Oct-25-23 Champions Showdown 9LX (2023)
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| Helios727: In any event, congratulations to Sam Sevian for his win and great performance. |
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Oct-18-23 Samuel Sevian
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| Helios727: Did he ever play in the World Junior Championship? |
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Jun-12-23 Jesus Maria de la Villa Garcia
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| Helios727: 1...Kd2 2.Kg1 Ke2 3.Kh1 Nc4 4.Kg1 Ne5 5.Kh1 Nf3 6.gxf3 Kf2 7.f4 g2+ 8.Kh2 g1=Q+ 9.Kh3 Qg3# |
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May-04-23 Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023) 
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| Helios727: Did they explain why the time increment only starts on move 61 instead of from the start? |
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Apr-25-23 Petrosian vs Reshevsky, 1953
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| Helios727: Stockfish gives White +1.49 in the final position. |
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Apr-14-23 Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1970
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| Helios727: <this was the first time Fischer had had a friendly interchange with his American rival.> For all his faults, Fischer knew how to be a team player when it really counted. |
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Mar-31-23 Smyslov vs Petrosian, 1953
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| Helios727: Stockfish says that 37.Be7 threw away a win for White, but then Black gave the win back with 42...Qd2. White threw it away again with 46.d7, only to have Black give it back with 46...Qe5, assuming Smyslov had found 47.Qd6. |
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Mar-17-23 Petrosian vs Geller, 1953
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| Helios727: The same 2 out of 3 men who did this at Curacao. |
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Mar-15-23 Joshua Sheng
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| Helios727: Wikipedia says he became a GM in 2021. So that needs to be updated. |
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Mar-04-23 Najdorf vs Kotov, 1953
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| Helios727: After 12...Re8, Bronstein says in his Zurich book, "Black did not play ...Qc7 before castling; now he prepares ...c5, but clears a spot for his bishop at f8 in anticipation of a possible d5 in reply." Okay, why is it important to reserve a spot at f8 for the bishop in that ... |
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