May-20-13 Pilnik vs Najdorf, 1942 
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Mendrys: For some silly reason I initially thought that the game ended with 31...Rc3+ 0-1 and couldn't for the life of me figure out what black was supposed to do to prevent mate on d8 after 32. f3. After about minutes I rechecked the game score and was a bit relieved to see that I wasn't ...
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| | May-20-13 F J Moyano Morales vs C Merlo, 1967
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Mendrys: <tivrfoa: Actually combo started in 15. xD> I wonder if Morales had all of this in mind and was luring Merlo into a trap where Merlo hastily sets up the discovered attack on the queen. Houdini thinks best for black was 15...b6 and still thinks so on move 16 as in: [DIAGRAM] ...
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| | May-15-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
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Mendrys: Full of inner turmoil over the postgame <puzzlion>? I wouldn't take these things so seriously. Really though, I watched it again and while Topolav could have said more he said plenty and was engaged by Svidler throughout.
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| | May-11-13 Steinitz vs Bird, 1866
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Mendrys: My guess is that when he decided on 8...Qg4 Bird had expected or considered 10. Rg2 Qxh3 instead of the text. In this case he may be doing fine, at least according to Houdini but I would not be feeling the least bit comfortable being up 2 pawns in this position: [DIAGRAM]
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| | May-05-13 Gulko vs Chiburdanidze, 1978
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Mendrys: <waustad> It is a very popular celebration of Mexican pride in San Antonio and elsewhere too, of course. It is also celebrated more broadly in the US than in Mexico where it commemerates the victory of the Mexican army over the French in the Battle of Puebla.
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| | May-05-13 V Buenermann vs K Mokry, 1998
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Mendrys: 60....Nxb3 seems like the natural break and it may have been something that I would have considered in a real game too given how far away white's knight is. Of course, I couldn't claim to have gotten this one as my follow up after 61. Rxd3 would have been Kxa4 which, according to ...
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| | Apr-30-13 V Polischuk vs S Bogner, 2013
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Mendrys: Seems like Polischuck is very much winning until 57. Rc8? throws it all away.
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| | Apr-27-13 E Formanek vs A Lein, 1977
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Mendrys: Remarkable how blacks brave little pawn e pawn would make 3 out of the first 7 moves ending up on c3 with 7...dxc3, staying there for almost 40 moves afterwards.
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| | Apr-25-13 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
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Mendrys: <ketchuplover: they were. not they was. your welcome.> That's funny.
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| | Apr-10-13 Bronstein vs M20, 1963
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Mendrys: I suppose sound enough knowing full that the M20 couldn't possibly find the correct moves after the relatively unsound 7. Qe2 and 10. Bd2. Brilliant work by Bronstein to find the mate in 10 here starting with Nxg5+ [DIAGRAM] Some have said the game is rubbish and in some sense it is
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