Jan-31-23 Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1955 
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| LoveThatJoker: Beautiful ending.
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Jan-29-23 Clark vs G Burgess, 1989
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| LoveThatJoker: GOTD: Clark Can't
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Jan-29-23 Movsesian vs T Luther, 2003
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| LoveThatJoker: Very impressive from GM Luther! Excellent resources on display from him here. LTJ |
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Jan-22-23 Speelman vs Tal, 1985
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| LoveThatJoker: I like the pun, <MissScarlett>. LTJ |
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Jan-17-23 Smejkal vs Tal, 1975
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| LoveThatJoker: Leonid Verkhovsky:
"26...f5?
Tal falters at the most important moment of the game. After 26...Rd4!! 27. Qc2 Rc4 28. Nc3 Bd4 29. Qb3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qc7 31. Rc1 h5, Black has a tangible advantage." LTJ |
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Jan-16-23 Negi vs A Istratescu, 2014
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| LoveThatJoker: Nice one, <FSR>. LTJ |
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Jan-15-23 S Vokhidov vs A Volokitin, 2022
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| LoveThatJoker: <25. ?> would make for a good Thursday puzzle. I just solved this via the iChess.net PDF of 100 puzzles. Believe me, I am happy that I got it right as the lines are complicated. Here is what I came up with (confirmed by CG's Stockfish as correct after the fact): 25.
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Jan-15-23 Tal vs V Akopian, 1992
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| LoveThatJoker: <CheckItOut> Agreed. LTJ |
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Jan-15-23 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2023
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| LoveThatJoker: Ding Liren and his superior strategical understanding. The way he builds up the attack/offensive configuration is very much beyond me. I find it very impressive, and wish a top GM would do a move by move analysis on this game. LTJ
PS. Hopefully GM Daniel King will do a video ... |
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Jan-11-23 Rublevsky vs C Gabriel, 1992
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| LoveThatJoker: One heck of a game! I love the tactical echo of first Black having a ...Bb4 and ...Nxc3 configuration, followed by White's Bb5 and Nxc6! Both exceedingly rare and attractive...a worthy GOTD for this and other reasons as well. LTJ |
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