Feb-28-09 Svidler vs Rublevsky, 2003 
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delterp: Why not:
20.  xb5?
On 20...a6x, there is a nice pin with 21  xb5
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| | Dec-09-07 Karjakin vs E Alekseev, 2007
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delterp: <notyetagm>, <Micawbr> I guess it is just motifs that one remembers or sees. I found 25 d5 to be obvious, but will probably screw up a Tuesday puzzle.
Micawbr makes a good point though, the move was only ...
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| | Oct-20-07 Topalov vs Karjakin, 2007
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delterp: It's blindfold chess. If you try to make an illegal move, you lose. I would guess that is what happened.
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| | Sep-11-07 R Reynolds vs G Timmerman, 1996
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delterp: DOH!
24  b3?? seems like something I'd play, not a 2565. Or perhaps a different kind of puzzle.
24 ? White to play and allow mate in 1.
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| | Mar-24-07 H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977
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delterp: <dzechiel>, minor problem with your line.
35  g2 does not mate with 35...h2.
Both f1 and f3 are flight squares for the king that prolong the mate by 1 ...
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| | Mar-05-07 HIARCS vs Joker, 2006
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delterp: 23...x does not win the exchange.
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| | Sep-20-06 Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951
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delterp: 39...f6!, simple but not necessarily obvious.
White is quite nearly in zugzwang. 40...h5+ is looming and white can do nothing about either dropping the knight or hanging the rook.
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| | Sep-15-06 Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921
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delterp: <syracrophy>
Just a little correction. After 48...g7, it is actually a mate in three. 49 h8+
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| | Aug-16-06 A Strikovic vs Granda-Zuniga, 1986
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delterp: ...40 f3! is nice.
Obviously threatening ...41 d2#.
41 b4?
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| | Jul-21-06 Stellwagen vs E Gullaksen, 2006
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delterp: Black got what he deserved. His 5 consecutive "pass" moves with the king (moves 28-32) show a lack of any plan at all.
Black should have aimed to trade off light squared bishops and advance his king side pawn majority.
28...f5 followed by 29...f4 and 30...g5.
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