May-20-24 V Arbakov vs Kupreichik, 1996 
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alyoshakaramazov: @alshatranji: I was thinking the same thing. |
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Feb-08-24 Jobava vs Short, 2017 
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alyoshakaramazov: The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! |
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Nov-30-23 B Socko vs Svidler, 2019 
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alyoshakaramazov: As made clear above, 32. ... Qg3+ is correct. But moving 32. ... Bd4+ first also send to lead to an interesting inescapable win. |
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Nov-01-23 C H Capon vs J Taylor, 1873 
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alyoshakaramazov: Someone needs to start a game collection just of Taylor Swift lyric puns applied to games. Many, many options there :-) |
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Nov-01-23 Gligoric vs N Gaprindashvili, 1964 
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alyoshakaramazov: I don't understand what's forcing about 40. Qf6. Couldn't Black do something other than 40. ... Qc2 (which seems like a blunder)? And why is 41. Qh4+ the end? (41. ... Kg7. 42. Qxd4 Qxe2 [I'm not sure that's the correct continuation, it's just what seemed obvious.] ) Is it ... |
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Feb-18-05 Sakaev vs A Lastin, 2005 
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alyoshakaramazov: <kevin86> No, "Last in, first out" is an accurate pun: its an accounting term refering to one method of attributing the cost of items that a merchant is holding for resale. I don't get it completely, but I've been spending most my days studying for the bar exam, which |
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Dec-17-04 Tal vs D Gedevanishvili, 1970 
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alyoshakaramazov: I think I enjoy 17. ♖b1 the best. It looks like some patzer trying some futile move to chase away the queen, but actually frees the c1 square for 21. ♕c1!. I wonder how Gedevanishvili analyzed things at move 17; he undoubtedly had more intelligent thoughts than ... |
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