May-06-15 J Augustin vs J Vesely, 1965 
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| sshhhh: I went for 27. Qh8, pinning the rook and winning the knight (27... Rxh8 28. Rxh8#; 27... Ne8 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Rh8#, 27 ... Nh5 28. Rxh5 gh 29. Bg7+ Ke7 30. Qxg8, up a knight, so best defence might be just 27 ... Ne7 28. Bxg7+ Ke8, probably a better way to lose a knight). Clearly ... |
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Mar-04-15 A De Santis vs M Santurbano, 2005
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| sshhhh: <TheaN> very nice analysis - I completely missed the Bh6# threat. Thank you. |
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Feb-04-15 Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2015
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| sshhhh: Few things in chess make me as happy as Chucky on a winning streak. |
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Feb-03-15 Navara vs P Polak, 1996
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| sshhhh: The CG page for Petr Polak is intriguing. The bio note says that he is two players, yet he's only played one game. |
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Jan-19-15 A Dale vs A R Saleh Salem, 2015
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| sshhhh: Not sure there's anything to understand. Trying to activate his pieces in a cramped position, sacs a couple of pawns, exchanges off his bishop as soon as he's found some squares for it, resigns soon after. Poor guy's hundreds of ratings points below everyone but Haast, and even on -5 |
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Jan-02-15 J Hawkins vs R Edouard, 2015
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| sshhhh: What about 20. Rc1 Nd5? |
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Nov-06-14 V Cmilyte vs M Gutad Iversen, 1994
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| sshhhh: Well, *I'm* ready to admit I failed. Seduced by 27. Nf6, threatening Rh7#, and if … Kxg7, then Rg1#. So then I assumed …Rxf6, 28. Qxf6, and mate in 3. Completely missed … Qxf1#, which is a shame as everything else was very pretty :) |
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Oct-06-14 D Howell vs S Williams, 2014
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| sshhhh: Just a reference to the sponsors of the tournament, <An Englishman>. |
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Aug-15-14 J Polgar vs Epishin, 1996
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| sshhhh: I hope she's "retiring" in the same sense in which Ivanchuk retired a few years ago (i.e. not really retiring). I'll miss her if she really quits tournament chess. |
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May-02-13 G Welling vs B Huemmer, 1982
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| sshhhh: In the CG opening explorer, 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 has a pretty good percentage for white (+24=9-20). But in bigger databases with more non-master games (e.g. 365chess.com) it does predictably badly. 2... c5 seems not to be the best reply; after 2... d5 instead, white often either plays 3.e4 ... |
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