Jul-06-25 M Zhai vs M J Campos, 2025
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| bright1: I'm thinking the finish would be 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. fxg and that Black can only stop checkmate by giving up the queen by playing Qxg6 |
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Jun-10-24 M Salami vs F Galli, 2002 
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| bright1: <jffun1958> After 39. Rxb6 a5, why not 40. Rxa5 instead? If 40. ... Re1+ 41. Kh2 Qc7+ 42. Qg3 looks good for Marco. |
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Sep-03-23 P van der Weide vs G Ligterink, 1979
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| bright1: <sneaky pete> Thank you for the explanation. I was stumped why white resigned the endgame. |
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Aug-01-23 H Dronavalli vs E Paehtz, 2023
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| bright1: If Paethz instead of playing 64. ... axb3 had played 64. ... a3, would that have lead to a winning position for Black? |
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Jul-18-23 Firouzja vs Saric, 2023
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| bright1: Could Saric have saved a draw by playing 53. ... b6 instead of b5? If 54. cxb6 then one possibility is Kb2 55.b5 c5 56.Rc7 Ra3# |
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Apr-07-23 Saemisch vs L Schmitt, 1946
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| bright1: White missed 26. Qc5# |
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Jan-07-23 A Pourkashiyan vs G Tokhirjonova, 2022
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| bright1: i guess White won on time? Otherwise 82. ... Qc3-c2+ wins the White queen and the game |
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Jan-06-23 A Adly vs D Dardha, 2022
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| bright1: Very impressive how white put together a mating net to finish this game |
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May-27-22 N Grandelius vs Carlsen, 2022
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| bright1: On move 15 for Black, why not Qd5xNf3? If 16. gxf3 Bh3+ and then either 17. Kg1 Ne2# or 17. Ke1 Nd3+ followed by NxQ on b4 |
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Feb-13-22 Sarah N Longson
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| bright1: I just read a chess article on Lichess by Sarah where she talks about being diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis). Here is the link: https://lichess.org/@/SarahLongson/... I just wanted to say good luck to her in dealing with this illness. By the way, the article is very well ... |
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