Oct-05-07 The World vs G Timmerman, 2007 
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| birdplaya: In over the board games you analyze lines on your turn, and on your opponents turn you think about the position. Here is what to think about on your opponents turn in an OTB game (This idea of thinking separates the good players from the average players in OTB). 1. What is my ... |
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Oct-05-07 J Kostro vs W Schmidt, 1968
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| birdplaya: When I went through the game i thought that he blew the win on move 40. ... f5 when he blocked his three pawns with one of whites. Then I realized that it was a brillant move, forcing white to lose the endgame. The puzzle was nice, but my favorite part was the well played ending ... |
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Sep-24-07 J Emms vs A Blees, 1996
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| birdplaya: Are four pages of kibitzing really necessary for Qxh7+ |
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Aug-31-07 O Sick vs S Gorelov, 1989
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| birdplaya: First friday puzzle I've solved in a long time(Probably because I actually got to sit down and look at it for once). Must be my lucky day. |
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Aug-30-07 S Polgar vs Jansa, 1991
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| birdplaya: Was nice to see a harder puzzle after the extremely easy ones previous in the week |
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Aug-29-07 Miles vs Kramnik, 1989
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| birdplaya: Black's idea in pushing the b pawn in the opening is amazing. He should have played 17. ... Qc8 and then Qa6 |
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Aug-29-07 Reshevsky vs L T Haller, 1921
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| birdplaya: Great game on whites part. Being down the pawn and still finding a great attack. The last few moves were beautiful |
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Aug-29-07 Blackburne vs Zukertort, 1876
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| birdplaya: I saw 29. ... Rel+ 30. Kd3 Re3+ 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Kxe3 Rxe5+ Both lead to almost the same position |
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Aug-19-07 Geller vs Golombek, 1952
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| birdplaya: That was an interesting game. |
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Aug-19-07 B Jonsson vs S Polgar, 1988
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| birdplaya: i got the first 3 moves but after that i was lost. Great puzzle, I was origionally looking for a mate of some sort |
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