Feb-06-12 Adams vs N Zhukova, 2012 
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hangTheQueen: ajk-
No idea, but just for fun...
I think the best black can do by move 36
is go down rook for queen. So there's 3 moves. White could trade the g-pawn for the rook in at best another 4 moves (1 to move the queen out of the way, 2 to promote, 1 to capture the rook). ...
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| | Jan-03-12 N Vitiugov vs Ivanchuk, 2012
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hangTheQueen: WhyChess's Houdini gives 31 ... b5
32 Ne3 Qxc3 33 Rxc3 Rxc3 34 Bxb4 as the best continuation, where Ivanchuk gets two pawns for the piece. I wonder what he saw that he felt justified the sacrifice? If it was the passers on b and d, I would think he would play it out a little
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| | Sep-17-11 Svidler vs Grischuk, 2011
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hangTheQueen: I don't know about that, twinlark. In the press conference after game Grischuck looked genuinely distraught. If winning isn't enough motivation at this level, I think these guys still hate losing enough to keep them honest.
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| | Jun-23-11 Alexander Morozevich
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hangTheQueen: I don't get Bxe6, either. To be fair, Timofeev does end up with compensation for the piece. Pawn majorities on both sides, black's king exposed, and the threat of picking up a third or fourth pawn and invading black's seventh rank. It looks like that last part is turning out to
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| | Mar-11-10 Levenfish vs Riumin, 1936
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hangTheQueen: I think black can wriggle out of mate with 28 ... Qxf1+. Still loses the queen for a rook and knight and pawn, natch. e.g. 29 Rxf1 e5. Am I missing an obvious mate for white? thanks in advance...
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| | May-30-08 Morozevich vs B Predojevic, 2008
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hangTheQueen: Black's isolated pawn looks like a lost cause. At the least it's tying up his attacking resources. White's got that knight blockading nicely at d4, and the prospect of a battery on the open C-file later. Things are looking up for white after a complicated start. I'm sure these ...
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