Jun-10-23 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2023 
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| Confuse: Nakamura and another analyst both thought Caruana was thinking of: 18. Qa5, which seems to be a good move on the surface, but gets destroyed by 19. Ng5 which leads to some elaborate material loss/mating patterns. After seeing this Caruana had no choice but to go for Qd5 which led to |
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Apr-20-23 Keres vs Smyslov, 1953
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| Confuse: Anish mentioned this game in the R7 game live analysis between Ding and Nepo, amazing that this concept of the bishop covering that h8 square has so much impact! |
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Nov-23-22 Rublevsky vs Kalinin, 2002
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| Confuse: Is there any refutation to 25 Rxf7 hxg5 26 Rh3? Got the same solution as Mayankk and just wanted to confirm since mel posted stockfish which didn't include that variation |
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Oct-26-22 P Tregubov vs Shulman, 1994
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| Confuse: what's the defense against 24. Qg4? Not as game winning for sure; but seems pretty good? |
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Apr-19-22 D Cooper vs O Sarapu, 1970
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| Confuse: whats the pun? seems like its just.. mean lol |
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Jan-09-22 J Tisdall vs G D Lee, 1981
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| Confuse: <BxChess> from 8 years ago, there's no need for 18. Rxe6, Rd8# is the follow up. |
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Dec-30-21 J Emms vs Nunn, 1992
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| Confuse: if you just looked at the end position, you'd think it was your average castling game from white! |
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Dec-03-13 NN vs W Curran, 1876
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| Confuse: got the mate one move later with Ng3+ Nf1+ Rxh3+ Bf3#. yep yep. |
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Oct-31-13 W Tabakiernik vs Keene, 1963
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| Confuse: so many pins, so little time. definitely missed a few things :'( |
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Sep-23-13 D Pirrot vs J Grant, 2008
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| Confuse: Tried going back a few moves to see where black went wrong... and yeah pretty depressing game :( |
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