May-21-13 Veselin Topalov 
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The Rocket: I would say tactical prowess is key. You have to be more alert overall. People play in slightly more gung ho way and Topalov is outstanding in this regard, he has a very strong vision of tactics.
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The Rocket: He does not play blitz online very much anymore.
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| | May-14-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
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The Rocket: Karjakins Kh2 was indeed bad. The position is tensed, but why step into a pin?:)
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| | May-06-13 Anand vs Kasparov, 1994
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The Rocket: Really great game, intense all the way. Anand messed up somewhere along the way, but that's because he was pressing. Two of the all time great rapid players duking it out here
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The Rocket: Pretty straightforward because of mate threats.
Some of these tactical solutions feel a bit like IQ-tests in that it's an excluding process. Which moves are legal after each continuation, and of course a pattern emerging for the checkmate(or material win). Yet chess and IQ are ...
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| | Apr-17-13 Svidler vs Carlsen, 2013
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The Rocket: <thegoodanarchist:> Are you serious?:) If you are, I love the fact that you drank vodka on a tuesday!
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| | Apr-16-13 Vladimir Kramnik
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The Rocket: <perfidious:> I said new fan, not old.
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| | Apr-15-13 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2013
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The Rocket: I would say he is not a very good Pirc player. Sure he had some drawing moments, but he is not exactly lighting the board on fire.... I tried to analyze this game while it was happening, it was difficult finding suboptimal moves for white giving black the better position, that's ...
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The Rocket: Anands computer preperation vs kramnik well overextended 12 moves, so I am not surprised he scored the best. Too bad, different levels of predetermined computer-preparation in world-championships, make this a difficult comparison. Better to compare tournament games, however ...
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| | Apr-09-13 Spassky vs Tal, 1979
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The Rocket: Awful play by Spassky, well exploited by Tal
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| | Apr-09-13 Alexander Alekhine
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