Nov-26-09 Suetin vs Botvinnik, 1952 
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The Long Diagonal: Thanks, Eduardo Leon. So, I was the jackass in the end... just have to hope that not too many people read my post.
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| | Oct-30-09 H Munoz vs J Salazar, 1990
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The Long Diagonal: Btw, I never found out, how to make positions appear in kibitzing... sorry, I know that would be helpful. But now, looking closer at the position mentioned in my above post: maybe black does win after all by bringing his K closer to white K+R, forcing white into a zugzwang
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| | Sep-12-09 Grischuk vs Karjakin, 2009
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The Long Diagonal: <I hate it when players of this caliber trying to win this way..I find it very pejorative to chess itself>
Sorry, zatara, but there is absolutely nothing pejorative if you try to win with R+B against R. Every strong chess player would try that, including Tal. It ...
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| | Feb-19-09 Shiv Shankar Dave vs Arnav Dhoke, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: A four pawns attack both in the opening and in the ending. Black believes he knows his defence against 4PA, since he plays it (almost) to the bitter end.
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| | Nov-21-08 Magnus Carlsen
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The Long Diagonal: <But don't you agree that if Finland was a part of Scandinavia it would be equal to Norway, Sweden and Denmark here? All those countries does remarkably similar on this measure.> Well, no. I don't agree and Acirce's post makes it even more obvious why. One can't ...
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| | Oct-23-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: That easy! Totally overlooked ...Nc5+, and it seems nobody among us usually-so-wise kibitzers really saw that, except Gypsy. I guess that's because this was one of those positions where you can't use your computer and tell here how the other player just missed "an obvious ...
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| | Oct-17-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: When I logged in and saw the position after 17. … Rg4, my very first thought was: “Hmm, what has Anand sacrificed to get such a great attacking position? A whole piece is perhaps too much. But a mere pawn would be an inexpensive price for this, so maybe he’s down an ...
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| | Aug-15-08 E Berg vs Rozentalis, 2008
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The Long Diagonal: Fascinating game, for several reasons.
First: The pretty final move 38.Qe5! I did immediately see the mate 38. ... Bxe5 39.Bxe5#, but it took me a while to realize what was wrong with 38. ... Nxa1 until I saw the killer 39.Qb8+. Good combination material for Tu/We. ...
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| | Aug-05-08 Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929
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The Long Diagonal: Yep, das Auto. The designer of the logo must have been a keen chess player and a Capablanca fan. Actually, I was slightly surprised to see that nobody had made this joke/pun before, but maybe it's because it's a bit too obvious.
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| | Jun-23-08 Gunnar Andreyevich Uusi
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The Long Diagonal: <Isn't Uusi the short form for Uusikaupunki ?> Not really. The short form locals use is Uki.
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