Dec-17-15 Shankland vs J Hector, 2015 
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| MTuraga: Looking at the game without any computer consultation, it seems that Johny violated classic principle of the center. He did not contest the center which was controlled by Sam Shankland and
gradually lost the game. |
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Jan-31-15 London Chess Classic (2014)
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| MTuraga: Why the aversion to someone's age? Why not focus on performance? Seems that we are biased on age factor which is not the right frame of thinking. Imagine how difficult it is for a 40 year old battling a 20 year old and holding his/her own against the younger generation. Human ... |
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Sep-22-14 The World vs Naiditsch, 2014
Jun-26-14 RandomVisitor chessforum
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| MTuraga: New game - Stockfish 5 64
Blitz:150'+60" Hyderabad, India
2048MB, Fritz10.ctg, Dell
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 0–0 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 [11.Bf4; 11.Nc3] 11...Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 (seems an inaccuracy. What does it ... |
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Dec-02-13 Magnus Carlsen
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| MTuraga: I think most top GMs are sporting enough to accept a well played game by their opponent and do not want to win because of a mistake caused by exhaustion. They do not believe in a "win at all costs" theory but are gentle enough to accept a draw. They would like to win only if they ... |
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Nov-23-13 Viswanathan Anand
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| MTuraga: Anand's press conference comments:
"In hindsight the position looks different but when you are playing over the board, it looks different" "Game 5 loss was a big blow. I played exactly what i wanted to avoid, making mistakes in long games. There was no reason for that mistake. In ... |
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Nov-21-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)
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| MTuraga: FINAL POSITION:
[DIAGRAM] |
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Nov-12-13 S Williams vs The World, 2013
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| MTuraga: Those who are voting Nxa2 forgot to add the + sign for check. Can chessgames staff correct this simple error instead of counting it as a separate move? |
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