Apr-02-13 Carlsen vs Svidler, 2013 
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| bvwp: Why do people so much like sneering? Always a sign of psychological damage. Carlsen didn't lose his nerve: he launched a dangerous attack than only someone with the aplomb and tenacity of Svidler could have seen off. Svidler played wonderfully well. Like Ivanchuk, he can beat anybody ... |
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Apr-02-13 Svidler vs Ivanchuk, 2013
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| bvwp: I like Svidler because he likes cricket so much. Striking that he's done much better than his ranking would suggest (which would have made him seventh out of eight). |
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Jun-18-12 Tal vs J Miller, 1988
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| bvwp: Five vowels in order. Also abstemious. |
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Feb-28-12 P Larsson vs Englund, 1942
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| bvwp: gizmo: 11..Qe3 mate |
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Jan-25-12 Charousek vs Skultety, 1891
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| bvwp: Round about move 12, I started thinking "This just isn't fair." Wonderful stuff. |
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Aug-17-11 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913
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| bvwp: Not enough talk about money in all this. Lasker was champion and wanted money, the more the better, if his title were going to be at risk. I don't think anybody has ever claimed that Lasker wasn't a little grasping. |
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Aug-01-11 Keres vs Alekhine, 1937
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| bvwp: Have always respected Max Euwe's response to invasion by Nazis. He went on teaching; he would not play in their chess tournaments. |
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Jun-14-11 Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1876
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| bvwp: Blackburne did imbibe. Said it was good for the thinkers. |
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Mar-29-11 Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1883
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| bvwp: The thing about 18...Nc8 is that Steinitz was always confident he had time for manoeuvres. Usually he was right. Sometimes a sharp player like Blackburn could catch him on the hop. |
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Sep-30-10 C Kottnauer vs Kotov, 1946
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| bvwp: I think it was Harry Golombek who said that, in all due modesty, he had been able to think like a grandmaster. What he'd not been able to do was to win like one. |
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