Oct-13-20 Kibitzer's Café 
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| Flemming: Replaying chess games is literally impossible for some time because of Google ads in the lower third of the page.
And I am a subscriber, I should be treated like a King. Those ads are popping up one after one, clicking on «x» doesn’t help, they are popping constantly
I cannot ... |
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Aug-18-20 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2020
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| Flemming: Oops - only now I see it wasn't 4. ...O-O as in Letelier vs Fischer game from 1960 (ol), stand corrected by myself. |
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May-24-20 Spassky vs A Khasin, 1961
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| Flemming: There must be a reason why Spassky agreed to a draw at this moment. It wasn't last round, and it cannot be theoretical draw due bishops of opposite color. |
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May-24-20 Spassky vs Sliwa, 1959
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| Flemming: Rook sacririce wasn't sound although it looks so, and it wasn't first time at this stage of Spassky's career to decide for long-sighted positional sacrifice even of a whole rook. Sliwa was brave and calm enough to even refuse eternal chess in 30th move, but it was draw ... |
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May-16-20 Smyslov vs E Mukhin, 1967
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| Flemming: Fischer knew this game when he had chosen same variation against Smyslov in Mallorca 1970 Interzonal. He was expecting Na4! |
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Mar-09-20 Paul Morphy
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| Flemming: <My point was closed games.>
Carrots and Pizza, you are right, and Mrs. Brown, pardon moi, Chandler disguised in Brandon O'Carroll - he is also right. Morphy played in time before hyper-modernists, and 95% (John Watson would have submitted precise data) of games were played ... |
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Aug-21-19 Tarjan vs Miles, 1973
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| Flemming: ...Qa6 could also have been played one move before. |
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Jul-13-19 R Praggnanandhaa vs W So, 2018
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| Flemming: I am just watching the game on Youtube, and I was convinced 14. ...d5 would be played. I checked "my" move and 14. ...d5 is completely playable, all right. |
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Mar-06-19 H Olafsson vs Larsen, 1985
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| Flemming: Very comforting to see that a six-time champion of Iceland, GM who came close to 2600, could make a draw of this. I am not ironic. The fork with 36. Nc6 had to be possible if I am not blind, and later with three extra pawns it was miracle not to win. Not that I claim I would have ... |
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Jan-17-19 Robson vs Y Quesada Perez, 2017
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| Flemming: 34. ...Qxg6 can hardly be called "sacrifice". 34. ...Rd8 (or Rh8) was hopeless, so Black simply lost the exchange here. White ruined won position, probably due time trouble. |
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