Jul-06-25 Capablanca vs Marshall, 1914
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SeanAzarin: Capablanca himself annotated the first 23 moves of this game. His comment after 23... B x Kt was: "The Knight was too threatening. But the ending now brought about is one in which the Bishop is stronger than the Knight, which makes Black's plight a desperate one. The game has no ... |
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Jul-01-25 J van Foreest vs M Ragger, 2022
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SeanAzarin: Rags To Riches |
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Jun-25-25 N Solon vs R Delaune, 2001 
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SeanAzarin: Solon, the Athenian lawmaker and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Fantastic pun, good game too. |
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Jun-24-25 V Bukhteeva vs V Chernyak, 2012 
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SeanAzarin: Lovely finish. The Black K has to move to the Knight file and White follows up with Q - Kt 3 ch winning the stranded Rook. |
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Jan-26-25 Panke vs Kranenberg, 1941 
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SeanAzarin: Black needed just one more tempo to play ... Q - K 8 mate. But he never got that tempo: White beat him to the punch. |
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Jan-15-25 Fischer vs J Fermoselle-Bacardi Sr, 1956 
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SeanAzarin: Excellent pun, and wonderful game from young master Bobby. |
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Dec-11-24 NN vs M Wahlund, 2007 
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SeanAzarin: Nice win for NN.
"Even the smallest hamlet contains a player who has one masterpiece in him." |
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Dec-10-24 Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024 
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SeanAzarin: Nelson Lopez (aka youtuber "Chess Vibes") did an excellent breakdown of the game, simple enough for a low-rated amateur like me to understand but with a good explanation of the master-level strategy. |
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Nov-27-24 Petrosian vs Taimanov, 1955
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SeanAzarin: Tiger Claws
(Petrosyan was, after all, the "Iron Tiger".) |
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Nov-07-24 Taimanov vs H Steiner, 1952
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