Aug-31-08 P Charbonneau vs I Zugic, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: All I can say is wow! What a great game by Charbonneau. I'm really liking his style at this tournament. Keep on representing Montreal! |
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Aug-30-08 X Bu vs Miroshnichenko, 2008
Aug-21-08 R Hess vs G N Gopal, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: A nice finish by White with 44. e7!. It's mate in 2 no matter what after ... Bxe7 45. Qb8+ : ... Kg7 46. Qg8#
... Bc8 46. Qxc8+ Qf8 47. Qxf8#
or...... 46. Bxf6+ Qg7 47. Qxc8#
... Bf8 46. Bxf6+ Qxf6 47. Qxf8#
... Qf8 46. Bxf6+ Bxf6 47. Qxf8# |
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Aug-20-08 V Jakovljevic vs Vitiugov, 2008 
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| Elxiddicus: A nice exchange sacrifice here on the 17th move when Black plays O-O. He gets in return all four of his remaining pieces pointed directly at the white king, and executes his attack very nicely. I wonder how things would have gone if White hadn't sacrificed a pawn right after with |
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Aug-14-08 Sasikiran vs E Berg, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: What happens after 22. ...Kxf7 ? |
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Jul-10-08 Jakovenko vs Rublevsky, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: Indeed. A lot of people skip over this game because it's a draw, but this is proof that some of the most interesting games are draws. |
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Jul-05-08 J Gustafsson vs Leko, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: Was white really forced to play 32. Nxd4 and give black the powerful passer? Couldn't he have have played something else to keep black's DSB locked away? |
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Jun-29-08 J Gustafsson vs Naiditsch, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: What a crazy attack!
A couple of questions:
What if 18. ...f5?
What's the finish?
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Jun-20-08 Fischer vs Michalopoulos, 1964
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| Elxiddicus: <Helios727> 13. Qe2+ Kb4 14. a3+ Ka5 15. Bd2+ Ka4 16. b3#
OR
14. ... Ka4 15. b3+ Ka5 16. Bd2#
That's the quickest one I could find. |
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Jun-19-08 Ivanchuk vs Eljanov, 2008
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| Elxiddicus: It's not just a pawn, it's the pawn. |
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