Nov-26-09 Suetin vs Botvinnik, 1952 
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sfm: A very rare situation. A king in the middle of the board, with only R+B+P vs. R+B (and to irrelevant pawns) is facing mate or loss of a piece to prevent it.
Pretty, looks like a study.
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| | Nov-25-09 Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965
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sfm: <PinnedPiece: What was the purpose of 38.Kc2????>
Well, to stop the pawn he needs to play Rb2-b1. But if he does it right away with 38.Kc2, Black plays 38.-,Rxa2+ - and the king has to go back and then h2 wins.
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| | Nov-25-09 D Pikula vs Alain Christoph Doudin, 2001
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sfm: <lopium: [21.-,] Ne7 better than g6 I think. Followed by Nbc6.>
22.Bxb8.
Allowing the mate with 21.-,g6 is better.
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| | Nov-24-09 Nezhmetdinov vs Kotkov, 1957
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sfm: <David2009 The on-line link below allows interested kibitzers to try to win the position against Crafty.>
Ah! Nice. I tried that, but the best I could find was the draw after 25.d4,b5
26.Bd5,Rd8
27.f4,Bh4
28.Re7,BxR
29.QxB,h5
30.Qf6+,Hh7
31.Qe7+
with perpetual
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| | Nov-24-09 Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993
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sfm: <WhiteRook48: worst move on the board>
11.-,Qg4
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| | Nov-23-09 R Koemetter vs G Welling, 1995
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sfm: Cute happy jumping at the end, then sacrificing itself.
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| | Nov-21-09 V Okhotnik vs V Berezhnoi, 1981
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sfm: Some game. 32.f6!! is real pretty.
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| | Nov-21-09 Korchnoi vs J Gegner, 1986
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sfm: <RandomVisitor: 28...Qg4!> ... looks mighty good.
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| | Nov-19-09 M Pavlovic vs G Cabrilo, 1991
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sfm: <jst102: can somebody explain to me why white never takes black's rook???> <zanshin: Probably because the move played is slightly better. (Rybka 3 on just <25.bxa5> and <25.Nxg5>) OK, but I was actually thinking of 35.NxR (or 37.NxR)
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| | Nov-18-09 Keres vs Verbac, 1933
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sfm: 3 checks with one single reply on each of them. For one who find it halfway inexcusable to spend time on chess at all, such GOTDs are a blessing.
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