Aug-27-25 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006
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| Petrosianic: Here's the 2005 game that Topalov mentioned:
TOPALOV: <Blunders as in the 2005 M-Tel Masters in Sofia, ... in the game against me... There he first missed a two-move line that won a piece, and some moves later left his knight en prise. So I realized that after all this time ... |
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Aug-20-25 Sinquefield Cup (2025) 
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| Petrosianic: <perfidious: When the likes of a dominant titleholder reigns, the refrains of 'Boring!' resound throughout the land; now that we have seen struggles from Ding and Gukesh, they are relentlessly slagged by players everywhere who couldn't touch them on the best day of their ... |
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Aug-18-25 Dragoljub Janosevic
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| Petrosianic: Janosevice not only got a win against Fischer, he actually had a lifetime winning record against Bobby, +1-0=2. |
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Aug-13-25 A Kevitz vs Fischer, 1971
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| Petrosianic: <perfidious>: Okay, yeah, a couple more times. And I forgot that he played it pretty freely in the 1992 match. |
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Aug-13-25 Charles Henin
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| Petrosianic: <GrahamClayton>: <Finished 5th in 1953 US Junior Championship at Kansas City.> He tied for 2nd in the 1956 US Junior. |
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Aug-11-25 Fred Reinfeld
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| Petrosianic: So, how are Fred's notes in the above game?
Well, on Move 8, when Fred gives his detailed evaluation of how great the position is for White, it's still actually more or less equal, given best play. And in fact, Fred's recommended 10. g4! isn't the best. 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 ... |
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Aug-10-25 E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909
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| Petrosianic: An example of how confused Stockfish's verbal explanations often are. Of 24. Rc1?, it says "The game was close to equal, but now White is in a losing position." Then, of the next move, 24...Rxc1, it says "This is an equal trade." No, it isn't, it's a winning move. But of White's |
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Aug-08-25 Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1914
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| Petrosianic: <perfidious>: <Especially in those early days, game collections on the greats had a tendency to very often lapse into paeans to that player and compendia of how their opponents could not put a foot right.> There's a section in one Irving Chernev book about "The ... |
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Aug-08-25 GrahamClayton chessforum
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| Petrosianic: <GrahamClayton>: <A nice puzzle by Latvian chess composer Johann Sehwers> How did you manage to get a black and white diagram, instead of brown and white? Is there some command to change the colors? |
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Aug-08-25 Christopher Yoo
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| Petrosianic: <paulalbert>: <His father claims he suffers from autism.> If that's supposed to be an excuse for the behavior, it's more like an invitation to permaban Yoo. The victims have to be protected, and if the offense was caused by a condition that isn't going away, then a ... |
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