May-18-17 FIDE Grand Prix Moscow (2017) 
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| GHOST19: I love MVL. Ding Liren probably thought he had an easy game with good chances for a win when suddenly all the MVL pieces were en prise around his king and he was pressured to find the drawing continuation. |
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Nov-30-14 Qatar Masters (2014)
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| GHOST19: What a crap opening from Shak ! It seems Giri can reasonably play for a win with black after 10 moves. Unless there's a super deep opening trap ? |
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Jul-20-14 Harikrishna vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014
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| GHOST19: The exchange sacrifice at move 12 leads to an exciting game.
MVL probably had more winning chances with 25.. Rc8 or 26.. Nxd6 |
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Jul-19-14 Biel (2014)
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| GHOST19: Who cares about a bunch of ICC games from 2009 ?
So is a great young player closing on the top10 but his fans are the worse. MVL used to mostly be a tactical monster but is now winning a lot of games with strategical manoeuvering. We'll see in the next few years if he has 2800 in ... |
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May-13-13 Norway Chess (2013)
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| GHOST19: Carlsen seems to work more on his OTB skills than opening prep and I think it results in better chess, even if an opening bomb here and there wouldn't hurt. |
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Mar-27-13 Houdini vs Rybka, 2011
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| GHOST19: That is some deep game !
I like the 17.Rab1 Nc2-a1-b3-c5 manoeuver for a speculative pawn sacrifice. |
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May-17-11 O Chajes vs C Jaffe, 1911
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| GHOST19: I didn't look further when I saw Bxf7 wins with a mating attack if black tries to keep the material but mate in 3 is better. |
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Feb-22-11 Philidor vs Cotter, 1789
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| GHOST19: I think CG.com added the rook on purpose to let us focus on the main line Kxe7 with a clear evaluation of black losing after Kf8. |
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Jan-15-11 Tata Steel Group A (2011)
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| GHOST19: I saw Nf4 Kh1 Rc1 Ng1 Ne2 h3. Seems playable for white. |
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Jan-06-11 The World vs N Pogonina, 2010
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| GHOST19: h5, no draw.
It's an exhibition game and it will look better played out a little more. |
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