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Nov-28-22 Zaw Win Lay vs Zaw Oo, 1999    offramp: The pun bites.      Nov-28-22 Blackburne vs K Walbrodt, 1898   offramp: At Vienna (1898) , Joseph Henry Blackburne was aged 57, and Mr Edo reckons his rating was 2530. Karl Walbrodt was aged 27 and rated 2508. [DIAGRAM] 9...Nh7. An odd move. 10. Nd5 Nf6?. What is he doing? ****** Black castled. It seems to be rope-a-dope. [DIAGRAM] 14. Bxh6 ...      Nov-27-22 N Benmesbah vs H Markantonaki, 2021   offramp: Black could have won this Bird's Defence game. This position is typical of the Bird's, with those doubled d-pawns for Black. White played 24.Re8. That looks reasonable. [DIAGRAM] Black missed a stunning winning move: 24...Bb4!! If White plays 25. axb4, Black plays the ...      Nov-27-22 M Narva vs G Mikheeva, 2021   offramp: 8. Qd1-h5. [DIAGRAM] 8....Be6 puts Black in trouble already. 8. c6 is a better move.      Nov-25-22 P Lalic vs M Grigoryan, 2022    offramp: <OhioChessFan: I saw him on the "Recent Visitors" list yesterday. I suppose we could safely update his player bio to mention his user name on cg.c.> I noticed that Peter D Lalic is on the Recent Visitor list of Peter D Lalic , but Peter D Lalic has not kibitzed recently. This ...      Nov-24-22 Henry Buckle   offramp: Fyodor Dostoevsky's <Notes From Underground> discusses Buckle's theories (not about chess).      Nov-23-22 Ivanchuk vs J van Foreest, 2022    offramp: Vassillyy played a cracking move.... [DIAGRAM] 26. Ne5-d7!! Sadlyy, he got short of time and got matedd!      Nov-23-22 S Vokhidov vs V Akobian, 2022   offramp: <WITH STRANGE SURPRISE NEW DISTANT SCENES OF ENDLESS SCIENCE RISE> [DIAGRAM] 69. Kf4?. [DIAGRAM] The white king attacks both of the black knights. It seems that the knights are stuck, or stymied. BUT Varuzhan Akobian had a wonderful surprise. 69...Nd6!! The knight do ...      Nov-20-22 H Courtney vs F Kitto, 1956   offramp: <WE ARE MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL> Paignton. Home of the rare cirl bunting, and the huge Pier with its Grand Pavilion, venue for HMS Pinafore and this game. A lot of action in this game. I think the ending is interesting. 22. g3 [DIAGRAM] 22...Rxe3? That leads to this ...      Nov-20-22 A G Conde vs F Kitto, 1939   offramp: A tough ending ♕ + ♗ right up to the end. [DIAGRAM] 47. b5.

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