Nov-12-19 Kenneth S Rogoff 
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| Willber G: <Everett: <WPE> re: Holland Like the other Scandinavian countries, Holland has like-minded peoples (protestant work-ethic types).> You seem to be implying that Holland (The Netherlands) is Scandinavian, but it's not. |
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Oct-28-19 Sznapik vs D Komljenovic, 1987
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| Willber G: <stacase: Someone on a chat board a long time ago told me that @@ meant "eyes roll" but I can't verify that on a "What does @@ mean" search.> https://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref... |
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Oct-04-19 R Loetscher vs M Bluebaum, 2016
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| Willber G: <mel gibson: What's going on? All the replies including an old reply from me are talking about move 27 when the puzzle calls for move 28.> It was previously a Saturday puzzle starting a move earlier. |
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Aug-27-19 Karpov vs Salov, 1993
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| Willber G: I saw 33.Qxg6 hxg6 32.Rh4 quickly but it took me longer to work out what to do after 33...Be7. |
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Jun-27-19 Psakhis vs I Efimov, 1991
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| Willber G: <SugarDom: Nxc7!> Black doesn't have to accept the sacrifice so the benefit to white is minimal compared to Nb6+. |
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Jun-13-19 T Banusz vs N E Povah, 2018
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| Willber G: <patzer2: <Random Visitor> Thanks for the post about Povah and his "Monkey's Bun" opening variation.> It's <Monkey's Bum>, as in backside. I met Nigel Povah about 15 years ago. At that time he had a company that ran management development courses which I was ... |
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Jun-05-19 J Bentley vs S Tavares, 2018
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| Willber G: <al wazir: Why didn't white play 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qxd7, etc.?> 27...Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 (forced, the K has no escape) Qxd7 |
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Jun-04-19 Delarochette vs J Negro, 1983
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| Willber G: <DrGridlock: <Phony Benoni: So, which night do we check with after 21. ..Qb1+ 22.Rxb1? My general principle is to do the harder work first, so since the one in a3 is further away that's the one I'd use.> Aren't all knight moves exactly the same (first one step, then two ... |
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May-29-19 L Day vs D Bailey, 1983
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| Willber G: I chose 35.Rh7+ which wins the game but loses the puzzle. |
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May-27-19 Karsten Larsen vs A Rustemov, 2001
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| Willber G: <saturn2: I only see a won pawn ending. 38...Qf1+ 39. Kc2 Nxd2 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Kxd2> If 39.Kc2 then a check by the knight reveals a discovered attack on the white queen. |
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