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Oct-22-12
 | | whiteshark: ok lets check if an Admin is around....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WCv... |
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Oct-22-12
 | | hms123: I hate to be off-topic, but here is an update on the Tiviakov/Nakamura game: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nde2 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bg1 h5 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Nde2 Qc7 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. Ne3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 * 
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Oct-22-12
 | | tamar: Hou's cautious 25 h3 can be put down to the daunting thought that should she win, Tiviakov's face would appear on her Dancing Rook. |
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Oct-22-12
 | | Eggman: <<I hate to be off-topic>> Must you keep harping on the relevant? |
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Oct-22-12
| | hms123: <Eggman>
<Must you keep harping on the relevant?> I will try to be less relevant in the future. It should be easy enough. That's my usual way of doing things. |
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Oct-22-12
| | tamar: Nice idea by Hou to give up the d5 pawn. The Queen and Knight battery threatens first Nh6+ and the rook is coming in on the d file. Black has to play accurately to defend. |
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| Oct-22-12 | | galdur: 26. Nc2 Qf7 27. Nf4 played |
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Oct-22-12
 | | Ulhumbrus: Black seems weak on the a3-f8 diagonal. How to get White's queen there? One way is 33 Qg3 threatening 34 Qa3+ |
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Oct-22-12
 | | tpstar: <chessgames.com> Thanks for the live broadcast. =) <this is the Hou-Giri game and not Tivi-Nakamura> I hope the players know which game they are playing. This uncertainty must be another anti-cheating tactic. |
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Oct-22-12
| | hms123: Shhh. Don't tell anyone.
Tiviakov/Nakamura
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nde2 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bg1 h5 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Nde2 Qc7 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. Ne3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nc2 Qf7 27. Nf4 Ne7 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe2 Rd2 34. Qe5 Rcc2 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Bxf2 Kh7 37. Kg1 Bg7 38. Qd6 e5 39. Qd3 Ra2 40. h3 e4 * 
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| Oct-22-12 | | galdur: Interesting skirmish
27...Ne7 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe2 Rd2 34. Qe5 Rcc2 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Bxf2 Kh7 37. Kg1 Bg7 38. Qd6 e5 39. Qd3 Ra2 40. h3 e4
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Oct-22-12
| | tamar: Nakamura has that alternately amused and pained expression of "Man, I can't believe this guy is going to slip away" Meanwhile, Hou has made the control. |
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Oct-22-12
| | Ulhumbrus: White has got his queen on the a3-f8 diagonal but by now the black king is no longer boxed in |
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Oct-22-12
 | | achieve: Yifan and Anish (what a couple!) have played very charming technical chess the past 20 moves - I'm truly impressed, good going Yifan! |
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Oct-22-12
 | | Gypsy: Just looking at the material imbalance, but not particular configuration, cg.com endgame explorer shows: ~45% wins ~55% draws. |
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Oct-22-12
| | Ulhumbrus: The king and pawn ending would be won for White but with knights on the board Black may be able to sacrifice his knight for a remaining White passed pawn. |
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Oct-22-12
 | | WannaBe: <whiteshark> Oh, behave!! |
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Oct-22-12
| | Ulhumbrus: With knights on the board White may be unable to play for zugzwang as in a king and pawn ending |
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Oct-22-12
| | tamar: Anish appeared to be steering for this position with W K on h4, it looks like he has White's King in a box. It can escape maybe, but only backwards. |
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Oct-22-12
 | | Marmot PFL: Both games drawn at about the same time. Must be dinnertime. |
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Oct-22-12
| | Gypsy: Found a couple of games in the database that White won when Black had the h-pawn, but none where Black had the f-pawn. |
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Oct-22-12
 | | lost in space: <<Strongest Force:> <lis>, Tiv is better & question is if Nak can draw.> Finally he was able to draw. I haven't had the impression that Tiv was much better at that point of the game, but I can be wrong; it was only my patzer impression. |
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Oct-22-12
 | | HeMateMe: My girl v. Giri. Nice job, Ms. Yifan, way to hang in there against the testosterone! |
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| Oct-24-12 | | fgh: <HeMateMe: My girl v. Giri. Nice job, Ms. Yifan, way to hang in there against the testosterone!> So she is both "your girl" and opposed to testosterone. Hm. Incidentally, do you hate yourself? |
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Oct-25-12
| | HeMateMe: Not at all, angry one. Merely a play on words.
I'm happy when she does well against men, as it does something special to promote chess. Yifan is as big a wonderful breath of fresh air as Magnus Carlsen was at age 13. That's saying something. |
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