Sep-28-05 J Polgar vs Anand, 2005 
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| Ryeb: federico, Solstis wrote Pawn structure chess, while Hans Kmoch wrote Pawn power in chess; both are great books. It is right that ...c5 and ...e5 are ideas, but piece play in these formations is just as important, and in this position Anand has got his light squared bishop out side the ... |
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Sep-26-05 A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922
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| Ryeb: What about his effort against Johner at Dresden 1926; in his own words "one of the best blockading games that i have ever played" |
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Sep-25-05 M Kobalia vs M Sorokin, 2005
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| Ryeb: It seems to me that black made some bad errors in the endgame, notably allowing a worse rook and pawn endgame, and then to sit by while white infiltrates with his king. After 43.Kg3 it seem best to take the pawn on c3 as then the f pawn hangs and the b pawn will fall giving black ... |
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Sep-14-05 Kibitzer's Café
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| Ryeb: Hey folks, im trying to become a member of ICC and have taken out the free 7 day trial. I've downloaded blitzin but when i try and connect to the chessclub server, i get a lot of computer jargon and numbers telling me the connection failed. Anyone had this problem and have any ideas on |
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Aug-12-05 E Book vs Keres, 1936
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| Ryeb: White seems to lose any chances of gaining opening advantage with 13 Bd2?!. What do people think of the interesting 13 Nxe6!? |
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Jul-22-05 38th Biel Chess Festival (2005)
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| Ryeb: thanks percyblakeney, Nd5 does indeed look a good reply. There are some nice lines after 29 Bxf5 Nf6? 30 Rg4+!, and also rook moves at Rh4. I liked Gelfands position but somehow after the game opened up for black after ...d5, he seemed okay, typical of this type of position (similar to |
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Jul-17-05 Dortmund Sparkassen (2005)
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| Ryeb: i cant believe how those "IMs" are debating the bacrot ending. I am nowhere near their level and i've had it worked out long ago without a comp. |
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Jul-10-05 Leko vs Adams, 2005
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| Ryeb: Instead of adams 19...Rab8, what do people make of the plan of Rad8, Ba8 and Qg6, in order to place pressure on the diagonal, defend on F7 and target d3 as well? |
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Jun-26-05 Hydra vs Adams, 2005
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| Ryeb: Sharapova's just made a comment on ICC!! Maybe she is doing so well at wimbledon, she has enough time to catch the of chess! |
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Jun-26-05 Adams - Hydra Match (2005)
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| Ryeb: Doesnt the game start at 3pm? |
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May-22-05 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005
May-14-05 Adams vs Kramnik, 2005
Mar-10-05 Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005
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