May-25-06 R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975 
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| RankAndFile: Whoa! I have NEVER seen a king do this and live to tell about it! |
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Feb-04-06 Capablanca vs E Reeve, 1919
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| RankAndFile: <You're right! This game is comedy of the highest order! Capa puts his rook deep into enemy territory, the black then surrounds this rook to prevents it's escape and spends several moves doing so. Just when it looks like the rook is gonna go bye-bye, Capa launches a vicious ... |
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Jan-25-06 Shirov vs K Spraggett, 2005
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| RankAndFile: <TopaLove><YouRang> Maybe I didn't word it correctly, but my point remains the same...34Qh5? 35.Qxd7+! and the material loss is just too much too overcome. Like I say, either queen move loses for black. |
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Jan-25-06 Capablanca vs G Ravinsky, 1935
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| RankAndFile: Wow. Capablanca playing Petrosian style chess! Battle lines are LITERALLY drawn in the center of the board in stonewall formation. What follows is some of the finest behind enemy lines movements I have ever seen.Capablanca's position is so solid he has time to walk his king to ... |
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Jan-22-06 Tal vs Salnikov, 1970
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| RankAndFile: 13.Nc4 is not a blunder. In fact this knight is immune from capture because of 14.Bxg5+! threats.<beatgiant> <It might continue 13. Nc4 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 Kd7 15. 0-0 Kc7 16. Nd6, etc. with a continuing speculative attack for a piece.> This continuation is flawed because |
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Jan-22-06 Aronian vs Van Wely, 2006
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| RankAndFile: Interesting game. In the second half Aronian is drastically behind in material. But he's not taking anything lying down! He fights like a mad dog all the way till the end. It was not Van Wely's material advantage that allowed him to win, but ACCURATE and ACTIVE defense that ... |
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Jan-21-06 Capablanca vs G Walcott, 1911
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| RankAndFile: Interesting. 35...d5 is forced because if not 36. Nb4! traps the rook. Unfourtunately, black could'nt both protect his rook AND the e6 pawn after which when it falls so does black's defense. |
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