Jan-28-25 Johan van Hulst 
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Willem Wallekers: When he was about 104 he was rather slowly mounting a staircase at his club Caissa. Excuse me, he said to guy behind him, I'm no longer 100 anymore. |
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Sep-09-24 E Magerramov vs S Arkhipov, 2001
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Willem Wallekers: ENGINE gives +5.01 to 21. Re7 and +5.71 to 21. Qh4+. |
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Jun-02-24 Firouzja vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2024 
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Willem Wallekers: How come they played an Armageddon after Firouzja won the classical game??? |
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Sep-28-23 A Fominyh vs Sveshnikov, 1995
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Willem Wallekers: 21. Bg5 also wins, says Olga. |
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Sep-21-23 P Johner vs F D Rosebault, 1910 
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Willem Wallekers: 24. Bd5 seems to be winning as well. |
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Sep-11-23 D Saduakassova vs A Geller, 2019 
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Willem Wallekers: Simply 29. Nf3 works (almost) just as well. |
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Aug-11-23 E Romanov vs J Giner Borras, 1998 
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Willem Wallekers: 21. Rxc7+ is another mate in 3. |
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Aug-02-23 Alapin vs Schiffers, 1877 
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Willem Wallekers: To my surprise this game cannot be found on chessbase
( http://database.chessbase.com ).
Games with 8 ... Ne7 on this database are won by a great majority of the white players. |
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May-15-23 Kholmov vs J Klavins, 1955 
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Willem Wallekers: <Allderdice83: Then suddenly my brain switched the order of moves> Mine too, but it cost me quite some time |
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Apr-03-23 E Joppen vs B Rabar, 1954 
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Willem Wallekers: Saw Nb6 first and then looked for a better move. |
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