Dec-26-12 T Gelashvili vs N Mihakis, 1998 
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tatarch: What's the best continuation if black plays 20...Rg8? 21.Ng5+ hxg5 22.Rxg5 is interesting, but I don't see a win after fxe6. Other ideas?
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| | Oct-09-12 Smyslov vs Karpov, 1971
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tatarch: Good late week puzzle at move 20 or 21.
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| | Mar-06-12 T Chistiakova vs N Pogonina, 2007
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tatarch: < dumbgai: Black willingly heads into a suicidal endgame. Uncommon for players of this level.> My thoughts exactly. Trading queens at move 32 seems like an obvious mistake no? Unless you're just annoyed with your position at that point and want to play a new game.
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| | Feb-10-12 A A Lopez vs E Schiller, 2012
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tatarch: Good puzzle.
Why not 34...Bxd3?
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| | Dec-09-11 Hromadka vs M Schreiber, 1936
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tatarch: Yes well said.
<Deathstroke: The only question I'm trying to figure out is whether black lost a won middlegame, or if he lost long before that. Thoughts?> I'm not the one to ask, but 19...Nd8 and 20...Qa4 seem like a waste of time. Maybe h6 there? Also kind of seems like ...
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| | Dec-05-11 Lasker vs Fortuijn, 1908
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tatarch: Slightly better puzzle at the prior move, no?
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| | Nov-08-11 Ftacnik vs Vallejo-Pons, 2007
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tatarch: 42...Be7 loses quickly, but black is toasted after any move there, no? Anyone see any defense to 41.Qg5, with white's passed f pawn and black's queen out of place? Looks like the game was lost even earlier.
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| | Oct-14-11 M Abbink vs Y H De Rover, 1997
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tatarch: <tatarch: Why not just 18...Ne2+ right away, to pull the queen off the c1-h6 diagonal, then gxf6? (And if the queen doesn't take the knight, then bishop check, queen check, queen takes bishop etc)> Nevermind I got it, the white queen can just move back to d2 on the next move ...
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| | Sep-29-11 Lilienthal vs Nezhmetdinov, 1951
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tatarch: <Jim Bartle: I don't see such an easy win if white plays 25 hxg4.> Agreed. What's the best line here?
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| | Aug-19-11 Khalifman vs Ehlvest, 1985
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tatarch: Great game and great puzzle. Like others, I couldn't see the continuation for black after 31.Qc7 ... but agree that it feels like what we'd all play if facing that position over the board.
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