Feb-02-23 Kenneth Rogoff 
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| Refused: Pointing out the logical (I am rather generous with that term here) flaws in your little conspiracy is addressing the issue. That I can point and laugh at you at the same time is a bonus. Ofc, haters will say, that mocking you was the main objective of the post, and that pointing ... |
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Feb-01-23 Giri vs D Brandenburg, 2009
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| Refused: 22.Bxe6 should be curtains.
The g6 has to be kept alive for the well known mating pattern rh8+ Qh2+ Qh7#. That's the motif you have to spot. The only minor headache is whether white could get mated first (typical sicilian kings on opposite sides of the board stuff). I don't see an ... |
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Jan-30-23 Tata Steel Masters (2023)
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| Refused: He still is afaik.
There were some rumors about him having moved to Israel. < https://www.chesstech.org/2022/out-... > However Svidler himself has denied those rumours. So for the moment I'd assume missy is spreading fake news. |
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Jan-29-23 D Prelevic vs N Gagic, 2000
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| Refused: Position suggests something along line of Rxh7 and e6. Can'T really make it work, as I run out of material to throw at the black king. If the rooks were connected, that would make life easier. But 0-0-0 runs into Qf5. Ok, I don't think I get this one to work. Let's see how White ... |
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Jan-28-23 Kaidanov vs W J Donaldson, 1992
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| Refused: 18.Rxc6 is the natural move that jumps out. The pin of hte 45 knight and the threats against h7 mean, I will at the very least collect on e5 in some shape or form. Only question is what to do with the e-pawn. Capture on f7 looks kinda tempting at first, but forcing the rook on f7 to |
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Jan-27-23 Van Wely vs A Fishbein, 1993
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| Refused: Two obvious candidates.
21.Bxh6 and 21.Rxg7+
21.Bxh6?? simply doesn't work. 21...Bxh6 22.Rxg8 Bxd2 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 -+ 21.Rxg7+ Rxg7 22.Bxh6 Rg8 23.Qf4 this looks promising. Having invested an exchange for a pawn and an attack on the black king looks like a good piece of business. ... |
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Jan-26-23 I Krush vs J Becerra Rivero, 2000
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| Refused: <TheaN: Botched up this one. I was keen to make <36....Rc8?<>> work. Moving the queen allows Black to start a counterattack, ie 37.Qd7? Qe5 ∓ and taking the rook simplifies in Black's favor: 37.Qxc8 Qxd6+ 38.Ke1 Qxb6 ∓. It fails on <37.Rd7! Rxc7 38.bxc7 ... |
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Jan-22-23 P Schmidt vs H Nowarra, 1941
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| Refused: My first instinct was to play 24.Be6, which is also winning. The Bishop is obviously untouchable as
24...Nxe6 25.fxe6+ Kxe6 26.Qf7+ is dead.
and after something like 24...Qc7 25.Qg3 looked good. |
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Jan-21-23 J Balogh vs Keres, 1937
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| Refused: 24.f6 is natural. And this looks kinda bust. Black can't play 24...g6 as that leave the knight hanging on h6. This looks kinda bust already tbh. I have no idea what to play as black. Time to check and see.
Ah, ok. Black went 24...Rxe5 the finish is very pretty I must say.
24.Nxe5 ... |
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Jan-20-23 Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1918
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| Refused: White's king is in the crossfire of the entire Black army. Black is threatening 19...Ng5+ 20.Kd1 Re1#
19.Kd1 Nxf2+ 20.Qxf2 Qa4+ looks pretty dead.
So does 19.Kd3 that leaves two moves.
19.Kf3 and 19.f3
19.Kf3 is the last move I want to play. Drawing the king further out into ... |
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Kibitzing
