Oct-13-11 Kasparov vs T Androutselis, 2001
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Eliskases: Though White won here convincingly, I wonder if 8.Bd3 is indeed perfectly safe for White (putting aside the vast differences between the two players here, and assuming that both players are just about level in their respective playing strength). As White, I tend to get a similar ...
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| | Sep-30-11 4th Bilbao Masters (2011) 
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Eliskases: <Ivanchuk is losing a piece, or is he not?> Hardly, he is in fact winning! After 21...Qh8+ 22. Kf2 Qxh3! threatening mate in 1, and White will be at least down a piece.
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| | Sep-01-11 Caruana vs Y Drozdovskij, 2011
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Eliskases: Impressive play by Caruana, manoeuvring his pieces accurately for 50 moves and converting his minor lead from the middlegame to a full point; and more importantly - qualifying for the next round without the dubious pleasure of playing a tiebreak.
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| | Aug-28-11 Ivanchuk vs H R Steel, 2011
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Eliskases: Well, a mate on the board is a rare visitor to GM tournaments! I do agree that there's no doubt that sending the black queen to b2 at move 27 was a key error by Steel, that perhaps does not lose immediately, but at best loses tempo and at worst resulting as followed by the text. ...
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| | Aug-28-11 World Cup (2011)
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Eliskases: I have just noticed that the current tournament standing on this page is not very helpful. Since the tournament is on a knock-out system, showing the leaders' board is quite unnecessary. Whereas, showing the knock-out tree would greatly aid to follow the progress of the ...
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| | Nov-03-06 The World vs A Nickel, 2006
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Eliskases: <Maatalkko: Hmm, after 27...Qxb6 28. Ne4 Bg7 29. Nxd6 Rf8 30. Qe4 Bxb2 31. Rad1 Qc5 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. dxc6 Be5 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Rf7 looks very strong for White. Fritz evaluates this as +1.62, and I don't see any better moves for Black.> Well, what about 35...Qxd6! 36.Rxd6 ...
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| | Sep-26-06 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation (E43)
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Eliskases: After 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 b6, 5.Be2 seems to be an alternative to the main line theory in the Fischer Variation (i.e. 5.Bd3 with 6.Nf3 and 5.Nge2). I have found a relatively small amount of games with the aforementioned move, but I am looking for a different way to ...
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| | Aug-31-06 azaris chessforum
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Eliskases: Have you heard about the so-called "conspiracy theory" regarding the surprising transfer of Tevez and Mascherano to West Ham? Well, it seems that the current owner of Brazilian club Corinthians (the former club of Tevez and Mascherano) is a British (of Iranian origin) milliardaire
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| | Aug-12-06 Chopin chessforum
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Eliskases: <I remember on <notsodeepthought>'s forum, where I may have written close to <10-15> posts on the 9-11 controversy, and I'd <briefly> mentioned in one of my posts that "Palestine has been robbed of a homeland"-- out of nowhere, I get a response-- "what about ...
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| | Jul-09-06 EmperorAtahualpa chessforum
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Eliskases: <UEFA Intertoto Cup third round> First leg: 15/16 July
Second leg: 22 July
Winners enter UEFA Cup second qualifying round.
AJ Auxerre (FRA) v FC Farul Constanta (ROM)
Larissa FC (GRE) v Kayserispor (TUR)
Villarreal CF (ESP) v NK Maribor (SLO)
Maccabi ...
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