May-14-13 Nakamura vs Kramnik, 2012
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samsloan: Why did Kramnik sacrifice the exchange with 27. ... Rxc5 ? The game seems dead drawn without that but Kramnik has a high percentage of draws.
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| | Jan-18-13 Anand vs Zsuzsa Polgar, 1993
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samsloan: A funny position because if Black's king had been on g7 instead of h7 White's king would have been checkmated regardless of which way it went. This game was played blindfolded so Black probably did not see in time that 36. ... g5# was illegal because the king would be in check.
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| | Dec-23-12 Mir Sultan Khan 
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samsloan: Do not blame FIDE or anybody else for this omission. Nobody knew where Sultan Khan was. He had just gone back to India with his master and had not been heard from since. Even his death was not reported in the news. Nobody in the world of chess even knew that he was from a part of ...
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| | Nov-11-12 V Pupols vs S Sloan, 2012
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samsloan: I struggled this whole game trying to get a draw. Then when I felt I finally had an even game I offered Pupols a draw and he instantly accepted.
He soon told me the reason. All I had to do was play Qe5 on the next move. He will be forced to trade queens and then I will eventually ...
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| | Nov-11-12 F Reinfeld vs Fine, 1932
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samsloan: Fine won on a blunder but could Reinfeld have done better with 31. f5 mopping up Fine's queenside?
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| | Nov-01-11 Fischer vs R Burger, 1963
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samsloan: This game is wrong. It was never played, at least not between these two players and not in 1963. Somebody should research and find out where this game comes from.
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| | Aug-19-11 Lenderman vs S Sloan, 2007
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samsloan: I think I need to play 9. ... Nd7 instead of 9. ... Ne7. Then the bishop on f8 defends the d6 square. I do not see anything better for White than 10. Bxb7. White gets five pawns for the knight but Black's pieces are more active.
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| | May-11-11 S Sloan vs W Hook, 2009
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samsloan: 30. Kg2 was a blunder. I might have been able to hold it with 30. f3 and if 30. ... d3 31. hxg6 with tricky checks threatened with the pawn and bishop.
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| | May-07-11 P Feng vs S Sloan, 2010
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samsloan: It is correct that my opponent missed a mate in two with 15. Qe3+. However, I should have played 13. ... Nxd5. Then the knight guards the key squares f4 and e3 and White is in trouble.
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| | Dec-01-10 Josif Israel Zilber
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samsloan: It was KK Karanja who suggested that I play Zilber, saying that Zilber was "about an expert". KK Karanja was a 12 year old black kid from Kenya. He was at least 2100 strength at age 12, but he disappeared from chess shortly after that. His father was a diplomat from Kenya, the ...
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