May-05-13 US Chess Championships (2013) 
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chesssalamander: Forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't Nakamura be in this tournament? Isn't he the reigning US Champ, and shouldn't he be in there defending his title?
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| | May-05-13 Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1955
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chesssalamander: This is a Slav Defense.
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| | Apr-02-13 Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2013
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chesssalamander: 28.Qa5! Love it! Simple tactic, I know, but threatening back row mate lets Carlsen leave his rook undefended and his queen under threat. That's how you shut down operations on the a-file for Black's rook! Gelfand has to retreat. 6.Bf1 is an interesting opening move. Bxc6 ...
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| | Mar-27-13 Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2013
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chesssalamander: 27.Bf5! Go Levon
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| | Mar-24-13 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2013
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chesssalamander: Way to go Vlad! His first victory in 2013 Candidates!
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| | Mar-24-13 Radjabov vs Gelfand, 2013
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chesssalamander: Nice game by Gelfand! His first victory in the Candidates this year, and against world's number 4, the guy that almost beat Carlsen yesterday.
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| | Mar-21-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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chesssalamander: Anyone notice that both of today's winners were in Ruy's as BLACK?! Levon must not have gotten the memo that t he Berlin is a drawing tool. to
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| | Mar-20-13 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2013
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chesssalamander: Wow, White is two pawns up in an endgame w/ only one Bishop each, and it is a DRAW. Surprising! Nice game though!
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| | Mar-19-13 Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2013
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chesssalamander: Ok, I'll admit it. I don't get 12. ...Bf8. Is this some sort of super-prophylatic move to defend the king against future attacks a la Petrosian? Or some kind of hyper-hypermodern anti-development move to confuse Carlsen? Bishop 4 is such a nice square for that piece! It is ...
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| | Mar-18-13 Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010
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chesssalamander: Great game by Ivanchuk! He lets Black get a killer attack, and gives up his Queen, and his King is trapped in the center. And then he wins!
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