Oct-01-10 K Solomon vs S Khader, 2010
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| pastpawn: Oy, this is a pretty sad case of self-destruction (I should say I am nowhere near IM level, but I have experienced this kind of very disheartening loss :o). I saw the position online after Black’s 55th move, and figured it was almost all over: Black was up a pawn, and White was ... |
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Jul-20-10 J Bryant vs P Zhao, 2010 
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| pastpawn: An interesting endgame: 72 ♘f2+! was a nice idea, since capturing leads to a drawn ♔♗ + wrong color ♖♙ vs ♔ position . Looking at a tablebase, 71 ... e2 would have won Black the game and the tournament, although the position after exchanging ... |
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Nov-27-09 Jakovenko vs Areshchenko, 2009
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| pastpawn: In the final position, Black’s position is unpleasant, but is it really time to resign? White does threaten 30. ♘xd5 (when 30 ... exd5 31 ♖xc6 wins a piece, and 30 ... ♖xd5 31 ♗f3 wins the exchange), but maybe something like 29 ... ♔d7 can hold? |
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Nov-27-09 Svidler vs Nyback, 2009
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| pastpawn: <PhilFeely> After 40 ... ♕d3, white plays 41 ♕xe4 anyway -- Black can't recapture because of 42 d8=♕/♖+ with mate in 2 . |
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Nov-26-09 World Cup (2009)
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| pastpawn: Oop: draw agreed in Nisi-Polgar, apparently. |
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Nov-18-09 Kramnik vs J Polgar, 2009
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| pastpawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_s... |
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Nov-14-09 Tal Memorial (2009)
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| pastpawn: There are enough possibilities for this R+f+h vs R to turn into a draw, especially after 4-5 hours of play, that I'd play on if I were Leko. |
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Aug-07-09 C Storey vs J N Sugden, 2009
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| pastpawn: <MaxxLange>: Still a ways short of the record, though: see http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records... |
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Jul-27-09 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990
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| pastpawn: Er, actually make that 10 ♕f2, since 10 ♗f2 is met by 10 ... ♗h6 11 ♕ somewhere ♗f4 |
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Jul-22-09 J Polgar vs Anand, 1998
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| pastpawn: <notyetagm: One of the greatest knight fork combinations ever played, especially since it was overlooked by the super-tactician Anand.> Too bad Anand didn't play on for the sake of the spectators ... Can you really say the combination was "played" ;) ? . |
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