Nov-09-21 Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2013 
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Tacotopia: I was analyzing this endgame today and it seems like Radjabov missed a key chance to force Magnus into very sharp play by choosing 79.Kd5 instead of 79.Kc5 (which he played), not allowing Black to continue the way Carlsen did. I had first analyzed into the following line: ... |
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Oct-29-21 Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 
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Tacotopia: <kliberummundi> See pg. 219 of Craig Pritchett's "Steinitz: Move by Move" published in 2015. |
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Oct-18-21 Tal vs Lisitsin, 1956 
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Tacotopia: 22...gxf5 is a notable moment in the game, where Black accepts Tal's pawn (positional sacrifice). I just went through this game from the Chernev book. Here I thought a bit for what I would have played as Black and much prefer 22...Rfe8 immediately. In the game Tal disputes Black's |
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Sep-24-21 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935 
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Tacotopia: <Margetic D> Concerning the excuse that Alekhine's drunkenness is responsible for his mistakes in this match, look at Kasparov's "My Great Predecessors" on Game 12, commenting on 8...b5!? (on the supposed dubious nature of Black's last two moves of that game): "For a long ... |
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