Jan-23-24 L Espig vs T Ernst, 1988
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Anulaibhar: "Thomas wanted to claim a draw, but kept trying to press for a win for his team. And the rules at the time allowed 75 moves without a piece capture to claim a draw. So there they sat: day after day, while the Greek summer became Autumn outside the playing hall. Thomas, Lutz Espig |
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Jun-28-19 P Smirnov vs Nepomniachtchi, 2006
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Anulaibhar: percyblakeney: then 34...Rbxc5 35.Qd2 Rc2 looks great for black. |
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Apr-28-15 Kasparov vs Short, 2015 
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Anulaibhar: What's wrong with 27.Rxb7 ? |
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Mar-02-15 Alapin vs Schiffers, 1898 
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Anulaibhar: Video analysis of this game by GM Ron Henley, from 17:00 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Z... |
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Jan-30-15 E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937 
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Anulaibhar: "pawnofdoom: I think black could have avoided lots of his problems (like the deadly e5! which made blacks knight go to e8) by castling queenside instead of kingside on move ten ->10... 0-0-0" I wouldn't recomment 10...0-0-0, a7 drops with mate threatened. The plan with a5 and ... |
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Dec-02-14 Anand vs Aronian, 2014 
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Anulaibhar: A very subtle point in the final position: if 47.Kc2?? black can save the knight: 47...Nc4!! After 47.Kc3 Nd1+ 48.Kc2 the poor knight is out of squares. |
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Mar-25-13 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2013 
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Anulaibhar: 23.-Kf7 might be the decisive mistake, according to Andrew Martin. If black first exchanges rooks, and then plays Kf7, white can't play h5, like he did in the game: after 23.-Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Kf7 25.h5? (25.g4 maintains the advantage) gxh5 26.Rh1 Rg8 27.Rxh5 Rg3! 28.Rxh7+ Kg6 29.Rh3 ... |
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