Apr-11-20 V Moiseenko vs E Bykov, 2018 
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| Rama: Mated by a pawn, nice. |
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Apr-04-20 Levon Aronian
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| Rama: Arianne's obituary was written up in the NY Times with picture 4/3/20. |
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Mar-25-20 Vachier-Lagrave vs Nepomniachtchi, 2020
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| Rama: Win with the Winawer! I always played it as outlined by Alekhine in his 'Notes on Openings' appendix to NY24: 5. ... cxd4! Nimzovitch taught that the French was about the battle for d4 square. Here it is won on move 5. Of course, I was just a club player... |
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Mar-25-20 World Championship Candidates (2020)
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| Rama: Woody, why are you looking for opening innovations? They play the same openings as were played a century ago. (So do I.) The new theory shows up in the middle game, like the advance of your own K-side pawns, Alpha-zero. Get with it. :) |
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Jan-26-20 V Artemiev vs Caruana, 2020
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| Rama: A knife fight! Who else expected a quick draw? |
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Jan-25-20 V Kovalev vs Caruana, 2020
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| Rama: This is the only game won by black in the tournament. I suppose he need only threaten h2 to win, Qb2 or Qh5. |
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Jan-23-20 Vitiugov vs Caruana, 2020
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| Rama: Nimzo says he devised this opening as an "Ideal Queen's Gambit" in which black's center pawns do not advance as they do here on moves 5 and 7. I always played it by exchanging on c3 and then playing d6-e5. This eliminates a 'bad' black Bishop and makes the c8 Bishop 'good'. |
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Dec-11-19 Duras vs P P Saburov, 1906
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| Rama: Tough,if you thought it was black to move. :) |
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Oct-19-19 Nimzowitsch vs Weenink, 1930
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| Rama: The program of restriction reminded me of Alpha zero except it didn't hold up. |
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Oct-16-19 J Cori vs N Huschenbeth, 2012
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| Rama: I liked 19. ...Nxc3, 20. bxc3 Rxc3. White cannot take the black Queen or he winds up down a rook after the checks. So the pawn is won with minimal fuss. |
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