May-07-13 J Negro vs Manuelli, 1983 
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john2629: its not only the patterns you recognize.The fun with human brain is that sometimes it sees other options when is working in the so called "puzzle mode" or not.
On a blitz game i would play almost instantly Qh4 without even calculating. The win is almost certain even if you are not ...
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| | Apr-29-13 I Papaioannou vs Short, 2012
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john2629: if i remember well papaioannou is from northern greece,far away from athens
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| | Feb-13-13 A Sorin vs Taimanov, 1992  Feb-08-13 Anand vs Caruana, 2013 
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john2629: now the pawn in f2 is the softspot in white camp
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| | Jan-27-13 A Giri vs Carlsen, 2013 
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john2629: i totally agree ulhumbrus but right now we are far for endgame and all black pieces are eyeing white king.and there are 4 white pieces in the wrong side of the board!
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| | Jan-26-13 A Rodriguez Vila vs G Vescovi, 2012 
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john2629: 23 b4
if 23...Qc4 or QXc2 then 24.Rd8! KXd8 25.QD6+ Bd7 26.Qe7+ Kc8 27.Qf8+ Be8 28.QXe8 mate
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| | Sep-05-12 E Torre vs F Berkes, 2012 
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john2629: the best game of the olympiad ?
imo much better is this
Stellwagen vs K Shanava, 2012
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| | Sep-01-12 Caruana vs W Bravo, 2012
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john2629: amazing final position !!
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| | Jun-29-12 Motylev vs Wang Hao, 2012 
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john2629: 0-0 and mate cannot be stop it looks.
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| | Jun-04-12 S Sery vs Z Vecsey, 1921 
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john2629: Looking at the main page i realized that this is a failed marsall attack :) and of course tha traditional queen sac of monday.
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