Aug-26-20 D Dvirnyy vs Shirov, 2020 
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onigorom: You need artistic intuition for this kind of play. This is another level of the art of chess. |
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Aug-06-20 M Perunovic vs R Soltanici, 2017 
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onigorom: 22...d4 doesn t work:
23.Na4 with Bb6 and Nc5 following, also opens the diagonal for wsb, Bf3 Black can play on, but positionally they are worse. Center pawns are going nowhere. White has several plans to squeeze... |
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Feb-13-20 Kasparov vs B Larsen, 1982 
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onigorom: So how do you continue after 39...Bd7? to prevent Qc6?
40. Bd5 doesn t help |
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Oct-30-19 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 
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onigorom: This computer stuff is hilarious. These machines understand chess 'literally', there is nothing outside of chess. In other words, they almost play like Ivanchuk. |
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Sep-14-19 Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1905 
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onigorom: I once played a Marshall against a Tarrasch, and it did not end well. |
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May-20-19 Alekhine vs Starr, 1924 
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onigorom: After Nb5 the position is slightly favourable for Black, actually, e.g. 7....Bxe3 8.fxe3 Nf6 9.Qd6 Nxe4 10.Qa3 Nc5 11.N1c3 O-O 12.Nd6 Qb4 13.Qxb4 Nxb4 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.a3 a5
Black's grave mistakes happen later in the game. |
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May-17-19 I Sokolov vs S Bjornsson, 2004 
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onigorom: the threat is 29. Bd4, no defense |
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May-14-19 Topalov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 
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onigorom: It is strange. Sometimes you come across positions that are dead lost, but it doesn't look like that on the first sight. When you start calculating you begin to understand why. But even then it still doesn't 'look' lost. |
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May-07-19 Nunn vs S Bouaziz, 1983 
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onigorom: What happens after, say
24...Ree8
25 Bh7+ Qh7
26 Qg5+ Kh8
27. Rh6 Bf5
I see
28.h3 Bxc2
29.Rf7 |
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Mar-12-19 M Lubbe vs L Stoeri, 2015
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