May-12-13 Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904 
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FlashinthePan: Thanks Everett, I totally overlooked this move, as I was focused on preventing both the knight fork on e5 and Qh5 and missed the obvious.
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| | Jan-20-13 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2013
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FlashinthePan: Rybka 2.2 gives a draw after 68...gxh5 in all the main variations.
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| | Nov-11-12 Nunn vs Sadler, 1993
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FlashinthePan: I eventually found 27.Bf4, but not for a second did I even consider Ba6. In retrospect, trying to give check on b5 with the Queen was a natural lead to follow, though.
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| | Oct-21-12 J Lewi vs J Adamski, 1969
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FlashinthePan: I saw 18...Qb3 with virtually the same continuation as in game, but thought I was missing something better as it was unclear to me that the ending game was won for Black. BTW, if White had played 24.Nc2, protecting the a1 square and clearing the way for his rook on the 1st ...
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| | Oct-16-12 S Klimov vs A Gubanov, 1995
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FlashinthePan: <Caissas Clown: Morceau de gāteau> 'Morceau de gāteau' is a literal translation of 'Piece of cake' which doesn't render its original meaning. The correct French equivalent is 'C'est du gāteau.'
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| | Oct-15-12 Chekhov vs M Hoffmann, 1994
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FlashinthePan: <Abdel Irada: *That's* our problem here: "perpetual chess." No wonder I can't get my work done!> Slip of tongue after a long night's work...
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| | Jan-20-12 Carlsen vs A Giri, 2012
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FlashinthePan: After 32.Bb6, why doesn't Giri go for ...Rb8 with a view to playing b5 and opening the b file to try to leverage the power of his two rooks? He might have had better chances to win, or am I missing something?
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| | Jan-15-12 Duras vs Z Barasz, 1912
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FlashinthePan: Duras' brilliant play was an emBarazsment to his opponent!
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| | Dec-19-11 G Gauglitz vs C Horvath, 1987
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FlashinthePan: 47...Qxc5 is the kind of move why chess is beautiful. Not only seing it was far from easy after 43.Ra3, but it's miraculous in itself that such a move can exist, ie, solve all Black's problems at once by attacking White's Ra3, creating a mate threat in 2, preventing the white ...
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| | Nov-20-11 J M Hodgson vs S Agdestein, 1986
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FlashinthePan: I may still be missing something but, what if Black simply plays 21... Rhf8 to prevent 22.Rf7?
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