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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Jun-12-10 Odd Lie
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| cuendillar: <No team with an <A> in its name will win the 2010 Football Worldcup.> Great news for Greece, Mexico and Chile. Might as well add Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast as a wildcard and play semifinals at once. |
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Apr-23-10 Bruno-Wolfgang Sack
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| cuendillar: You mean like Shirov's "Fired On Board"? |
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Dec-21-09 Kibitzer's Café
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| cuendillar: Damn! Also got "like the ninth", checked every game starting the same way as the 9th earliest played game and like game #1000008. Didn't think of the ninth clue... |
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Oct-01-09 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2009)
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| cuendillar: <<"Kasparov can probably help Magnus to get 5% better than he is"> This means that his rating will rise to exceed 2900. Let's wait and see...>
It doesn't work that way. I'd hardly say a 2700 GM is just three times stronger than a 900-rated beginner. |
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Sep-22-09 Samuel D Factor
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| cuendillar: He was a D Factor from Poland though. |
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