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Mar-29-13 Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2013    RayFchess: Kramnick is an ex-world champion. He is a great player!      Mar-24-13 Grischuk vs Ivanchuk, 2013    RayFchess: Not a good time control.      Mar-23-13 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2013    RayFchess: Black threw away a win.      Mar-21-13 Svidler vs Carlsen, 2013    RayFchess: So how do you stop white's threats? f6 does not work.      Mar-20-13 Grischuk vs Radjabov, 2013    RayFchess: 48...Rc3      Mar-20-13 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2013    RayFchess: he should have played K to h6 instead of g6      Jul-07-04 Kasimdzhanov vs Adams, 2004    RayFchess: 24. Bxf5!      Jul-06-04 Adams vs Kasimdzhanov, 2004    RayFchess: Match play is a different style. Here you don't play to win, you play not to lose. It sounds like a mistake to play this way, and it probably is in a swiss style tournament, it is the correct play in a championship match. Also, you don't push as black to win, only to draw, and to ...      May-12-04 Najdorf vs E Goldenberg, 1961    RayFchess: Yeah, I got the first three or four moves also. I thought black put up a good defense, but white just kept pushing. Remember, it doesn't matter how long the win takes, as long as you win. A lot of players want to win with a big flashy checkmate, but it takes positional play like ...      May-08-04 Bagirov vs K Grigorian, 1976    RayFchess: Wow, ok you got me too. I also saw g4, but you're right, it only gets white back to even, even though I thought white had a slightly better end game after that. White has to be careful that the black queenside pawns don't break through. This is the first one I didn't see in about ...

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