Jun-15-13 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2013 
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auh2o: <chessdgc2: The purpose for ...Rb4+ Well, just by looking at it right now, I'd have to think Black's next move would be to take h4, but man, he's had this opportunity several times> Exactly so. Perplexing.
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| | Jun-02-13 Grischuk vs L Dominguez, 2013
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auh2o: <The Last Straw> An excellent suggestion. Topalov and Caruana is a fascinating struggle that has gone back and forth.
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| | Apr-15-13 Russian Team Championships (2013)
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auh2o: The original American definition of "mojo" is expounded here by the one who originally propounded the term: http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=j03AM...
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| | Feb-21-13 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
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auh2o: <Life Master AJ> Two friends and I watched your video on this game. We found the commentary informative and interesting. With respect to your occasional misstatements, none of us finds these distracting. On the contrary, one of my friends notes that the listener often will ...
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| | Dec-28-12 The World vs Akobian, 2012
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auh2o: A hearty congratulations to the team on this impressive victory. I thought this win was a tour de force, a strong demonstration. A special hat tip to this army's generals, whose vision was lucid and whose leadership was temperate and effective. Well done, my old friends.
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| | Apr-08-12 G Machate vs Bogoljubov, 1936
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auh2o: <Octal>: "John Nunn...explains why 0-0 in that position, but I a) forget why and b) have sold the book." Did Nunn explain why Machate thought 0-0 was correct or why Nunn thought 0-0 was correct?
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| | Dec-06-11 Akobian vs The World, 2011
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auh2o: 32...Nxf3+ and no draw offer.
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| | Feb-03-11 The World vs N Pogonina, 2010
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auh2o: Ceri, Ken, and others, here is a delightful piece of chess history and trivia reported by an unlikely source: http://volokh.com/2011/02/03/chess-...
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| | Aug-10-09 M Umansky vs The World, 2009
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auh2o: I tend to agree with kb2ct in opposing the draw offer. However, given the now inevitable acceptance of the draw offer, I certainly agree with the estimable Mr. Widmann that a unanimous acceptance is more gracious and dignified and altogether more befitting of GM Umansky's status and ...
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| | Feb-24-09 A Nickel vs The World, 2008
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auh2o: A chess team of renowned constitution
Played forty-one moves without resolution
Though no analysis was ever neglected
For no reason a draw was rejected
So the team slaved away, day after day,
After which, black and white, with a draw, left dejected. After nine hundred pages'
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