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Jul-08-25 SuperUnited Blitz Croatia (2025)   tonsillolith: Great performance of Carlsen, going unidefeated. I enjoyed the games      Jun-14-25 Carlsen vs V S Gujrathi, 2022   tonsillolith: <25...Nxe4?! 26. d5!> there are many different variations, and many tactical factors that make this work out for White. The pin of the knight against the <e7> (or sometimes <d8>) rook plays a role, but there are more subtle ones, like in <26...Nxd2 27. dc6 ...      Jun-11-25 Tartakower vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927   tonsillolith: Can't just let me persist, huh?! Well thanks, those were interesting things: the game itself, the inspiration of Nimzo from Steinitz, the connection of 'lavieren' to sailing...      Jun-11-25 Ehlvest vs Karpov, 1988   tonsillolith: Ehlvest has left the building.      Jun-09-25 Karpov vs Portisch, 1988   tonsillolith: And if Black takes the rook, <53...Kxf6 54. Qc3+ Kg5 55. f4+ Kxf4 56. Qg3+ Kxe4 57. Qf3#> [DIAGRAM] The diagonality leaves an impression      Jun-07-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs R Hovhannisyan, 2025    tonsillolith: Prag's knight is that star football player who steals the spotlight, but knows when to pass to a teammate. Impressive play      Jun-07-25 X Xu vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025    tonsillolith: <Drawngyu Xu vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandraw>      May-16-25 Kenneth Rogoff    tonsillolith: Note well how <Rdb>, <Keyser Sore>, and the likes never actually put forward a remotely convincing case for anything. They only muddy the water and supply uninteresting ad hominem attacks, whataboutism, and yet further juvenile "sophistry". They never argue ...      May-15-25 Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022   tonsillolith: <The Niemann Hypothesis> would be another fitting title      May-05-25 Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2023   tonsillolith: <55...Nb3> as <agadmator> points out in a YouTube video (about another game), this is a defensive pattern that is very handy when you've a knight for defense against a queen, especially in blitz, when you'ven't much time to calculate possibilities. In the game we ...

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