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Feb-10-09 Rublevsky vs A Scetinin, 1992   mrvertigo: And it seems, as in A Krnjovsek vs Pavasovic, that playing d5 a move earlier would be close to winning. 13.Bd3 has to be stronger.      Sep-17-08 Leko vs Radjabov, 2006    mrvertigo: I think everyone would have solved it in much less time if it had been a Thursday puzzle...      Jun-17-08 Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971    mrvertigo: <15.Bxd6 (attacking Q) ...Rd8 16.BxQ/RxQ > doesn't 17.Rxd1 simply win ? Black cannot then play 17...Rxc2 because of 18.Rd8+. You're correct--I didn't think beyond "it must be bad to take the rook," not finding the most precise reason why. Thank you!      Feb-03-08 Portisch vs R Garcia, 1966    mrvertigo: I actually did see it to the end, although it took me awhile. For me it came down to e5 and d5 being the only candidate moves that seemed to have anything to them; once I got to that point the rest of the work was easy      Feb-26-04 B Andonov vs Lputian, 1987    mrvertigo: I actually looked up the ratings of the players also. Maybe white ripped off the gloves because black played N-a6 (which actually seems sound). B-e3 is the start of the disaster.      Feb-15-04 W N Watson vs M Stangl, 1998    mrvertigo: well, I came up with Nc6; does that work also?      Feb-08-04 Short vs A Muir, 2004    mrvertigo: I find it strange that black reacted to the double pawn sack like he did. He removed his knights and mounted a lazy attack.      Jan-24-04 Blackburne vs Lush, 1885    mrvertigo: mrvertigo: The game is not excellent. It's rather showy but has a not trivial defect. <Blackburne's 11.Be3 is in a lippant manner. > I Agree. You need a solid reason to make a bishop a 'pawn with advantages' (which I understand, being an avid French enthusiast). Running ...      Jan-12-04 Bronstein vs Geller, 1961    mrvertigo: well, looking at the board the thought 'black's screwed' popped into my head right away. Although I also came up with RxF7.      Dec-17-03 F Vallejo Pons vs T Hillarp Persson, 2003    mrvertigo: an awful blunder for white. He turns down the draw and quickly loses his queen.

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