Jul-10-21 Shcherbakov vs Jakovenko, 2001 
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| CaliWest: What does 24. Rd3 achieve? Why not just 24. Qe7+ right away? |
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Jun-26-21 Pinkus vs J Moskowitz, 1942
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| CaliWest: Finding 51..h3 should have been today's puzzle. |
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May-15-21 Chernin vs P Bono, 2005
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| CaliWest: I don't understand 33. Re7, nor its response, at all. |
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May-11-21 Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991
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| CaliWest: Yeah but he didn't play on until checkmate. |
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Feb-11-21 J A Curdo vs R Byrne, 1994
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| CaliWest: ohhh now I see it. cuz black wouldn't be able stop Rh8# |
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Feb-07-21 Gelfand vs Topalov, 1997
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| CaliWest: drollere: i have no idea what was going on here. +1 to that |
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Feb-06-21 Beim vs Schmittdiel, 2002
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| CaliWest: Was there some other point to 8...d6 than just to try and develop the bishop? I am just an intermediate player and even my chess instincts looked at that move with massive red flashing alarm sirens. Although, granted, 9. c5 is not a move I would have even remotely foreseen... not ... |
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Jan-26-21 So vs Carlsen, 2020
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| CaliWest: Why do you so often see black make an early bishop check when it will obviously be repelled easily and, as was the case in this game with 8...Bb4+, quite often just forces black to return that bishop to either on or near its original position? I am an intermediate player, but my ... |
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Oct-01-20 Botvinnik vs Geller, 1969
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| CaliWest: Can someone point out the winning continuation for black? I am not very good; I can't see it. |
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Jun-30-20 H Pfleger vs G Mazzoni, 1966
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| CaliWest: Much easier than yesterday |
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