Dec-31-11 J Jackova vs Timman, 2009
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| esticles: A very instructive video analysis of this game can be found at http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie... |
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Nov-19-11 Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura, 2011 
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| esticles: <Eric> Neither, Naka just prefers to play his games to the bitter end. It's more for the spectators then the opponent -- chess would be less fun to watch if the players always agreed to a draw as soon as they knew what was coming. |
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Sep-17-11 Ponomariov vs Ivanchuk, 2011
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| esticles: <PawnEnding> The TN was 15. Qd3. According to chessbase, the predecessor went 15.b1 c5 16.f3 xe4 17.c1 b6 18.d6 e6 19.e1 b4 20.e2 fd8 21.g3+ h8 22.a3 xa3 23.h4 ... |
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Apr-30-11 S Narayanan vs H Gabuzyan, 2010
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| esticles: You're right, the game should be 1-0. The correct result is shown at http://chess-results.com/tnr37078.a... I have submitted a correction slip to chessgames.com. |
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Apr-29-11 Hikaru Nakamura
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| esticles: Ironically, it seems that <Jim>'s remark, about the potential for Naka's remarks to be taken out of context, is now itself being taken out of context. In Jim's quote, Naka was simply referencing his semifinal observation that "with this match it seems like whoever gets the ... |
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Apr-19-11 Russian Team Championship (2011)
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| esticles: Sularis this is the Russian <Team> Championships, not individual. Tomsk-400 is currently in the lead, although it has yet to face the 2 highest seeds by rating average. Full results are here http://www.chess-results.com/tnr476... |
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Apr-08-11 Ding Liren vs C Li, 2011
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| esticles: Li Chao is a common name in China. He is the second Li Chao to receive a FIDE rating, so his name is often written on pairings as "Li Chao 2" or "Li Chao b", as on his FIDE rating card http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... |
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Apr-03-11 European Championship (2011)
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| esticles: <Ezzy> thanks for the corrections. For some reason the webpage gave me the impression that they weren't doing the standard prizes by "group" -- I'm glad I was wrong! |
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Mar-25-11 Macieja vs S Maze, 2011
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| esticles: "The absolute bottom of the barrel really has to be the draw between Macieja and Maze, in which the Frenchman alternated between +4 amd +20 for some 15 moves but was unable to end the game." http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
Chessbase appears to be referring to moves 30-44, in |
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Feb-27-11 Kasrou Chubook
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| esticles: <White's only winning move is properly recorded as 1.Rcd2#, not 1.R2d2#> Neither actually, it's 1. Rcd2+ since the black king can go to b2 :P |
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