May-11-13 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2013
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Lutwidge: I play the Vienna a lot as White, but never expected to see it in such a game as this. Carlsen's line with ...Bc5 and an early ...Na5 has been increasingly popular of late and has somewhat dampened my enthusiasm for the opening in general, so it's nice to see Naka finding a way to ...
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| | Apr-24-13 Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 
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Lutwidge: I just wanted to chime in with the (possibly minority) viewpoint that both Petrosianic and Paul might well be very knowledgeable people getting bogged down in an argument over what will soon appear even to them as meaningless minutiae. Oh, and go Golden State Warriors.
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| | Apr-24-13 Gelfand vs Adams, 2013
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Lutwidge: Gelfand is sometimes Rubinstein 2.0
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| | Apr-21-13 Kenneth Rogoff
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Lutwidge: Interesting and possibly relevant: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligence...
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| | Apr-04-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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Lutwidge: This was one of the most memorable tournaments in a long time and stands in stark contrast to the previous candidates cycle. FWIW, I recently wrote some somewhat wandering if enthusiastic blogs on it here: http://www.chess.com/blog/GargleBla... ...
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| | Feb-26-13 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922
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Lutwidge: While I like this game in kind of "well, that's novel" kind of way, it does feel sort of overrated - Bogo seems like he's constructing a self-stalemate on the kingside while Alekhine graciously consents to completely smush White's queenside (and center) in a vaguely piquant manner.
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| | Jun-07-12 Kramnik vs McShane, 2012
May-01-12 A Testa vs D Contin, 2012
Feb-23-12 R Swinkels vs A Zatonskih, 2008
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Lutwidge: After floundering in the minnow-game, WGM Swamp-eel cod have, just for the halibut, fin-ished Bleak off with 42. Rudd to seasick.
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| | Feb-16-12 V Kuehnast vs E Schiller, 2012
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Lutwidge: Perhaps BCO needs another edition...
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