Jun-22-16 Nakamura vs Kramnik, 2012
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Kurochi: What's the drawback of 8... exf4? |
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Apr-04-15 E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1977 
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Kurochi: Can someone clarify me why white didn't/couldn't take the pawn 13. cxb6 ? |
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Jul-23-14 Kamsky vs Kupreichik, 1989
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Kurochi: Dvoretsky in his book "Training for a tournament player" writes that Kupreichik could never reveal his full talent just because he had a very poor endgame knowledge and always struggled with it. Despite that he did manage to get an amazing career and become a grandmaster which is ... |
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May-16-14 Algimantas Butnorius 
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Kurochi: I seen him live once. It seems to me that he has turned blind now as his eyes were very blank and he was always being directed by her wife. Few days after I last saw him in Lithuania he was granted the citizenship of Monaco. |
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Mar-16-14 Vytautas Slapikas 
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Kurochi: IM from Lithuania. In January 2014 he killed his own wife with a knife in front of their two children. Local TV reported that he kept repeating the phrase "I'm a genius" while commiting the crime and the number of wounds on deceased wife's body was around 64 - same amount as the ... |
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Aug-30-13 Carlsen vs T R Nielsen, 2000 
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Kurochi: After 16... Be4+, White can play 17. Bd3 and defend from losing a queen, or am I overlooking something? |
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Apr-09-13 Aloyzas Kveinys 
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Kurochi: <Shams> No, Grivas starts out with 2...Nc6, which may lead to openings like Rossolimo and similar, so it's not that easy to get into it.. Kveinys plays Kan move order and I find it an easier way to get into Qb6 stuff - 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6. Now the only ... |
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Mar-27-13 Grischuk vs Kramnik, 2013 
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Kurochi: Playing Ruy Lopez against Kramnik while knowing that his Berlin Wall is 99% of the times unbreakable? Silly Grischuk... Good game by Kramnik. He surely knows how to handle endgames well. |
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Mar-24-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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Kurochi: Finally a win for Kramnik. Been waiting for it since the start of the tournament :-) Hope to see an interesting game between Carlsen and Kramnik tomorrow. Have a nice evening everyone. |
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