Apr-06-12 Reshevsky vs Tal, 1970
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| SMCB1997: This line of the Modern Benoni is a risky one, but many Benoni players have given it up due to a series of losses.
And as fir the threat 9. e5, which many of you think wins a piece, it actually gives black a huge attack.
9. e5 dxe5
10. fxe5 Nh5
11. e6 Qh4+ and black has a ... |
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Apr-04-12 Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001 
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| SMCB1997: Amazing play from Kasparov. |
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Apr-04-12 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1988
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| SMCB1997: 25. Bb2 and Kasparov would have resigned. Kasparov is actually lost there, but Karpov threw away a win I believe. White's last hope is Rd5, but the position is completely lost. Anyways, fair play to Garry for playing those moves!
Also, I think 18. Bxh7?? Was a bad blunder from ... |
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Nov-10-11 M Kill vs J Gustafsson, 1999
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| SMCB1997: @pmukerji : White can play 24. Be3, saving the piece. |
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Jul-24-11 Sydney vs Melbourne, 1912
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| SMCB1997: Wow, amazing game! |
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Jul-01-11 Short vs S Godley, 2011
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| SMCB1997: Interesting game Sean, unlucky though. I looked at Shorts Simuls and a lot of the time he goes out of theory, like in this game where he played Ne2 instead of the manline Qg4.
Good game though! |
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Jul-01-11 Greco vs NN, 1620
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| SMCB1997: Ahh, I love this trap. It works on almost every game I play. :-) |
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Jun-17-11 Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1994
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| SMCB1997: I think he was just under a huge amount of pressure. |
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May-22-11 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
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| SMCB1997: I read a book on him, and he said he took the pawn because 'He wanted to eliminate the myths of him being a 'chess machine' Strange, I know. |
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May-22-11 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994
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| SMCB1997: Wow! What a game! I was not expecting that queen sack from Kasparov. I'm not highly rated enough to say why he did it, but I'm sure it was for the best :-) hehe. |
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