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| karnak64: Yes, I moved too soon, a frequent failing of mine.
Just as a want of graciousness, <al wazir> is yours. And with that, I'm done here. |
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Jan-30-13 Boris Spassky
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| karnak64: Happy Birthday, champ! |
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Jan-19-13 Mamedyarov vs Karjakin, 2010
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| karnak64: Well, if this was a World Blitz Championship game, there is hope yet for me. |
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Jan-17-13 Harikrishna vs Van Wely, 2013
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| karnak64: White is down a rook. The other white rook is hanging. The white bishop is hanging. The white queen is hanging. And black resigns. As John Keats wrote, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." |
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Jan-15-13 A Kargin vs P Haba, 1998
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| karnak64: Like others here, I thought first of taking the Knight. Which reminds me that a different psychology takes over when we know a position is a "problem." I have this bad habit of looking for something elegant or surprising rather than, objectively, the best move. Some working out at ... |
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Jan-13-13 Shirov vs B Dagenais, 2012
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| karnak64: Really insane. When I saw the position, I was less interested in the winning move than in how this all came about. Fascinating. |
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Jan-08-13 M J Turner vs J Hector, 1998
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| karnak64: Well, if nothing else, the name "Jonny Hector" sounds like it belongs to some cinematic super-spy or comparable action-film hero. So with such a swashbuckling, inspiring name I'm not surprised he went for the shock sacrifice rather than the mundane and mechanical ... Rh6. Pretty ... |
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Dec-30-12 The World vs V Akobian, 2012
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| karnak64: <GM Varuzhan Akobian:> Thanks so much for playing us. For a mediocre club player like me, it's a real treat to be part of such a competition. Every blessing in the New Year. |
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Dec-07-12 Browne vs Fischer, 1970
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| karnak64: I confess to not having seen this game before today. Heckuva contest. Glad I now have played it out. |
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Dec-01-12 McShane vs Carlsen, 2012
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| karnak64: As Eliot wrote, not a bang, but a whimper ... |
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Oct-28-12 Unzicker vs Uhlmann, 1962
Aug-16-12 Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Jul-22-12 Naiditsch vs Leko, 2012
Jul-19-12 Ponomariov vs M Bartel, 2012
Jul-17-12 Jesus Nogueiras
Jul-17-12 M Bartel vs Naiditsch, 2012
Jul-16-12 Naiditsch vs Kramnik, 2012
Jul-15-12 Kramnik vs M Bartel, 2012
Jul-14-12 Naiditsch vs G Meier, 2012
Jul-13-12 Caruana vs Naiditsch, 2012
Jul-13-12 Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2012
Jul-02-12 J Garcia Padron vs J Bellon Lopez, 1990
Jun-27-12 Kibitzer's Café
Jun-10-12 Radjabov vs Kramnik, 2012
Jun-09-12 Tal Memorial (2012)
Jun-09-12 McShane vs Radjabov, 2012
Jun-09-12 Morozevich vs Carlsen, 2012
Jun-08-12 Aronian vs Nakamura, 2012
May-30-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
May-30-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
May-28-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
May-24-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
May-21-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
May-18-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
May-17-12 Nakamura vs Lenderman, 2012
May-14-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012
May-14-12 Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
May-13-12 V Akobian vs Nakamura, 2012
May-11-12 Onischuk vs Nakamura, 2012
May-11-12 Bill Wall
May-10-12 Nakamura vs Robson, 2012
May-08-12 A Stripunsky vs Onischuk, 2012
May-08-12 Nakamura vs R Hess, 2012
May-08-12 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
May-08-12 Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892
May-03-12 Oll vs Y Kruppa, 1987
Apr-27-12 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2012
Apr-24-12 Khismatullin vs J Zhou, 2012
Apr-22-12 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2012
Apr-21-12 A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953
Mar-19-12 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011
Mar-17-12 Vitacek vs Duras, 1900
Mar-14-12 N Miezis vs Navara, 2011
Mar-11-12 Keene vs Miles, 1976
Mar-07-12 Tal vs J M Ripley, 1974
Feb-28-12 Team White vs Team Black, 2006
Feb-22-12 James Tarjan
Feb-20-12 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Feb-12-12 Glenn Flear
Feb-12-12 E Berg vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012
Feb-05-12 Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970
Feb-04-12 Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925
Feb-02-12 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation (B17)
Jan-27-12 Aronian vs Navara, 2012
Jan-24-12 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2012
Jan-19-12 Carlsen vs Giri, 2012
Jan-16-12 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2012
Jan-13-12 Timman vs C van Wijgerden, 1977
Jan-12-12 Botvinnik vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1931
Jan-05-12 The World vs Karpov, 1996
Dec-15-11 M Rubil vs D Feletar, 2010
Dec-12-11 London Chess Classic (2011)
Dec-12-11 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2011
Dec-11-11 Huebner vs T Sachdev, 2011
Dec-11-11 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense (C63)
Dec-09-11 Snowdrops and Old-hands (2011)
Dec-09-11 V Akobian vs The World, 2011
Dec-05-11 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011
Dec-04-11 McShane vs Carlsen, 2011
Nov-30-11 Magnus Carlsen
Nov-24-11 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011
Nov-23-11 Nakamura vs Ivanchuk, 2011
Nov-15-11 Y Hou vs Koneru, 2011
Nov-09-11 Mikhail Tal
Nov-08-11 Ftacnik vs F Vallejo Pons, 2007
Nov-06-11 Robert Huebner
Oct-23-11 Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935
Oct-23-11 Queen's Pawn Game (D05)
Oct-21-11 H Bouwmeester vs Botvinnik, 1958
Oct-16-11 M Harmonist vs Burn, 1887
Oct-11-11 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2011
Oct-08-11 C Purdy vs G McIntosh, 1937
Oct-08-11 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2011
Oct-06-11 Ivanchuk vs Nakamura, 2011
Oct-01-11 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2011
Sep-30-11 Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895
Sep-30-11 Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2011
Sep-28-11 Torre vs Ed Lasker, 1926
Sep-27-11 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2011
Sep-18-11 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966
Sep-03-11 Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933
Aug-27-11 Chiburdanidze vs Dvoirys, 1980
Aug-26-11 D Pruess vs W Shipman, 1998
Aug-06-11 F Zimmermann vs W Huebner, 1977
Aug-02-11 M H Farboud vs Panno, 1962
Jul-28-11 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2011
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Jul-25-11 G Meier vs Nakamura, 2011
Jul-04-11 Arnold Denker
Jun-06-11 H Tirard vs A Silvert, 2000
May-22-11 N Pogonina vs The World, 2009
Jan-27-11 A Sherzer vs P Acs, 1998
Jan-12-11 Sergey Karjakin
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Nov-29-10 F Malkawi vs P Lafuente, 2010
Nov-09-10 B Andonov vs Lputian, 1987
Oct-20-10 Anand vs Carlsen, 2010
Oct-12-10 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010
Oct-09-10 E Peralta vs A Almiron, 2009
Oct-01-10 M Illescas vs Nakamura, 2003
Sep-29-10 Bronstein vs J L Alvarez del Monte, 1960
Sep-22-10 Eliskases vs B Wexler, 1960
Sep-21-10 A Nogues Acuna vs R Grau, 1926
Sep-19-10 The World vs N Pogonina, 2010
Sep-10-10 Carlsen vs The World, 2010
Aug-24-10 V Lepikhin vs Alekseev, 1959
Aug-08-10 Gata Kamsky
Aug-02-10 S Cicak vs A Khruschiov, 2008
Aug-01-10 Ponomariov vs Z Gyimesi, 2005
Jul-28-10 Harry Golombek
Jul-25-10 Battle of the Brains 3, 2009
May-17-10 Morphy vs Maurian, 1858
May-04-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010
Apr-27-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010
Apr-23-10 Topalov vs Anand, 2010
Apr-18-10 Marshall vs Kupchik, 1913
Apr-05-10 Cochrane vs Saumchurn, 1856
Mar-29-10 Vasily Smyslov
Mar-28-10 J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986
Mar-26-10 Nietsche vs S Factor, 1928
Mar-25-10 NN vs W Donisthorpe, 1890
Mar-24-10 A Volchok vs R Kreslavsky, 1970
Mar-23-10 Y Erturan vs Potkin, 2001
Mar-05-10 S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963
Feb-24-10 Topalov vs Gelfand, 2010
Feb-19-10 Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2010
Feb-16-10 Gelfand vs Topalov, 2010
Feb-15-10 Aronian vs Topalov, 2010
Feb-13-10 F Vallejo Pons vs Topalov, 2010
Feb-04-10 K Aseev vs D de Vreugt, 2001
Jan-31-10 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2010
Jan-29-10 Shirov vs Kramnik, 2010
Jan-27-10 Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 2010
Jan-24-10 Shirov vs Carlsen, 2010
Jan-24-10 Capablanca vs S Prokofiev, 1914
Jan-08-10 N Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945
Jan-05-10 Falkbeer vs NN, 1847
Jan-01-10 Lionel Kieseritzky
Dec-15-09 Short vs Carlsen, 2009
Dec-14-09 Carlsen vs Adams, 2009
Dec-12-09 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2009
Dec-08-09 McShane vs Short, 2009
Dec-07-09 World Cup (2009)
Dec-03-09 Kamsky vs Leko, 2008
Nov-29-09 I Aloni vs Botvinnik, 1964
Nov-27-09 So vs Kamsky, 2009
Nov-24-09 W Zhou vs Kamsky, 2009
Nov-22-09 Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1955
Nov-20-09 Miles vs Browne, 1982
Nov-14-09 Leko vs Carlsen, 2009
Nov-14-09 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2009
Nov-11-09 Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009
Nov-10-09 Carlsen vs Anand, 2009
Nov-01-09 A Kosikov vs V Bezman, 1986
Oct-30-09 H Munoz Sotomayor vs H Salazar Jacob, 1990
Oct-19-09 S C Miller vs M Dougherty, 2002
Sep-28-09 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009
Aug-26-09 M Velcheva vs H Puuska, 2007
Aug-24-09 twinlark chessforum
Aug-20-09 I Hatem
Aug-16-09 P Kral vs D Barlov, 1987
Aug-16-09 M Umansky vs The World, 2009
Aug-11-09 W Popert vs Cochrane, 1841
Jul-21-09 A Beliavsky vs Bacrot, 1999
Jul-20-09 Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2009
Jul-19-09 Biel International Chess Festival (2009)
Jul-17-09 Rublevsky vs C D'Amore, 2000
Jul-16-09 Kasparov vs Smirin, 1988
Jul-12-09 Dortmund Sparkassen (2009)
Jul-12-09 Knaak vs Dolmatov, 1981
Jul-09-09 Naiditsch vs Jakovenko, 2009
Jul-09-09 Carlsen vs Leko, 2009
Jul-06-09 Y Xu vs I Charkhalashvili, 2001
Jul-05-09 Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2009
Jul-03-09 Jakovenko vs Naiditsch, 2009
Jul-02-09 Leko vs Carlsen, 2009
Jul-02-09 Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2009
Jun-30-09 Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928
Jun-29-09 Lawrence Day
Jun-28-09 I Farago vs G Jacoby, 2002
Jun-24-09 F Kreideweiss vs Saathoff, 1989
Jun-01-09 V Gashimov vs Kramnik, 2009
May-26-09 C Bauer vs Korchnoi, 2003
May-25-09 Tartakower vs Reti, 1925
May-22-09 Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2009
May-19-09 D Stets vs M Oleksienko, 2009
May-15-09 Topalov vs Dominguez Perez, 2009
May-15-09 Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2009
May-14-09 Shirov vs Topalov, 2009
May-14-09 Dominguez Perez vs Carlsen, 2009
May-09-09 Alapin vs A Nimzowitsch, 1911
May-09-09 Caro-Kann (B10)
May-07-09 A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931
May-05-09 D Riley vs F Parr, 1949
Apr-25-09 Breyer vs J Esser, 1917
Apr-18-09 A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970
Apr-15-09 Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905
Apr-11-09 Shirov vs Movsesian, 2005
Apr-02-09 Seirawan vs B M Kogan, 1986
Mar-20-09 Tal vs E Nievergelt, 1959
Mar-16-09 Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2009)
Mar-05-09 Radjabov vs Dominguez Perez, 2009
Mar-04-09 Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2009
Mar-03-09 Grischuk vs Radjabov, 2009
Feb-26-09 Topalov - Kamsky Candidates Final (2009)
Feb-24-09 A Nickel vs The World, 2008
Feb-24-09 E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846
Feb-23-09 Arno Nickel
Feb-23-09 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2009
Feb-22-09 Team White vs Team Black, 2008
Feb-21-09 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2009
Feb-20-09 Anand vs Aronian, 2009
Feb-17-09 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2009
Feb-17-09 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2009
Jan-31-09 Aronian vs Morozevich, 2009
Jan-29-09 E Ilfeld vs Halb, 1993
Jan-27-09 Karjakin vs Movsesian, 2009
Jan-24-09 Ivanchuk vs Movsesian, 2009
Jan-23-09 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2009
Jan-22-09 Aronian vs Movsesian, 2009
Jan-21-09 Carlsen vs Stellwagen, 2004
Jan-20-09 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2009
Jan-20-09 Smeets vs Kamsky, 2009
Jan-19-09 Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2009
Jan-19-09 Carlsen vs Movsesian, 2009
Jan-18-09 Smeets vs Karjakin, 2009
Jan-17-09 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2009
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Dec-18-08 Buhmann vs B Saeheng, 2008
Nov-27-08 Kmoch vs Saemisch, 1928
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Oct-29-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008
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Oct-20-08 Battle of the Brains II, 2008
Oct-15-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008
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Sep-03-08 Topalov vs Aronian, 2008
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Jul-25-08 Bacrot vs Pelletier, 2008
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Jul-25-08 Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2008
Jul-22-08 Steinitz vs Rock, 1863
Jun-15-08 Nisipeanu vs Carlsen, 2008
Jun-12-08 Carlsen vs Shirov, 2008
May-22-08 Yury Shulman
May-16-08 Caro-Kann, Classical (B19)
May-16-08 Anthony Saidy
May-10-08 Lothar Schmid
Apr-15-08 S Palatnik vs Geller, 1980
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Mar-31-08 B Franciskovic vs R Svaljek, 2001
Mar-28-08 B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000
Mar-24-08 Yasser Seirawan
Mar-21-08 Spassky vs S Avtonomov, 1949
Mar-20-08 A Soltis vs D Gurevich, 1981
Mar-18-08 B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960
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Mar-08-08 Morelia-Linares (2008)
Mar-07-08 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2008
Mar-06-08 Maurice Ashley
Mar-06-08 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2008
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Mar-05-08 V Tomovic vs Vidmar, 1945
Mar-04-08 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2008
Mar-04-08 Anand vs Leko, 2008
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Mar-01-08 King's Knight Opening (C40)
Feb-29-08 Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2008
Feb-25-08 K Mueller vs Uhlmann, 2001
Feb-23-08 Shirov vs Radjabov, 2008
Feb-23-08 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008
Feb-22-08 Aronian vs Leko, 2008
Feb-22-08 Topalov vs Anand, 2008
Feb-20-08 Topalov vs Carlsen, 2008
Feb-20-08 Grischuk vs J Polgar, 2007
Feb-08-08 Yuri Averbakh
Feb-07-08 Mark Taimanov
Feb-04-08 Ostrich (Computer)
Jan-29-08 Raymond Keene
Jan-27-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008
Jan-25-08 Topalov vs Mamedyarov, 2008
Jan-25-08 Corus Group A (2008)
Jan-24-08 Timman vs Ljubojevic, 2008
Jan-22-08 Leko vs Carlsen, 2008
Jan-21-08 Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008
Jan-20-08 Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2008
Jan-18-08 Bobby Fischer
Jan-12-08 Aronian vs Topalov, 2008
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Dec-16-07 Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007
Dec-14-07 Kasparov vs Turbostar, 1985
Dec-14-07 Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007
Dec-11-07 World Cup (2007)
Dec-10-07 Kamsky vs Carlsen, 2007
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Dec-07-07 I Cheparinov vs Carlsen, 2007
Dec-04-07 William Lombardy
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Nov-18-07 Kramnik vs Mamedyarov, 2007
Nov-17-07 Mamedyarov vs Kamsky, 2007
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Nov-12-07 Kramnik vs Leko, 2007
Oct-25-07 Areshchenko vs Savon, 2001
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Oct-04-07 P Nikolic vs J Piket, 2000
Sep-28-07 Grischuk vs Anand, 2007
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Sep-24-07 Kramnik vs Anand, 2007
Sep-23-07 Anand vs Aronian, 2007
Sep-21-07 Svidler vs Kramnik, 2007
Sep-20-07 Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2007
Sep-18-07 Battle of the Brains, 2007
Sep-18-07 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2007
Sep-18-07 Anand vs Svidler, 2007
Sep-14-07 Anand vs Kramnik, 2007
Sep-14-07 Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007
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Sep-13-07 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2007
Sep-03-07 C W Kennaugh vs K Shirazi, 2003
Sep-01-07 J Arnason vs Timman, 1989
Aug-12-07 Alexander Kotov
Aug-09-07 Gligoric vs R Roth, 1966
Aug-07-07 Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003
Aug-02-07 J Polgar vs Pelletier, 2007
Jul-25-07 X Bu vs J Polgar, 2007
Jul-25-07 Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1862
Jul-24-07 Biel Chess Festival (2007)
Jul-24-07 J Polgar vs Carlsen, 2007
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Jul-23-07 Van Wely vs J Polgar, 2007
Jul-16-07 J Cobb vs A Spice, 2007
Jul-09-07 Fischer vs W Hook, 1970
Jul-07-07 Shulman vs The World, 2007
Jul-01-07 E Alekseev vs Kramnik, 2007
Jun-27-07 Karpov vs M Stojanovic, 2007
Jun-27-07 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2007
Jun-25-07 Vladimir Kramnik
Jun-19-07 Alekhine vs Reti, 1922
Jun-17-07 T Rakic vs I Nemet, 1966
Jun-16-07 F Bohatirchuk vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1938
Jun-11-07 World Championship Candidates (2007)
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Jun-01-07 Nigel Short
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May-23-07 Anatoly Karpov
May-02-07 Spassky-Portisch Match (2007)
May-02-07 Janowski vs Bogoljubov, 1914
Mar-17-07 Kasparov vs Computer, 1987
Mar-10-07 Leko vs Carlsen, 2007
Mar-09-07 Morozevich vs Topalov, 2007
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