Jun-11-13 Tal Memorial (2013) 
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Al2009: <kapperties>
Your comments, and other similar, explain very well why chess has no impact at all in the media, as a sport. Chess is neglected by tv, magazines, etc., because people like you are always living in 1972, always Fischer, Fischer, Fischer... But we are in 2103, not ...
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| | May-17-13 Fischer vs W Beach, 1963
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Al2009: I already knew the game and the move, but frankly speaking it was NOT so difficult to find.
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| | May-11-13 Gunsberg vs Von Gottschall, 1887
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Al2009: <GauraNitai>
Sorry for you, but after
23. Rxf6 Bd7!
24. Rh4 Kg7 (as you suggested)
now White can play (instead of 25.Rxd6) the stronger
25. Rf1! Rh8 (forced)
26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Nf4! Be6 (to prevent Nxd5 and Nf6+)
28. Nh5! gxh
29. Rxh5 Qe7 (29...Ne7 30.Bd4
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| | Apr-29-13 Caruana vs Topalov, 2013
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Al2009: Eyal, 45...e4 or 45...g4 probably were equally good (45...e4 keeps the King far from the 2 connected pawns more than 45...g4). It is very difficult to "block" the 2 free and connected pawns, after Be8+
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| | Apr-24-13 Kramnik vs N Vitiugov, 2013
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Al2009: After 16.f3, it seems a bad strategy mistake 16...Nxg2?, exchanging a good Knight for a bad Bg2. Much better was the maneuver 16...Ne6! 17. Rd1 Nd4! 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nd5! with a good game and advantage for Black, and just for a little pawn sac.
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| | Mar-17-13 Aronian vs Gelfand, 2013
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Al2009: This game is very interesting, and instructional too, because it shows that in modern chess dynamism of position is much more important than "theoretical" advantages, such as the pair of Bishops. Black had the couple of Bishops in the endgame, but that was useless, against White's ...
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| | Mar-16-13 Ding Yixin vs Tan Zhongyi, 2012
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Al2009: <p smith>
After 24. Qe4! f5 25. Qe2 Bd5 25. Bxf5 e6 26 Bb1, then White can play Ba5, or Qh5 etc. keeping for ever Black under a strong attack against the poor Kingside. Rybka's suggestion 24. Ba5! is good, of course, but you can enter the same kind of variation even by playing
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| | Mar-15-13 Chekhov vs H U Gruenberg, 1983
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Al2009: There was another way to win, even faster than 20. Bh3. After 20. Qxb7 Nc7 21. dxc5! Qxe5 (22...bxc5 23. Nc4! Qd8 24. Bxd5  ) 22. cxb6 Ne6 23. bxa7 is really DEVASTATING for Black.
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| | Jan-01-13 Groningen Open (2012)
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Al2009: It's really ridicolous that the only language of Groningen tournament's website is just DUTCH, and no page in English (at least). How many persons do really read and understand Dutch language? It seems some chess organizers are doing their best to LOSE rather than gaining, new ...
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| | Dec-16-12 N Wallach vs V Rezzuti, 1998
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Al2009: 27...Qg6!
28. Qe7 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Rdg8! 30. Qxe5+ Ka8 a)31. Bxd3 Rxa2 and then mates...
b) 31. Be3 f5
It saves 1 move...
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