May-14-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013) 
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Oliphaunt: <pbercker> I have to agree. I was away for 1 hr and was certain that the game was drawn.
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| | Apr-22-13 Magnus Carlsen
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Oliphaunt: I say that you are a crazy bird.
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| | Mar-28-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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Oliphaunt: I feel so sorry for the moderator in the live commentary. It's impossible to keep up with Ivanchuk when he speaks russian very quickly.
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| | Mar-28-13 Grischuk vs Kramnik, 2013
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Oliphaunt: When I saw the press conference I felt almost sure that Grischuk lost on purpose. I'm still very suspicious; both Svidler and Grischuk has now blundered away decent positions against Kramnik. 30.Bxd4 is not a move that a 2700 player would do under normal circumstances. It's on the
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| | Nov-06-11 Le Quang Liem vs L Dominguez, 2011
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Oliphaunt: Very artistic finish!
29..Kf7 30.Qxg7+ Ke6 31.Qe5+ Kf7 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Bb4
[DIAGRAM] It is so neat that Qf6 covers a1; the dual mate threat on f8 and e7 cannot be covered by 33...Qe2, hence 1-0.
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| | Sep-02-11 Shirov vs M Leon Hoyos, 2011
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Oliphaunt: <28...Nf8 29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.Rh5+ Nh7 31.Rxh7+ Kxh7 32.Qh5+ Kg7 33.Qg5+ Kh7 34.Re6 wins> 29.Rg5+ Kf7 30.Rf1#.
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| | Jul-01-10 acirce chessforum
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Oliphaunt: <It's not like the US would have been interested in a democratic state per se, unless it was guaranteed to be a friendly one.> Not necessarily as we've seen with the Shah in Iran and many states in Latin America. It makes me think that the US would've been better off with a ...
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| | Jun-04-10 Fine vs Najdorf, 1949
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Oliphaunt: Not too hard; spotted the basic idea (king takes king takes ...Kg2) almost instantly.
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| | Jun-01-10 Kenneth Rogoff
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Oliphaunt: I second that.
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| | May-28-10 Computer
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Oliphaunt: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/S...
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