Aug-09-23 de Firmian vs Lautier, 1990 
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| actinia: I had 29. Nxf7 Rxe3 30. Nxd8 threatening fxe3 and Nxe6 which is also winning so I stopped looking |
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Aug-08-23 W Ju vs U Fataliyeva, 2023
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| actinia: 58. ... Bxa4 gives black more than a 5 pawn advantage according to SF |
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Aug-07-23 Vocaturo vs R Di Paolo, 2010
Jul-31-23 Lupulescu vs A Brkic, 2020
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| actinia: Stockfish 15.1 depth 30 still chooses Ng6 and I have up waiting. |
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Jul-25-23 S Siebrecht vs W Schwaninger, 2007
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| actinia: I used to play Pirc/modern and games like this hurt! These occasional beautiful attacking games by white are ultimately unavoidable and why I had to give it up. |
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Jun-17-23 Barcza vs Golombek, 1952
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| actinia: I worked out Bxh7+ Kxh7 23 Ng5+ to a win but it gets pretty messy |
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Mar-27-23 A Volokitin vs Adams, 2023
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| actinia: I'm not an Italian game player so don't know much theory. The past two games black was pretty much lost out of the opening. Here black tries a speculative pawn sac from a cramped position to put a knight on d3, only to lose the knight and c4 pawn. |
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Mar-26-23 Adams vs A Volokitin, 2023
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| actinia: Volokitin must have prepared trading off his dark squares bishop but it leaves black's king weak for the rest of the game. By the end white has consolidated his position with an extra piece and can focus on finding the winning plan. Dragon players would normally rather give up an ... |
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Mar-17-23 Lutikov vs Y Sakharov, 1969
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| actinia: Positionally, Ne2 ties black up and it is the CG engine's first choice as well as the favorite movie for Stockfish 14+ at depth 24. Black can trade knight for the d3 bishop but then he is really weak on dark squares. Great time for a positional puzzle for a change but CG gives the ... |
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Nov-09-22 M Salami vs M Godena, 2001
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| actinia: <Brenin> both lines are clearly winning |
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