Aug-05-07 M Etmans vs R Janssen, 2004 
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| MacFyffe: I'm going to have to agree with <apple pi>. Why sac for black's dark bishop that was pretty locked up anyway. |
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Jun-15-07 J Penrose vs M Blau, 1957
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| MacFyffe: I thought I saw ...
16. Nb5 cxb5
17. Bxb5 Qxb5
18. Qxe7 mate
But then again, I thought I saw a "puddy tat". |
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Jun-13-07 N Ioseliani vs J Xie, 2001
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| MacFyffe: The joy of this puzzle isn't so much that the first move for white is particularly difficult to find, but in exploring the complexities of the lines that follow. There are certainly enjoyable difficult puzzles, and then there are puzzles like this one whose joy is in running down ... |
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Sep-25-04 Leko vs Kramnik, 2004
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| MacFyffe: Do you get the impression that Kramnik prepared all the way through to this position and feels quite comfortable with his chances? Maybe he is taking his time with this move as a sort of "freeze out". Remember, this new line was of Kramnick's choosing after all. |
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Aug-27-04 King's Indian Attack (A07)
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| MacFyffe: <Dudley & RisingChamp> Thanks for the comments. I am taking Seirawan's suggestion from his book "Winning Chess Openings" to play the KIA, but he doesn't go into too great of detail to explain the positional advantages. I am really quite new to really studying chess, but I |
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Jul-30-04 Morphy vs E Morphy, 1856
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| MacFyffe: I see that their are only two instances of 7...Bxc3. Why is this move so unpopular. I suppose it is a violation of the thought behind the Evans gambit, but I don't see it right off. |
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