Nov-19-09 Carlsen vs Kosteniuk, 2009 
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mack: I'd give Kramnik one, for sure.
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| | Nov-17-09 World Blitz Championship (2009) 
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mack: I like Kramnik's jumper.
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| | Nov-15-09 Vladimir Kramnik 
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mack: What on earth is wrong with Pein in that ICC interview? He's giggling like some overexcited child the whole way through.
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| | Nov-14-09 Tal Memorial (2009) 
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mack: 23.h4 doesn't look right -- can't black snaffle on e5 now?
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| | Nov-02-09 Domdaniel chessforum Oct-23-09 parisattack chessforum 
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mack: <parisattack>
One book you're missing from that list is George Steiner's 'The Sporting Scene: White Knights in Reykjavik', last seen for twenty quid in a bookshop in Kew on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
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| | Oct-13-09 Hort vs Suttles, 1982 
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mack: <Shams>
I believe the trick lies in 9.g4 Nxf4; now 10.Bxf4 cxd4 and black is taking back on e5 next move with three pawns and a fairly decent position for the knight.
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| | Oct-13-09 P Carey vs G Ui Laighleis, 2005
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mack: An unfortunate final position that doesn't quite tell the story of this game. As two MDs have already pointed out (and here comes a third), 32.Rxh7+ cleans up. Calling Rrose Selavy for a fourth opinion. I scraped a draw against Carey in the final round of the Galway 'Masters' [sic] on ...
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| | Oct-04-09 R Dieks vs P Du Chattel, 1975 
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mack: Swotting up on Rats I see...
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| | Sep-27-09 Heikki Kallio 
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mack: <Unusually, he also sometimes plays 1.a3 and 2.Nf3> Suttles got there first, of course -- Suttles vs Schmid, 1975
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