Apr-30-25 chessgames.com chessforum 
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| sbevan: <Susan Freeman: Daniel offered a lifetime membership for $365 for 85 years. If I remember correctly.> Not trying to be pedantic Susan but it was USD 350 for a lifetime membersip and that was in 2011. "$350 in 2011 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $497.60 today" ... |
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Apr-26-25 A Shturman vs B Savchenko, 2025
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| sbevan: A lesson IMHO on why the French is so dangerous. On both sides.
I really like the way W played this. |
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Apr-13-25 V Ivic vs Ivanchuk, 2025
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| sbevan: So, W has to move the same piece (his only R)
18 times in a row! As move 50 has to be counted in (n+1). The first three moves are the same file, the a file. The next 15 moves are the same rank, the 5th.
Amazing play by B IMHO. |
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Feb-26-25 S Kourkoulos-Arditis vs J B Bjerre, 2025
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| sbevan: Now IMHO that is very nice play by Black. |
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Sep-21-24 M Lagarde vs Aronian, 2024
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| sbevan: "Great game!" is right <Sally Simpson>.
What a donnybrook! I wish I'd had the chance to watch it... |
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Aug-25-23 Mamedyarov vs B Sambuev, 2023
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| sbevan: After 22...Qxd6 instead of 22...Kf8 the machine gives:
1) +0.97 (27 ply) 23.♗g3 fxg5 24.hxg5 O-O 25.♔g2 ♕e7 26.♗f2 ♖fb8 27.♖b1 ♘c8 28.♖xb8 ♖xb8 29.♕d2 ♘d6 30.♗e3 ♕c7 31.♖h1 ♖b5 32.♖c1 ♔g7 33.♖c2 ♖b8 34.♕f2 ♕e7 35.♔h2 ♘f7 36.f4 exf4 ... |
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Jun-20-23 M J Quakkelaar vs E Diemer, 1956
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| sbevan: After 27...Kf7 machine gives:
1) +0.77 (24 ply) 28.f3 ♖f6 29.d4 ♖gf5 30.♖e3 a5 31.a3 b6 32.h3 c5 33.dxc5 bxc5 34.♔g2 ♖g5+ 35.♔h2 ♖gf5 36.h4 ♖d6 37.♖e2 ♖fd5 38.♔g3 ♖d2 39.♖xd2 ♖xd2 40.b3 ♖d3 |
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Mar-11-23 A Korobov vs Ponomariov, 2023
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| sbevan: As a follow up to <goodevans> excellent comments, Chess 24 has this analysis: 26…f4! and it would be anyone’s game, but instead Ruslan was tempted by 26…Qxh2?, when after 27.Qd6! Korobov was suddenly winning. Play continued 27…Qg1+ 28.Ke2 Qxc1. Here 29.Qxc7? would lose ... |
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Dec-10-22 F Vallejo Pons vs T Sosa, 2022
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| sbevan: <fredthebear: Black burns his boats to get to the White king, but cannot prevent the monarch's escape.
25...Rf2+ would have been an interesting try.>
Whilst "an interesting try" after 26 Kd3:
1. The B is under attack;
2. W threatens to promote;
3. B is still a R down.
So |
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May-04-22 Shirov vs J van Foreest, 2022
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| sbevan: Interesting game. |
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