Jul-22-12 Mamedyarov vs Karjakin, 2010 
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this is a sign: Hahah, what's going on here? |
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Jul-22-12 T Sachdev vs Vocaturo, 2011
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this is a sign: Qd1+ is a spite check. There's no way to stave off mate here |
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Jul-13-12 H Schlemm vs S Wranay, 1872 
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this is a sign: <Djoker> 15..Kf4 16. Bg5+ and white checkmates on the next move. |
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Jun-22-12 A Sundin vs Erik Andersson, 1964 
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this is a sign: Beautiful end position! |
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Apr-07-10 Van der Sterren vs Timman, 1981 
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this is a sign: I got this too. But didn't see the winning combination. It just seemed like the only move :) |
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Apr-04-10 Smyslov vs K Grigorian, 1976 
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this is a sign: <21. Rxf6> jumps right out. But then it gets a little complicated. I initially went with <22. Rf1+> but that doesn't go anywhere after <22... Ke7 23. Bg5+ Ke8>. After that the only reasonable move I could see was <Qg4>, which leads to a forced mate in ... |
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Apr-02-10 Smyslov vs C Kottnauer, 1946 
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this is a sign: I came up with <18...dxc5 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Ra8 Qxa8 21.Qxa8+ Ke7 22.Qf3>. Obviously, this is not a winning line (more like draw-ish) but it's the closest I came to solving a difficult Friday puzzle. :) |
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