Jun-07-12 DeFirmian vs C Bleis, 2005 
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Adriano Saldanha: Dr. Nick de Firmian's immortal! Wonderful piece of art!
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| | Jun-04-12 Hans-Joachim Federer
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Adriano Saldanha: I don't know if he'd been chatted yet here, but it is always important to mention George Allan Thomas when discussing tennis & chess.
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| | May-27-12 Shirov vs G Ginsburg, 2005
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Adriano Saldanha: Its funny that after much thinking I thought the crushing move was 32.Be7. After 32 ...Rxd6 33.cxd6 there is no defence against 34.Qf6+ since the e5 square is protected. Than I saw `Timeline` kibitz and noticed that 32.Be5 does just the same!!!
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| | May-27-12 Aloyzas Kveinys
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Adriano Saldanha: I thinks he names a modern Sicilian defense variation (B40s): 4 ...Qb6.
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| | May-21-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
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Adriano Saldanha: I think it is the shortest non drawn game in official WCC history.
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| | May-15-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
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Adriano Saldanha: i mean with his 33 ...Ne7 move.
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| | Apr-06-12 T Cop vs S Drazic, 2010
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Adriano Saldanha: Except for the rook which the Bishop's last minute uncovering allowed it to protect the d3 square, the Knight would recapture the white queen... a miscalculation even in the expert level. But the victory was worthy!
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| | May-22-11 Lasker-Schlechter World Championship Match (1910)
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Adriano Saldanha: Games 1-5 took place in Vienna.
Games 6-10 took place in Berlin.
Here an extract from both games 5 and 6:
FIFTH GAME - Ruy Lopez - Here Schlechter chose a better continuation against the same defence, as in the first and third games. Lasker courted the exchange of ...
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| | May-22-11 Lasker-Tarrasch World Championship Match (1908)
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Adriano Saldanha: Just to add the dates and places of the games:
# White - Black
01 Las-Tar Duss 08-17-1908 C68 1-0
02 Tar-Las Duss 08-19-1908 C66 0-1
03 Las-Tar Duss 08-22-1908 C98 0-1
04 Tar-Las Duss 08-24-1908 C66 0-1
05 Las-Tar Mun 09-01-1908 C98 1-0
06 Tar-Las Mun ...
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| | May-20-11 Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2011
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Adriano Saldanha: Black Re8 and wins?
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