May-20-13 Stockfish vs Rybka, 2009 
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iamsheaf: 41 .. Nf3 could very well be one of the best combinations ever played on a chessboard
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| | May-20-13 Viswanathan Anand
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iamsheaf: There is no shame in admitting that carlsen is probably more creative and stronger player than Anand at the moment...perhaps a favorite in the match too. However if Gelfand could hold Anand to a tie surely Anand can beat Carlsen too..
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| | Mar-31-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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iamsheaf: So Kramnik should win candidates 2013.. Gelfand is cooperating
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| | Mar-25-13 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2013
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iamsheaf: If Kramnik had won this the tournament would have 3 leaders, Vlad, Carlsen and Aronian...
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| | Mar-17-13 A Ettlinger vs Capablanca, 1901
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iamsheaf: As pointed out by others White missed an elementary tactic 9 Nxc6 winning a piece probably destroying white's kingside structure and not letting him castle
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| | Mar-12-13 Anand vs Kramnik, 2013
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iamsheaf: Before Bonn Kramnik was leading in head to head against Anand 6-4. Since Bonn 2008, Anand won five games against Kramnik and losing only once. Anand also has a plus against Topalov now. he was -1 before Sofia 2010. On the other hand, he hadn't lost a single game since 1993 to ...
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| | Mar-01-13 Caruana vs Gelfand, 2013
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iamsheaf: Well, I am not fully aware of the 7 men table base... but I am 100% sure 11 men tablebases are 30-40 years away assuming a very optimistic future
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| | Feb-27-13 Zurich Chess Challenge (2013)
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iamsheaf: Anand is material down, Knight and a pawn for a rook... yet Houdini is showing only an advantage of 0.23 for black... usually it means either there is a forcing long line leading to a drawish ending... or white has many more active alternatives than black
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| | Jan-27-13 Tata Steel (2013)
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iamsheaf: Nakamura is playing terrible
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| | Jan-26-13 Tata Steel (Group B) (2013)
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iamsheaf: It's a bit surprising that the group A score of Carlsen is higher than the score of Group B leader...normally you expect Groups B and C to have more decisive games
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