Oct-26-12 Y Hou vs Nakamura, 2012
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| Il Palazzo: 51.d5+ is a really strange move, I wonder what Nakamura had in mind... GM Safarli said that "is interesting, but I think unnecessary" ( http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... ). Is there some hidden threat? The position before the move looks completely drawn by logical means: ... |
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Oct-02-12 Nakamura vs Giri, 2012 
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| Il Palazzo: 47. g5!! was an absolute monster move out of the blue. Maybe it doesn't win on the spot but... Black has something to worry about. |
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Sep-10-12 Levon Aronian
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| Il Palazzo: I must say that, as a chess player, the most difficult thing in a game is to avoid any major blunder. Heck, I wish I was stupid like GM Aronian doing that! By the way, hats off! Another wonderful performance in the Olympiad for him and Armenia! |
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Sep-09-12 Hikaru Nakamura
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| Il Palazzo: <Jim Bartle: If you're going to complain about teammates' play, you need to be sure not to lose in the next round.> From GM Nakamura's twitter:
<I am simply making a general statement about team events. No need for everyone to freak out and assume there is more to ... |
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Jun-15-12 Morozevich vs Nakamura, 2012
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| Il Palazzo: <It also explains why Moro appeared to be irritated by what he may have taken to be false humility on Naka's part.> He should see some of the games Nakamura lost against Carlsen, Aronian or Ivanchuk. Then he would know why Nakamura is so worried about missing plans even ... |
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May-16-12 A Stripunsky vs Nakamura, 2012
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| Il Palazzo: On move 62 if the pawn was on g5, rather than g4, the exchange sacrifice would have been winning. |
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Apr-06-12 I Hatem
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| Il Palazzo: Trolls trolling trolls. |
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Feb-05-12 Luke McShane
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| Il Palazzo: McShane just won 2 games in the Schachbundesliga, rocketing up to 2701 in the live rating. He's always a surprise when he plays in London, where he has shown an incredible quality of play even against the best out there. Now he surpassed this symbolical mark, which is a fantastic |
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Jan-25-12 B Adhiban vs E Goudriaan, 2012
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| Il Palazzo: Black missed the winning line here. After 46. Ng6 the right move was Ne5+. So the line goes 47. Nxe5 (every other move just drops the pawn on c4 and eventually Black will win also the a pawn) Kxe5 48. Ke3 h5! 49. gxh5 Kxf5 50. Kf3 Kg5 51.Ke4 a5!! winning the crucial tempo to ... |
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Jan-08-12 Nakamura vs Giri, 2012
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| Il Palazzo: <National Master Dale: What will black do to win if white shuffles a rook back and forth from d1 to b1 ?> There are different plans that work here, I'll try to illustrate a logical solution. Black advances his kingside pawns trying to bring the king to the square g4. An ... |
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