Sep-11-19 Karpov vs Mamedyarov, 2009
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| Sleeping kitten: 29...♗xe3 30.♖xd3 ♗f4 and I can see no extra pawn (31.♘xf5?? ♖e1#). |
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Mar-18-19 V Gunina vs E Ovod, 2017 
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| Sleeping kitten: I thought it was Black to play. I found the nice variation 31...♖a1+ 32. ♔f2 ♖f1+ 33. ♔xf1 ♘xg3+ 34. ♔f2 ♘f5. Isn't it better than the actual puzzle? |
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Mar-11-19 S Volkov vs Svidler, 2017
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| Sleeping kitten: I found 32...♖xe1+ 33.♖xe1 (33.♘xe1 ♕h2#) 33...♖h2+ 34.♘xh2 ♕xe1+ 35.♔g2 (35.♘f1 ♕xf1#) 35...♕e2+ 36.♔g1 (36.♔h1 ♕xh2#) 36...♗e3+ 37.♔h1 ♕e1+ 38.♔g2 (38.♘f1 ... |
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Dec-02-18 Petrosian vs M Sibarevic, 1979
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| Sleeping kitten: After Black's fifth move, we've transposed into the Panov Attack (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 ♘c6). |
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Mar-12-18 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018
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| Sleeping kitten: An ancient prophecy said: "Aronian shall never vanquished be, until Great Berlin wall to high white castle Shall come against him." |
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Jan-27-18 Anand vs So, 2018
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| Sleeping kitten: Before 28. ♖d1, it was nearly the same game as Adams vs A Giri, 2017 . |
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Apr-07-17 V Akobian vs Caruana, 2017
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| Sleeping kitten: Who is aware Caruana has just thrown the game away? |
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Oct-30-16 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2016
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| Sleeping kitten: 13. ♗f4 makes the Black position a complete disaster (13...♗d6 14. a5!). Just look at his dreadful situation after the seventeenth move! Nakamura deserves credit for having survived this — with much help from his opponent, of course. |
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Sep-11-16 D Solak vs Carlsen, 2016
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| Sleeping kitten: I surmise that when White played 11.a4 b4 12.♘a2, he hoped to later move his knight to b3 via c1, in order to press the a5 pawn, as in the game Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960 . This idea proved slow and ineffective against direct threats in the center. |
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Jun-18-16 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016
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| Sleeping kitten: Nakamura have already won rapid and blitz games against Carlsen. |
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