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Jan-01-24 N Huschenbeth vs E Vodyasov, 2010   sharkw: Interesting game following the Kasparov-Radjabov game from Linares 2003 in which Radjabov inflicted a defeat on Kasparov with the black pieces: Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003 . Rather than Kasparov's 14.f5, Huschenbeth prepared the break with h4, h5, and Bh3 first. He then played a very ...      Mar-30-23 Nakamura vs V Gunina, 2018    sharkw: Slightly different material balance, but reminiscent of Carlsen's grinding win against Nepomniachtchi: Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021      Jan-12-23 O Annageldyev vs S Semiev, 2005    sharkw: A double blunder to end the game. 30. Qe3? sets up the tactic to win the game after 30...Qxb8? 31. Qxc3!, but is actually a losing move if black plays 30...Bxc2! The correct move with a balanced position according to the computer was 30. Qe2.      Oct-20-22 I Krush vs J Yu, 2022    sharkw: Wow, I would have bet money that the game score was wrong. Just saw the video clip of the blunder 9...Bg4??, amazing she managed to keep the game going and presumably win on time, the final position still being better for White!      Sep-09-22 Naiditsch vs Y Hou, 2009    sharkw: The position after 14...Bb7 appears 5 times in the chessgames.com database, with three wins by black, one win by white, and one draw. The best move 15.Nb6! was featured in a classic win by Fischer over Spassky in their 1992 match: Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 This move was also played in      Jan-20-22 E Teodoro vs R Ziatdinov, 1997   sharkw: Extremely weird decision by Black at move 46, the obvious move is to simply play 46...Kxd6 47. Rd7+ Kxc6 48. Rxd8 when Black is up a pawn in an albeit drawn rook ending. He tries to push for a win by keeping things tricky and ends up falling into a losing position, but somehow still ...      May-24-19 Topalov vs Shirov, 1998    sharkw: <Whitehat1963: Stockfish suggests 48...Kf2 as a far better move than gxh3. It may even be enough for a draw: 48. Kf2 Bg4 49. Bb2 Kf5...> Don't be so quick to trust computer analysis, especially when it doesn't make sense! After 48. Kf2, why would Black play 48...Bg4? Given ...      Apr-17-17 Gelfand vs Nakamura, 2017   sharkw: The double minor piece endgame after move 26 has to be drawn, but somehow Nakamura outplays Gelfand after some inaccuracies on the latter's part. The finish is nice, Black is threatening 45...Nh2 forcing the bishop to move after which ...h3 would force a pawn to queen. A possible ...      Oct-07-10 G Tringov vs E Ermenkov, 1973    sharkw: Is the score for this game mistaken or am I missing something here? Doesn't 37. Bf8+ instead of the inexplicable 37. Re2 force mate for White?      Oct-04-10 V Teterev vs P Wojciechowski, 2010   sharkw: There's a typographical error in the game score here. Black's 28th move should be ...Nf8, not ...Kf8, otherwise White would have simply captured it with 29. hxg6. 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