Nov-25-09 Bacrot vs Sasikiran, 2009 
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beenthere240: Seems to me that black should have offered the perp with 26.Qc3+. Taking the d pawn gave white a chance to reclaim the initiative.
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| | Nov-25-09 Kenneth Rogoff
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beenthere240: I would say that recent global warming is indisputable. However, attributing this warming to human activity is dramatically more dicey. Sort of like evolution is a fact; natural selection to explain evolution is a theory. Intelligent design may also be a theory to explain ...
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| | Nov-24-09 Nezhmetdinov vs Kotkov, 1957
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beenthere240: <stacase> I;m sure you would have seen it over the board if you had made all the preceeding moves. The final combination just flows out of a coordinated, rational attack. I never would have seen the attacking idea that beings with Nxc7.
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| | Nov-23-09 Sutovsky vs Zhou Weiqi, 2009
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beenthere240: 27. Re1 just flat drops a pawn.
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| | Nov-23-09 NN vs G Helbach, 1891
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beenthere240: That would explain 9. g3, white's queen was attacked by the rook. It also explains 8...Rf8 since kingside castling would be illegal.
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| | Nov-23-09 R Koemetter vs G Welling, 1995
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beenthere240: Interesting opening, except that white can transition to a Nimzovich on move 2 with e4. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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| | Nov-20-09 Magnus Carlsen
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beenthere240: Maybe he should take up golf and teach Tiger Woods a few things.
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| | Nov-19-09 M Pavlovic vs G Cabrilo, 1991
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beenthere240: <sfm> I think it's because once the game goes to 2 R vs Q, black's 3 pawn surplus makes it easy. I also imagine that in a time scrample, white was hoping that black would walk into a knight fork. But some of the moves are crazy. 35. Kc2 actually creates a pin. (Another ...
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| | Nov-18-09 Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 2009
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beenthere240: Ivanchuk must have been hoping for 25. Qxd3 when black gets the exchange and is only down 2 pieces for a rook.
But in anycase black is in a horrible spot after 22. Nd6.
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| | Nov-18-09 World Blitz Championship (2009)
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beenthere240: The penalty is that you have to move the piece you touch. Kicking someone out of the tournament is a bit harsh.
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