Dec-25-10 Yifan Hou 
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Slotermeyer: Long live the new World Champion! And look out for that Norwegian guy. ;-) |
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Sep-15-10 B Lindberg vs Nyback, 2003 
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Slotermeyer: 39. Qxc5# (zeitnot?) |
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Sep-14-10 Larsen vs B Ostenstad, 1985 
Apr-25-10 Torre vs B Verlinsky, 1925 
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Slotermeyer: Leibnoob, after a swap of Q vs R on f8, it is indeed a trivial win. If Black moves the h pawn, it will drop. If not, Bh6! traps the Black King in the corner, with the plan Kg1----f6, Bg7, and Ne5-g4-h6#. |
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May-05-08 Magnus Carlsen 
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Slotermeyer: Magnus is about 2800 strength judging from the last year or two's performance. Anand is still a tough nut for Magnus to crack, but apart from him there is no clearly better player today. No luck, just talent and hard work. |
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Jan-27-08 Corus Group A (2008) 
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Slotermeyer: My 2 cents' worth:
4. the best calculator: tie between Slomarko and Rybka 14. the best "coffehouse player" to provoke mistakes: Carlsen – but only because his opponent had a bad day and that overrated Carlsen kid was incredibly lucky; in fact his opponent played like a ... |
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Dec-11-07 World Cup (2007) 
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Slotermeyer: Hmm...I was just wondering...if we could go over all wrongdoings of the past decade or two, within international chess, especially the World Championships? And when we have sorted those small problems out in a civil manner, why not turn to something more important like, say, ... |
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Dec-08-07 Hans Arild Runde 
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Slotermeyer: <<slomarko Aug-25-06:> yes page 300 but fischer has much more. i still think he is overated. sure he can beat chess retired players like nunn or ljubojevic (today carlssen will win i coz can see ljubojevic plays slow doesnt understand the position). or he can win ... |
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Dec-08-07 Gata Kamsky 
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Slotermeyer: Hey guys, just for fun – let's discuss something *completely* different... Who, IYHO, is the legitimate World Champion? :-D :-D
(Hides behind upended table in Saloon corner) |
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Jun-15-07 Y Quesada Perez vs P Pazos Gambarrotti, 2001
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Slotermeyer: Oops! The back rank killed black...this followed that Fischer-Miagmarsuren game for quite a bit. |
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