Jun-22-18 Capablanca vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1938
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bellh: By exchanging for the knights, and leaving Capa only bishops, Znosko was at least able to avoid a smothered mate |
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Jun-10-15 S Neubronner vs So, 2005 
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bellh: Black's f pawn is pinned (pxp is a quick mate) so the only way to break through the white pawns is to sac the rook. After that, it doesn't matter that Ra8 is useless. The queen and the two bishops are enough |
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Jun-03-15 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984 
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bellh: I picked up some chess books yesgterday from a used book store that is closing, and then saw this game last night for the first time. From IA Horowitz (Chess for Beginners) "In master play, the preference is for the bishop; although he covers squares of only one color, his cruising ... |
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Aug-18-08 L Darling vs R Wood, 1983 
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bellh: In this opening, it's very important to play h4 before f4. Thus, 2. h4, Be7, 3.f4, Bxh4+, 4. RxB, QxR#, and white can double his pleasure and number of moves. |
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