Apr-04-23 I Rogers vs S Megaranto, 2001 
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| Oxspawn: I was so fixated on finding a way to take the pawn on h6 that I did not see how 26. g3 led anywhere except losing the knight. Is there a useful oil I can pour into my ear to 'unfix' the brain? |
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Apr-03-23 E Joppen vs B Rabar, 1954
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| Oxspawn: The first treat on a Monday is seeing the quick mate. The longer lasting treat is playing through the game. |
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Feb-03-23 V Gashimov vs Gelfand, 2011
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| Oxspawn: Blindfold? Really? I would have nicked one of his knights when Gashimov wasn't looking. And still lost. |
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Oct-26-22 P Tregubov vs Shulman, 1994
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| Oxspawn: <Mel gibson> <Stockfish 15 is so far ahead of me and anyone else on earth then why not consult it?> I guess because we are trying to participate rather than observe. This is not a criticism. I hardly ever 'solve' anything and end up playing through the game, thinking I ... |
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May-20-22 P Haener vs O Mihok, 2011
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| Oxspawn: <If I can find it, it's not Friday level>
If I can't find it it could be Friday level, or Thursday or Wednesday, sometimes Tuesday, occasionally Monday. Some people just don't know how to handle success. |
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Feb-15-22 Furman vs Klovans, 1964
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| Oxspawn: Beautiful attack. Mondays and Tuesdays much too hard <mel gibson>. I'll hang on for Sunday and slow cook it with a stock-cube! |
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Feb-07-22 N Yakubboev vs M Demidov, 2019
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| Oxspawn: I too find find the Mondays tough and don't always get them (today 'partly') but I prefer this to the 'easy peasy' Mondays. If its not hurting, its not working. |
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Nov-23-21 H Munoz Sotomayor vs R Gonzalez, 1998
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| Oxspawn: Just to add that there are no complaints here about being too easy. I love any POTD I can understand. |
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Nov-02-21 Tiviakov vs Ponomariov, 2001
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| Oxspawn: What <Once> said. If I'd been white I would played on with 25. Qxg8+... especially if I had also been black. |
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Jul-19-21 Robatsch vs Bisguier, 1961
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| Oxspawn: I spent a couple of minutes working out how to fork the white queen and king by getting my own queen off f2. Finally the penny dropped that it was my own queen that needed to be taken so the white rook would block the king's escape. The white pieces really do get in each other's ... |
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