May-07-13 E Djingarova vs A Ushenina, 2006 
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dark.horse: 23...fxg4 looks playable
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| | Apr-01-13 Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925
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dark.horse: An old chestnut.
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| | Mar-29-13 T Van Scheltinga vs Van der Wiel, 1983
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dark.horse: I saw most of the tactical motifs. but I didn't see how they went together. Black's key moves removed the supports to White's c4 knight. Then threats to the c4 knight + d2 Bishop became decisive. White's game collapsed like a house of cards. The difficulty is seeing/appreciating ...
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| | Mar-14-13 Chiburdanidze vs T Lematschko, 1982
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dark.horse: I tried to get 26.Qg6+ to work, but couldn't.
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| | Mar-04-13 Robert James Fischer
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dark.horse: A sad case.
His fear of losing was greater than his desire to play. And playing was the only thing he really knew how to do.
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| | Mar-03-13 Y Yu vs Li Shilong, 2012
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dark.horse: <sofouuk>
"The stuff that dreams are made of." quote from the film, "The "Maltese Falcon". also: "We are such stuff As dreams are made on...", Shakespeare (The Tempest)
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| | Jan-23-13 Lilienthal vs Kotov, 1948
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dark.horse: The trick is to see that 27...Nf4 immediately doesn't work because of Rxd8+. So move the R to avoid the check, gain the tempo on the Q, and then play 28...Nf4.
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| | Jan-14-13 L Piasetski vs L Day, 1972
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dark.horse: "Lawrence Day and the Three Knights"
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| | Jan-12-13 Tata Steel (2013)
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dark.horse: Karjakan-Hou, after 41...Rd2.
If she can trade rooks and sack her N for the KRP, she has a theoretical draw (2N+K vs K).
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| | Jan-11-13 Erling Myhre
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dark.horse: Didn't he invent the Erling Myhre flask?
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