Mar-14-22 Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983 
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| HarryP: A beautiful win against a distinguished player. Portisch was a tough customer, but Garry smokes him. |
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Apr-15-21 G B Smith vs J Bayley, 1961
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| HarryP: If 25... Rxe6, 26.Rxh7+ Kxh7 27.Bf8# and we have a pleasing variation of Morphy's Mate or the Opera Mate. |
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Mar-18-21 V Vepkhvishvili vs Kanashvili, 1971
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| HarryP: Someone please explain to me why Black resigned. It is obvious to me that White has a strong -- and probably winning -- attack. It must be that Black could see the handwriting on the wall, huh? |
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Aug-06-20 M Aroven vs P Nielsen, 2017
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| HarryP: And now Black, after White's 55th move, realizes his last move was a blunder, for a familiar mating pattern has appeared. Black can delay mate by one move, but there is nothing he can do to escape it. His fate will be to die by the Opera Mate, made famous by Paul Morphy. |
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Aug-02-20 Capablanca vs Fine, 1938
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| HarryP: Capa's missed win in this game is one of the TrainingBot problems on the ICC. It was submitted by yours truly. |
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Jun-07-20 K Skalicka vs J Koska, 1935
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| HarryP: An enjoyable game. After White's 22nd, material is even, but the way it's even is unusual: each side has two Rooks and five Pawns, Black has a Queen, and White has two Bishops and a Knight. |
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May-17-20 M A Zaror Cordeiro vs A Hilverda, 2015
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| HarryP: I'd give a question mark to White's eleventh. Surely better is 11.Bxc6+ Rxc6 12.exd4 cxd4 13.d3 |
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Apr-02-20 Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938
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| HarryP: 16.Rae1 thrills my mind; 30.Ba3 thrills my soul. |
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Feb-17-20 M Hebden vs N Davies, 1983
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| HarryP: 15... Bd6 is poor. Better is 15... Ng4. Then 16.Ne4 Bc7 is strong for Black. |
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Feb-08-20 Myagmarsuren vs A Bisguier, 1971
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| HarryP: A very pleasing finis. |
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