Mar-29-18 Karpov vs Kamsky, 1992 
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Stratic: I think that the very fact that you must look so closely at this game is responsible for any amount of hype. White's pawn development and the backbone of his attack reminds me of the simple yet inexorable attacks of Morphy and Fischer, but there is such an abundance of patience and ... |
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Mar-26-18 F Acevedo vs Alekhine, 1932 
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Stratic: There is no beautiful ending here, but Alekhine's play is very compelling! Black creates an isolani on d5 and as the central imbalance, White puts much effort into preventing Black from cramming it down his gullet, since this is the prescribed method for Black. Black's rook lift is ... |
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Mar-21-18 Alekhine vs K Treybal, 1923
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Stratic: Positionally, I'd say Alekhine's mistake was using both bishops merely to ward off a rook, while attacking two bishops with a lone rook on the other side and no coordination between sides due to poor pawn choices. This was clearly an imposter! |
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Mar-19-18 Zakar vs Szabo, 1933 
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Stratic: Edit: sorry, that should be Black has no need to wait. |
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