Feb-07-22 Nepomniachtchi vs Aronian, 2021
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| secondratemoves: Rfe8 unguards the f7 square
Stockfish likes playing Bxf7 even in the Rae8 lines
It is ton better for white in Rfe8 lines. |
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Feb-04-19 J Baules vs A Kulashko, 2018
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| secondratemoves: "A knight on b6 is always misplaced"...until oh well I guess I have to take it now |
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Jan-04-19 Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018
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| secondratemoves: He thought he fully equalized out of the opening and deserved full active counterplay, so he didn't take care (blitz game) and played everything to the kingside and was a tempo too late.
White should not be able to win by putting a rook on b1 and c1 and pushing four ... |
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Nov-13-18 Svidler vs Korchnoi, 1996 
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| secondratemoves: Upon Korchnoi's passing, Svidler mentioned that Korchnoi insulted him sometime after this game, in an elevator encounter. He said his play was superficial and something to the effect of an "I only let you win, because of course you can't beat me."
Svidler mentioned it as ... |
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Nov-11-18 V Dragnev vs Naiditsch, 2018
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| secondratemoves: 27. Ne1 The knights cocoon and in 4 turns become bishops. |
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Nov-01-18 H Wang vs Wojtaszek, 2018
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| secondratemoves: 33.Rb3 is mysterious. Also, 5...Bg4 was missed? |
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Nov-01-18 Wojtaszek vs R Svane, 2018
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| secondratemoves: Yah, I was wondering why Qf3 .... "to help attack c6? Is that enough to qualify as a good move?" when boom Qxf7!. Might as well be atomic chess. Don't uncover your king I guess. Shows how it doesn't matter how closely spaced your pieces are if you create a weak square. Also ... |
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Nov-01-18 Wojtaszek vs S Vaibhav, 2018
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| secondratemoves: 20...bxa3 is black's first mistake...?
a5 is a natural enough move... one might ask what the point of having an a-pawn is if stays a liability on a7 forever. |
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Aug-29-18 Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2018
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| secondratemoves: What is a draw with white worth? |
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Kibitzing
