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Jun-23-25 M Lukic vs D Feletar, 2003   xela: It's interesting how quickly white falls apart here. According to Stockfish, there are a bad moves by both sides in the opening, leading to an even position at move 10. Then 10...Ng4 is a cheap shot, but white needs to find Bxh7 to refute it. The position after 12.hxg4 would make a ...      Dec-11-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024    xela: <Open Defence: I wonder if Black has inadvertently castled into it> As an ex French player (although much much less skillful than Ding), I'd say he has <advertently> castled into it! This is part of the thrill of playing the French: inviting the attack and then frustrating ...      Dec-04-24 Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024    xela: <VipinRamola: Good evening from India as well. Anybody from Australia or Antarctica here?> Hi from Australia (-:      Sep-09-21 B Lalic vs Sadler, 1995    xela: After 25.N5xh6+ Kh7 there's also the cute checkmate with 26.Ng8+ Kg6 27.Nxh8#.      Apr-24-17 Alekhine vs A Munoz, 1945    xela: There's a cute variation earlier in the game (thanks, Stockfish!): instead of 11 Kf1, the move 11 Qd2 is nearly as good, because black can't accept the double rook sacrifice: 11 ... Qxa1+ 12 Ke2 Qxh1 13 Nxe6 with a winning position.

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