Feb-10-06 Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 2006 
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| HardBoys: That leaves White with the following
continuation after 43...Neg5!:
44 Rb8+ Nf8 45 gxf4 Ne6 46 Bc4! Nxd4!
(46...Nxf4+ 47 Kf3 g5 48 h4! is not
impressive for Black) 47 Bd3! (White
sets a final cute trap: If now 47...
Ra1 48 f5 Rxa2 49 e6! fxe6 50 dxe6 Nxe6 (Or ... |
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Feb-01-06 M Kappe vs Kasparov, 1977
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| HardBoys: Rooks are tough. |
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Feb-01-06 Kasparov vs Vasalomidze, 1976
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| HardBoys: As I said, it's a sophisticated type
of sac. You're looking wrongly for
an immediate tactical punishment of
27...Rxb6, Rochade. In fact, the
answer is rather mundane. Since the
f8-rook is currently jammed by
Black's queen from quickly crossing
over to b8 and ... |
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Feb-01-06 A Shakarov vs Kasparov, 1976
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| HardBoys: Garry frequently played this setup
(QN on d7, rather than c6) in his
youth, but rarely in maturity.
It's blown out by an appropriately
timed g4!, pinching the Black knights,
which is why I gave it up myself. |
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Feb-01-06 Kasparov vs C McNab, 1977
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| HardBoys: Fighting spirit. An important
quality in a champion. The early
games can be raw. Many of these are.
But what are we seeing again and
again in them? |
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Jan-14-06 Dlugy vs V Zaltsman, 1983
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| HardBoys: The first professional whipping? |
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Jan-14-06 Alburt vs Dlugy, 1983
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| HardBoys: Max begins to develop his
refreshingly direct style based
on tactical sequences... |
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Jan-14-06 Keene vs Dlugy, 1982
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| HardBoys: I don't know about 16 Ne5.
16 Ne4 is one move.
For some reason tho, the Tal-like
16 d5! keeps springing to mind.
You must have looked at this briefly,
Ray, and of course, 16...b4! is
the next answer. But did you look
at just playing 17 Ne2! then?
Something ... |
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Jan-14-06 Dlugy vs E Schiller, 1980
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| HardBoys: Professional technique by Black until
move 20, when just 20...Nxf4 is a
good deal simpler than what Schiller did. |
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Jan-14-06 Dzindzichashvili vs Dlugy, 1984
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| HardBoys: First rate technique by Dlugy. |
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