Jun-03-25 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025 
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Clement Fraud: Many thanks for your analysis - Sally Simpson: I myself hadn't a clue why Black did not capture the Knight (a seemingly free piece) on move 14 ????? |
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May-28-25 So vs Aronian, 2025
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Clement Fraud: 5... Bb4 isn't very well covered by theory. This is where - after 5... Bg4 - that White still has the option of Bf1-d3 followed by Ng1-e2!? I've no doubt that Aronian would have excellent lines of play prepared versus this option... but I'd still love to see Aronian's new ... |
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May-16-25 So vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025 
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Clement Fraud: Vladimir Kramnik seemed to be one of the "few" (one of the very few grandmasters who could play against the Benko Gambit) Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003 |
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May-05-25 Movsesian vs Adams, 2009
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Clement Fraud: I've arrived at the conclusion that 13... h6?! was 'too slow' (and the point at which the Black position becomes inferior). 13... Bxc4 (alternatively), and whichever way White recaptures, 14... Rd7 (planning to shuffle the King to c8, followed by Rhd8)!? |
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Apr-26-25 Short vs Kamsky, 1994
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Clement Fraud: <17...f5! It's a lot like the Zaitsev variation.> I reckon that the position achieved by Kamsky, in this game, is much better than the Zaitsev variation: this is because of the better placing of Black's dark square Bishop (on the a7-g1 diagonal). The big question posed ... |
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Mar-19-25 S Homa vs McShane, 2015 
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Clement Fraud: I'd never seen this game before. Following a brief analysis, I find myself wondering if 16.Rxf3 was the *wrong* *recapture* ; and that the unorthodox looking 16.gxf3 could have offered White more resistance (!?) The idea of recapturing with the Pawn is to transfer a White Pawn |
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Mar-12-25 A Suleymanli vs E Vorobiov, 2025
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Clement Fraud: This game is similar to a 1991 encounter... between Daniel King and Matthew Sadler D King vs Sadler, 1991 I feel certain that White is better in this line of play - following the retreat of his Bishop (6.Bf1). Tigran Petrosian could probably have obtained better prospects from |
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Mar-05-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs Wei Yi, 2025 
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Clement Fraud: Following 21.Rfc1 , 21... d3 appears overwhelming |
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Feb-10-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs A Sarana, 2025 
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Clement Fraud: The White Knight on h4 looked hopeless ~ until the piece magically came to life (beginning with 24.Nf5!). From my own perspective (of moderate playing strength), 21... Nb5 looks bad. Black really had no other option than 21... Kh8 IMHO |
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Dec-09-24 Lautier vs V Zorman, 1985 
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Clement Fraud: <Everett>
4.Qc2 introduces the possibility of Pawn e2-e4. A game between Nigel Short and Anatoly Kapov demonstrates this possibility Short vs Karpov, 1997 |
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Dec-08-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024) 
Dec-08-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024
Dec-05-24 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2024 
Oct-14-24 Niemann vs Dominguez Perez, 2024 
Apr-29-24 T Pfeifer vs J Polgar, 1988
Apr-07-24 Caruana vs D Gukesh, 2024 
Mar-09-24 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1993
Feb-23-24 D Deshmukh vs D Dardha, 2024 
Dec-28-23 V Fedoseev vs Carlsen, 2023 
Dec-09-23 M A Tabatabaei vs Vitiugov, 2023
Dec-08-23 M Bartel vs M A Tabatabaei, 2023
Dec-05-23 Adams vs M Bartel, 2023 
Dec-04-23 M Bartel vs McShane, 2023
Nov-28-23 Niemann vs I Sokolov, 2023 
Nov-21-23 N Salimova vs O Kiolbasa, 2023 
Oct-30-23 Mamedyarov vs A Rosell, 2023
Oct-17-23 A Tang vs Caruana, 2023
Oct-11-23 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1981 
Oct-07-23 Rapport vs Carlsen, 2023 
Sep-30-23 T Fodor Jr vs Adams, 2018
Sep-29-23 Ivanchuk vs Lautier, 1992
Apr-16-23 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001 
Mar-28-23 P Maghsoodloo vs Carlsen, 2023 
Mar-11-23 Tal vs V Akopian, 1992
Feb-06-23 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2023 
Jan-24-23 A Erigaisi vs Rapport, 2023 
Jan-16-23 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2023 
Dec-11-22 Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973 
Nov-26-22 Timman vs Short, 1995 
Nov-17-22 Ponomariov vs Radjabov, 2003
Nov-14-22 Adams vs G Sargissian, 2022 
Nov-11-22 Kramnik vs A Zude, 1995
Nov-07-22 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2022 
Nov-05-22 Topalov vs Shirov, 2004
Nov-01-22 Topalov vs Anand, 2010 
Oct-28-22 Botvinnik vs Taimanov, 1953 
Oct-28-22 Caruana vs Aronian, 2022 
Oct-19-22 Vachier-Lagrave vs E Can, 2022
Oct-15-22 Keene vs Tal, 1973
Oct-05-22 K Vo vs Q Guo, 2016
Sep-06-22 Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022 
Aug-19-22 Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022
Jul-27-22 Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004 
Jul-22-22 M Illescas vs Kramnik, 1993
Jul-19-22 Rapport vs Radjabov, 2022 
Jun-28-22 Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi, 2022 
Jun-07-22 Anand vs Carlsen, 2022 
May-12-22 Ponomariov vs Huebner, 2000 
May-06-22 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 
Apr-11-22 Nakamura vs Grischuk, 2018 
Apr-09-22 Adams vs Kramnik, 2004
Apr-01-22 Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997 
Mar-24-22 A Predke vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022 
Mar-24-22 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
Mar-23-22 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2016
Mar-23-22 Ivanchuk vs Carlsen, 2012
Mar-17-22 Rapport vs D Andreikin, 2022 
Mar-14-22 Rapport vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022
Mar-12-22 Karjakin vs Ivanchuk, 2008 
Mar-10-22 Karpov vs A Yusupov, 1989
Mar-09-22 A Yusupov vs Hodgson, 1993
Mar-07-22 M Rivas Pastor vs Karpov, 1994 
Feb-12-22 Nakamura vs Rapport, 2022 
Feb-11-22 A Esipenko vs Nakamura, 2022
Feb-04-22 Short vs M L Chapman, 1983 
Jan-29-22 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2022 
Jan-27-22 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2022 
Jan-26-22 Karjakin vs Rapport, 2022 
Jan-24-22 J van Foreest vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022 
Jan-22-22 Giri vs Dubov, 2022 
Jan-21-22 A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2022
Jan-21-22 D Dardha vs J B Bjerre, 2022 
Jan-21-22 Mamedyarov vs Duda, 2022 
Jan-20-22 Karjakin vs Giri, 2022 
Jan-15-22 Tata Steel Masters (2022) 
Dec-27-21 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
Dec-27-21 Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1961 
Dec-25-21 Karjakin vs Mamedyarov, 2021 
Dec-20-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
Dec-18-21 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2021 
Dec-10-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
Dec-07-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
Dec-06-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
Dec-03-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
Dec-01-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
Nov-30-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
Nov-29-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
Nov-27-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
Nov-26-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
Nov-25-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021) 
Nov-18-21 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992 
Nov-16-21 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
Nov-05-21 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018 
Jun-28-21 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018
Jun-15-21 Caruana vs Mamedyarov, 2021 
May-09-21 Giri vs Kramnik, 2016
Apr-21-21 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021 
Apr-16-21 Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2020
Mar-31-21 Anand vs Topalov, 2010
Feb-17-21 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1990 
Feb-16-21 W Hartston vs Miles, 1973 
Feb-13-21 Timoshenko vs M Mrva, 1994
Feb-13-21 Timman vs Karpov, 1988 
Feb-08-21 D Anton Guijarro vs Giri, 2021
Feb-04-21 T Brookfield vs I Hakki, 2008
Feb-03-21 Wojtaszek vs Caruana, 2021 
Jan-29-21 A Esipenko vs D Anton Guijarro, 2021
Jan-29-21 A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2021 
Jan-20-21 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005 
Jan-15-21 B Perenyi vs I Marasescu, 1985
Jan-12-21 Shirov vs Van Wely, 2007
Jan-10-21 G Milos vs J Polgar, 1996
Dec-11-20 Anand vs Keymer, 2019
Dec-04-20 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971 
Dec-04-20 Hort vs J Polgar, 1987
Dec-01-20 C Andersson vs S Palsson, 2009
Jul-07-20 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
Jul-02-20 Karpov vs J Polgar, 1998 
Jun-27-20 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2017
May-18-20 Adams vs Hydra, 2005
May-03-20 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003 
Apr-19-20 Tata Steel Masters (2019) 
Mar-22-20 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2019
Mar-22-20 Vachier-Lagrave vs Grischuk, 2020 
Feb-28-20 Short vs Karpov, 1997
Feb-17-20 A Zatonskih vs B Marinello, 2010
Feb-13-20 Kasparov vs Larsen, 1982 
Feb-10-20 Kasparov vs Timman, 1991 
Jan-28-20 R Praggnanandhaa vs Topalov, 2020 
Jan-26-20 So vs Carlsen, 2020 
Jan-16-20 de Firmian vs I Sokolov, 1996
Jan-05-20 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2018 
Jan-03-20 Karjakin vs T L Petrosian, 2005 
Dec-25-19 Kasparov vs Timman, 1989 
Dec-14-19 Shirov vs Aronian, 2006 
Dec-12-19 Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001
Dec-03-19 Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 
Nov-29-19 Karjakin vs Anand, 2019
Nov-15-19 K Mesropov vs Kramnik, 1991
Oct-13-19 Shirov vs Caruana, 2019 
Oct-05-19 Miles vs Timman, 1981 
Sep-29-19 Karpov vs Geller, 1983
Sep-24-19 D Maric vs Kupreichik, 1994
Sep-23-19 Andersson vs Short, 1988 
Sep-22-19 Radjabov vs Kramnik, 2019
Sep-22-19 Duda vs Kramnik, 2019
Sep-19-19 Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 
Sep-14-19 Anand vs Adams, 1994
Aug-26-19 Shankland vs Carlsen, 2019 
Mar-31-19 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2018 
Mar-14-19 C Lutz vs Kramnik, 1996
Mar-01-19 Adams vs Kramnik, 2013
Feb-02-19 Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981 
Jan-18-19 Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2019 
Dec-25-18 Short vs Karjakin, 2018
Nov-22-18 G Jones vs Aronian, 2018
Nov-21-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
Nov-19-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
Nov-17-18 Mamedyarov vs Kramnik, 2018
Nov-15-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
Nov-15-18 L Lee vs P Dempsey, 1999
Nov-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
Nov-12-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
Nov-11-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
Nov-09-18 Topalov vs Timman, 1996
Nov-08-18 Fischer vs Tal, 1961 
Nov-08-18 Kramnik vs Adams, 2017
Nov-03-18 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006 
Nov-01-18 Kramnik vs Caruana, 2018 
Oct-13-18 Tal vs Andersson, 1983 
Sep-19-18 Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2018 
Aug-21-18 J Hvenekilde vs O I Fystro, 2012 
Jul-16-18 Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2006
Jul-15-18 Kramnik vs Nisipeanu, 2018 
Jun-28-18 Kramnik vs Grischuk, 2014 
Jun-20-18 Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1991
Jun-19-18 Kramnik vs J Piket, 2001
Jun-15-18 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2018 
Jun-02-18 Caruana vs Karjakin, 2018 
May-18-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018
Apr-20-18 Carlsen vs Navara, 2018 
Apr-15-18 Kasparov vs Short, 1993 
Apr-13-18 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018 
Apr-07-18 Caruana vs Y Hou, 2018 
Mar-04-18 A Speijer vs F Englund, 1913 
Feb-22-18 Anand vs K Georgiev, 1997
Jan-21-18 Giri vs Mamedyarov, 2018 
Jan-14-18 Caruana vs G Jones, 2018 
Jan-13-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
Jan-08-18 Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005 
Jan-02-18 Keres vs M Feigin, 1937 
Dec-30-17 Fischer vs Stein, 1967 
Dec-25-17 J Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000 
Dec-21-17 Ivanchuk vs So, 2015
Dec-19-17 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
Dec-16-17 Short vs Karpov, 1992 
Dec-11-17 Anand vs So, 2017 
Dec-10-17 Karjakin vs Caruana, 2017 
Dec-07-17 Adams vs Nakamura, 2017
Dec-05-17 Carlsen vs Anand, 2017 
Nov-24-17 J Hector vs C Hartman, 1996
Nov-11-17 Timman vs Short, 1993
Nov-11-17 Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 
Oct-10-17 A Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1988 
Sep-30-17 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2017 
Sep-29-17 M J Tempone vs J Perez Cascella, 2001
Sep-26-17 J Tarjan vs Kramnik, 2017 
Sep-23-17 Caruana vs Kramnik, 2017 
Sep-23-17 W Schmidt vs J Lewi, 1968 
Sep-22-17 V Fedoseev vs D Bocharov, 2016 
Sep-20-17 So vs Ding Liren, 2017
Sep-15-17 F Vallejo Pons vs So, 2017 
Sep-12-17 Kramnik vs Ivanchuk, 2017 
Sep-12-17 Carlsen vs X Bu, 2017 
Sep-09-17 Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996 
Aug-25-17 Timman vs Nunn, 1975
Aug-07-17 J Houska vs P Shaw, 2017
Jul-21-17 Nisipeanu vs Kramnik, 2017
Jun-21-17 C Chaplin vs Reshevsky, 1923 
Jun-18-17 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2017 
May-28-17 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2017 
May-20-17 Kasparov vs Short, 1993 
May-20-17 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987 
Apr-01-17 Karpov - Fischer World Championship Match (1975) 
Mar-28-17 Topalov vs J Polgar, 2008
Feb-21-17 P Shaw vs Adams, 2016
Feb-15-17 Topalov vs J Polgar, 2007
Jan-21-17 Topalov vs Caruana, 2016
Jan-17-17 Spassky vs Fischer, 1960 
Jan-15-17 So vs Carlsen, 2017 
Jan-12-17 J Cobb vs Adams, 2002 
Jan-07-17 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 
Jan-03-17 Rilton Cup (2016/17) 
Jan-01-17 Karpov vs Klovans, 1971 
Dec-29-16 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
Dec-29-16 Topalov vs Anand, 2005 
Dec-28-16 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2004 
Dec-27-16 Nakamura vs Topalov, 2013
Dec-19-16 London Chess Classic (2016) 
Dec-18-16 Aronian vs Topalov, 2016 
Dec-18-16 Topalov vs Anand, 2016 
Dec-17-16 Topalov vs So, 2016 
Dec-16-16 Adams vs Topalov, 2016 
Dec-13-16 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2016 
Dec-12-16 Topalov vs Nakamura, 2016 
Dec-11-16 Topalov vs Caruana, 2016 
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