Aug-04-10 T Reich vs A Kabatianski, 2008 
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| brucealexander: Wonderful piece of strategy! It would never have occurred to me. |
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Jul-10-10 Dzindzichashvili vs Ljubojevic, 1985
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| brucealexander: Have a good trip, dzechiel. Sounds like a fun time coming up. We will miss your chess wisdom while you're gone. |
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Mar-27-10 W Schelfhout vs NN, 1910
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| brucealexander: Not a fair contest. NN has been playing chess since 1497. He's probably over the hill. |
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Feb-20-10 Tseshkovsky vs Alburt, 1976
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| brucealexander: <jhoro: many of you give the line
<81.g6 Kh6 82.g7+ Kxg7 83.Kg5 Bg4 84.Re7+ Kf8 85.Kf6 > which is coincidentally in the game annotations. i do not get it. why wouldn't black play 84...Kf7 and try to keep the king closer to e6 in order to push the e-pawn> Because ... |
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Sep-11-09 Petrosian vs H Ree, 1971
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| brucealexander: I don't get it. Why is Black resigning? Couldn't he play a5 to protect his bishop? |
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Aug-27-09 Morphy vs J Kipping, 1858
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| brucealexander: I am a complete amateur at the game of chess. When it comes to blindfold chess, I have no idea how the blindfolded player can remember the positions of the various pieces on the board. I have trouble even when they are all laid out in front of me. And when you consider that ... |
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Aug-26-09 E Torre vs Gufeld, 1994
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| brucealexander: <MaxxLange> Thanks, I hadn't noticed that. |
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