Jan-31-11 J W De Jong vs S Siebrecht, 2011
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| arjh: More importantly, after 30...Kd7 31.Qc6 is mate due to the pinned knight! |
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Aug-09-10 David Turner vs A Higgs, 2010 
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| arjh: I was the black player in this game unfortunately! As noted above I take no offense from the pun, it's quite good actually. In my defence I can only say that it was round 8 and I was still very disappointed about a worse blunder in round 6 (up until then I was doing fine, 3/5 including |
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Jun-26-10 A Riazantsev vs Karjakin, 2010
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| arjh: Not quite Thomas Z - Ezzy has it right - after 33.Bxf8 Rxf8 34.Rxe6+ Rd6 35.Qh7! Qxe6? White has 36.Qb7+ Kc5 37.Ra5+! Kb4 (37...bxa5 38.Qb5 mate) 38.Rb5+ Kxa4 39.Qa6 mate |
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Dec-21-09 W Gibbins vs Barton, 1969
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| arjh: This is a bizarre game, White's position after move 11 must be unique! |
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Jan-19-09 D Howell vs Pruijssers, 2009
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| arjh: I started watching this game live just as Black played 23...Rh6 and shortly afterwards was trying to make 26...Bxc5 work with the idea of ...Ra2 and ...Rf6. The idea was correct but I got the wrong initial move - Fritz showed me later that had Pruijssers played 26...Nxb4!! then Howell ... |
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Jan-28-08 C Orchard vs B Simm, 2001
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| arjh: Who says you need to develop pieces to win? What a great game... |
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Jan-10-08 J Lee vs Y Zhou, 2007
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| arjh: I watched this game OTB - I think the score is wrong as I believe White played 26.Rbxa5 instead of the a1 rook. This means there is no piece win. |
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Dec-23-07 Santa Claus
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| arjh: Dear Santa,
A premium account would be a great end to the year, here's hoping... |
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Mar-12-06 D Papadopulos vs D Podesta, 2000
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| arjh: After 11. Nc1 would you have picked White as the winner? |
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Jan-08-06 Shankar Roy vs R Forster, 1991
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| arjh: A fantastic final position. |
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