Jul-15-11 A Drvota vs Z Szymczak, 1978 
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| RobertLangdon: <Quentinc: <Cormier>, White may have something more decisive, but 20...Qxe6 21.dxe6 Nxd2 22. Rxe7 Nc4 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Rxc7 looks pretty good.>In this line I also saw 23... Rg8 24. Nxe4 g5 25.
Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Nf6+ Kg6 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. e7 and wins. |
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Jun-12-11 Anand vs Lautier, 1997
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| RobertLangdon: After 25.Bd3! [DIAGRAM]
Black resigned in view of 25...Bh1 26.Bb2 Re8 27.Bf6 and zugzwang! |
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May-28-11 Psakhis vs N Mitkov, 1997
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| RobertLangdon: I can't see why after 33.Ne5+ fxe5
[DIAGRAM]
<34.Bxe5> shouldn't win as well because
after 34...Re7,an attempt to give the king a flight square leads to 35.Rf1+ Ke8.
[DIAGRAM]
And here White simply traps the queen with 36.Rg5.
In case of 34...Be7 there follows ... |
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May-21-11 World Championship Candidates (2011)
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| RobertLangdon: links please. |
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Nov-18-10 World Blitz Championship (2010)
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| RobertLangdon: So close.Only 1/2 point seperating the top 3. |
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Apr-24-10 Chiburdanidze vs P Feustel, 1976
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| RobertLangdon: Can <OBIT's> rook ending be won? |
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Mar-29-10 K Kanakari vs M Bartel, 2006
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| RobertLangdon: Ingenious. |
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Mar-28-10 J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986
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| RobertLangdon: I don't think it was a good idea to create a "hole" first with a3 and then castling queenside. |
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Jan-30-10 Corus Group A (2010)
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| RobertLangdon: Topalov is going to be toasted for sure.I was hoping a draw for the sake of last round excitement,but it is always nice to watch a motivated Anand. |
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Oct-21-09 Kibitzer's Café
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| RobertLangdon: I have a question.I am an unrated player and finished my first tournament today.In all nine rounds i faced nine rated players and scored 4 wins 2 loss a draw and got two free points as my opponent didn't come.My rating performance here is 2029.How many games i need to play ... |
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