Oct-01-11 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011 
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| GaeBulg: Thursday = Thor's Day |
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Jul-06-11 P Beggi vs G Bocchicchio, 1994
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| GaeBulg: I first looked for some zugzwang positions, but with the knight, I couldn't find a way to set it up. After I looked for a way to break the fortress, and it seems that Bh5 does the trick. |
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Apr-20-11 Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011
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| GaeBulg: I saw Rf7, but that's no good as I missed some of black's defenses...I did not see the Rg7 sac. I saw:
36. Rf7 Rh6 37. Rd7
Which I thought was winning, but I missed 37...Qb5 which ruins my plans... |
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Jan-31-11 Hikaru Nakamura
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| GaeBulg: If Naka passes 2785, would he be the highest ever rated American? I only know Fischer got to 2785, did any other Americans beat that? I mean, of course there's rating inflation, but still, could be interesting. |
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Oct-20-10 J Klinger vs Glek, 1990
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| GaeBulg: I saw the forced mate moderately quickly...but I spent some time looking at if black declined the sac Qc8+ with Nf8...And it took me a while to realize after Nf8, black's queen is hanging. haha |
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Sep-27-10 A Burns vs Blackburne, 1885
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| GaeBulg: I thought it was White to move...didn't work out too well haha. |
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Apr-05-10 Cochrane vs Somacarana, 1856
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| GaeBulg: This is a mate in 6...but I didn't think a Monday puzzle should be so hard. I only saw 29...Qf3+ 30 Kh4 (if Rxf3 Rxh2#) Bf6+ 31. Bg5 (forced) Qxd3 winning the white queen. I figured that would be the best move if the guy avoided the mate; however, there is a mate in 6...so I guess ... |
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Mar-29-10 Smyslov vs Lutikov, 1960
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| GaeBulg: I did see the continuation 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nh5+ forking the Queen...but I saw that white won no material for that play and merely traded off material. This made me think that this continuation was wrong and that there was a superior one. I couldn't find any, so I gave up lol. |
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Mar-18-10 Polgar vs K Arkell, 1988
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| GaeBulg: This is about the first thursday puzzle that I've gotten... |
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Mar-14-10 D S Botto vs L Christiansen, 1975
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| GaeBulg: I saw Qxe3, but I missed the game's defense for White... |
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