May-10-24 M Sinner vs N Miezis, 1997 
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| Honey Blend: The mortal sin I see here is 11. ♕g4, exposing the Queen where the simple 11. 0-0 would have saved his game, e.g. 11. ... ♕g6 12. ♘f3 and continue developing, say putting rooks to b and/or e-files and so on. |
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Nov-09-23 Blackburne vs J B L'Oste, 1885
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| Honey Blend: 42. ♗e5 looks more deadly, then again this is an 1880's simul. Seventh rank infiltrations are effective as always. |
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Oct-13-23 A Suleymenov vs Carlsen, 2023
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| Honey Blend: Thanks to MC, chess museums 200 years later might be filled with lipsticks, watches, and other suspicious looking apparati that can be put in the inconspicuous ends of someone's digestive system. |
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Sep-27-23 M Basman vs Keene, 1968
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| Honey Blend: Might just me be, but this is a bit below Batman's belt... |
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Sep-17-23 R Seltzer vs J Curdo, 1991
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| Honey Blend: 15. exf5 ♗xf5 16. ♘de4, to further support ♘g5, might have been a better plan. |
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Aug-15-23 A Passov vs J Sammour-Hasbun, 1991
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| Honey Blend: 20. ♖f1 looks more sensible. White's king can still get away after something like 20. ... ♕xh5+ 21. ♔d2 ♖ad8+ 22. ♔c1 ♗g5 23. ♘c3 ♕xh3 24. ♘xe4 ♗xe3+ 25. ♔b1 [DIAGRAM] Either that or 20. ... ♖ad8 21. ... |
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Jul-10-23 Geller vs Sveshnikov, 1978
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| Honey Blend: I would have gone for the exchange sac 25. ♕xe4 ♕xd1 26. ♕xe6 ♘e5 27. ♕xd6 ♗f6 28. ♖d2 ♕b1 29. ♘xf6 ♘xc4 30. bxc4 ♖xf6 31. ♕d8+ ♖f8 32. ♕xa5 ♕c1 33. ♕d5 ♕xc3 34. g3 ♕f6 ... |
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Jul-06-23 Duda vs D Abel, 2015
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| Honey Blend: <A dud was I, ere I saw Duda> should have been the palindrome here. |
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Jun-11-23 M Notkin vs A Rychagov, 1996
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| Honey Blend: 36. ... ♕b2 might have saved the game. On 37. ♕g6+ ♘g7 39. ♖d7 Black has 39. ... f5 40. ♖xg7+ ♕xg7 41. ♕e6+ ♕f7 42. ♕xc8+ ♔g7 and he can definitely hold this. |
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Jun-09-23 P Shuvalova vs A Maltsevskaya, 2021
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| Honey Blend: 14. ♘e4 might come to mind because 14. ... dxe4? 15. ♕d8# can be ruled out, but the question is where will Black move his KB? If 14. ... ♗b6 15. ♘d6+, so 14. ... ♗e7 or ♗b4 will be the options, and 14. ... ♘d7 might be an option too to ... |
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