Mar-09-14 E Najer vs Smirin, 2014 
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patzer2: The drawing line is more complex than I thought.
After 41... f4! 42. Rxc5 (not 42. Rf5? Nd3!!  ) 42...Kf6 43. Rc6+ Ke7 44. Rxa6 f3 45. Ra7+ Ke6
46. Ra6+ (position below),
[DIAGRAM] only 42...Ke7!! holds the draw.
If ...
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| | Mar-06-14 Michael Wei vs J Ikeda, 2013
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patzer2: <Once><Sir, the cheese is indeed Emmental. The holes, regrettably, I cannot vouch for."> Learned something about Swiss Cheese quality by researching your entertaining post. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emment... :
"Emmentaler or Emmental is a yellow, medium-hard ...
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| | Mar-05-14 A Mallahi vs A Al-Bahadly, 2001
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patzer2: After 32. e6 Qb5 33. Ra8 Bg8 (diagram below,)
[DIAGRAM] White has 34. Qe3!  or 34. Qe1! with decisive threats. One amusing possibility is 34. Qe3! h5 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. ...
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| | Mar-04-14 Paulsen vs E Schmidt, 1864
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patzer2: Pin to the second power: 32. Rxf5! Qxf5 33. Rf1 .
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| | Mar-03-14 J Kaufeld vs H Prasovic, 2003
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patzer2: <Phony Benoni><1.Ra6+ is either a deflection or a decoy, I can never remember which.> I'd say 26. Ra6+ combines the deflection decoy and clearance themes to force mate-in-two.
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| | Mar-03-14 M D Tseitlin vs Gulko, 1971
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patzer2: Plugged 24. Qh5!Rf8 26. Rd8!! into the computer anyway. My variations (at least the ones I calculated) were correct, but I missed 25. Rd8!! Kg7 26. Rxf8! with mate-in-seven. P.S.: Fritz 12 gives 24. Qg4+ as leading to a draw by perpetual after 24. Qg4+ Bg7 25. Nxf7! Qxb2 26. Nh6+
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| | Mar-01-14 Suttles vs H Avram, 1963
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patzer2: The Encyclopedia of Chess Middle Games (described at http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-... ) classifies the demolition combinations mainly as those sham piece sacrifices (typically Rook, Knight or Bishop for Pawn) occurring around the sixth or seventh rank. This Saturday with 16. ...
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| | Feb-28-14 Ljubojevic vs R Calvo, 1973
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patzer2: < AnotherNN: I rather like my own attempt: 35.Bxd5 Rxb3 36.Bxe6+ Kh8 37.Rxd8 Qxd8 38.Rxd8 Rb1+ 39.Be1 Rxe1+ 40.Kf2 and Black is totally lost.> I too like 35. Bxd5!, as it was also my solution to this Friday puzzle. After 35.Bxd5! Rxb3? 36.Bxe6+ Kh8 37. Rxd8
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| | Feb-27-14 Boleslavsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1957
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patzer2: <dark.hourse> Another interesting Southern accent variation on the word "air" is given at http://www.alphadictionary.com/arti... , Dr. Goodwood's Glossary of Quaint Southernisms: "Air"
"adv. Close to the listener, as in "What is that air thang you got air in yore han', Lela ...
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| | Feb-26-14 A Pomar-Salamanca vs Hug, 1972
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patzer2: A move earlier, notice how 20. Rd6!, with the double attack (i.e. Rook Fork) threat of 21. Rxe6+, entices 20...Ke7 and sets up Black for the winning 21. Bg5!
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