Dec-22-19 Imad Hakki
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| alshatranji: Peak rating 2469. How does it feel to get so close to being a grand master and not get it? |
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Nov-17-19 Szabo vs V Tukmakov, 1970 
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| alshatranji: I spent a lot of time on 36...Qd7, 37.Bxf8 f5. Crazy I know, but today is "insane", right? Eventually, I found the line had some attacking chances, but nothing at all solid. So I went back to the obvious move. The "solution" is practically forced. |
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Nov-16-19 Alburt vs D E Vigorito, 1993
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| alshatranji: Sometimes before you find the solution, you have to find the problem. Here the obvious 24. Rxb7 is met with 24... qxb1+, then 25.qxb1 bxb7, with what looks like an equal position. From there it becomes clear that the queen sacrifice is practically the only way to proceed. But it |
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Oct-20-19 S Volkov vs C Balogh, 2007
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| alshatranji: So 17. dxe5 is basically the first idea that comes tom mind. However, I had Rxd1 18. exf6 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 gxf6 20. Nh5, with what seemed like a good attack, which now doesn't look that forcing. Instead, I should have planned with the foresight and confidence of a grandmaster: ... |
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Oct-11-19 M Bluebaum vs A Korobov, 2016
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| alshatranji: Interesting. I thought the solution would be 16. Rh3, followed by Bxg4 17. exf6 Bxh3 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. Bxh3 Rxg7, and White has a material advantage. I didn't even consider other options. But it seems this is not so good. Stockfish gives Black a small advantage. Well. What White ... |
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Sep-15-19 R H Steinmeyer vs Berliner, 1959
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| alshatranji: Do Black must have seen 38... Qxd1 in advance. Really beautiful. |
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Sep-14-19 Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914
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| alshatranji: Perhaps too well known to be a puzzle. |
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Aug-26-19 Judit Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988
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| alshatranji: Angel of death. Not such a bad pun, I suppose , at least Chessgames standards. |
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Jul-10-19 R Janssen vs I Sokolov, 2002
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| alshatranji: I know you're supposed to be looking for the best move objectively, but you can't just ignore the rating. I wasn't only looking for the winning move, but for the "medium easy" winning move. So I ruled out every line that seemed to require a lot of calculation. I didn't look ... |
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Jun-24-19 Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900
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| alshatranji: Black has an acute case of OCD. |
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