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Alexander R Flaata vs Oystein Hole
"The Bloody Hole Story" (game of the day Aug-16-2023)
Norway (1994), NOR
Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12)  ·  1-0

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Dec-01-09  Golddragon: Great queen sac: 23. Nxf7!! and then a bishop sac 26. Bxe5+.
Dec-01-09
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  The Long Diagonal: True, this is a good puzzle candidate. And obvious GOTD material too: Hole in defence.
Aug-16-23  Saniyat24: brilliant game with a nice r rated pun...!
Aug-16-23  Messiah: I did not even check the game, this 'pun' (and its pathetic author) is disgusting. The game itself might be good.
Aug-16-23
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  al wazir: If 24...Qxf7, then 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Bxc5. White is up a piece.
Aug-16-23
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  Korora: <Messiah> I gather I don't want to get the pun?
Aug-16-23
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  perfidious: <antichrist> is just jealous.
Aug-16-23
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  beatgiant: <Korora> "Bloody nose story" is an idiom for a short and vapid story. The game is short and features a hole on h6.

<Messiah> I think is not a native English speaker and often misses these puns, but I agree we don't want to know what he thought it means.

Aug-16-23
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Brilliant attack in a funny variation of the Caro-Kann. "Funny" in that 3.f3 superficially seems to do everything wrong. White needs to move that pawn again to get out of the way of the Ng1, but at f4, the pawn blocks the Be3. Honestly, after 10.f4, Black's position looks slightly better to me. And yet the Maroczy does rather well in practice.
Aug-16-23
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  offramp: I believe that this is my 20th anniversary at chessgames.com.🛎🌟💎🎖🏆🧾💥
Aug-16-23
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  Troller: <offramp: I believe that this is my 20th anniversary at chessgames.com.🛎🌟💎🎖🏆🧾💥>

I am pulling out the oldest whisky!

Aug-16-23
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  offramp: I am breaking out the Buckfast Tonic Wine! Let's all have a plastic cup of <Wreck the hoose juice>.
Aug-16-23
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  MissScarlett: A clue: better if White would have been Fabiano Caruana.
Aug-16-23  Amarande: This mating pattern occurs rarely enough to seem an oddity, but is of real relevance in such situations (weak color complex + control of the f-file).

Another example is after White's 40th move in Schlechter vs W John, 1905 where, although not carried out, the threat of this mating pattern compels Black to exchange Knights (removing his last hope of any counter-control over the dark square invasion).

Aug-16-23
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  keypusher: <offramp: I believe that this is my 20th anniversary at chessgames.com.🛎🌟💎🎖🏆🧾💥>

Congratulations!

This is one of your many posts that stick in the mind:

< <I've often found that in any game of >100 moves there is a period or two when nothing happens. Often it's a load of manoeuvering before a pawn break, of near-repetitions in a queen or rook ending. But this game is action all the way, a real Sergio Leone.>>

Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924 (kibitz #76)

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