Dec-12-22 N Riumin vs I Rabinovich, 1935 
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| Yogi Darwin: Seemed hard for Monday but, surprisingly, I got it anyway! |
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Dec-05-22 A Kubbel vs Ragozin, 1929
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| Yogi Darwin: I joined team Qf2.
This is a Monday puzzle? |
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Dec-30-14 Topalov vs Anand, 2004
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| Yogi Darwin: I really appreciate all those who, like me, came up with . . . a3. Thanks for posting! |
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Feb-05-14 Aronian vs Van Wely, 2014
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| Yogi Darwin: Wow. Can't believe I solved a Wednesday puzzle so quickly! Perhaps I should retire from chess after this glorious victory? Nah. |
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Dec-13-13 Ljubojevic vs Van der Wiel, 1986
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| Yogi Darwin: Got all moves up to the resignation. Surprised by it because the threat of c4 was beyond my feeble brain's capabilities. |
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Sep-17-13 Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2005
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| Yogi Darwin: The Black King must have been exhausted from all that running around. What an interesting game! |
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Sep-11-13 R Garcia vs E Figueroa, 1963
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| Yogi Darwin: Just a quick thanks to Sneaky and others who posted the same mistake I made. N x f6 looked so obvious as long as it is permissible to pretend one's own K is not in check! Maybe someday I'll look at the entire board before making a move. The actual correct move, blocking the ... |
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Jun-21-13 J O Fries-Nielsen vs D Gollub, 1983
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| Yogi Darwin: Elegant solution to attacking the f4 square - entice your opponent to vacate it! I went for the inferior B x f4 approach. Very nice puzzle. |
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Jun-08-13 R Kempinski vs E Berg, 2012
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| Yogi Darwin: Saw it up to but not including the brilliant sacrifice of the second rook. Queen, bishop, and pawn on h5 were sufficient to get the job done. |
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Jun-05-13 Karpov vs M W Wills, 1972
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| Yogi Darwin: I am usually a poor end game player but this position made 59. N x d5 easy to see. |
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