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| izimbra: <Nisjesram> fits the mission to explain life as a mission. |
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Apr-25-18 Rodgaisky
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| izimbra: Brilliant question <FSR>. I like to imagine he lives on as secret prisoner of Poland, well mannered and not complaining about the food. ! |
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Apr-06-18 Chessgames - Sports
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| izimbra: A lot of the forums I remember from the old days are sadly not very active today. In the old days <travisbickle> was the music sharing forum. I discovered this song - Spiderfighter's cover of Staggering Genius - https://youtu.be/9-EjfWZiPJU&hd=1 one day when I was in a bad ... |
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Aug-23-17 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
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| izimbra: The error <35. Rc6>, losing the exchange is surprising in a WC match. Two alternatives, <35.Bf2> and <35.Bb4> leave White with good winning chances. The second one is hard for a human to see because Ne3+ leads to the loss of the g2 pawn with tempo. However, ... |
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Aug-20-17 Deep Fritz vs BlackMamba, 2015
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| izimbra: <Bluegrey: This is definitely not a human puzzle.>
<devere: 31.Nd5 cxd5 32.Rxc7 Kxc7 33.Qg3+ Kc6 34.Bd3, and the threat of Rc2+ is decisive. It's really quite a nice combination, even though a computer found it.> It is very hard to see - if two unforced sacrifices are ... |
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Jul-16-17 Chessgames - Odd Lie
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| izimbra: I liked the movie Gladiator. It was brutal, but fine art. However I would never have thought of it as an instruction manual for learning from management mistakes... -The Wiz |
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Jul-04-17 Eugene Rousseau
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| izimbra: <offramp: <Big Pawn: Happy belated Columbus Day, Eugene Rousseau.> I also would like to wish Rousseau a belated happy Columbus Day. If they have sales in the chess shops in heaven, if it exists, then I hope you find the bargain you seek.> Leave a comment!
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Jun-21-17 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2017
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| izimbra: Black would have kept near equality with <25...Bxf2+>, reserving the Q for the defense of the a1-h8 diagonal. Taking f2 with the Q drops a pawn and leads to other problems. Very accurate play here by Kramnik. Carlsen did not play poorly. |
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Jun-13-17 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2017
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| izimbra: <keypusher: <izimbra: Question of home cooking is interesting. It seems that after <12...Qxa3 13.c5> the position is easy for both sides to draw and White has no objective advantage. However, there may be no good & safe way for black to refuse a draw. Aronian may well ... |
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Jun-04-17 Shirov vs Lautier, 1995
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| izimbra: Analyzing with Stockfish...it looks like 24.Rc3 was the losing move here. If White plays 24.Rxa8 then he can trade pieces to a drawn endgame. 24.Rc3 allows Ra1 and the Bxh4 capture, leading to a Black win, up a pawn and with better control of open files/diagonals. |
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