Jan-08-07 The World vs A Nickel, 2006 
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| spudhead: <And if a show lasts only a few seasons, stretch it as you may, it sucks. Longevity is a test for classics.> Ooh contentious... some of the best TV shows ever are the best because they never "jumped the shark", they were consistently excellent and pulled the plug rather than ... |
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Dec-23-06 RandomVisitor chessforum
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| spudhead: Regarding rook endings 1 and 2: if rook ending 1 is a win, couldn't we play 45.Rb5 in rook ending 2 to make it rook ending 1? Then we wouldn't have to start over. |
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Dec-04-06 Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939
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| spudhead: Even though I know the position with one pawn, the extra pawn gave me pause for thought as it could give black the extra move required to get out of zugzwang, until I realised that f3 was stalemate anyway! If the pawn was on any higher rank, it's a win for black. Interesting twist ... |
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Oct-05-06 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
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| spudhead: <dbquintillion: Every year on its anniversary, this should be chessgames.com Game of the Day. At least while Topalov is an active chessplayer. Just to remind everyone.> Exactly, and the pun should be "Toilet Opening Gambit, Declined" |
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Sep-14-06 Charousek vs M Englander, 1894
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| spudhead: <counterpoint>23.Rxb7+ Qxe6. The rook has to defend the bishop. |
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Apr-29-06 R Bar vs E Carmel, 2001
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| spudhead: What was the point of 15..Bxa3? As already pointed out the white knight was badly placed on a3, why exchange a bishop for it? Was there nothing better for black to do? |
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Jan-22-06 Topalov vs Gelfand, 2006
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| spudhead: OK, people here's an idea... We all went to school with objectionable people like Steppenwolf, who, while falling short of actually bullying anyone, made a speciality of slightly tarnishing the souls of all who come in contact with him. This is probably due to some misplaced idea ... |
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Jan-18-06 Karpov vs Miles, 1980
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| spudhead: I dislike the idea of a grandmaster, or anyone, being psyched out by an opening... Sure, this opening concedes the centre, but doesn't the sicilian do the same, at least in the beginning? I'm still new to chess theory after playing for a while, but already I'm finding it ... |
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Dec-28-05 Bareev vs Svidler, 2005
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| spudhead: <djmercury: Nd2 looks really strong!> Couldn't black reply with Rxd6? |
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Dec-16-05 Aronian vs Ponomariov, 2005
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| spudhead: Wouldn't Qxf2 force either a queen swap or the loss of the knight? With the extra pawn, would the queen exchange be in white's favour? |
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