face Aronian.> I know Aronian has a good record against Anand but I feel that in a match situation it would be entirely different. I think Anand's experience would win out. |
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Feb-01-09 Y Wang vs Carlsen, 2009
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| Pulse: <LOVATO> When could the line you mentioned have happened? |
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Jan-08-09 Vladimir Kramnik
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| Pulse: Congratulations to Kramnik and his wife! He will now have a well-deserved break. I only partially skimmed through the chessbase article but I agree with his basic point that the championship system should be transparent. |
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Dec-25-08 Santa Claus
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| Pulse: Thanks Chessgames and anonymous member! |
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Nov-23-08 Dresden Olympiad (Women) (2008)
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| Pulse: <chessmoron> I think China's problem this time was that they lacked stamina. Their tremendous early start kind of petered out at the end. Case in point: Tan Zhongyi, who won five games in a row, but lost two games in succession, and Zhao Xue didn't exactly produce good chess ... |
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Nov-23-08 Dresden Olympiad (2008)
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| Pulse: Looks like Armenia-China in the last round. Let's hope for some fireworks! Not sure what country Ukraine's playing, though. |
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Sep-26-08 Y Wang vs Jakovenko, 2008
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| Pulse: <dumbgai> I completely agree with you. Why don't you take it up with these organizers? :) Ban them! I got your back. ;) |
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Sep-07-08 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2008)
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| Pulse: <apple pi> Nice pun. Too bad her name isn't pronounced the way you think it is. |
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