Aug-29-09 Loek van Wely 
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| chessplanet8: to NotYetaGM:
according to chessbase.com report on the NH tournament in Amsterdam 2009, loek van wely's girlfriend is lorena ( presumably lorena zepeda who played foxwoods 2009 like loek ) so he is most likely divorced from his wife. this is like NY post page six, chess ... |
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Apr-02-09 Anand vs F Izeta Txabarri, 1993
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| chessplanet8: I am wondering if 16 Bd3! is the key move starting the attack. What would happened on 16..Bxd1 ? Also what abut 18..c5 ?
An entertaining attack by Anand nonetheless. |
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Mar-26-09 Topalov vs Aronian, 2009
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| chessplanet8: 32..Re8!! is an exceptional move. Especially in Blindfold ! The normal 32..Rxf8 or ..Kxf8 were probably expected by Topi, but 32..Re8! is threatening the e4 pawn while the knight is trapped. 33 Ng6 Re4+ 34Kd3 Bf5! is the point. Now in the end , White can play Kg6 on Rf1+ and ... |
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Mar-25-09 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009
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| chessplanet8: I agree with Oliphant, 8 a3 preventing Nb4 and later on at some point b4 was a lot better. 9 d5? plays right into Kramnik's idea with ..Bb6 targetting f2. Better was 9 Be3 Ng4 10 h3 Ne3 11 fe3 Qg5 12 Rf3 which is playing it safe. 12 h3? wouldn't have been good because of ... |
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Mar-24-09 Anand vs Kramnik, 2009
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| chessplanet8: I think the key winning move is 28 Qe7! where 28..Qe7 29 de7 Re8 30 Rd8 easily wins for White.
27..Qb3 was better than 27..Qe4? for this reason. By not taking the pawn in e4, Black would for instance answer 28 h6? with Qe3+ and Qxh6. Maybe 28 Qf4 or 28 Qd4 would be next then. ... |
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Mar-19-09 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2009
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| chessplanet8: Also 69 g4 seems suspicious.
What about 69 Re2 with idea Re5+ and Rg5 or alternatively 69 Re3 to win c3. Looks like Carlsen blundered toward the very end. |
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