Jan-01-18 Santa Claus 
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| FabrikaLaHun: Dear Santa,
A belated thanks for your gift membership and Happy New Year 2018. -FLH |
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Feb-28-16 I Sokolov vs Polgar, 2003
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| FabrikaLaHun: Here's what GM Sokolov himself says after 27.Qh5
<This is the position I had to evaluate when I opted for the intuitive sacrifice started with h6! It was impossible for me to calculate everything, but I had a number of reasons to trust my intuition: A) the attackers vs ... |
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Nov-16-15 O Aharon vs Z Rahman, 2014
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| FabrikaLaHun: Spent a good five minutes trying to find the Monday "easy" win for white but couldn't find anything solid or forcing. Who else missed the Black to Play besides me? (and <Moonwalker>) |
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May-15-12 Polugaevsky vs J Eising, 1974
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| FabrikaLaHun: Did I miss something? I thought chessgames mod said this week was Vishy week and that we had some really challenging puzzles ahead for us. I give up...is the puzzle here to spell Vishy from the names of the players?....let's see V--I--S--H--Y....okay, done. A--n--a--n.... hmm, ... |
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Apr-25-12 Tal vs Benko, 1964
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| FabrikaLaHun: So I saw Nxf7 for white and how it would attack rook and Queen. I guess I was first stuck on Ba4+ since I was looking for forcing moves...you know, patzer see check, patzer make check? I even said to myself, "Gee, it would be great if he would respond by Kd8...but I guess he ... |
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Apr-21-12 A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953
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| FabrikaLaHun: Thought this was a great combination by black. He's down 2 pawns. Certainly, clearance should not be on his mind, but that is what it seems he does when he takes with the Queen at c1. I wanted to move the knight to e2 right away instead thinking that even if Qxe2, I'd be able ... |
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Mar-19-12 K O'Brien vs D Salter, 2008
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| FabrikaLaHun: Congrats <LTJ> on 1000 posts. Got this one today. Just had to think a bit about the move order. Anyone else think it was a bit suicidal for white to castle king's side on move 18 with both rooks staring straight down 2 semi-open files? Then again, checked the archives and |
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Mar-15-12 W Reichenbach vs H Pfleger, 1960
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| FabrikaLaHun: <LTJ>, Good call!
Can't say I completely understand this one though I did find the rook sac and the Queen check for white. Didn't know where it would lead to but thought it was strong. Wouldn't have found the bishop move. I haven't completely figured out the win but I'm |
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Mar-12-12 P Ricardi vs G Milos, 2001
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| FabrikaLaHun: Shouldn't take more than a second to see 28 Qf8+. After ...Rxf8 29Rxf8 is mate! Moving the knight on move 27 to "attack" the Rook allowed it to roam free on the back rank. This is a typical theme from Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess. |
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Mar-08-12 Gligoric vs C Pritchett, 1967
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| FabrikaLaHun: <<Phony Benoni>But now we see that Black's Be7 is exposed>
Thank you for your direct explanation. While it might have been obvious to others, I still didn't see (in my head) why Nxc6 wins a piece until I read your explanation. Still not so easy for me to work out ... |
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