Nov-18-12 I Krush vs Q Huang, 2012 
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| drmariogodrob: In the position after move 28, black has full and uncontestable control over 75% of the board--the a-d files, and the 5-8 ranks. If chess is a reasonable and logical game, such a positional advantage is required to be winning. |
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Oct-02-12 Nakamura vs Giri, 2012
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| drmariogodrob: <Eggman> Mmm. Yes, I see. Amusing. |
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Jul-08-12 Kibitzer's Café
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| drmariogodrob: @ chesstoplay
That puzzle in Warehouse 13 was not really a chess puzzle at all. The solution was to "break the rules" so in the end they just illegally moved a pawn in order to checkmate the king. It was pretty lame. Here was the position:
[DIAGRAM] As I recall, they didn't ... |
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Nov-03-11 L Mkrtchian vs N Ziaziulkina, 2010
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| drmariogodrob: It turns out, in retrospect, that ``promote'' two pawns is more appropriate. Ah well. |
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Oct-27-11 J Sajtar vs M Dietze, 1943
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| drmariogodrob: <goldfarbdj> Black certainly CAN give back all the material to avert mate, but he can also just play 44. ... Be7, keep all the material, and win. |
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Aug-27-11 notyetagm chessforum
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| drmariogodrob: You might check out M Molner vs A Lenderman, 2010 for <THE THREAT IS STRONGER THAN THE EXECUTION> (see my comment there) |
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Aug-27-11 M Molner vs Lenderman, 2010
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| drmariogodrob: Amusing that sacrifice explorer considers 23. Nxf7 to be a knight sac (of the knight on a8). 19. ... Nxe2! would have concluded his play in style, for if 20. Qxe2 c1=Q. As played in the game, of course, winning the bishop on e2 costs him his pawn. |
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Oct-13-10 Anand vs Shirov, 2010
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| drmariogodrob: Boooooring. |
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Sep-23-10 D Valerga vs S Kawuma, 2010
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| drmariogodrob: Biggest upset of the third round! It looks like white spent the whole game trying to equalize. Did someone notice an active plan somewhere? |
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Sep-23-10 Mikhalevski vs S Feller, 2010
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| drmariogodrob: 53. ... Nf1+! 54. Bxf1 Rf2+ shouldn't lose. Feller getting a 0 instead of at least 0.5 meant that the France-Israel match ended 2-2, instead of 2.5-1.5 France. The official site suggested that Feller had about 5 seconds left at the end. |
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