Jan-06-18 R Loetscher vs Bluebaum, 2016 
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engmaged: 12...Nxd5 what a nice move? resisting the discovery ... instead targeting the f4 bishop. Is it theory? |
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Jan-09-16 Tiviakov vs Short, 1995
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engmaged: Better is 43...Rf3+
see Chesstempo.com Problem #: 144814 |
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Jan-01-16 L Espig vs H Camilleri, 1969 
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engmaged: I thought that 24...f6 would refute the line but 24... f6 25. ♗xg7+ ♔xg7 26.
♖d7+ ♔f8 27. ♕h6+ ♔e8 28. ♕xh7 ♕e6 29. ♖xb7 |
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Oct-16-15 Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924 
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engmaged: Newyork 1924 must had been the most exciting competitive chess event ever. |
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Apr-17-15 B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
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engmaged: 32.Qxc7+ Rxc7 33.Rxc7+ Kb8 34.Rc1+
I also considered (34...Rd6 35.Bxd6+ Ka8 36.Ra1+ Ba6 37.Rxa6+ Kb7 38.Bc5 ) |
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Jul-15-14 Chigorin vs Burn, 1905 
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engmaged: and it seems he had a problem with this particular pattern recognition!
J Mason vs Chigorin, 1889 |
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Jul-04-14 Shirov vs Bareev, 1990 
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engmaged: Double exchange sacrifice!. A perfect candidate for a "Game of the day" |
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Jul-02-14 Hort vs I Radulov, 1974 
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engmaged: The famous "Greek gift". But for some reason I worked on 17.Qg3 instead, which is more common thematic ... Qh3 only works here because Black can not play Rh8. |
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Jun-25-14 Tolush vs A Filipowicz, 1964 
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engmaged: Nice to see ♘ pawns storm (and sac) in opposite wings in the same game. (8...b5 and 13.g4); but of course it is a common theme in a closed center positions. It made it very sharp that it might have intimidated both players to think of repeating for a draw. Unfortunately for ... |
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Jun-24-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 
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engmaged: nice Black's ♔ march at the endgame e6-f5-g4-f3-g2-f1-e1
and finally 61.♔c4 ♔d2 62.♘b1+ ♔c2 |
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