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| Sep-01-14 | | GrandMaesterPycelle: I like insightful comments like the one by mkrk17. They explode in the poster's face so quickly you don't even have time to start an argument. |
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| Sep-02-14 | | Mottian: 28...Qh3 29.Bg1. Instead 31.Bg1 doesn't work because of 31...Bxh2 32.Bxh2 Rxe2 |
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Sep-07-14
 | | maxi: <GrandMaesterPycelle> Yes, partly because one is still wiping his face in disgust. |
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| Feb-17-15 | | Ulhumbrus: This game may indicate some answers to the question: What does one do against the move g4 if it is unsound? The moves 17...Be8 and 18...b5 indicate one answer: prepare to occupy the weakened h2-b8 diagonal with the king's bishop. The move 17...Be8 clears the d file and uncovers an attack from the queen on d6 and 18...b5 displaces the N on c4 which covers the square d6. 19...Bd6 indicates a second answer: Occupy the weakened h2-b8 diagonal with the king's bishop The advance 23...Nd4 indicates a third answer: attack a piece defended by the g4 pawn. The capture 25...Nxf5 indicates a fourth answer: capture the piece defended by the g4 pawn and so displace the g4 pawn to f5, removing White's king's pawn cover on the g file 26...Qd4 indicates a fifth answer: occupy the centre on the way to invading the g file The check 27...Qg4+ indicates a sixth answer: occupy the g file uncovered by gxf5 28...c4 suggests a seventh answer: open lines
30...Qh5 suggests an eighth answer: assist the attack on the h2-b8 diagonal by using the h file 34...Bb2 suggests a paradoxical ninth answer: remove the bishop from the h2-b8 diagonal but uncover an attack on the e file. Thus Caruana's win indicates nine answers to the question of what one does against g4 if it is unsound. |
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| Feb-17-15 | | MarkFinan: Great game, I had to go through it a few times to get the gist of it, but is the final position really resignable?? I've seen Carlsen soldier on when an engine had him minus 10, but he still won . |
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| May-27-17 | | Saniyat24: Superb display by both players...Caruana has in him that flavor that 1850-1900's Masters had...he consolidates his position in the opening, plays attacking middle game and looks for better position and initiative...here Topalov is absolutely cornered in the end. Caruana's 6...Nc7 came as a surprising move for me, as it is not very common. If Topalov is a sportsman than he would surely acknowledge that Caruana's brilliant play gave Caruana the edge over him. |
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| Jul-02-19 | | BxChess: Spot an aura -Caruana tops |
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| Nov-17-23 | | BxChess: From CG Caruana's biography:
<September 2014 saw Caruana win arguably the strongest tournament in history, the Category 23 Sinquefield Cup (2014). In the most powerful display in the history of chess, he won the first 7 games of the tournament - against Topalov (twice), Vachier-Lagrave (twice), Carlsen, Aronian and Nakamura before drawing with Carlsen in their return game in round 8 (having missed a winning chance), whereupon he clinched first place with 7.5/8 with two rounds to spare ahead of a shell-shocked field, an unassailable 3 points clear of Carlsen. This historic result also lifted his live rating to near record levels, eclipsing all except Carlsen and Kasparov.> |
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| Nov-17-23 | | thegoodanarchist: Able was I, Ere I saw this pun |
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Nov-17-23
 | | tamar: It is rumored that Fabi whispered to Veselin before the game, "Engage le jeu que je le gagne. (Start the game so that I may win.) |
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Nov-17-23
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Time for another awed moment of awed hushed admiration for another awesome game title. Wow. Just. Wow. |
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Nov-17-23
 | | al wazir: 35. Qf3. Now what? If 35...Qxf3+, then 36. exf3 Bxa3 37. bxc4. Looks pretty even. |
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Nov-17-23
 | | beatgiant: <al wazir> 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. exf3 <c3> and the c-pawn will probably cost White a piece. |
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| Nov-17-23 | | GlennOliver: Kudos to BxChess for his fine ...
gag
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Wise words for all chess players ...
Live on time, emit no evil |
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| Nov-17-23 | | redcircle: Nice one! I was watching the C-Squared Podcast new video last night featuring this very game. |
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| Nov-17-23 | | Brenin: Excellent game, outstanding pun. |
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Nov-17-23
 | | offramp: Caruana has a pal in Rome. |
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Nov-17-23
 | | Check It Out: What does "spot an aura" mean? |
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| Nov-17-23 | | fabelhaft: A Naurac, a man, a Nam - a Caruana |
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| Nov-17-23 | | Brenin: <Check It Out: What does "spot an aura" mean?> One possible meaning would be "see a distinctive quality"; rather good in this context? |
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Nov-17-23
 | | OhioChessFan: I always like palindromes, no matter how strained. |
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Nov-17-23
| | Check It Out: <Brenin> Yes, I think it's great. Complicated palindromes like this amaze me. |
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Nov-18-23
| | al wazir: <OhioChessFan: I always like palindromes, no matter how strained.> Nearly all are strained, most of them severely. |
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Nov-18-23
| | al wazir: <beatgiant: 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. exf3 <c3> and the c-pawn will probably cost White a piece.> I think you're right. Thanks. |
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| Nov-18-23 | | GlennOliver: <OhioChessFan> I always like palindromes, no matter how strained. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aili... |
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