May-01-04 Jean Dufresne 
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Bitzovich: I believe that he was a reporter in a Paris newspaper at one point in time
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| | Apr-29-04 O Korneev vs R Kempinski, 2003
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Bitzovich: Rxb4 is a threat, and if 29. Nd3, then 29... Rc8 30. Rc1 Rc2 and black is winning
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| | Apr-25-04 Schlechter vs Salwe, 1909
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Bitzovich: what about 28. Rxe7 and 29. Nf5+? Shouldn't it win quicker for white??
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| | Apr-25-04 M Basman vs Keene, 1981
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Bitzovich: This game is very keenely played :)
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| | Apr-24-04 Dina Kagramanov
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Bitzovich: I am acquainted to her, Dina Kagramanov is not a WGM yet (although she sure has potential). Her rating is 2005 (recent update), she is 5th highest rated woman in Canada.
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| | Apr-15-04 Zhong Zhang
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Bitzovich: Thats a big cultural bias.
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| | Apr-12-04 Jonathan D Tisdall
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Bitzovich: Yep, i have that book, its really good, although the guy is a bit of eccentric..
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| | Apr-12-04 Walter Arencibia
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Bitzovich: Wow, one of the few GMs i got to meet becomes player of the day. Actually, i got one of my games annotated by him (for quite a bit of money).. i just remember the way i couldn't understand a word of what he was saying :) (he has this really strong accent)
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| | Apr-11-04 Alexander Kotov
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Bitzovich: I read in the Botvinnik book of a disagreement that arose once between the two. It was when both K. and B. played in an Olympiad as part of Sovet team, and Botvinnik was board 1. In the beginning (first round, or such,) Botvinnik lost his game in a very bad form, which led many to
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| | Apr-11-04 H Holder vs T Johansson, 2001
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