Oct-28-22 Hans Niemann 
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| DanLanglois: The dust has settled and the general consensus seems to be that Hans didn't cheat in his win over Magnus. Nor in any other OTB games. Not only there is no evidence, but there is not even an indication. Thrre's nothing supernatural in the fact that Niemann, playing black pieces, ... |
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Oct-23-22 Sevian vs Niemann, 2022
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| DanLanglois: Any chess GUI (WinBoard, Scid vs. PC, Arena, Tarrasch, Fritz, etc., etc., etc.) along with any of the top chess engines (Houdini, Stockfish, Critter, Komodo, Rybka, etc., etc., etc.) will be able to analyze your games for you and suggest better moves. |
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Oct-14-22 Aronian vs Niemann, 2022
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| DanLanglois: But perhaps Black can just be cool with 37...Bd6 38. Qc2 Rh8: [DIAGRAM] 39. Ba1 Bc7:
[DIAGRAM] 40. Re3 Re6 41. Nh2 Rdd8:
[DIAGRAM] Was Black asking for more? 42. Rh3 doesn't seem to work out after 42...Rxh3 43. Rxh3 Bxd3: [DIAGRAM] |
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Oct-14-22 Magnus Carlsen
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| DanLanglois: Who is Raunak Sadhwani? Well, he used to be the youngest Chess champion from Nagpur to win GM in France. He was once, continuing his spectacular unbeaten run in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Prix. I mean, when he was just 13 years old, all set to become India's 65th Chess ... |
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Oct-14-22 E Moradiabadi vs Robson, 2022
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| DanLanglois: <White survives> That didn't happen after 22. Qc2?:
[DIAGRAM] Of course 22...Kh8!
[DIAGRAM] And White plays 23. d4 here, but we know that's too late. |
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Oct-13-22 Maxim Dlugy
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| DanLanglois: It's fun to pick a side and place a bet on it. Drama watching is a sport. But, chess.com has been completely unprofessional in this whole fiasco. Imagine being flagged by a computer algorithm for cheating. And there is no way you can defend yourself.
He has no recourse against ... |
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Oct-13-22 Caruana vs Lenderman, 2022
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| DanLanglois: 29. Qe2:
[DIAGRAM] 29...Ne4 is forced, here. But Black played 29...Kg8??: [DIAGRAM] ..and, Black is lost because 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxa5!! [DIAGRAM] |
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Oct-12-22 A Liang vs Aronian, 2022
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| DanLanglois: After 11. O-O:
[DIAGRAM]
Black can play 11...Qd6 or 11...Bf5, for a few ideas. But, Black plays 11...Re8?!, which is maybe a bit awkward: [DIAGRAM]
This allows 12. cxd4:
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12...Qxd4 13. Qg5:
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This is where Black really goes off the rails. He could play ... |
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Oct-12-22 U.S. Championship (2022)
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| DanLanglois: 26. Rb1 or such, 26...h3
[DIAGRAM] 0-1 |
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Oct-09-22 Caruana vs Swiercz, 2022
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| DanLanglois: After 40...Qd4:
[DIAGRAM] Material is even, queen plus two rooks versus queen plus two rooks. Can White win this? We know that he did. The position ten moves later, 50...Kg7:
[DIAGRAM] Can White win this? And somehow it's over in 60 moves. 51. Rf2 Rc8 52. Rg4+ Kh6 53. e6 Rf8
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