Oct-11-08 J Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987 
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| afterbirth: I wonder if it was hubris which allowed Frumkin to be defeated here. He may have just thought this kid was going for a hasty and ill coordinated kingside attack. Josh seems to have just lost one of his rooks while attempting to better position the other. Maybe Frumkin thought it ... |
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Oct-08-08 P Leonhardt vs Capablanca, 1911
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| afterbirth: It's always tempting to immediately capture a promoted pawn, but its better to improve your position first by checking the king since you can always go back and capture the promoted queen. Sebastian was finished here regardless due to Capa's near flawless endgame execution after ... |
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Sep-25-08 E Diemer vs F Trommsdorf, 1973
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| afterbirth: Yeah I'm not sure why this is such a renowned game considering black missed the skewer on white's king and queen! I doubt he thought it was a trap like 32. was setup to be, because even if he had captured the white queen, white couldn't check him on the next move and would've ... |
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Sep-25-08 J Waitzkin vs J Sarwer, 1985
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| afterbirth: For all the hype surrounding Josh, he sure did lose a lot of games--at least the ones featured here in the database. I think he was sensationalized as a child prodigy and once he was no longer a child he transitioned into something he was better at (martial arts). I'm sure if he ... |
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Sep-25-08 Kasparov vs J Waitzkin, 1988
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| afterbirth: I think Kasparov offered the draw ostensibly to give the appearance that Waitzkin is such a prodigy that he can draw as black against the world champion.But beneath the surface Kasparov was really just saving himself from an embarrassing loss to a 10 year old. |
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Sep-12-08 Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851
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| afterbirth: What an ending! This is typical though. The player who is initially dominating is consumed in the feeding frenzy of gobbling up his opponents pieces, and in the process fails to adequately protect his king. You can usually assume that with a large point advantage it will mean ... |
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Sep-12-08 Kasparov vs Deep Blue, 1997
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| afterbirth: Kasparov protested because he felt that deep blue's moves displayed characteristics of deep intelligence and a level of creativity that he deemed was reflective of human intervention at some point within the course of the game. Though I think that his protest was done after a ... |
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Sep-12-08 Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973
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| afterbirth: So many things make this game beautiful. Black is at the edge of annihilation, which bates white into thinking its safe. For the last 5 moves, black is mated on the next move. Black must come up with magic in order to prevent being mated. And of course it did. I think the real ... |
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