May-20-13 Viswanathan Anand 
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gotgat54: <Big Pawn> <Petrosian had strange insight into the game of chess. He imprinted his way of think about chess on the game itself with his trademark positional exchange sac.> The 'positional exchange sac' was just the outward manifestation of his peculiar vision of the ...
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| | May-18-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
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gotgat54: <pbercker> <But it is also possible that it was simply a gracious gesture on his part towards his opponent who has not had the best tournament.> I think it's entirely possible. He seems like the sort of good-hearted guy who would do that. Very refreshing to see someone ...
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| | May-11-10 Anand-Topalov World Chess Championship (2010)
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gotgat54: Time for both of them to go get drunk. Each for his own reasons, of course.
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| | Mar-29-06 Boleslavsky vs Teschner, 1960
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gotgat54: Here's a lovely variation:
27.Ng6+ fxg6
28 Qf4+ and now ...Qf7 (instead of ...Rf6)
29 Qxd6+ Kg8
30 Bxg6 Qf6
(OR 30 ... Qf8 31 Bh7+ Kf7 32 Qf4# )
31 Qb8+ Qf8
32 Bh7+ Kf7
33 Qf4++
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| | Mar-27-06 R Haataja vs T De Vos, 1988
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gotgat54: Here's what I get. 30 Qa2 seems to be a forced win in all variations. 29 ... Kb8 30 Qa2
30a ...Qd7 31 Qa8+ Kc7 32 Ra7# )
OR 30b ... Rd7 31 Qa8+ Kc7 32 Qc6+ Kd8 33 Ra8 Rc7 34 Rxc8+ Kxc8 35 Qa8+ Kd7 36 Qxh8 OR 30c ... Qb7 31 Bxb7 Kxb7 32 Qa6+ Kc7 33 Qxc4+ Kb8 (if 33 ... Kd7 34 ...
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| | Sep-29-05 Topalov vs Anand, 2005
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gotgat54: White is also marking time. One hand clapping.
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| | Sep-28-05 Judit Polgar vs Anand, 2005
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gotgat54: After axb5 Black can play Qe8, which I think was one of the points of f6 - giving his queen a route to the queenside
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| | Aug-04-05 Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky
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gotgat54: Okay, Dvoretsky's End Game Manual sounds way too forbidding for a (relative) beginner like me. So what's an alternative? High school level. Would appreciate some advice. I have Paul Keres' Practical Chess Endings, which is very lucid but limited in the types of endings covered. On ...
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| | Jul-25-05 T Haimovich vs V Slovineanu, 2001
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gotgat54: How easy would it be without the 'W to play and win' stipulation? It informs you that there is a clear win in the position, which is more than you know in an over-the-board situation. When seasoned players miss such easy wins - happens often enough - it's because no one gave them a
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| | Jun-13-04 B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943
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gotgat54: I think I have a sweet alternative line here: 29 ... Ne3 30 fxe3 (30 Bxf3 Nxf3+ 31 Kh1 Nxf1 ) 30 ... Bxe3+ 31 Bf2 (31 Kh2 Ng4# ) 31 ... Qg5+ 32 Kh2 Bf4+ 33 Bg3 Qxg3#. Yes?
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