Aug-22-25 Tal vs K Klasups, 1952
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| plang: 6..Nc6 had been played in Oscam-Tarakower Ned. 1920 where Black went on to win; 6..Bf5 was new. Tal was critical of 9 Bb5? recommending 9 Bg5 as more logical with the aim of recovering his pawn. It is odd that Tal didn't exchange on c6 after 9..a6!?. Tal's exchanges from moves 13-15 ... |
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Aug-22-25 Leko vs Svidler, 2005
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| plang: 12..Rb8 had been played several times previously; Svidler played the new move 12..h6!? spending a tempo to prevent Bg5. Gershon was critical of 13..Rb8?! saying that 13..bxc should have been played first. The point was that in the game 14..exd 15 cxd..d5 is no longer effective as ... |
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Aug-22-25 Chessgames - Sports 
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| plang: Larry David is a comedic legend for being the co-creator of Seinfeld (with Seinfeld). The character George Costanza was modeled after Larry David. He also portrayed Bernie Sanders numerous times on SNL. |
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Aug-21-25 Kenneth Rogoff
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| plang: Current estimates are that almost 10% of the nations homeless population are veterans. I wonder how many veterans in DC have been picked up (and jailed!?). |
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Aug-19-25 Sutovsky vs Hracek, 2005
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| plang: 13..Re8 and 13..h6 had each been played once previously (though not in classical games); 13..d4 was new. Sutovsky thought that 16..Rb8?! 17 f4! gave White a bit of initiative. 23..Qd7 would have been a better defense keeping tabs on the c7 pawn. After 29..Rd8 White had the better ... |
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Aug-17-25 Kasimdzhanov vs J Polgar, 2005
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| plang: Black's unusual move order delaying ..Qc7 until after playing ..Bd7 allowed White to forgo the prophylactic Kh1. 18..Bg7 had been played in Popovych-Kirov Hamburg 1977 where Black went on to win; 18..Nb4 was new. Polgar, realizing that slower play offered little chance of success, ... |
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Aug-15-25 N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965
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| plang: 8 Ne2 was new; 8 Nf3 and 0-0-0 had been played previously. However, the knight ends up misplaced on g3 and after 11 0-0?! Black gained time on his kingside attack. Evans recommended 15 b4 not allowing Black to close the queenside. 19 f4 would have been a tougher defense. Certainly, ... |
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Aug-12-25 Lautier vs Sutovsky, 2005
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| plang: 9 e3 was a new move; 9 0-0 had been played in game 4 of the 6 game match Bacrot-Sutovsky Albert 2004 which ended in a draw (as did the match 1-1 with 4 draws). Sutovsky offered a pawn with 12..d5!? which White should have accepted with 13 cxd..Nxd5 14 Nxd5..cxd 15 Qxd5..Bf6 16 ... |
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Aug-10-25 Topalov vs Morozevich, 2005
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| plang: Topalov is an expert in the 5 Bf4 line. Earlier in the year at Linares Topalov had played 9 Qc2 against Kasimdzhanov and had won; here he varied with 9 cxd. Morozovich avoided 12..Bg4 as played by Kramnik in his game 5 loss to Leko in their 2004 match. 13 e4 showed that Topalov was ... |
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Aug-08-25 Euwe vs Keres, 1938
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| plang: Keres opening is creative and reasonable avoiding mainline theory. 7 Nf3 had been played in Landau-Keres Kemeri 1937 where Black went on to win; 7 g3 was new. 21..e5?! opened up the position for the two bishops and 31..g6!? was questionable weakening the dark squares around his king. ... |
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