Sep-22-22 Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2022 
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| aporia: Oh, I see that I overlooked the simple 43. Ne3. So my idea was bad indeed. |
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Sep-21-22 D Mabbs vs L Alexander, 1961
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| aporia: I saw that this was a B-D Gambit and just had to look at how the King side attack came about. 16. Rd5 was filthy. |
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Sep-02-22 L Bergez vs C Weiss, 1999
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| aporia: Nice little Monday puzzle at 41, too. So by sub-game perfection, maybe Rxf7 is a better choice just in order to lead to this. |
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Sep-13-20 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX (2020)
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| aporia: After six rounds, 6 wins for white and 13 for black. Similar oddities arise in the chess960 tournaments with computer programs, e.g., rounds with all white wins or all black wins. |
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Aug-20-20 J Houska vs M J Campos, 2020
Jul-23-20 Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2020
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| aporia: I love this. 18! 31--33! 55! |
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May-06-18 M Kravtsiv vs V Kazakouski, 2016
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| aporia: Anyone who is prepping 31. Qxf6 with 26. Rxb3 is fit to receive kvittlach. |
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Mar-26-18 European Championship (2018)
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| aporia: Does anyone know what happens with the Portuguese players who missed round 1 due to travel complications? Ferreira currently has 6 points with two rounds to go, but he acquired them all in eight rounds instead of nine. |
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Feb-02-18 Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968
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| aporia: 35. ... Ng3+ 36. Kh2 Nf1+
jumped out at me, because if
37. Kh2
then
37. ... Rxh3+ forcing
38. gxh2 Rh2#
and alternatively if
37. Rxf1
then
37. ... Rxh3+ and
38. Kxh3 Qh5#
In other words, I guess I would have lost this game as black after 38. Kg1
which I didn't see. But ... |
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Jan-10-18 Kostic vs D Avirovic, 1945
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| aporia: Wow, the whole point of 22. Rad1 is to open the f5 square for the knight after Rxd5 exd5. The black knight on d5 is a nothing burger in this game just as I am in the world of chess because of my inability to prepare combinations like this. The puzzle solution came quickly, though, as |
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