Mar-25-08 D Sudheer vs D Fernandez, 2005 
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Arbitrarily0: Why is 4...Nxc5 so rarely seen in the Tromp? |
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Feb-21-08 Arbitrarily0 chessforum 
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Arbitrarily0: No, just couldn't find a better picture - lol. |
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Feb-02-08 Kibitzer's Café 
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Arbitrarily0: Here's an easy one.
White to move and mate in three:
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Jan-28-08 M Rantanen vs S Smiltiner, 1958 
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Arbitrarily0: This is the shortest game (87 moves) in which all of the squares had been temporarily occupied. The final square to have a piece placed on it was a3. Smiltiner unknowingly broke the record with 81...Ra3. |
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Jan-28-08 Mackenzie vs Mason, 1882 
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Arbitrarily0: Oddly enough, the only record that this game breaks, is the longest occupation of a square by a king. Black's king sat at g8 for 136 moves (it never moved once after castling). |
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Jan-23-08 S Gvetadze vs S Masego, 2007 
Jan-17-08 Sicilian (B53) 
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Arbitrarily0: This is actually called the Chekhover Variation. How come this page makes no mention of it? |
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Jan-17-08 V Chekhover vs Lisitsin, 1938 
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Arbitrarily0: Vitaly plays his own variation! |
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Jan-17-08 B Gibbons vs C Hansen, 1988 
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Arbitrarily0: Carsten must of forgot to castle... |
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Jan-11-08 O'Kelly vs J Penrose, 1962 
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Arbitrarily0: Correct me if I'm wrong, but much better seems 25. Rh5! ---
If Black plays 25...Ke4 then
25. Rh5 Ke4
26. Bd3+ Kf4 (only move)
27. Rh4# 1-0
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If Black plays 25...f5 then
25. Rh5 f5
26. Bd1 a5 (any move loses)
27. g3# 1-0
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The question is, is there a ... |
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