May-19-05 Adams vs Topalov, 2005 
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TonyOliva: Those are good points.... Thanks for the insight! And the only thing I have in common with the baseball player is that I'm Cuban also. |
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Mar-03-05 Kasparov vs Leko, 2005 
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TonyOliva: <Joshka> Thanks for the welcome!!! I am Cuban-American (my parents immigrated to the U.S. in the early 60s, I'm an Army brat born in the U.S)....but I am not nor am related to the baseball player (although I did meet him once). My father learned chess when Jose Raul ... |
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Nov-15-04 A Dadian vs Doubrava, 1896 
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TonyOliva: Even if Black doesn't take the Bishop with 5. ...Kf8, 6. Ng5 still threatens to win the Queen with the fork on e6. |
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Nov-12-04 S Slipak vs F Braga, 1998 
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TonyOliva: Someone may have looked this through... if so, I apologize. But when I analyzed this I came up with the following: 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. RxN pxR (else White is up a Knight)31. Qd4... (Threatening 32. Qxf6#) A. If 31. ... Qh4 (protecting f6) 32. g3 Qh5 33. Qxf6# B. If 31. ... Kg7 32. g4 |
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Oct-28-04 Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968 
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TonyOliva: When I looked at this puzzle, I began with 35. ... Rd3 prior to ...Qh5 (36. QxR Nf2+ wins the queen, and 36. Qb4 Qh5 makes the ending a little cleaner... Any thoughts on this approach? |
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