Oct-22-06 Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889 
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| Sporka Child: <Runemaster: There's some great rope-a-dope play from Steinitz here. After ten moves, the opening looked terrible for him> Black is cramped, but White has a backwards pawn on e4. Also, White has committed himself in the center, his pawns have lost their dynamic potential ... |
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Oct-07-06 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006
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| Sporka Child: <ongyj: I don't think the resignation was premature. White has a pawn up, doubled rooks and double Bishops, no evident pawn weaknesses, put the opponent King in a somewhat open, vulnerable position. A superior position in any aspect of evaluation. Also, White is nowhere near |
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Jun-07-06 A Matanovic vs Benko, 1958
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| Sporka Child: When black plays 51...Kd3, the immediate question is, are you really going to blockade that passed pawn with the rook? But when black follows with 52...c2! one can see 54 ...Rxh7 becoming more or less forced in a few moves. It's very hard to not look at this as a blunder from ... |
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Jun-06-06 Benko vs Lilienthal, 1949
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| Sporka Child: <YouRang> How about Rg6? 57...Rg6? is exactly that a "?". After Ra3+ the white pawn base is protected, and the white King can happily occupy f5 with time on the rook. I hope one can see the win from there. |
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May-30-06 Turov vs V Karagodin, 1997
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| Sporka Child: I find it funny how many people congratulate themselves and find the need/urge to post how fast they got the daily puzzles here. I have been seriously training off and on for a few years now, and I eat 100-200 puzzles like these daily, sometimes more. Many of which are standard |
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