Jan-17-22 Marshall vs J A McKee / F G Harris, 1903 
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| Checker2: Sac, sac, mate! |
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Oct-03-21 A Adly vs V Laznicka, 2007
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| Checker2: Nicked by a knife |
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Feb-06-21 V Beim vs E Schmittdiel, 2002
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| Checker2: Extraordinary that at move 11, white has no fewer than 6 checks to evaluate. |
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Sep-18-19 K Georgiev vs Shirov, 1992
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| Checker2: The bishop always stays on its own colour, but it can and sometimes should change the colour of the rook it is blocking. |
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May-09-19 P Acs vs R Szuhanek, 1999
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| Checker2: Well the game was a longer mate than necessary, so my check, check, check, check, check, check, check, mate should be just as valid, even though it in turn is longer than the game's solution:
24.Qg8+ Bf8 25.Rxe6+ fxe6 26.Qxe6+ Be7 (Ne7 hangs queen) 27. Qg8+ Bf8 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. ... |
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Jul-20-17 Nakamura vs R Bellin, 2016
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| Checker2: Strange week. I missed Monday's puzzle completely, found Wednesday's easy and today I saw the first two moves of the solution in a flash. |
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Nov-21-16 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016
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| Checker2: Ne7+ only when the queen is not covering that square. |
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Nov-18-16 M Hebden vs F Felecan, 1993
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| Checker2: I was getting excited about 18. Qxb5 and mating on g8 until I evaluated black's checks and queen captures. |
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Sep-02-16 Van Wely vs T Beerdsen, 2015
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| Checker2: Interesting tactics. As usual Fridays, I didn't get it.
<Cheapo Why not 26. . . Qxf5?>
I guess 27. b6 might win the a pawn, creating a passer.
I doubt black could defend the a pawn with 27 . . cb 28. Qxb6 Ra9 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 and the bishop is loose, and needed to ... |
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Jul-07-16 K Spraggett vs G Vescovi, 2004
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| Checker2: I too thought Bh6 did it, but had the right idea with Qg3+. |
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