Dec-24-13 Santa Claus 
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Othy: Dear Santa,
Pawndrops in Bughouse, three-fold repetition
Advanced knight outposts and long opposition
rook lifts on third ranks for checkmating kings
These are a few of my favorite things.
Weak backward queen-pawns on half-open files
Daring defenses played by Tony Miles
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Dec-16-13 Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 
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Othy: 79 on Guess-the-Move, though I consider this too high. ELO 2100. I've never reviewed many of Tal's games (completely against my style). I preferred 16.Bxe6, which seems to win in much simpler fashion than the game continuation. After that point I was not at all happy with the position ... |
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Nov-29-13 G Guseinov vs Areshchenko, 2013
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Othy: From a cursory review with a computer, Black defended very well and White never had a forced breakthrough. Both players played mostly best moves. |
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Nov-29-13 Ivanchuk vs R Mamedov, 2013
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Othy: What's most incredible about this game is that for all of the quality game moves there is a mountain of astounding lines waiting in the depths for those who invest the time to study them. |
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Nov-29-13 Khenkin vs Ivanchuk, 2013 
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Othy: 16.Nb4??
16.Nxe7+ is clearly decisive for White. |
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