Nov-05-21 Shirov vs Nakamura, 2018
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| Bobby Spassky: The exchange sacrifice was good. His follow up was bad. +0.38 (29 ply) 20.Qf2 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Be7 22.Bf4 Ka8 23.Re1 Qc4 24.a3 Rc8 25.Re2 Rc6 26.Kg1 Rg8 27.Bc1 Qa2 28.h4 Rh8 29.g3 Rcc8 30.b3 Bxa3 31.Bxa3 Qxa3 32.Qxd4 Qa2 33.e6 fxe6 |
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Jul-18-21 Caruana vs S Megaranto, 2021 
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| Bobby Spassky: He got a Covid-19 diagnosis during the game and was disqualified. |
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Apr-13-21 Hikaru Nakamura
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| Bobby Spassky: Wow!! No comments in 2021! |
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Dec-09-20 Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1964
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| Bobby Spassky: Shipov made a mistake.
"The best can be to sacrifice a piece after 11...exf4 12.dxc6 Qe7 13.fxg4 Qxe3+ 14.Be2 Nxg4 15.Nh3 Rad8 16.Qc2 (see diagram) which was played in Khalifman vs S Shipov, 2003, but it seems to be that black has not full compensation there and that white is |
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Oct-17-20 J Sherwin vs Reshevsky, 1958
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| Bobby Spassky: Sherwin shellacks Reshevsky |
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Jul-31-20 Flohr vs S Landau, 1937
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| Bobby Spassky: The score is correct. This is a standard game used to teach how to bust up black's position. The move 15. c5 is very instructive. |
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Jul-22-20 H Wolf vs K Treybal, 1922
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| Bobby Spassky: 1) =0.00 (22 ply) 15...Kg7 16.Qg4 f6 17.Be3+ Ng6 18.h4 Kf7 19.h5 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Rg8 21.Qf5 exf4 22.d4 Rg5 23.Qh7+ Rg7 24.Qf5 Rg5 I love machines. |
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Jul-15-20 Westerinen vs Lombardy, 1961
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| Bobby Spassky: White missed a win!
25.Ndc6+ Ka8 26.Nxd8 Rxd8 27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 Ne5 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Rd1 Bc7 31.Bd4 a5 32.Na2 Kb8 33.Nc3 f6 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Rd7 f5 36.exf5 exf5 37.Re7 Bf6 |
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Jul-10-20 0
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| Bobby Spassky: The latest polls.
WI Biden +11
MI Biden +11
PA Biden +10
NC Biden +9
AZ Biden +7
FL Biden +6
GOP RIP! |
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