Oct-27-12 Nunn vs M Pribyl, 1996 
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wharfrat: <Phony Benoni> I think 26...Qa4 falls to 27.Qf6+ and 28.Re3.
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| | May-12-09 Aronian vs Leko, 2009
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wharfrat: <Set No Escape On> There's a big difference between this game and Topalov's win over Aronian (which I thoroughly enjoyed, btw). Topalov's Exchange sacrifices were prepared at home and checked beforehand by his computers and his team of seconds. Aronian's was conceived ...
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| | Mar-28-07 Ulf Andersson vs E Jelling, 1994
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wharfrat: <goodevans> Black is busted before 48...Qe7. White threatens 49.Ng6 and 50.Qh2 mate, and I don't see a way out for Black that doesn't involve heavy loss of material.
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| | Mar-23-07 M Brodsky vs J Maiwald, 1994
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wharfrat: 36...Qf7 doesn't refute 36.Qd1 because of 37.Qg4 (ie 37...Qf8; 38.Qg6+, Kh8; 39.Qh5+, etc. and 37...Kh6; 38.Qh4+, Qh5; 39.Q:f6+, etc.). However 36...Qf4 defends. I was initially attracted to 36.Qd1 because 37.Qg4 appeared worthy of a puzzle.
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| | Mar-22-07 Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895
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wharfrat: <hcser> White would play 53.Kg3 and if then 53...Kg6, White wins after 54.Qc6+, Kf7; 55.d5, c2; 56.d6, b3; 57.d7, Rb1; 58.d8(Q), c1(Q); 59.Qcf6 mate. Trying to stop the d-pawn doesn't help: 55...Rd2; 56.Qb7+, Kg8; 57.Q:b4, etc.
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| | Feb-23-07 E Alekseev vs G Sargissian, 2007
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wharfrat: <PhilFeeley> I think Alekseev was playing for a win the entire time but was repeating moves to gain time on the clock. Once he made time control at move 40, he stopped using this technique.
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| | Feb-07-07 H Westerinen vs G Sigurjonsson, 1977
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wharfrat: Preserving the a-pawn is more important than the immediate capture of the Black h-pawn. First of all, it will be very difficult for Black to save the h-pawn after the game continuation without exchanging rooks, so White can have his cake and eat it too. Secondly, the “exchange” of ...
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| | Jan-02-07 Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1971
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wharfrat: <nikolajewitsch> I have read stories about noise and Petrosian turning down his hearing aid in three different Petrosian matches: the quarter-final match against Huebner in 1971 played in Seville, and quarter-final matches against Korchnoi in 1977 and 1980 played in Ciocco ...
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| | Dec-20-06 G Welling vs Eingorn, 2006
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wharfrat: It's also important to see that 46...hg; 47.h5, f5; 48.h6 (48.ef, Kf5 wins for Black), f4+; 49.Kf2, Kf6; 50.e5+ (but not 50.h7, which loses)wins for White. There's a similar finale in a pawn ending in Chernev's book on Capablanca's endgames.
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| | Dec-18-06 Mecking vs Petrosian, 1972
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wharfrat: I would agree that San Antonio 1972 was not a "supertournament" as we know them today, but it was one of the strongest round robins of 1972 (with Gligoric, Hort, Karpov, Keres, Larsen, Mecking, Petrosian, and Portisch). It's actually most interesting because it's the only major ...
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