Mar-24-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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| chegado: I just feel sorry for Chucky. ;( |
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Jan-27-13 Tata Steel Group A (2013)
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| chegado: Congratulations, Wonderboy! |
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Jan-20-13 V Makogonov vs V Rauzer, 1927
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| chegado: 38.Rxd8 made this game charming. Very nice play by Makogonov. Also interesting to note how the mover-order changes throughout the decades. Nowadays, c4 usually comes first than the knights, and 4...Qb6 almost dissapeared from practice. Rybka thinks that 22...Kd7 was not the best ... |
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May-27-12 Taimanov vs Larsen, 1970
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| chegado: This is one of the endings featured in the classic "Practical Chess Endings", by Paul Keres. After the move 58.Kg6 the position is drawn. The text says "the usual plan for Black in such positions is drive the king back by checking with the rook. If the king advances, the the rook ... |
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Feb-05-12 C M Grider vs F Pratt, 1964
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| chegado: C'mon, even I can beat this guy.
Chessgames, we can do better than that. |
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Feb-04-12 Velimirovic vs W Martz, 1973
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| chegado: Friso Nijboer commented this game in his book "Tactics in the Chess Openings Vol 3". There's a couple things he pointed it out. 1- Black's position starts to crumble after the dubious 9...Bg4?!. 9...c5 is best here. 2- Accepting the pawn with 10...Bxf3? is disastrous: 11.Qxf3 Qxd4+ ... |
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Jan-24-12 V Akopian vs I Sokolov, 2004
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| chegado: Very solid defence, the game was tied until the blunder. Right now I'm starting to look with another eyes Sokolov's tactical skills. I mean, he has written many theoretical books, but when it comes to some crucial moments that you just can't count with Chess Informants or thinks ... |
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Jan-23-12 Kibitzer's Café
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| chegado: You made my day, tpstar! Seeing some of yours previous kibitzers, seems you're a big fan of the Pumpkins, just like me. Very nice. |
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Jan-23-12 Petrosian vs Mecking, 1971
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| chegado: As a Brazilian I was hoping that Mecking would have won. He was one of the greatest players here and even shortly before his mental breakdown, almost anyone could beat him. And yes, Petrobras is the 8ª biggest company in the world. I think that if this game has any important thing ... |
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Jan-21-12 Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2012
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| chegado: I would not say that Carlsen had his most startling perfomance today, but this guy certainly
has the guts to hold back his pieces and force the complications when its time to.
Also, it is always a pleasure to see two great GMs playing sidelines. In the Slav! 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. ... |
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Kibitzing
