Dec-07-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021) 
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| cuendillar: It's hard to see how Nepo's realistically going to turn this around. Winning 2 of the remaining 6 games against a player who recently went 125 games without a single loss is a very tall order. |
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Nov-16-21 Iturrizaga Bonelli vs A Chandra, 2018
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| cuendillar: Two ideas sprang to mind right away, both focusing on the advanced pawn: 1. The flashy 38.Re8, since 38...Rxe4 39.Nf6+ wins immediately for white. 2. The prosaic 38.Rc2 followed by Nb6
Only then did I start calculating other lines of 38.Re8 to make sure the tactics really worked |
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Oct-11-21 So vs Sasikiran, 2015
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| cuendillar: My response to 49...d3 was simply 50.Qf6+ Qxf6 (50...Kg3?? 51.Qxg7 d2 52.Rd6) 51.Rxf6 followed by Rd6 picking up the passed pawn. |
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Apr-15-21 B Yildiz vs J Gokbulut, 2019
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| cuendillar: < MissScarlett> I know I'm not supposed to favour one race over another, but I nonetheless find marathons frightfully dull compared to the 100m dash. |
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Jan-26-21 Louis W Felt
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| cuendillar: Sounds like a French king, until one realizes that W isn't a Roman numeral. |
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Mar-03-20 NN vs Cochrane, 1822
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| cuendillar: I saw the "solution" as black's best try for a win, but still considered him having to fight an uphill battle for a draw after 38.bxc3 Rxc3 39.Ra7 Kg8(39...Rd3? 40.Nf6 Bg8 41.Ra8 winning a piece) 41.Nf6+ Kf8 and white can choose between getting a pawn up or keeping the black king |
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Dec-03-17 London Chess Classic (2017)
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| cuendillar: They're truly playing in the daring spirit of the Wild West here; it all comes down to who has the fastest draw! |
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Oct-05-14 The World vs Naiditsch, 2014
Dec-05-11 Lasker vs Fortuijn, 1908
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| cuendillar: There's a quite pretty line if black had noticed the danger ahead of time:
29...Qxe7 30.dxe7 Re8 31.Qa8! and black collapses immediately. |
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Feb-03-11 Spielmann vs Immo Fuss, 1934
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| cuendillar: @mike: You're probably missing that the white queen hangs in the starting position. |
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