Apr-18-18 S Polgar vs Yudasin, 1991 
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| Nova: 30. Ne8! Is a nice dual threat of 31. Qf8# and 31. Qg7# Good recognition! |
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Feb-23-18 S Kindermann vs Yusupov, 1995
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| Nova: Golly what a crazy game. Was Black's queen sac sound at the start? He has a rook for the queen at that point. I didn't like White's 25. Nc7. Why try to trade off his excellent knight? It controls the center AND blocks the center file for Black's rooks. Any computer analysis of this ... |
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Feb-16-18 Bronstein vs A Khasin, 1957
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| Nova: I must ask what is so special about 25. Qa3? Is it that White is inducing Black to capture on c4? I must have much to learn about chess, because White's attack comes so quickly and effectively over Black |
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Feb-07-18 Capablanca vs C H Reid, 1928
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| Nova: What happened here? Was Capablanca just outplayed that easily? This game seems so atypical of Capablanca. |
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Sep-03-17 Averbakh vs Bondarevsky, 1948
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| Nova: Wow, excellent comments! Thank you <eaglewing> and <Petrosianic>! |
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Jul-06-17 Lautier vs M Gurevich, 1993
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| Nova: According to <Howard>, this game is "one of Lautier's most memorable games." This last-round victory over Gurevich in the 1993 Biel interzonal gave Lautier a place in the 1994 Candidates. Seemingly it involves some deep preparation in a QGD. I must say I don't like Black's ... |
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Jul-06-17 Kamsky vs Lautier, 1993
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| Nova: Beautiful White attack! It is astonishing how Black's kingside is ripped to shreds with White sacrifices, yet he is still able to mate with Queen and Bishop! |
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Jul-03-17 George Grasser
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| Nova: <zanzibar> haha good observation! It's like correspondence chess...but for conversation ;) |
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Jun-23-17 Kramnik vs Junior, 2000
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| Nova: Is this Kramnik's famous Stonewall beats computer game?? If so this should be a GOTD! Pun suggestions? "Stonewall Kramnik" |
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Jun-23-17 Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001
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| Nova: Has anyone ever beat a computer faster than this?? |
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