Apr-23-13 B Ivanovic vs K Osmanovic, 1983 
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Oxspawn: I could not find a mate but white only really has the option of decisive action given the threats to its own position. (Note however that the white bishop cannot be taken because of Qg8++)
35. Qxg7+ Bxg7
36. Rxg7+ Kh8
37. Rxf7+ Kg8
38. Rxb2
White was a pawn down but ...
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| | Apr-22-13 F Olafsson vs Pilnik, 1957
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Oxspawn: The problem with Monday POTDs is not that they are easy , but that the solution is usually the same. If you 'know' you must sacrifice the queen the opportunity for learning is less. Somewhere round about Tuesday midnight there is a bit of a disconnect in the jump from very easy to ...
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| | Apr-16-13 T Chua vs P Aizpurua, 2010
Apr-15-13 V Ouwendijk vs Y Gorter, 2005
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Oxspawn: Back to tradition - Monday and Ding Dong the witch is dead....
22. Qxh2+
23. Kxh2 Rh6++
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| | Apr-09-13 Kasparov vs Mephisto, 1985
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Oxspawn: OK. I take back my apologies. The game was even more complicated! And I am not Kasparov. In fact I am quite proud of seeing it was not that easy.
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| | Apr-08-13 Topalov vs Kasparov, 1998
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Oxspawn: With black a piece down and the black knight pinned, the attack seems to be running out of legs. Kasparov probably did not understand about Mondays so is free to sacrifice his rook instead of his queen, in what is something of a repulsive solution.
<47. Rxf1+>
Then no ...
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| | Apr-01-13 Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925
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Oxspawn: Thanks for making me feel better about my ignorance <Abdel Irada> and <Phony Benoni>. Not often I am in the same class as Averbakh and Korchnoi! It is not actually a difficult rule to explain, but definitely odd if you think of castling as one move rather than two and ...
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| | Mar-21-13 Li Shilong vs Wang Yue, 2006
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Oxspawn: Like <Moonwalker>. I thought Nd8 was a killer and never even saw Ba4, let alone the rebuttal. Not much consolation, but I assume that if the rooks swapped off, black could play largely on the dark squares and leave the white bishop out of the game?
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| | Mar-20-13 A Stukopin vs J Ferreira, 2010
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Oxspawn: O shucks. I'll leave my post up as a monument to valuting ambition and foolishness.
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| | Mar-19-13 N Grandelius vs A Pourramezanali, 2010
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Oxspawn: I spent time dreaming of some fancy footwork with the knight after the queeen sacrifice before realising that this is lawnmower week. The knight has only to guard the f7 square and watch the rooks go through their parade ground drill. 23. Qxg7 Kxg7
24. Rg1+ ("Check, Sir") Kh7/h8
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